>>6966283Gaogaigar was actually made in response to Eva and Eva clones desu, the director and writers all sat down and asked themselves how they can make mecha appealing again without having to bend to the wave of """deconstructions""", tongue-in-cheek mecha and pretentious mecha that started to build up in the late 90s. Yonetani explains that while directing it he constantly challenged himself to make everything the polar opposite of Eva.
