There are some things which should be added to the Other Science Fiction Section:
According to
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion#Influencea japanese TV Show calles Space RUnaway Ideon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Runaway_Ideon ) was an influence of Neon Genesis Evangelion.
Another influence of Neon Genesis Evangelion is the book Instrumentality_of_Mankind by Cordwainer Smith according to
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion#InfluencesWirkipedia Article about Cordwainer Smith :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cordwainer_Smith#NotesWikipedia Article about THe Book Instrumentality of Man:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrumentality_of_MankindAnother Influence of Neon Genesis Evangelion was the book Childhoods End by Arthur C. Clarke.
This aircraft of Neon Genesis Evangelion reminded me of the French "Concorde" aircraft and of the american experimental X30 vessel:
www.evangelion-armageddon.com/Galerie/Andere/Andere104.jpg an Article about the Concorde:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ConcordeThe Names of some songs of the Soundtrack of Neon Genesis Evangelion are named after concepts of Sigmund Freud.
(e.g. the Songs "Pleasure Principle" and "Thanatos, if I can't be yours! )
In Space Runaway Ideon , the "Id" Power is named after a Freudian concept , too. (Note: On some homepages the Id is called Ide, because the japanese transliteration of Id is Ide.)
The Id was also mentioned in Forbidden Planet.
In Space Runaway Ideon , the drive of the spaceships is called DS drive. The Spelling of DS in the Series sounds "desu". The japanese transliteration of word death is also "desu". Perhaps because of this , the name DS drife is an allusion to the Freudian term "death drive" which means the Thanatos drive.
Space Runaway Ideon could have been influenced by Tetsujin - 28 go and Mazinger Z , some of the first japanese science fiction series where mechs appeared.
Mazinger Z was influenced by Tetsujin - 28 - go. Go Nagai , the creator of Mazinger Z got the idea of a mech when he saw cars at a street according to
www.dra-mata.com/manga/nagai/gn-mazingerz02.jpg .
Some people think that Evangelion is also inspired by Mazinger Z.
Go Nagai was also the creator of Cutey Honey. In 2004. A life action film of Cutey Honey was made. This film was directed by Hideaki Anno.
I think in some aspects the character Kaji of Neon Genesis Evangelion is a parody of James Bond
In one Evangelion Episode , because of a malfunction of this Jet Alone Mech , an atomic explosion could be happen , but one politician refuses to act because of beurocrattic reasons and plays gulf instead of trying to help. This could be borrowed from Captain Harlock , where an alien invasion happens , but a politician is not very much interested in it and plays gulf.
The Episode "Sickness into death , and?" of Neon Genesis Evangelion is named after a concept of the philosopher Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (A wikipedia Article about him:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kierkegard) In End of Evangelion , during a fight scene , there is mentioned that Shinji has got a strong "Destrudo" at the moment.
The Hedgehogs Dilemma , which is mentioned in Evangelion is a concept by the german philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer.
The part of the story with the Clones of Rei Ayanami could be influenced by the idea of eternal recurrence of some asian religions or by the idea of eternal recurrence of Platon or by the idea of eternal recurrence of the german philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. (Nietzsche borrowed the idea of eternal recurrence from asian religions. )
At the end of Episode 26, after Shinji understand what the others tell him about the reality, he leaves the room he is in and comes to another place. The room could be in the Nerv HQ, which is in the Geosektor, which is a kind of cave. Because of this , this could be an allusion to the allegory of the cave by platon.
Some people think that the character Shinji Ikari was inluenced by the character Amuro Rei from Mobile Suit Gundam. (Hideaki Anno was a member of the production team which made the Gundam Movie Mobile Suit Gundam Char's Counterattack. )
The Element of The Movie End of Evangelion , that all Heroes become killed was influenced by the works of Yoshiyuki Tomino. (In many works of Yoshiyuki Tomino, many characters become killed. Because of this , Tomino got the Nickname "kill em all Tomino" from the fans. The last series by Yoshiyuki Tomino with a huge amount of deaths was Victory Gundam. After this series was completed, Tomino was in psychotherapy because of his depression. The series he made after this therapy were not as dark as most of the older series made by him. )
I found the following interesting Comparison between Nadia and Neon Genesis Evangelion:
www.thesecretofbluewater.com/nadieva-i.htmPerhaps these similarities exist because Hideaki Anno borrowed from his Work Nadia The Secret of Blue Water while Producing Neon Genesis Evangelion.
