To clarify what I just said: - I am not saying that disliking Mari necessarily means you can't get over NGE. - I am not saying that there are no valid reasons for disliking Mari. - I am not dismissing all complaints about Mari as simple butthurt over the differences between NGE and NTE. What I am sa...

Most of these complaints don't make a lot of sense. She hogs screen time? She barely has any. She speaks multiple languages? So do most people who aren't Americans (literally -- being monolingual is the rare exception around the world, not the norm, to the point where it would be noteworthy if some...

I'll have to rewatch the dub at some point, as I can't recall any missteps on Keith's part apart from the line about Shinji near the end. Nothing else really jumped out at me, which is a big change from her performance in NGE. Her line at the end is the only individually significant misstep; the ot...

I agree re: Keith's rendition of her line at the end, but I thought she was pretty good otherwise. Can't agree re: Grant; I still cringe every time she opens her mouth. Agreed re: Jewell, he was one of the better parts of the dub. Tiffany Grant doesn't grate on me the way she does you and others. N...

In my headcanon, Mari is Kaji's spy/agent whom he sends to keep tabs on Shinji, precisely because he fears Shinji's instrumental role (no pun intended) in the HIP. Thus, when she lands on Shinji in 2.0 and smells him, she's simply ecstatic that she's identified her target -- the cat has found its qu...

Yeah, I don't think all the fan service works, either. Better to blame that on a particular directorial choice, though, than Mari as a character. It'd be like holding Asuka personally responsible for the on-screen victimization of her groin and ass crack. It's silly. Exactly, though I suspect this ...

I think Fuyutsuki is just speaking metaphorically when he said Gendo sacrificed his own soul as a way to underline the extreme lengths to which Gendo is willing to go in pursuit of his higher goal. Fuyutsuki doesn't approve of many of Gendo's choices (especially his handling of Shinji), but he's to...

This is the Empire Strikes Back of Rebuild. It starts off, like ESB, kinda-sorta where we left off, but also, not at all where we left off. You get the sense that so much has happened since we last parted ways with this world. And it has. And so much continues to change as the movie unfolds. Are tho...

Seriously though, I thought Leiji (at least in the west) was kind of an obscure anime name to know, unless some have seen Interstella 5555. I wasn't hardcore enough to be able to identify the creator by name. But I recognized the style almost immediately. (My mental point of referen...

+1 on all the Radiohead suggestions. "My Iron Lung" in particular.

I have no idea why, but REM's "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" gives me strong Eva vibes.

Death is honestly one of my favorite things to come from the original series. I understand it completely. But then, I’ve slept with Death. So of course I understand it that well. I was being somewhat facetious. I'm not saying it's bad or anything. Quite the opposite; I think it's a very...

I barely understood Death/Rebirth the first time I saw it, which happened to be immediately after binge-watching the complete run of episodes 1-24. So, no. Don't start someone there.

It will be interesting to see whether the new remastering will finally get licensed for English release as a complete set for the first time; but whoever does that then has the business of either getting the rights to the existing dubs from two different companies, or of redubbing the lot... If it ...

If memory serves (it's been awhile), thin-box Platinum does not contain Death & Rebirth, EoE, etc. It's just the original run of the series and four "director's cut" episodes. I might be mistaken about that. I'll have to check my box set when I get home from the...

+1 on the rec for the Platinum Collection. I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for the Blu-ray release, especially if you're looking for the dub. These titles navigate their way through a tangled thicket of rights acquisition, distribution deals, script translation, voice casting, post product...

I was wondering... just how high is Asuka's IQ? If she were to have a considerably above-average IQ, it explains at least some of her elitist behavior: it's not just because of the number but some high-IQ people really do find the average folk frustratingly dull, putting a strain on their a...

Misato gives Asuka the short straw, at least as compared to her affection for Shinji. But let's keep in mind that Shinji is a much easier to person to live with. He's meek, passive, has self-esteem issues, and presents a lot of problems "on the job," but at home, he's all to ha...

and they did try to shoot Arael with the Positron Rifle, but he was out of the rifle's range, why it could attack with total impunity That was actually the one gripe I had with the positron rifle. :) I was willing to suspend my disbelief about everything wrong with it, as depicted, from a s...

Main cause? No. Main cause is just how different our cultures are. Murrica can't into deeply flawed heroes. At least not teenage Murrica, which is the age group most people watch Eva as. This. Shinji is a very Japanese character, in a lot of ways. He's conflicted, he's emotional, he'...

Jayfive#700769 wrote:And still, after all these years, only the 1st opening to Attack on Titan comes close in terms of awesome.

Attack on Titan's opening theme has some of the best Engrish ever shown on subtitle.