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I'm watching the President's grand jury testimony on television right now. It kind of reminds me of the last two episodes of *Eva*, especially the parts with Misato. Christy McGhie of Kitchner, ONT, Canada sent in this drawing of my favorite *Eva* character, Ritsuko. Thanks!
Andrea Bruce - whose postage stamp reminds us this is the année du Tigre - is also of that great province. She also drew Rit-chan, but says, "Ritsuko is not my favorite character - Kaoru is - but what can you do?" She drew Tiramisu from *Bakuretsu Hunter* on her envelope as well. I will say that I ate a lot more tiramisu after that series came out. Please be on the look out for the *Bakuretsu Hunter* manga from MixxZine and the anime from A.D.V. Films.
Dear Carl-*san*,
**Eva** isn't just another robot series so don't compare it to one (see stage 4 letters, he's got the idea)! It's about trying to find one's self. I know this isn't apparent at first but later it is evident.
Now for my big bone pick; the music of ***Evangelion***. I've noticed a few letters (in stage 3 and 6) that recommend that alternative, industrial and heavy metal be the setting of ***Eva*** or what would make a good theme song. I would like to point out that I'm a big Smashing Pumpkins fan (went to the concert, own all the albums and 7 singles) as well as most of the other bands mentioned (Metallica, Nirvana, U2, Nine Inch Nails, etc.). ***NONE OF THESE WOULD DO JUSTICE TO THE SERIES!!!!*** I'm not a big classical music fan (though I am a fan of Tokyo Pop), but ***Evangelion*** has the best background music and theme songs (besides ***Rurôni Kenshin***, ***Bakuretsu Hunter*** and ***Sabre Marionette J****). I own the ***Evangelion: Death*** CD (I don't own the ***Rebirth*** CD yet) and a '96 anime music polling CD with "Thesis Of A Cruel Angel", as well as the "original cast" version (one of the greatest theme songs to date)... As for the closing theme, "Fly Me To The Moon" - blame Frank Sinatra!
Thanks for the time. I know you won't end up printing my letter but I just wanted you to hear what I had to say.
_Domo Arigato Gozaimasu_!
Andrea Bruce, a.k.a. "_Baka-chan_" (cute idiot)
Nepean, ONT Canada
Soi-chan@innocent.com
P.S. If you know the people who are dubbing ***Rurôni Kenshin***: MAKE THEM STOP!!
As Coach Ota of *Gunbuster* (Hideaki Anno's first major anime project as a director - see it from Manga Video) would say, "The first and last words out of your mouth will be '-_san_'!" -"Sir! The RX-7 Trainer's name is Charlene, sir!" But as Sergeant Hulka in *Stripes* would say, "You don't call me -_san_, I work for a living!" -"What kind of training, son?" "Oooootaku training, sir!" "OTAKU TRAINING, SIR!" Enough already.
I shouldn't say that I don't like *Eva*'s BGM. I do; especially the first album, which lays down most of the basic melodies. My favorite *Eva* albums are in fact those from the movies and the image album *Evangelion: VOX*, which I recommend highly. Naturally, the *VOX* songs are all in English, and done in American music styles... which, of course, returns to my original desire to express *Eva* through what Consolidated