-There are also some parts of the lore that I think subtly draw on Macross, but the key word there is subtle. Some of it’s only in an old PS2 game that never released in the US.

-I also see the bridge crew at Nerv as another Anno trademark. As I understand it, it flows from his immense love for Ultraman, and its various teams of human scientists investigating and fighting kaiju. You see it in Nadia, the Rebuild movies, and in a less literal way in Shin Godzilla. I’ve always wanted to see him do Star Trek.