Funimation trailers (was Re: [EVA] ADV Platinum booklets reliability)

[R_J_N]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Svensson" <sun1jack at hotmail.com>
To: <evangelion at eva.onegeek.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 10, 2010 12:39 AM
Subject: RE: [EVA] ADV Platinum booklets reliability



> ...instead....have you *seen* the FUNimation trailers for Rebuild?  Full 
> of action scenes, no better than the ADV ones.  I'm worried that...they 
> don't realize that much of the story is making fun of the conventions of 
> the story.

They're smart. People buy anime for giant robots punching aliens. The sort 
of people who are interested in deep psychological intrigue are a minority, 
and Funimation, like ADV knows how to market their titles in a manner that 
will get maximum exposure. If it makes you feel better, think of all the 
action junkies who will buy EVA because of the high octane combat and fan 
service and then get swept away by the social commentary and personal 
relations. Evangelion was constructed to be a mecha anime primarily so that 
people would watch the show. The main story content of Evangelion can be 
done without giant robots, but giant robots sell LDs.

@going back many years, what made me try Evangelion, as an anime noob, was 
having seen Gunbuster (the VHS release) first. Noriko's emotional extremes, 
leading to her more mature metamorphosis, was the first animation I had ever 
seen that had real deep feelings eating up a character. "Gainax" stuck in my 
mind, & when ADV started releasing Eva, when I saw it was by Gainax, I 
bought.

For anime watchers, there is now plenty of shows with deep-ish 
personalisation available. I think the Japanese trailer for 1.01 had it just 
right - shows the new animation, Shinji depressed, Misato offering 
comfort/friendship in a big sisterly way, angst & action.  Did Funimation 
use the Japanese trailer?  (Apart from Bamboo Blade - not watched yet - & 
1.11 I don't buy their releases)
RJN