On: Neon Genesis Evangelion (2019)

[p_l]

SAC and 1995 movie effectively base on different chapters of the first manga volume (all of them avoiding certain bits though, like Major's "on the side" enterprise), and the character design used in both matches the source material - just different scenes (SAC arguably follows the design more closely)

EDIT: to make it clearer, Major's clothing choices in Manga were definitely her own and it didn't feel like it's just random cheap sexualization, but then you have to consider that some of the off-the-books income streams Major had were censored from some releases, and she definitely knew how to play off people's looks at her (explicitly called out in GitS 2.0 manga)

[tombert → p_l]

I guess part of my issue is that I wasn't a huge fan of the manga either; it felt borderline-hentai at some parts and just wasn't my jam, I never finished it.

The 1995 movie is easily in my top five favorite movies, and I think a large part of it was because I liked that specific version of her character.

> Major's clothing choices in Manga were definitely her own and it didn't feel like it's just random cheap sexualization

I mean, I guess? These are fictional characters, so these depictions are still created by people. Yes, it's the character's decision in-universe, but it's still the author's decision to put her in situations that require her to be in skimpy outfits.

I don't mean to come off as super social-justicey, I guess I just never really liked the trope in anime of every female character being hyper-sexualized.

[p_l → tombert]

Ah, I meant it in the sense that Major, compared to many... other creations even from the same time, felt more punk/counterculture in that approach, fitting also with how Section 9 pretty much didn't give a crap about things like dress code (other than poor boss needing a suit for meeting other suits)