Postscript

Postscript

 

IN VISUAL ART, there is a way of checking the overall balance of a work by drawing something and then taking a step back to look at the whole thing. As far as writing is concerned, you can’t really read anything when you take a step back, making it a difficult medium to strike a good balance in. It’s been five years since the serialization, and I still don’t feel like my writing’s improved. But at least I’ve managed to put down everything I wanted to say about ANIMA.

And I have many people to thank for giving me that amount of time: serialization editor-in-chief Abiru; Kageyama, my editor during the early phases of serialization; Utatane, cover illustrator of the serialization run; Kio, guest mecha designer; and Kashiwabara, who worked so hard that he got sick and had to return to his hometown. For this volume, I would like to thank: guest illustrator Magaki; editor-in-chief Koarai; my editor, Ishiguro; designer Kameguchi; and many others. I thank you all for your extraordinary efforts.

And to all the readers who have been waiting so long for the final volume after the end of the serialization…it has been a long wait indeed.

Thank you all for reading this.

—IKUTO YAMASHITA,
EVANGELION MECHA DESIGNER