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TC Padgett

TC Padgett

Film podcaster and recurring guest on the movie podcast Missing Frames, discussing films like The End of Evangelion and Aliens.

Sep 14, 2026

40:33
[laughs]
40:33
Well, I think, and it fuses kind of the different sides of the anime, where you have the first half is a little more action, as you said, a little more plot-oriented, where you see the narrative arcs kind of reach their peak.
40:47
And then the second half, where you get into the mind-trippiness.
40:51
And they're, they were directed by different people.
40:53
The first half is, uh, Kazuya Tsurumaki.

27 MINS LATER

67:54
Yes.
67:54
They're at, they're at a remove.
67:56
And, um, I, a- and like thinking about the series in general, one- my most- the most recent rewatch of the series I had, I was reminded of as I get older, I find myself relating more to the, the Misato, Ritsuko, Kaji kind of triangle.

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