[EVA] The Funimation Dub

[Gwern Branwen]

On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:51 PM, e <e29au at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Gwern Branwen wrote:
> And the one other
>> apparently
>> independent coverage of the artbook,
>> <http://eva.onegeek.org/pipermail/oldeva/2000-August/036814.html>,
>> echoes the '12th angel' thing (and not '12 angels'). Does
>> anyone know
>> whether Ernst was merely going on the original translation
>> or knows
>> Japanese & that was his own quick translation?
>
> Sorry, I haven't been following this thread carefully.  The post you've linked was my post.  What issue are you referring to?
>
> E

I thought I was pretty clear: a translation of the outline and your
description suggest that after Kaworu, one single Angel (designated
the 12th) descends from the Moon and destroys America and so on; while
Olivier claims this is a mistake, and actually, after Kaworu, a group
of 12 different Angels descend from the Moon... etc. I am interested
in how much weight to put on your description; if you were only
trusting the translation, then it's Olivier's word against the
translation, and I think I trust him more.

(Since if I don't trust Olivier, I need to toss out the 2 EoE endings as well.)

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gwern