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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Since we're talking about Shin Kamen Rider and Ultraman. I recently got the idea that in both of these shows, Anno is contemplating death and the cost of avoiding it. The idea is not new and has even been implemented in a similar way before, but it seems to me that for Anno it is especially important that in order to save the hero?s life, someone else must sacrifice his own (only one capsule in Ultraman, limited helmet memory in Kamen Rider).

We could go even further if we compare Shin Godzilla's "Who will Know?" which is about struggling to survive even if it doesn't wish for it.

I always thought they complement their shows rather well. Hongo is grappling with his loss of humanity and willing to help Ruriko however he can. Shinji (in Shin Ultraman not Evangelion) was killed because of Ultraman, who felt guilt and came to the conclusion that humanity was worth saving over himself, much like how in the original. So, I feel they fit the "Heroic Sacrifice" idea in the same spirit as their predecessors.