Is this cartoonist mentally ill?.

Chapter 531: European and American popular movies cooperation and release
After all, the main faith of the Holy Bishop is still concentrated outside the Republic.

Even apart from Europe and the United States, the faith of the Holy Father is still very widespread in places like the Philippines, Malay, Brunei in Southeast Asia, as well as in South America and Latin America.

As a work full of religious metaphors of the Holy Sepulchre, "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is naturally more popular among the Holy Sepulchre's believers.

Especially the finale, the upside-down tree of Kabbalah, the metaphor of the Trinity of the Son, the Holy Spirit and the Father, and the purpose of the Human Instrumentality Project, all coincide with the biblical prophecies of the Holy Bishop.

They were very excited about it and felt a sense of pride in waving the flag for their beliefs.

"Oh, this is really the best animation I have seen in recent years!"

"Oh, Son of Christ! May you guide mankind away from the disasters and turbidity of this world."

"The ending of EVA hints that the Son of God and the Father will merge into one. I didn't expect Shinji Ikari to be the Son of God."

"The protagonist represents the Son, Adam represents the Father, and Rei Ayanami is the Holy Spirit?"

"Yes, that's right. It should be said that the protagonist and Unit-01 are both the Son of God, the representatives of God."

"The protagonist's father is planning to replace the Father with Adam."

"What a crazy and terrible person, he actually wanted to replace the Holy Father. Fortunately, the Holy Spirit did not choose him in the end."

"The ending is so good. Only those who have cleansed themselves of their original sin can be resurrected and the world can be restored to purity."

"Clear the original sin from yourself? What? That doesn't mean cleansing the original sin, at least I haven't seen any plot about that."

"Those who use their own power to recreate human form, aren't they cleansing themselves of the original sin? That's what I think anyway."

"Oh no, I don't think the Human Instrumentality Project is about cleansing one's original sin. I just think people accept the seven deadly sins in themselves, such as lies, anger, jealousy, etc. Just like the protagonist, he completes himself and accepts his imperfections."

"I think so too. Rather than washing away sins, I prefer the idea that humans accept their own imperfections. After all, everyone is born imperfect and carries original sin."

"I like this show, it's really good, especially the ending, it's like watching a movie."

"When I saw the middle of the finale, I was really amazed. It was incredible that someone could come up with such a crazy plot."

"Because the original author of this series is the famous cartoonist Qingshan in the Republic. In fact, he is often called a mental patient by fans in the Republic."

"Psychopath? Is it because the plots he created are crazy?"

"Not only that, in addition to the fact that the plots of his works are indeed crazy, he himself is also a patient suffering from mental illness."

"What I know is that his father and mother were killed by his brother with a pistol, and then his brother shot himself, so he went crazy later."

"In fact, before he became a cartoonist, he was actually a good scholar and scientist, but after this incident, he stopped participating in scientific research and chose to become a cartoonist instead."

“It’s really a bit sad…”

"It is precisely because of this that his works are often very touching, because he always uses himself and his emotions as the creative ideas."

"The protagonist of Neon Genesis Evangelion, Shinji Ikari, was obviously created based on his own experiences."

"I like Neon Genesis Evangelion. I am also a devout believer in the Holy Spirit. What I regret is that the protagonist of such an animation that worships the Holy Spirit is not us squids..."

"What???? What does this have to do with whether the protagonist is a squid?"

"Because we squids are the most beloved nation of the Holy Lord! We are also the greatest nation in the world, why can't we squids be the protagonists? Isn't there even a squid scientist in it?"

"Squids are the most beloved race of the Holy Lord? Then why would you kill the Holy Son?"

"What squid killed the Son of God? It was the Romans who killed the Son of God. What does it have to do with us squids?"

"Yes, it was not the squid who instigated the Romans to kill the Son of God, but the Romans themselves who killed the Son of God for no reason. Later, Theodosius I even established the Holy Bishop as the state religion to express his apology."

"The squids killed the Son of God, and you still call yourselves the people that the Holy Lord loves? This is why you have been unwelcome in Europe for thousands of years!"

