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Anno very probably has unresolved issues with his mother and with women in general and projected it into NGE. The fact that he basically rejected the innocent, feminine Rei (whom he CONSCIOUSLY portrays as the mother figure) for the dominant Asuka is for me a red flag. In short, there ARE Oedipal themes in the show, but in a meta-fictional form as Anno unconsiously portraying his desire for a dominant femal figure.
