[EVA] Kaworu in OP

[Gwern Branwen]

On Wed, Dec 2, 2009 at 8:02 PM, Rachel K. Clark
<rachel.k.clark at evageeks.org> wrote:
> I have no idea what the "Kowaraou's Origins" thread is about any more (in
> fact, I have no idea what most of these threads are supposed to be about;
> the subjects seem to rarely bare resemblance to the contents), so I'm just
> going to quickly address something OMF asked about, under the assumption it
> was left hanging.
>
>> The description of the cut of Kaworu in the OP adds  ("The last Angel")
>> http://wiki.evageeks.org/FGC:OP_Cut_030
>> Now, it should be mentioned that the OP material "the storyboards and
>> Eva tomo no kai". It didn't have script page provided for it like the
>> episodes. You'd have to ask Reichu where this description comes from
>> exactly.
>
> The original storyboard (printed in NGE Storyboard Collection 4) says
> "Mysterious, beautiful boy" and "(The last angel)".
>
>> Has anyone checked the original VHS episodes intro? Or better yet, the
>> originally broadcasted intros? I'd like to confirm that Kaworu was in
>> fact there.
>
> I can't say I can check those first-hand, but the cut-by-cut breakdown of
> the OP in Newtype Film Book 1 certainly includes the cut. To my knowledge,
> the book was put out after TV broadcast and before VHS release (hence part
> of the incentive for Japanese consumers to buy them).
>
> -Reichu

Thanks for the info. That alleviates my concern - if the storyboards
were released even before the VHS tapes, then that makes it much less
likely that they were quietly going back and covering up the evidence.
:)

-- 
gwern