Pizza Hut <3 Evangelion

[CorporalChaos]

desu doesn't really mean any one thing, it's simply added at the end to sentences. I think it's just used to state that something exists? Though I know that would be arimasu/imasu.

I think 'desu' is the equivalent of the english to be/to exist, IIRC.

[CitizenGeek]

desu doesn't really mean any one thing, it's simply added at the end to sentences. I think it's just used to state that something exists? Though I know that would be arimasu/imasu.

I think 'desu' is the equivalent of the english to be/to exist, IIRC.

Aha, I get it now! It's like the verb "etre" in French - I'm studying Japanese next year, so I have a feeling I'll be using that word a lot! Thanks, much appreciated!

[thedarkorb]

Pizza Hut and EVA?!?! Two of my favorite things combined into one single entity!?!?!

USA sucks.

[BrikHaus]

desu doesn't really mean any one thing, it's simply added at the end to sentences. I think it's just used to state that something exists? Though I know that would be arimasu/imasu.

I think 'desu' is the equivalent of the english to be/to exist, IIRC.

@CC: Yeah, you're right. It's basically the word "is" in Japanese.

@SSD: You're wrong in thinking it's just added willy-nilly to the end of sentences. It comes at the end because "is/to be" is the verb, and in Japanese verbs come at the end. Just throwing random "desu" onto the end of sentences is a 4chan meme. "Arimasu/Imasu" however, are somewhat different.

[Sailor Star Dust]

That's what I get for mainichi nihongo benkyoshimasen.



...Seriously, not having taken a class for a year or so has left me somewhat rusty with things like that. -_-

Thanks!

arimasu="to exist" when something's an inanimate object.

imasu="to exist" when something's alive, e.g. you do NOT use arimasu for people unless they're dead or things like that.

[Incisivis]

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lol desu.

Hey, Shinji stuff, awesome. :) They're drawn really weird, though.

[Morzella]

Two important questions arise. One; dose Pizza Hut deliver? Two; will they deliver to England from Japan?

[CorporalChaos]

Two important questions arise. One; dose Pizza Hut deliver? Two; will they deliver to England from Japan?

eBay does...I'm sure someones already but a pizza or two up for bid.

[NAveryW]

Not only do they deliver from Japan to England, but if the shipment doesn't arrive within two weeks, it's free! =D

[Defectron]

It's Neon Pizzahut Evangelion!

I've noticed Pizza huts been showing up in a lot of anime, expecially code Geass. But Amerca does the same thing, check out all the product placements in transformers.

[THE Hal E. Burton 9000]

It's Neon Pizzahut Evangelion!

I've noticed Pizza huts been showing up in a lot of anime, expecially code Geass. But Amerca does the same thing, check out all the product placements in transformers.

Just one of the many reasons why Transformers is annoying me more and more.

[EvaCub]

Two important questions arise. One; dose Pizza Hut deliver? Two; will they deliver to England from Japan?

Id get my pizza frozen then shipped to me =)
Itd be cool to get an NGE pizza

[CitizenGeek]

It's so .... weird that a show like Evangelion (that deals with real psychiatric problems, is laden with Christian symbolism and has so much to do with sex and the actual reality of 'growing up') is something that's so commercialised! The only shows/movies that get anywhere near that level of commercialisation in the west are children's shows.

Itd be cool to get an NGE pizza

It would be much better than 'cool' - it would be the BEST THING IN THE WORLD EVER©

[Mr. Tines]

It's so .... weird that a show ... laden with de-contextutalized Qaballistic sigils...

Fixed

[Krennn]

Not nearly as many as UCC and Doritos, which were seen clearly enmass in Misato's dirty apartment. When Shinji opens Misato's fridge for the first time, and says "snacks?", all the shelves were filled with Doritos. Also, there was a row of beer that wasn't Yebisu (Kirin Lager). The Pizza Hut sign was seen briefly in the background, when Shinji was walking to school or something, there may have been another that I missed.

P.S. UCC is not all that bad

I think the funny thing is that i learned about the new movie from the Doritos bags, i heard of it but didnt know it was real. Also actually there was Yebisu on the top and kirin on the bottom...could haev been the other way around. I didnt realize it till later that EVA uses Ebisu as a way to side step yebisu...good beer and yes UCC isgood stuff.

[Operation Yashima]

Pizza Hut and NGE...At least that means there will be no lack of sponsors and no premature ends to the movie then...

BTW, Desu is most popularily related to the anime Rozen Maiden and the character within called Suiseiseki who adds the word desu to the end of all her sentences.

[CitizenGeek]

Pizza Hut and NGE...At least that means there will be no lack of sponsors and no premature ends to the movie then...

I think the idea that Gainax ran out of money for the last two eps of Eva is a bit of a myth!

[EvaCub]

I think the idea that Gainax ran out of money for the last two eps of Eva is a bit of a myth!

Thats intresting...
elaborate if you will

[the_seventh_child]

Pizza Hut and NGE...At least that means there will be no lack of sponsors and no premature ends to the movie then...

Haha, i guess you are right!

I think the idea that Gainax ran out of money for the last two eps of Eva is a bit of a myth!

So what do you think that actually happened?

[CitizenGeek]

I think the idea that Gainax ran out of money for the last two eps of Eva is a bit of a myth!

So what do you think that actually happened?[/quote]

Well, Gainax was having a hard time making it's deadlines for the episodes for TV Tokyo. So much so that they would have to run the latest episode (on betamax) down to the TV station on bicycle literally minutes before it was due to be aired. Obviously, the TV Tokyo couldn't check these episodes to make sure they were suitable for airing, so they just aired them without checking. However, ep 24 ended with Shinji decapitating his friend (Kaworu) and, understandably, the TV Tokyo went apeshit. You just can't show that on family time TV. And so, TV T demanded to see the storyboards for the final two eps (which, I guess, looked like what EoE was) and said "No way!", so Gainax were left with two weeks to think up a whole new way to tell the ending, using as little violence as possible. And that's why we ended up with the ep 25 and 26 that we got. That's my understanding, anyway!

If you think about it - it doesn't make sense that Gainax could make something that's as well-animated as ep 24 and then just run out of money. I'm pretty sure they would have been able to forsee themselves running out of money and would have rationed it, so they could make a proper ending. Evangelion was pretty popular too even at that time, so I don't think TV Tokyo would have decided to stop funding the show, either.

After Gainax made loads of money on Eva, they screwed up with their taxes and were given a massive fine by the Japanese revenue comission. This nearly bankrupted Gainax, and I think that's where the myth that they ran out of money towards the end of the series comes from.