"Sam Reeves" <alakazam200@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Why the focus on crosses?
> Why did eva attacks make firey cross explosions? why is
> Lilth hanging on a cross? Is it some reference to Jesus? or what?
> something to do with the scrolls? Ideas people :D

Assistant director of Eva (and Anno's right hand man) Kazuya Tsurumaki
commented on it at Otakon 2001.

Q) Can you explain the symbolism of the cross in Evangelion?

Tsurumaki : "There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan,
and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help
distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion
in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff
who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual
Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual
symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show
would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have
 rethought that choice."

--
Michael Wignall
"Tomorrow's just an excuse away..."