Eva on Toonami

Chaos Angel · Post by **Chaos Angel** » Tue Jan 28, 2003 11:54 pm

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=3115

They are showing two eps as part of Giant Robot week.

Only two eps, with those probably being the fight against Bardiel and the fight against the ribbon-armed Angel whose name escapes me, if I had to guess.

Myself, I think that people will be confused as all hell by what's going on if they only show two eps, and I know it won't be the first two, because those don't have much action, which they are aiming for. I also loathe the Eva dub, so this irks me.

Although, it may get people interested enough to go buy the series boxset...

Thoughts?

Oh, they are also showing selections of Robotech, Nadesico, and Dai-Guard. But I haven't seen those, so I have no opinion.

RichLather · Post by **RichLather** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 2:54 am

I think it's a poor idea to only show two episodes of Evangelion, since any audience they hook with it will be left in the lurch.

Plus, they're gonna have to cut something out of it. Betcha the OP sequence goes, for one.

UncleMilo · Post by **UncleMilo** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 4:00 am

I personally don't think Eva should be shown on Toonami... I don't even think it should be on Adult Swim. It's just the wrong kind of environment for a show like that.

Eva should be show on Bravo or IFC.

-Uncle Milo

FATTY_VM · Post by **FATTY_VM** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 7:44 am

how bad do you think they are going to butcher it .. especially showing in a spot that has been the place of shows like the powerpuff girls and scooby doo? ... gah .. makes me angry.

MrScribble · Post by **MrScribble** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 9:32 am

If I were them, I'd show the 8th and 9th episode. Those are fairly actionpacked, but don't really require the viewer to have seen much previous material. Then it should also need little to none censoring.

MAS PRODUCTIONS · Post by **MAS PRODUCTIONS** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:15 am

I dont think that Toonami watchers are ready for Eva. They are slowly building towards it but they just aren't ready for the mind raping. Its an even worse idea to show it from somewhere in the middle.

Golden Saucer · Post by **Golden Saucer** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 10:20 am

Traumatize little folks yeah!, I mean some of those kiddies will have an evangelion obssesion for about 2 weeks, after which they will realize that getting more evangelion episodes is beyond their reach and probably get depressed.

Anime Jedi · Post by **Anime Jedi** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 11:27 am

It might take quite awhile to get an audience ready for Evangelion.

Anyways, I also think it's a bad idea. There are some anime shows where showing two episodes from anywhere in the series is fine, and won't confuse you too much, but I don't really think Eva is one of them.

Chao · Post by **Chao** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 3:00 pm

Golden Saucer wrote:Traumatize little folks yeah!, I mean some of those kiddies will have an evangelion obssesion for about 2 weeks, after which they will realize that getting more evangelion episodes is beyond their reach and probably get depressed.

We'll have a nation of Shinjis on our hands:shock:

Well the UK was ready for Eva it seems as about a month ago Sci-Fi had just finished showing the series and End of Evangelion is premiering in the London Sci-Fi Film Festival this weekend.

KLin · Post by **KLin** » Wed Jan 29, 2003 5:14 pm

Woo, Nadesico and Dai-guard! Yay for Robotech as well. Now if they would only show Zone of the Enders, Dolores i and Gasaraki the lineup would be perfect.

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Eva on Toonami

Eva on Toonami

It would just be weird. ^_^