[EVA] Evangelion Kaibunsho

[M]

This was supposed to be my Eva swan song, but with Sadamoto taking so  
long with the manga and now the new Gainax eva movies being announced  
it looks like Eva will continue for the time being, so here it is.

Teaser text:
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In February 1997, an anonymous document circulated through Japanese  
anime bulletin boards and internet chat rooms. This nearly 40KB text- 
only document written under the pseudonym "Hiiro Yui", a self- 
professed "[anime] industry dropout", claimed to expose various  
behind-the-scenes secrets surrounding the Evangelion TV airing,  
Director Anno, Okada Toshio (Gainax founding member), and other  
Gainax/Eva related matters that had thus far circulated only as  
rumors among industry people and otaku "in the know". This document,  
which came to be known as the Evangelion kaibunsho*, quickly  
disappeared from the bulletin boards and chat rooms, but copies had  
been made and the document was also posted anonymously to several  
prominent Eva-related websites, so it saw widespread exposure. The  
"Eva boom" now past, most of these websites no longer exist, and the  
document can currently be found only at a few forgotten web pages and  
mirror sites.

* Kaibunsho = Lit.: Mysterious/subversive/defamatory document.  
Generally an insider expose written for reasons of spite, a grudge or  
other resentment, but also sometimes out of a desire to expose the  
truth and/or draw attention to an injustice.
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Links to the complete original Japanese text and English translations  
of relevant parts can be found at:

http://www.evaotaku.com/html/kaibunsho.html

Enjoy...?


"M"(wahahahaha)
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PS:  Big, big thanks to Brendan for getting this all formatted and  
posted.  :)