"Asshole! Do you want to be punished by the Lord and go to hell for slandering our squid nation like this?!"

……

The popularity of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" on the Internet is also rising steadily, which has aroused the interest of some film companies.

After all... the setting of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is really in line with Western preferences, with holy bishops and a science fiction style.

The only drawback is that Shinji Ikari in the film is not European or American, but a Republic citizen.

This is a bit inconsistent.

But...it's not impossible to adapt one like "Parasyte".

But this time we won’t change the story, just the protagonist’s nationality and race.

In fact, this is not the first time that European and American movies have done this. For example, Lin Qingshan’s previous works "Ghost in the Shell", "Edge of Tomorrow", "Battle Angel Alita", etc. were originally Japanese comics, and most of the protagonists were Japanese, but they were changed into European and American people in the movies.

Some of the changes were more successful, like "Edge of Tomorrow", which was not so abrupt and the results did not suffer a Waterloo.

But like Ghost in the Shell...

Obviously, the movie failed to live up to the expectations after its release.

It can also be seen from this that in addition to those extremely popular comic works.

Film studios and directors in Europe, America and Hollywood prefer science fiction-style comics.

However, in this world, "EdgeWalker" was considered a great success because of the precedent set by "Parasyte: Gray Army" - after all, it allowed WB Films to open up the American TV series market in the Republic.

So the film companies all have high expectations for Lin Qingshan.

However, among Lin Qingshan’s other works, there are very few science fiction works like "Edgewalker".

As for other topics, Hollywood is somewhat hesitant.

Therefore, among Lin Qingshan's many subsequent works, only "Edge Walker" and "Parasyte" were valued by them.

The film copyright of "Goodbye Eri" was given to a domestic film company for filming.

until……

The emergence of "Neon Genesis Evangelion"!

This is a metaphor of the Holy Bishop and has a science fiction style, which is very much to the taste of Americans!

The first to take action was of course WB Films. As the earliest Hollywood film company to take the plunge and cooperate with Lin Qingshan, they had full confidence in Lin Qingshan's work.

Especially "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is currently very popular on the external Internet!

They certainly took direct action.

And the first person they thought of was... Nolan, the director of the movie "EdgeWalker"!

Over the years, Nolan's fame has grown. After the movie "Edgewalker", he directed the interstellar masterpiece "Interstellar".

There is no doubt that this work, because of its extremely scientific setting and lofty theory, with full plot and special effects, and because of Nolan's increasingly high reputation, it attracted a very strong cast of actors, and also achieved extremely outstanding box office results.

It is second only to historical masterpieces such as "EdgeWalker", "Avatar" and "Inception", and has entered the ranks of the top ten global box office movies.

It was also the only film among the top ten global box office hits that year that was not a remake, sequel, reboot or adaptation.

This is amazing.

Later, Nolan made "Dunkirk", a historical war film that also received rave reviews and had a very high box office. After its release, its artistic achievement surpassed "Saving Private Ryan" and "Pearl Harbor", further consolidating Nolan's position in the film industry.

Then the following year, he was awarded the Commander of the Order of the British Empire for this and his outstanding contributions and achievements in the film industry.

His new time-space thriller "Tenet" was released half a year ago. Although its box office performance did not break records like his masterpieces, it was both critically and commercially successful.

But the word of mouth is still very good, and the box office results are also very good.

There is no epidemic in this world, so he has not yet fallen out with WB Films because of the impact of the epidemic.

Both sides remain important partners with a strong relationship.

So WB Films wants to join forces again. With Lin Qingshan’s original work, Nolan’s direction, plus their company’s strong capital and special effects team, they can definitely create box office history again!
WB Films once again sent producer Kevin, who had worked with Nolan many times. When he came to find Nolan, Nolan was actually watching "Neon Genesis Evangelion".

He has always been paying attention to Lin Qingshan. After all, in his opinion, Lin Qingshan, who can create science fiction works such as cyberpunk, is extremely talented.

