[EVA] Eva Manga Stage 77 - Part 2

AA anuraag at comcast.net
Sun Oct 28 23:08:44 EDT 2007


> At this point, Sadamoto just seems to be transcribing End of Evangelion, though giving us an insight into Shinji's mind during his not-quite suicidal phase is a welcome change. Is he using similar imagery for the manga as the film did?
I wish I remembered the movie better so I could answer with more confidence, but I want to say there are more scenes of the inside of Nerv getting blown to bits by the JSSDF.  Maybe to add a shonen-manga feel to it all.

> The only thing I can think that's wrong (not even incorrect, necessarily)
> about the translation is "Apostles". Yes, that is the direct translation of
> "Shito", but Gainax themselves said they wanted it to be rendered in English
> as "Angels" instead. (Yay for Pointless Religious Symbolism!)
Oh yeah, I should have remembered that.  Now that line actually makes sense!

> Shonen-Ace celebrates its 30th anniversary with the Eva manga restart as
> well as a bundled Eva T-shirt. 
Man what was I thinking.  It's supposed to be 13th anniversary, not 30th...







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