Yeah, how dare Misato be even slightly unmotherly to Shinji after she's spent fourteen years cleaning up the world he fucked over by being a huge retard Hey, she encouraged him to retrieve Rei. It's not like he knew that it was going to cause Third Impact. Is she mad at him or mad at herself?

Kind of funny that the thing everyone in the fandom was praising him for (going after Rei and retrieving her from the Angel) is the the thing that screwed everyone over in-universe.

I would exchange them all for my beloved Pen Pen.

(Characters look more like they're from Eureka Seven than Evangelion.)

http://www.pinguins.info/Engels/Lifespan_eng.html "The average lifespan of penguins is probably 15 to 20 years." He led a good life. Remember him this way R.I.P., Pen Pen http://www.taospage.net/Old/Image/Gainax/penpen.jpg I will remember you Will you remember me? Don't let your life ...

What of my beloved Pen Pen? Destroyed in Third Impact?

I've heard this opinion before but disagree. For one thing I would question the link between outcome and causation - a lot of Western fans dislike Shinji, this is true, but I think it has far more to do with the way his characterization clashes with Western perceptions of what a "hero"...

IShinji is quite possibly my favorite character in fiction, and even I'll admit that he can be whiny. I mean, he's 14 and severely depressed, of course he's whiny. The series doesn't really cut him a break for it either. I will say that Spencer brought a certain... punch to his TV s...

She's an okay Mari, but she lacks the gravity, the punch that Sakamoto gives her. It's almost like they were trying to compensate for this by having her swear.

It's interesting you should say that, gatotsu911 , because that's somewhat the impression I get from the English dub cast commentary on the 2.22 Blu-Ray. When McFarland talks to John Swasey, Gendo's VA, Swasey talks about trying to stay as faithful to the original as possible (but wi...

I got my Blu-Ray today and was doing some checking on certain scenes of the dub. Spike Spencer's Shinji is so much better now than in the TV series, or even in the first Rebuild movie. He still lacks the quiet subtlety Megumi Ogata's Shinji has in Shinji's usual attitude, but there are a...

People always accuse Anno of "trolling", but I don't he's ever intentionally done so.

Okay, so maybe a tiny bit in EoE. Just a tiny bit.

It looks like he basically admitted he wasn't fully committed to Mari.

I never really bought into the "sequel" thing, anyway. I've always thought the things pointed to as evidence were simply nods to the TV series, or else intended to be explained at a later time.

I got my shipping confirmation from TRSI last night. I'm pretty excited. In fact, I've been rewatching the TV series and will rewatch the first Rebuild movie in anticipation.

From the clips, it does seem that Tiffany Grant has toned down her Asuka a bit, but I don't know if that's her or just Rebuild 2.0 Asuka, who is a bit toned down, anyway. But there's still something unnatural about her voice. She sounds, I don't know, maybe a little old? Eh, I'd ...

Allison Keith's Rebuild performance is actually better than the Japanese version's. Maybe she should stay in the dubbing industry from now on. Better than Kotono Mitsuishi ? Ow, my sides hurt from laughter. Allison Keith sounds badly worn from age, not that she was that good in the role to ...

If you thought the ADV dub for the TV series was at all good, no amount of convincing will clear away the powerful delusion. Justin Cook's Touji is fantastic, though. He's a natural, having played Yusuke in YYH, a somewhat similar role. Kensuke's new voice is more or less just as annoyin...

I'm still not fond of Tiffany Grant's Asuka, but she seems to have toned it down a little, at least. She's no Yuko Miyamura, nor is Spencer Megumi Ogata, and it's clear how much less life they breath into their roles than the Japanese cast. However, there is some talent there. J. Mic...

I don't think comparing it to the FLCL dub is fair. That show's style allowed more freedom of performance -- mouths were frequently hidden from the viewer, allowing the VAs to form their own rhythm. The characters were also "bigger", no one really had to worry about subtlety. And ...