Probably another mistake to do this (the Rebuilds being the first mistake...). Anno is on record saying that he wants Evangelion to be like Gundam, but Eva is obviously a one and done story. You could tell postapocalyptic stories set in the aftermath, but they wouldn't uphold the Eva brand (existential crises in modernity, depressed teenagers, giant robots).
Also for someone who famously cared so much about the story that he raged at his audience for not getting it, kind of weird to move in a commercializing direction.
As far as Yoko Taro, I don't know if anything about Nier suggests he would be good at writing an Evangelion story, but Evangelion without Anno probably isn't Evangelion just like Lucas is the only one that can write real Star Wars.
Have you played through Drakengard 1-3? Shit's DARK, really dark, and understanding why the world of Automata is the way it is through playing the Drakengard games has made me understand how messed up Yoko Taro can be.
The games are a bit esoteric (and I wish they'd get re-released for current gen), but if you just want to understand his way of thinking, it's worth it
Probably another mistake to do this (the Rebuilds being the first mistake...). Anno is on record saying that he wants Evangelion to be like Gundam, but Eva is obviously a one and done story. You could tell postapocalyptic stories set in the aftermath, but they wouldn't uphold the Eva brand (existential crises in modernity, depressed teenagers, giant robots).
Also for someone who famously cared so much about the story that he raged at his audience for not getting it, kind of weird to move in a commercializing direction.
As far as Yoko Taro, I don't know if anything about Nier suggests he would be good at writing an Evangelion story, but Evangelion without Anno probably isn't Evangelion just like Lucas is the only one that can write real Star Wars.
Have you played through Drakengard 1-3? Shit's DARK, really dark, and understanding why the world of Automata is the way it is through playing the Drakengard games has made me understand how messed up Yoko Taro can be.
The games are a bit esoteric (and I wish they'd get re-released for current gen), but if you just want to understand his way of thinking, it's worth it
No I haven't - I don't doubt they're dark, interesting stories, but Anno's brand of dark is pretty specific to Anno.