#Pacific rim full movie 2014 series#

#Pacific rim full movie 2014 series#

What Palahniuk is trying to convey is that, in GDT’s case, one derives what they write about from their own experiences, whether it is conversations one’s heard or a television series one’s seen. You can’t control life, at least you can control your version”. Chuck Palahniuk, the author of Fight Club says: “That’s why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. ( Schaefer)Įven though the movie may stand alone as unique to Western Culture, one cannot help but recognize the similarities between Pacific Rim and Japanese culture. Yeah, there is anime influence, but not from that anime in particular. I accept you Patlabor, from anime industry, or, Tetsujin-28, I don’t have any problem saying ‘I love them’, ‘they’re an influence for me’. Now that the bubble has burst, here is what Guillermo del Toro has to say about the comparisons to Evangelion: For example, the articles by Tim Hornyak, Akyho, or Miss Booleana were written prior to published interviews with GDT about Pacific Rim. It is a note of extreme ignorance on the anime blogosphere’s part to assume that Evangelion was an influence on Pacific Rim just because it is a well-known title. I did love Evangelion very much, but I actually wrote most of Pacific Rim before I saw it. Travis Beacham, the screenwriter says this: Only by asking the production team will you know their intentions. Thankfully many interviewers did just that. Like with analysis of any creative work, speculation is nothing more than grasping at straws. While it was exciting to have a live action film about the anime mecha (giant robot) genre that was not Transformers, the comparisons seems to have been taken to an extreme. The amazing thing about Pacific Rim is when it came out last year anime fans were determined to compare the film with Neon Genesis Evangelion (NGE), one of the most well-known mecha anime of the 90’s. One of the first things I did is make it a point to not check any old movies or any other references. I felt there was a chance to do something fresh, something new that at the same time was conscious of the heritage, but not a pastiche or an homage or a greatest hits of everything. However, the film was not made with any intention of comparing with other films. Even though the film did not fair much greater than your typical action flick (7/10 on IMDB), between the mecha and kaiju, fans were quick to draw comparisons to Japanese pop culture. The blockbuster period where Pacific Rim was released has come and gone but the hype and rumors surrounding the film have not. Two unlikely heroes- a washed up former pilot (Charlie Hunnam) and an untested trainee (Rinko Kikuchi) are teamed to drive a legendary but seemingly obsolete Jaeger from the past. To combat the giant Kaiju, a special type of massive robot weapon (mecha in anime) was devised: Jaegers. When legions of monstrous creatures, known as Kaiju, rise from the sea a war between humans and the Kaiju begin. “To fight monsters, we created monsters.”įor those who have not kept up to date with action blockbusters, Pacific Rim takes place in a world not so different from our own. The film instantly captured the hearts of people around the world, long before script had been translated to the screen.

Best known for directing Hellboy (2004) and Pan’s Labryinth (2006), GDT brought to life an exciting, fresh film that Anime fanatics can only dream about: giant monsters fighting giant robots. In 2013, esteemed director Guillermo del Toro (GDT) excited thousands of anime fans with the announcement of his film, Pacific Rim. Like many devoted enthusiasts of anime, when I heard about Pacific Rim last year I was naturally very excited. Hit Japanese animations such as Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, Naruto, and – of course – Pokemon were as popular in Japanese culture as Marvel and D.C. Pacific Rim: In-depth study of the influence of AnimeĪs an American born and raised in Japan in the 90’s, anime was a major source of entertainment.