Nolan has always been a comic book reader, otherwise he would not have been the director of the "Daredevil" (Batman) series of films.

Apart from "Taoism and Immortals", which is relatively difficult to understand for European and American culture, he has always read other works of Lin Qingshan.

Among them, he also likes works such as "Flame Fist", "Chainsaw Man" and "Fate Zero".

However, these works did not give him the strong urge to direct like he did with "Edgewalker".

In order to direct and produce "EdgeWalker", he actually put aside his original idea and began to contact the Nobel Prize winner in physics for the script of "Interstellar".

He just felt that the cyberpunk science fiction comic "Edgewalker" was really to his liking and so attractive!
He really couldn't control his fanatical love for this setting and this script.

He also prefers science fiction. From "Inception", "Interstellar" and "Tenet", we can see that he has an obsessive obsession with science fiction themes.

Now he heard that "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is very popular and even has a reputation as a masterpiece, so he took a look at it.

To be honest, the beginning of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" was a bit bland...

After all, in Lin Qingshan's previous life, it was a work from the last century, and in this world it was equivalent to a work from thirty years ago...

Any creation is of its time.

For example, if a love epic movie like "Titanic" was released twenty years later, people would probably only regard it as a good work, rather than a masterpiece that would go down in film history.

Also, if "Star Wars" was released thirty years later, it would be regarded as an ordinary interstellar opera with full special effects.

The same is true for comics, novels and other works. Not to mention those from thirty years ago, even works from ten years ago will give people a clear sense of disconnection if they are published ten years later.

For example, if the old romance novels were published today, readers would probably complain about them constantly - what era are we in now, and why are people still writing about naive Mary Sue heroines?

If the old martial arts novel routines were used, such as the plot in The Return of the Condor Heroes, they would probably be criticized to death in modern times...

As for other plots, they also make people feel too clichéd.

The same is true for "Neon Genesis Evangelion". The routines from thirty years ago seem a bit old-fashioned in this era when the comics and animation industry is extremely prosperous.

That’s why its popularity in the past has not been as good as “Fate Stay Night” which was also produced by Lin Qingshan but has a newer style.

Until... the finale.

It can be said that although the beginning is a bit old-fashioned, the ending of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is really excellent and classic.

The plots and routines of good works may be a bit old, but the most exciting plots will never go out of style.

This is how Nolan watched the finale of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and became a little interested.

"How is it? Chris, what do you think after reading it?"

Only then did Kevin come up to him and asked with a smile.

“Very good…if you only look at the setting and the ending.”

Nolan said without reservation, "Although the cyberpunk setting is much worse than Edgewalker, the work is still excellent."

After all, "EdgeWalker" is the pioneer of the cyberpunk theme in this world, so it is unique in Nolan's mind, which is why he said so.

"It just so happens that the company asked me to ask you what you think. Do you want to adapt this work?"

Kevin asked directly, "Now it seems that you have made up your mind?"

"Okay, I'm fine."

Nolan didn't hesitate at all and said, "This subject is quite interesting. Besides, Mr. Aoyama's work should have a good box office after the movie is released."

Originally, he didn't have any good scripts to work on, and one of his ideas was to return to realistic themes and create an anti-war film based on the historical father of the nuclear bomb, Oppenheimer.

But this was just one of his ideas. After all, Oppenheimer was from America, and it was not like "Dunkirk" which was a historical event of Great Britain.

So his desire to direct is not that strong.

Just as a backup plan.

On the contrary, the science fiction animation "Neon Genesis Evangelion"... looked pretty good and made him somewhat excited.

At least it's a science fiction movie, and he will feel it more.

"I will go talk to Mr. Qingshan again this time. When are we going to the Republic?"

After making up his mind, Nolan asked Kevin.

however……

"No, no need."

Kevin smiled and said, "Because the cartoonist Qingshan will be flying to our place with his fiancée in half a month."

"Oh? They're coming to our place?"

Nolan asked curiously.

"Because his fiancée's company is going to be listed on the Xinxiang Nasdaq electronic trading market."

(End of this chapter)