Offical Neon Genesis Evangelion Info/Update Thread

[Herry Dunston]

Originally Posted by starsteam

Not sure if I'm reading it right but it sounds like these were guidelines for the pixiv collaboration (because of course they wouldn't want promotional/political/lewd art for that) and Crunchyroll just twisted it around enough to make it sound like Khara was setting guidelines for all fan art everywhere.

Because that wouldn't make any sense or stop anything.

https://www.otaquest.com/evangelion-fan-art-guidelines/

It's true there's a Pixiv collaboration happening, but there's no defining link in the new guidelines that directly correlate to that event.

[Kyle15]

The new trailer is fantastic. Looks like an awesome follow-up to the divine 3.0.

[SmittysGelato]

Originally Posted by Kyle15

The new trailer is fantastic. Looks like an awesome follow-up to the divine 3.0.

I just want Misato to be okay.

[nabelnabel]

Originally Posted by Herry Dunston

Studio Khara encourages their fans not to promote their characters in a pornographic light, or incorporate them in any sort of politics.

...good luck with that.

They're almost all children, ffs

[kk1]

Originally Posted by Herry Dunston

Studio Khara encourages their fans not to promote their characters in a pornographic light, or incorporate them in any sort of politics.

...good luck with that.

Does the studio want to keep that business to themselves? LOL

[omgitsgodzilla]

From what I understand it's basically just a general statement of what the company/brand approves of, to prevent fan works that fall outside of that from reflecting negatively on them. It's kind of just covering their ass/a statement of principles.

They've also clarified that they're not trying to actively police or censor fan works. Apparently it's not really uncommon for Japanese studios/franchises to release statements like this; this one seems to have just gotten an unusual amount of attention outside of Japan, with people who are less familiar with the practice.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by omgitsgodzilla

They've also clarified that they're not trying to actively police or censor fan works. Apparently it's not really uncommon for Japanese studios/franchises to release statements like this; this one seems to have just gotten an unusual amount of attention outside of Japan, with people who are less familiar with the practice.

Another case of Americans overreacting to the smallest of things, why am I not surprised?

[professorwho]

According to Selecta Vision, Khara will be directly supervising the international BD releases of Evangelion.

[NLScavenger]

I'm not sure if that's good or bad news. This could potentially prevent distributors from putting out low quality releases, but on the other hand Khara could be very strict about the video materials (e.g. no color correction, no better upscale of episode #16 with domesday duplicator).

[Dailyan]

Originally Posted by NLScavenger

(e.g. no color correction, no better upscale of episode #16 with domesday duplicator).

Fixing "botched" subtitles:

[Show spoiler]

[SpazeBlue]

Originally Posted by Dailyan

Fixing "botched" subtitles:

[Show spoiler]

Which is the most accurate translation?

[professorwho]

Originally Posted by SpazeBlue

Which are the most accurate translation?

For the scene, or in general?

In general, it's a bit of both, but really neither, as, while the intention is the same in both, it is the diction that differs most, and I find that to be the biggest issue. The ADV subtitles tend to be more "localized," while Khara's translation for Netflix is far too literal, so a blend of both is ideal.

[SpaceDandy]

This news is unfortunately unclear. Khara is anyway supervising the release around the world as they are the licensor and they care about NGE, so they will thoroughly control everything.
It's not stated up to what extent khara is involved in the release. If they are taking care of everything, then MediaOCD would not be working on authoring the discs for GKIDS/AL.

I see two candidates expalantion:
-Khara is indeed providing the same assets (packaging) to every distributor, who may then do some slight adjustements. Distributors are also provided with the compressed, ready for authoring, video assets (it would explain why an US company is authoring NGE discs at the moment).
-This statement is only related to continental Europe, where Dynit, Dybex, Selecta (and whoever is the licensee in Germany?) are working together to provide the best possible edition in smaller markets video & packaging-wise.

[...] we are working together with several countries to make it a very special joint launch [...]

[BigOnAnime]

Netflix now:

Originally Posted by Red Bard

Me: *spends a whole section of the TL video talking about Netflix Eva*
Netflix, last month: *quietly changes "you're worthy of my grace" to "you're worthy of my affection"*

https://twitter.com/RedBardIsCool/st...62574242750464

Originally Posted by Red Bard

For those wondering: the line is still "you're worthy of my grace" in the dub--the change to "affection" is only in the subtitles

https://twitter.com/RedBardIsCool/st...62574242750464

[RIKANA]

Originally Posted by GeoffOliver

It’s only for episodes 21-24. The rest of the dub was mostly left intact, including the original broadcast versions of 21-24. The next episode previews were all redubbed though to match the new versions done for Renewal. There was also one line from Misato that was redubbed at Gainax’s request.

What line would that be. Just woundering

RI

[takkun]

Originally Posted by mysticwaterfall

Yeah, Third Child has always made more sense to me then "Third Children" since their are not multiple Shinjis.

It was assumed during the original run that this was a typical Japanese English mistake but it’s intentional because of the mystery surrounding the First Children. I was very confused when I watched it in real time week by week back then (I thought there were a group of kids) and was a neat twist. I understand why it was changed for English audiences but do prefer this.

[Hydra Spectre]

Netflix still hasn't fixed the following line:
"Listen carefully, Shinji. Like Adam, we humans come from the source of life called Lilith."

The English dub was correct since the very beginning, though, saying:
"Listen carefully to what I'm about to say next, Shinji. We humans came from a source of life called Lilith, which is also like Adam."

For comparison, the Manga dub and subtitles (which spawned the misconception that Adam came from Lilith in the first place) said:
"You see, Shinji, mankind was spawned from a being called Lilith, just like Adam was."

[Herry Dunston]

Originally Posted by professorwho

According to Selecta Vision, Khara will be directly supervising the international BD releases of Evangelion.

Emotional Status:

39% Hopeful

60% Frightened

1% Lustful

[IdeaOfEvil]

I've kinda given up hope on seeing the original subs ever being released again. But if they deny the original dub.... easy pass.

[SmittysGelato]

As someone who does not speak Japanese, even if this show had no dub or subtitles whatsoever I'd still watch it anyway.