Rei Ayanami
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- Created on: 01-04-21 14:40
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- Rei Ayanami
- Context
- MOE subculture
- ‘Figures of Rei, in all her bandaged beauty, sold like wildfire.’ - FUGIE 2004, p.98
- Rei became the face/brand for all of the shows marketing
- ‘It’s strange that ‘Evangelion’ has become such a hit - all the character are so sick!’ - Anno
- The therefore became a figurehead for otaku escapism
- A subject that Anno fought to discredit but found his original intention fell on deaf ears
- Unfortunately, Anno and his crew owe their secures to otaku escapism
- Rei was voted as the most popular female character of the 1990’s - Newtype Poll in March 2010
- A subject that Anno fought to discredit but found his original intention fell on deaf ears
- Rei specifically became a popular anime trope replicated by other anime known as ‘Exby’
- But this popularity uses Rei’s character in only the shallowest sense
- MO essentially worships all things cute
- ‘Moe is felt most strongly among ‘third generation otaku’ of Japanese born in the 1980’s’ - Patrick Galbraith
- MO essentially worships all things cute
- But this popularity uses Rei’s character in only the shallowest sense
- Asuka
- Ningyou - a traditional had crafted doll given to children as early as the 14th c
- Thought to have developed souls through interaction and becoming a pat of the family (even given funerals)
- Hollywood has historically had a ‘China doll’ archetype for Asian women
- Seen as submissive, docile, and replaceable (blue theme)
- Rei’s character is unhygienic and doesn’t know how to take care of herself
- She represents the uncomfortable reality of the male ideal
- Ningyou - a traditional had crafted doll given to children as early as the 14th c
- MOE subculture
- Shinji
- The ‘Oedipus Complex’
- Rei is associated with the moon - a symbol for motherhood and women in many cultures
- at the end shinji rejects this complex by separating himself from Rei and choosing not to kill his father
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- The ‘Oedipus Complex’
- Context
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