Comments on: Rumors

By: Nick

Nick — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 22:45:22 +0000

My god the name change thing would be very stupid. Even if the roles are played by people that are not of japanese decent, the names should not be changed. Honestly in most japanese anime you can hardly tell the deference between English and Japanese characters. The characters name’s should stay the same regardless of who gets casted. The only worry in casting should be whether or not someone is good enough for a role.

By: Asininewhelp

Asininewhelp — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 06:53:33 +0000

Fuck off to america!? That’s a bit extreme, I do hope you were refering to hollywood in general, though I do see where you are coming from…

Though I don’t get this common misconsception that japan would get any better, they could go JUST AS WRONG! There have been plenty…PLENTY horrible live action takes on Anime and Manga.

And quite frankly I wouldn’t even trust Anno with a $100 Million dollar project.

Although I am eager to see an american take on this film, we MUST REMEMBER THIS: This isn’t Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV). This is a movie BASED upon the show.

Basically:
-Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV) is Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)

-Neon Genesis Evangelion the manga is Neon genesis Evangelion the manga. NOT Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)

-Rebuild Of evangelion is Rebuild of evangelion…Not Neon Genesis Evangelion (TV)

-And THe Live action Evangelion is a live action adaptation, NOT NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (TV)

What I’m saying is that the Live action Evangelion is not the same as the original series, and thus won’t replace it in anyway.

If this movie is made, you still have the original! DON’T pay attention to the live action version if you don’t like it, no one is forcing you. Just because the movie is/might come out doesn’t mean that the original series we all love is going to automatically dissapear.

By: Voice_of_Wisdom

Voice_of_Wisdom — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 07:38:14 +0000

First of all, changing the names of the characters will piss off every Eva fan. This is supposed to be a live-action film based on an anime, therfore, names, locations, designs, everything should be kept as close to the original as possible. This movie will appeal to the otaku population not just of america but of the whole friggin’ world!! If the yanks fuck it up then they’re going to be killed in my favourtie way, death by legions of enraged otaku!!

Although, seeing as how Anno isn’t having a hand in it and the yank wankers are dealing with it, the movie doesn’t have any hope of being anywhere near as good as the original series. They’re just trying to be one of the cool kids by saying, “What’s that? You’re a fan of Evangelion? Well WE made a movie” If that doesn’t get them bashed nothin will.

And that’s not the end of it. I live in Australia and we have to fight just to get it in the cinemas because of the religious implications in the series.

This world should just say one big FUCK OFF!! to america and let Japan do the movie. At least they should get it right!!

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:38:52 +0000

Frankly, i dont care if MR Potter doesn’t play shinji. while im not a raving Harry potter fan, concidering he performed in Eqqus, he does have the skills required to play shinji. please dont hate me for it.

But, for Gods sake, please dont get Zac Effron to play him. i dont care how many teeny boppers will want to see it because he’s in it- get someone who can act and dosent just sing his lines. NGE is not a musical; though God help me if thats the next stage (no pun intended) after a live action movie. try to imagine that…

And leave the names. When it was translated and dubbed, we got along just fine. why wont we now? Also, no producer would be that stupid to change the names…people would be out for his blood!

i must say that its a good sign their taking so long to do it- at least their trying to do it properly. if it does turn out in all its glory, i smell an oscar nomination…

Out of interest; will they keep Cruel Angel’s Thesis??

By: Cammy G

Cammy G — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:41:59 +0000

I wish people would just leave NGE alone, I mean the show was a huge success due to its adult themes and brilliant story line. The whole series has stood as one of (if not the) best anime of all time, it would be a shame for anyone to destroy such a monument by altering it to suit America. America can go fuck its self if they can’t site though one film just one where they aren’t in the spot light. I say keep the names, keep the locations, and keep it Japanese! The Japanese made the show and we all love it to death so the least that we can do is to keep it the way it’s meant to be. And in the end who cares if Shinji is named Shinji it’s just a name, yes that raises questions of what’s wrong with changing the name to suit Americans? The answer is that anything but Shinji is not his name, it doesn’t matter what the name is as long as its write!

By: alzo

alzo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:44:04 +0000

in terms of the evangelion pilot names DONT CHANGE THEM. there is no bloody point, they are good as it is now, i mean jesus kate rose wtf asuka langley sorhyu is way better. and i think that this evangelion movie shuld either be a continuation of what end of evangelion left off, but that would be silly but they should make a continuation (not live action) or it should atleast have evangelion unit 4 because it didn’t make any appearence in the show and it would be awesome to be able to see what it could have been capable of doing in the series.

By: Viktor

Viktor — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:49:46 +0000

the new “names” are bullshit…if they are making evangelion THEY SHOULD MAKE EVANGELION not a crappy foreigner stuff….. daniel radcliffe and name it different from shinji or “kate rose” for asuka and “ray” for ayanami …fuck that

By: Rivalz Cardemonde

Rivalz Cardemonde — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:49:51 +0000

ive seen those concept arts that were posted here and ive been wondering why unit 00 and unit 02 has mouths,i watched the original anime but ive never seen 00 and 02 open their mouths and i doubt that they even have one,ive only seen it on unit 01

By: Fahlz

Fahlz — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:44:31 +0000

ya it’ll still be pretty cool if the names are change, but they still gotta have resemblence 4rom dah anime characters,

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:21:19 +0000

this is based in japan for gods sake. if they really want it to be close to the original stick to the japanese geez…. stupid americanization!!! its too good to change it like that! change is ok but not if it destroys the image that gainax originaly created