故事/編劇 Travic Beacham
I think tonally it’s definitely an influence, because really what blew me
away the first time I saw “Evangelion” was it treated this genre, this sort
of silly genre – or a genre that could be sort of silly, and could be
outlandish and cartoonish – and treated it with a real sophistication. Which
I really liked. I think what I identified less with in “Evangelion” was the
sort of apocalypticism of it, and kind of a surrender to human neuroses or
whatever…
他認為EVA的調性肯定有影響到電影,讓他非常佩服的就是EVA用非常嚴謹深度的手法去
對待這種有點蠢、光怪陸離又很卡通的類型(機器人對巨大怪獸)
比較不同的是環太平洋沒有那些末世宗教論及心理疾病
Oh yeah, definitely. I think as a kid, Voltron was definitely a favorite of
mine. Then, I really like Big O. I like the Gunbuster and Diebuster series. I
really like Evangelion and Escaflowne. I can think of so many. It's sort of
like a personal kind of technology. It's really like my primal being in a
weird way.
他說小時候他喜歡百獸王聖戰士,之後喜歡BIG-O、鋼巴斯達1&2、福音戰士和聖天空戰記
...等等。
導演 Guillermo del Toro
That's one of the four animes I've never seen. I will acknowledge openly the
influence of Patlabor, gladly. I'll fully acknowledge most Gaiden movies being
an influence, but Evangelion, I have, and they bought it for me before the
movie started and I made it a point not to watch it. I said "I don't know if
it's close or not, but I don't want to be influenced," you know? Now I'm gonna
watch it. I always loved the designs. I actually bought a couple of the toys
because the look is fantastic. I don't know if it's the good guy or the bad guy
but from a purely visual point of view I love it. I will watch it, I'm hugely
influenced by anime; I have no problem with that above board but unfortunately
I haven't seen Evangelion. I'm so attracted to the designs that I'd blindly go
and buy all the toys but my daughter has watched it this year and said "You're
gonna like it." And my daughter is my guru. My two daughters are my contact
with the world.
戴托羅說沒看過EVA,在電影製作前,因為題材類似,他們有拿EVA給他參考
但他不想被受影響,所以當時就決定不看,現在他說他可以看了。
因為他一直認為EVA的設計很棒、非常吸引人,所以買了不少EVA的玩具
他女兒有看過動畫 而且跟戴托羅說他一定會喜歡
"I haven't seen Evangelion. I accept you Patlabor, [as an influence] from anime
industry, or, Tetsujin-28, I don't have any problem saying 'I love them',
'they're an influence for me'. Regarding Evangelion, I have the DVDs, I haven't
opened them, I haven't seen it. Yeah, there is anime influence [in Pacific
Rim], but not from that anime in particular"
關於日本動畫的影響,他提到機動警察、鐵人28,他雖然有EVA的DVD,但還沒打開。