anno on western civilization

Transcription of a 1996 conversation between Hideaki Anno and Nozomi Omori:

Omori: "Mitsuse-san is more governed by something like an Eastern sense of the transience of things, but the world of Evangelion is more along the lines of Western civilization..."

Anno: "I dislike Western civilization. I don't place much trust in Western civilization."

大森:　ただ、光瀬さんの方はもっと、東洋的な無常観とかが支配的だけれど、エヴァンゲリオン世界っていうのはもっと西洋文明的な・・・。

庵野:　西洋文明ってきらいなんですよ。あまり信用してないんですね、西洋文明を。