| The final episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion were among the most awaited
U.S. anime releases in recent years. Fans wanted to learn the fates of
the strange "children" who piloted the giant Evas against the Angels. Even
though some fans had heard that the final two episodes were unusual, they
didn't realize how strange they were until AD Vision released them. They
found those episodes were a cross between the "stargate" sequence in 2001
and a Fellini film: talky and unfocused, a stream-of-consciousness meandering
that left some Eva questions unanswered. When the American voice actors
who handled the lead roles in those episodes were asked about the final
volume, they admitted that they also had trouble understanding it. |
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| "The last two episodes of Eva I had no idea what was going on," said
Tristan MacAvery, who played Gendou. "I had to figure how I should read
the part, flat or philosophical." MacAvery and the other actors said there
was nothing wrong with the English translation, that the Japanese original
was incomprehensible. |
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| The women who played the female Eva pilots also spoke about how they
approached their roles. Amanda Winn Lee was cast against type as the taciturn
Rei Ayanami, and said "I got into a weird mode - I can't describe it. It's
a good thing I'm in a little padded room when I'm doing it because that's
where she belongs.She knows she's expendable, but the thing is, she's still
human so you can't do her totally catatonic." |
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| Tiffany Grant plays Soryuu Asuka Langley, a character who is outspoken
to more than a fault. "She says the most horrible things to people, things
that you'd like to say to people and can't get away with - it's refreshing."
Grant, who admits there may be some similarity in her outspokeness and
Langley's, has some sympathy for the character, who, in the anime, discovered
her mother's suicide. "Do you think she's going to be a normal person." |
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