[EVA] Death and Rebirth Review [no Spoilers]

[christian nutt]

>From: "Andy"
>
>About the pronunciation of Evangelion (Eh-va, Ay-va etc). I might be
>completely wrong, but it depends on the accent of the voice actor. Neither
>is wrong, in my opinion. It could be loosely compared to the way British
>(myself) pronounce ‘tomato’ (To-mart-toe), and the way Americans pronounce
>‘tomato’ (To-mate-toe). It would also depend on how the person pronounced
>‘evangelical’ (with an ‘ee’ or an ‘ay’ sound at the beginning). So, I don’t
>think there’s a specific way to pronounce it, given that it’s based on a
>European word . . .

the thing is, though, that a good ADR director would be enforcing a specific 
pronunciation. the inconsistencies in the dub reflect a lack of control on 
the part of the director. with a word like "eva" (root in a real word or 
not) it's something that you're going to have to instruct the actors how to 
say it properly. people in US productions don't have regional accents -- 
most actors adopt a fakey "from nowhere" american accent.

>As for Kaoru, I don’t have a clue. Ask the Japanese. :P

there's only one right way to say it, and kwaa-ru isn't the one.

personally, all of these comments about the commentary track made me glad i 
didn't force myself to watch it because it would have driven me completely 
nuts. =)

to be honest, i could not possibly care what they do with the EoE dub 
because i am not capable of watching eva dubbed. as much as i don't mind 
dubs of other series, eva is too special, and the dub too poor, to bear.

christian


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