Why did Anno, a Japanese man working on a Japanese film primarily indented for a Japanese audience choose an English song (Komm, süßer Tod) as the soundtrack to EoE's climax?
Why not?
Half the movie is full of references to the bible that the audience wouldn't be able to make heads or tails of either.
What's wrong with foreign lyrics?
What's wrong with Latin chanting to make something mystical?
What's wrong with German shouting to make out somebody as the bad guy?
What's wrong with French gibberish if you want to paint somebody as gay?
>>151990554
It's like what Latin is to our soundtracks.
>>151990554
There's plenty of English music in Anime though. This particular case isn't anything too special.
I've noticed how Eva gets better the more different things you read, whether it's philosophy, psychology or metaphysics.
>>151990980
Do tell.
>>151990980
it gets better everytime I watch a season of anime and realize i've watched nothing but trash
>>151990980
>>151991379
>>151990554
Why not?
English songs work well with animation climaxes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scRFMVAtBsA
Also I mean, Evangelion has been using lyrics in other languages since the beginning: Fly me to the moon. Not to mention all the classical pieces in german and english, and the original choral pieces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-oKEqoUPHI
>>151991658
That was me, by the way.
And no, I still haven't found her. I'm starting to think there is no her to find, and that it's all just some sort of cosmic joke.