, Neon Genesis Evangelion animation director Hideaki Anno said that the anime industry would see a major decline in the future. Now, eight years later, some fans have remembered the director's words and believe he was right due to the coincidences that have occurred so far.
Message from Evangelion director predicted the decline of the anime industry
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Originally, Hideaki Anno commented on this future decline of the Japanese animation industry for the Russian news agency RIA Novosti . According to his words, Japan will no longer be the center of animation in the future.
“Japanese animation is in decline. It has already reached its peak. After its collapse, there will likely be a new resurgence. I don't think animation will disappear, but perhaps the conditions that existed until now and that led to the creation of interesting projects will not exist. Japan will simply no longer be the center of world animation. Maybe within five years, Taiwan will become that center.”
Fans pointed to the impact of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic as an example of the message, as it was a crisis that affected numerous people and companies, including Japan. During this crisis, all planned animations at the time were disrupted and the number of productions reduced a lot. Then the pandemic affected the deadlines and quality of animations five years after Anno's statement.
Furthermore, the film Evangelion:3.0+1.01: Hope was also associated with the director's words as part of the predicted “fall”. For fans, the last film in the Rebuild of Evangelion series may have influenced the director's perspective without him realizing it.
As the director's words are associated with these events, some fans believe he was right about the decline. Currently, Anno is dedicating himself to the live-action film market.
Finally, do you believe Hideaki Anno's words and think the anime industry will fall? Leave your comment below!
Source: Kudasai
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