Explorations in Music

  Introduction: While there are countless mecha anime, Neon Genesis Evangelion is arguably the most influential one, and undisputably one of the most influential anime of all time. When it was created by Hideki Anno in 1995, most anime was focused on epic fights and more traditional hero’s journeys, Evangelion instead threw all of that to the wind to create a more personal story based instead around the psychology of its very damaged main cast. The culmination of its exploration of trauma and interpersonal relationships was the movie End of Evangelion, which was directed by Hideaki Anno and Kazuya Tsurumaki and written by Hideaki Anno. It was released in Japan in July 1997.   For this post, I’m going to look at Komm Susser Tod, one of the most striking songs from the climax of End of Evangelion. Before I go into the story significance of the song, I will first provide some background for the song. Komm  Susser Tod was composed and arranged by Shiro Sagisu , its ...