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What's Hideaki Anno's Commute Playlist? Over an Hour of Anisongs

Hideaki Anno's most recent music playlist that he apparently listened to during his commute.

The list includes:

• Columbia Yurikago-kai
• Étoile de la Seine's "La Seine no Hoshi" by Arlène Tempier and Columbia Yurikago-kai
• Hiroko Suzuki
• Shin Ace o Nerae!'s "Seishun ni Kakero!" by VIP
• Rie Fujiwara
• Mari Iijima
• AKINO
• Takeo Yamashita
• Yūsei Kamen's "Yūsei Kamen" by Duke Aces
• Animentari Ketsudan's "Ketsudan" by Miki Kazuyuki and Columbia Dansei Gasshō-dan
• Koorogi '73
• Young Fresh
• Tōshō Daimos' "Tate! Tōshō Daimos" by Isao Sasaki and Columbia Yurikago-kai
• Masayuki Yamamoto
• Gyakuten Ippatsu-man's "Ā! Gyakuten Ō" by Masayuki Yamamoto
• Toshi Gordian's "Tōshi Gordian" by Masayuki Yamamoto
• Space Warrior Baldios' "Ashita Ni Ikiro Baldios" by Kōichi Ise
• Yoko Maeno
• Tomohisa Kawasoe

If the playlist is evidence, Anno appears to enjoy giant robot anime other than his own. Most of the list is comprised of songs from mecha anime from the 1970s and 1980s. It remains unclear how much progress Anno has made on the newest Shin Evangelion film, but the anime song list above is a fitting inspiration to fuel the project.

The official website for the Evangelion anime revealed in April that the studio was recruiting animators, modelers, technical staff, system engineers, and production managers.

The title for the final Evangelion film was Evangelion: 3.0+1.0. The ":||" at the end of the Japanese title is meant to be the symbol used in music to denote repetition after reaching the end of a measure.

The first three films in the tetralogy, Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, debuted in 2007, 2009, and 2012 respectively.

[Via Yaraon!]