In the 'Characters' page of the Glossaries, the main characters are introduced. However I realise in the Japanese original version the Eva pilots are called children, not child, even if it refers to a single boy/ girl.
For example, Shinji is the third one, and he's called the Third Children in the animation. Although it seems grammatically incorrect, it's set by the author. Therefore, would it be better to follow the original names? I think it would be better to change 'Child' back to 'Children'. Thank you.
Child/ Children?
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I've thought about it more than once. Part of it is a force of habit, given that every time I watch Eva, regardless of sub or dub, it's always "Child". If I were to switch over to more Nihon-centric terminology like "Children", "Shogouki", "Longinus no Yari", etc, I would be afraid of alienating the more casual fans. The more dedicated and educated fans understand and typically don't care unless it's a glaring inaccuracy. I'm taking things like this into consideration at the moment. I'm trying to give the site an overhaul, making it less oriented towards North American fandom, and simply english speaking oriented. Switching to using the terminology "children" for instance may come about in the near future, as I try to up the level of content.
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I have a kawaru background, it says 5th children, I dont mind it, but I'd rather it say child, or even piolet but that would be totally off topic.
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Why did Anno write it up as 'children' in the first place? He did know that it was grammaticaly incorrect. So why?
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AuthenticM wrote:Why did Anno write it up as 'children' in the first place?
Rei counts as "children", I think.
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