The Hero Superman was named after a concept of the german philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche
In the Film "2001 A space odyssey" the song "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is used. This song is named after a book by Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche was a friend of Richard Wagner and it`s possible that some of the earlier works of Nietzche where influenced by the Works of Richard Wagner.
The works of Friedrich Nietzsche and the works of Sigmund Freud where influenced by the works of Arthur Schopenhauer
Some people think , some later works of Sigmund Freud were influenced by the works of Friedrich Nietzsche, e.g. the book "Civilisation and its discontents". Some people think the idea to name parts of the human mind after greek gods (e.g. the name eros drive) was borrowed from the concepts of Apollon and Dyonisos by Friedrich Nietzsche. Freud said that Nietzche was a kind of precursor of him.
The Vulcans in Star Trek could have been inspired by the philosophy of the stoics (2 of the most famous stoics where Seneca and Cicero).
The Emblem of the galactic empire (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Starship_and_Sun.jpg) in Foundation looks similar to the starfleet symbol in star trek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Starfleet_command_emblem.png)
The sentence "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." which was said by Spock in Star Trek the Wrath of Kahn is possibly influenced by the utilitarian philosophy of Jeremy Bentham and some other philosophers.
The ethics of Star Trek could have been inspired by the "nichomanean ethics" of Aristoteles. According to the "nichomanean ethics" , to be moral , you have to have fates. According to the ethics of Star Trek , the people should have some traits which can be consideres as fates. (e.g. tolerance , loyality , friendship , to be trustworthy etc.)
Star Trek has a very good opinion about the job of a scientist. Aristoteles thought the lifestyle of a scientist or a philosopher was the best lifestyle. (Aristotels thought that evers science is a kind of philosophy.)
In some aspects , the society of the federation in Star Trek could have been influenced by the philosophy of Karl Marx.
The Society described in the book Anthem by Ayn Rand has some similarities with the borg, e.g. the use of the word we instead of the word of I. Perhaps some aspects of the borg are borrowed from this book.
The society described in the book Anthem was partly based on the UDSSR.
The works of Aristoteles were influenced by the works of Platon.
The Babylon 5 spin off series Crusade has many similarities with the japanese Series Space Battleship Yamato.
(A list of similarities between the 2 shows :
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato#Parallels_with_Crusade)Perhaps Crusade was influenced by Space Battleship Yamato.
The works of Arthur Schopenhauer were influenced by the Buddhism, the philosophy of the gnosticism , the works of Immanuel Kant and some other things.
Karl Marx was also influenced by the philosophy of Immanuel Kant.
The X-Files Episode "Sein und Zeit" is named after a book of the german philosopher Martin Heidegger.
The works of Martin Heidegger where influenced by the works of Friedrich Nietzsche and Søren Aabye Kierkegaard
Many people think , the Matrix Series was influenced by Megazone 23.
The clothing style in Matrix and the Bullet Time Slow Motion sequences are inspired by the John Who film A Better Tomorrow.
The children seen in the rooms of the oracle in the first Matrix film could be inspired by Otakus from the game Shadowrun. In Shadowrun , Otakus are children who possess special abilities in the "Matrix".(In Shadowrun , the term "Matrix" has the same meaning as in Neuromancer.)
You said the name "Zion" was taken from Neuromancer. It's possible that William Gibson got the name "Zion" from the "Principality of Zeon" from Mobile Suit Gundam. (In the orignal japanese version , zeon was called zion. Zion/Zeon was the state of the inhabitants of the space colonies in Gundam)
