[EVA] A-Kon 13 & Manga's End of Eva Dub

[Brendan Jamieson]

Patrick Kottinger wrote:
>My initial thought on the Manga release is that the video quality is
>supurb.

Manga's open forums were during the immediate aftermath of the Wings of
Honneamise DVD fiasco. There was more than a little speculation that
Manga would screw up the video for Evangelion too. However, Keith
assured us there that they were using a digital source provided by
Gainax. IIRC, his exact words were, "They're so clear it made me want to
cry." It's nice to know this worked out :)

>This pleases me, as the extras on the DVD don't really intrest me

The Yamaga (and/or others) commentary track is the bonus that really
interests me. Hopefully they really did secure this. I emailed Keith
monthes ago about this and he said something like "Yamaga is done,
working on Anno or Tsurumaki". So I'm assuming that at least there's one
with Yamaga. My new fear is what movie the commentary is for. I
generally couldn't care less about a D&R commentary, and the specs for
the DVD state a commentary will be on that DVD :P

>There were times when it all clicked and felt like this was the
>way its should be, and there were times when it felt awkward and ameteurish,
>with the cast of Fanboy Bebop, a fandub I had recently saw, giving it a run
>for the money.

Aside from the translation errors (-_-) the thing that also bothers me
is the insertion of (imho) unecessary swearing.
I don't remember if this was a problem in D&R, but it popped up a lot in
EoE.

>It bothered me that everybody broke into uproarous laughter
>when Shinji said "I am so fucked-up".

Eh.. I think this also has a lot to do with the audience. The scene has
sort of lost its edge, and has become a novelty, to some. Too bad.
When I saw EoE at Otakon '98, no one laughed, giggled, or anything like
that during that scene. I think it caught a lot of people off gaurd.

>Rei - Amanda Winn Lee - I'll be honest, I've always despised her 
>as Rei.

Rei sounded too... childish. I didn't like it very much.

>I did like [Grant] a little more in D&R than in the series, but even 
>my friend thought she was miscast and he's a devoted dubbie.

lol - don't tell her that. "Asuka" is her favorite role ever. :P

>Ritsuko - Sue Ulu

(Side note:) Who doesn't look anything like I expected her to ^^;

>I got the impression at the Eva panal the she doesn't enjoy playing 
>Dr. Akagi. The why she put it, she looked at the script and
>sarcastically said, ""Yeah, I'm a bitch again". While I kind of like her
>voice in the role, Ido not see Ritsuko as the quintessential bitch she seems
>to.

It's too bad she views Ritsuko like that. I guess I always looked upon
Ritsuko in a pretty sympathetic light.
She wasn't too bitchy, for the most parts. She had her moments, but
hey... Ritsuko's just another tragic figure in a sea of tragic figures.
 
>Kaji - No comment

Uh, is it just me or did Kaji's VA do Kaworu in Manga's dubs as well?
@_@
I never minded Kaji's english VA, so I wasn't too put off by his
reprisal of the role - but I didn't understand why they had him do two
different, and totally unrelated, characters.


Incidentally, Winn Lee had almost total free reign on the dub of
D&R/EoE. She even wrote the script adaptation.

*cough*

-brendan