>>2858341I can honestly believe the first being slander against her as you say it is, I've looked for a source in the past but never managed to find anything, but the second does at least have some basis in a direct quote from him:
>When told that the American audience favors Misato ...>ANNO: I'm surprised. In Japan, the overwhelming favorite is Rei . They can't handle strong women such as Misato and Asuka . Source:
http://masterwork.animemedia.com/Evangelion/anno.htmlBut I'll admit I could be reading too deeply into what he said there, and I agree that him simply preferring Asuka could factor into it too, and that she's a much weaker person than Rei.
But I guess despite everything I don't want to imagine that he could be that shallow and childish that this would be his motivation for all the shit he's thrown at Rei, even with everything pointing to that being the case.
