ElMariachi: TMBounty_Hunter I apologise for that, I forgot to mention that it was fanwank on my part. Also, about the "emergency explosive" thing, neither Gendo nor Shinji used it to open Rei's entry plug in 1.0. It seems the only way to open it is through rotating the lever on the ha...

[A discussion resulting from the first bullet point below was offloaded to its own topic here . All further replies go in that topic, not this one. - Monk] ⋅ Asuka tore the hatch off Shinji's entry plug after N4I with brute force (her possibly having superhuman strength is hinted ...

I don't find it at all strange that she uses the term 'Lilin'. 14 years is more than enough time for Asuka [s:lpzetxu9]and Mari[/s:lpzetxu9] to have thought of some serious questions for Ritsuko as to why they aren't aging, what the EVA are, what happened during the Bardiel incident etc.

(I've never been able to explain THAT one.) I've always thought it was for the same reason that Adam and Lilith's fusion is called "forbidden", or that Lances exist at all. Yet, this raises another question: why does the Lance fuse with the respective triggers of 2nd a...

So wait, does that mean there will be no bonus added scenes AT ALL for the third film? Well shit. New Eva and Minna no Eva pages I hit didn't make it clear but EM's original: 収録時間：本編105分（『巨神兵東&...

Another thing with Mari just occurred to me- Her catholic school. She apparently had to repress herself a lot, but there's the unspoken question of, was it enough? Could she really hide all that weirdness under the carpet, so to speak? Or was there a situation where she was laughed at for being...

It must be that all the people who recorded it happened to include that clip. I simply doesn't fit in Eva. When else has there been a cut beyond the title card in a trailer? And that animation's quality pales in comparison to the rest of the trailer.

I'm not really convinced.

Monk Ed: That is a brilliant analysis, I'm of the same mind with regards to Yui's intentions for being in the Evangelion, We know she planned everything ahead, being a genius scientist to boot, so it seems likely that even all those years ago, she knew what her fate would be. And yet, there...

When that actual angel in the finale shows up, do the screens say "=" then? Well, they may as well have. It's "Blood Type : BLUE" for the 12th Angel. http://s8.postimage.org/cnljw6h91/vlcsnap_115475.png And for Kaworu, too. http://s7.postimage.org/tplbufzln/vlcsnap_1...

It doesn't seem as though Code 04B is a true Angel. The screen in Asuka's plug reads "BloodType ≈ BLUE", not "BloodType = BLUE" nor "BloodType : BLUE", after the AT Field analysis of it finishes, with the obvious connotation being that the model is only an...

I think it may be Kaworu's Lance.

Both 1.11 and 2.22 had enhanced animation and audio, yep. I personally don't remember to what extent, besides the 2.22 version of 2.0 having a ridiculously high number of improved upon cuts. I'm gonna be speculating a lot in this post, so folks who don't like that sort of thing about me...

I think it'd be interesting if a rendition of Beethoven's "Emperor" (Concerto No. 5, Op. 73) were used. The 2nd and 3rd movements, in particular, my preference is lent to. The former has an elegance that reminds me of Air . Then again, for all we know, Sagisu might create t...

OP: I'm certain this has been demonstrated before, but: Wollust ward dem Wurm gegeben, i.e. "Pleasure was given to the worm". In context of the song in Eva, "pleasure" can be considered a metaphor for Kaworu, and "the worm" one for Shinji. He was quite pitiful befo...

eyes glint in vengeance, urging us to suicide Reminds me of Shinji in EoE, when he pseudo-talks with Rei after Komm, süßer Tod begins playing, and says that he should die, because no one understands him (or something along those lines). God’s creation rebuffs our assimilation/The atmosphere...

Plat Dubs,
Animax,
Ni nen bai.
Only animu I wasn't eventually disgusted/estranged by (poor variety, mind you).
Only recently have I returned to watching it.

choke the only another person on the planet From what I've read on this forum, it seems more likely that it was Shinji's means by which to verify reality--people can't die in Instrumentality and they possess no libido. Asuka probably knew this (she had recently shared the same mind ...

Speaking of Asuka, does anyone think that the scene where Kaji harasses Shinji holds subtle reference to the 22' mind rape scene of Kaji (wearing what almost look like preacher robes :rofl: ) abandoning Asuka and holding Shinji? Asuka: Help me! Help me, Mr. Kaji! Kaji: Asuka, you're ...

A homage to the original series? Maybe he just prefers Rebuild?
EDIT: Away with the newcomerness!

Yeah, I found it strange that Gendo's words aren't even hinted at (except to Ritsuko's VA, who apparently then remarked at how brilliant a director Anno is...) but it seems an interesting idea to leave it muted. Granted, I'm not inclined to suggest that this translation quirk...