Isn't Unit 01 female, though? I mean, given that it's, well, those of you who haven't seen Evangelion will have to see it for yourself.
I know I stretch the word "terrific" a lot when I post Super Terrific Japanese Thing, but by god, this video is terrific in the most traditional sense of the word. A bunch of Japanese nerds got together to re-do the opening credits to Evangelion in live-action, and it's just outstanding. I'm not lying when I say I'd watch these guys re-do the entire TV series, as long as they kept their budget about the same. If you go over to Kirainet, there's also live-action versions of the '80s Fist of the North Star opening theme as well as the old soccer anime Captain Tsubasa. If you enjoyed this, I imagined both of those are worth your time.
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I...is...what the...Jesus CHRIST on a POGO STICK!! This is even more awesome than the whole Rebuild of Evangelion movies combined!! Thank you!! XD
If Shinji went through the entire show with an ironic grin, it would be a hundred times better.
Awesome but has nothing on live-action Card Captor Sakura OP: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Oh dear God in his heaven and nothing is right with the world. It's like a grade school production of Eva.. but it's a may maybe 40 year old Japanese comedian playing Shinji. Any sexiness from Misato or Rei just goes out the window when we see his mugging it up. That was horrific. Wonderful.. and horrific. And I say that as a sick person who, with a friend back in high school, made an Evangelion web comic stylized after South Park.
Though I gotta say even seeing even this kinda nostalgia bombed me a bit. I haven't watched the intro in some time. In particular the little hidden meaning behind the imagery kinda got to me. I still think Eva had some pretty good meaning behind it, even if there was a bunch of flash and random symbolism covering it all up.
I have to admit, the costumes weren't bad.
However, I liked the paper backdrop even more. xD
After subjecting you all to that delightful Star Trek Voyager oeuvre last week, I feel I owe you something delightful to make up for it, so I will remind you that this exists. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...
Ha ha, you're welcome.
Hell, and as long as you aren't sleeping tonight, why sleep ever again? http://youtu.be/Nt9fCoAn7uQ
This is AWESOME! I wonder what happened to the rumored Live Action EVANGELION movie that supposedly had Robin Williams as Gendo...
Hopefully it's long dead and buried along with the Akira movie set in New York. Just because someone's a fan of the work doesn't make him right for the role. Williams is an amazing actor, but he cannot play Gendo Ikari the mad Japanese scientist head of a clandestine organization trying to end the world.
Now if you can set a live action Evangelion movie in future Japan's Tokyo-3 with a Japanese cast, even if it's dubbed in English, I'll be fine with that.
For crap's sake. Isn't this the same board that went apeshit over racebending in M Night Shamwow's film?
I think the NGE cast should be black. That way, no matter which side you argue, you're racist!
and Pen Pen should be played by Rosie Perez...
@twitter-278231582:disqus I don't want to see that EVER!! Sure I like Robin Williams and he loves NG EVANGELION, but that would be like having Me Play WilyKit just cause I love Thundercats...
Willams would kick ass as Gendo. Don't forget, he IS a fan of the show, and when he really focuses on serious acting, he turns in great performances.
How would that work though? I mean, if Gendo were white then Shinji would have to be white as well. Would they still have Japanese names or would it be like The Last Airbender where they're inexplicably white even though everyone else is clearly East Asian?-Besides, I don't think Williams has the right body type. Too short and stocky. -I propose that the chick who played Hit-Girl play Asuka. -Also, if the film made the translation to live action I HOPE they'd get rid of ALL the pedophilia.
@Xenos, 'cause the comment system is whack.
When I say"pedophilia" I don't mean the sexual tension between the pilots or stuff like that. I'm all in favor of keeping that, after all, there's bound to be tensions when you force two hormonal teens to live together. It also helped to flesh out the characters and make them seem more real in my opinion.
No, I'm refereing to the gratuitus shots of bare-chested, buck-nekkid Rei that seem to be shoe-horned into the new films (and EoE). I don't care if "it's necessary to the plot," I REALLY don't want to see fourteen year old girl nipples. But I guess I'm just weird that way. As for the "under 13" thing, I'm just gonna assume potraying minors sexually is pedophillia. Because I really don't want to google what the different types of child porn there is.
As for the "Christian Symbology," it's not even that. To be symbolic means that it has to mean something, but it doesn't, so it's not symbolic. All the Xstian terminology is just going to confuse the audience anyways, I know I was when I first watched NGE. So nerf it I say.
Yeah. That too. He's not the right body type. Also, despite my desire to cosplay him, Gendo isn't a hairy bastard. Well.. maybe he is. He doesn't really ever get naked on the show. Well.. there was that official Gainax unisex strip mahjong game.
Meanwhile, I don't think they should nerf the strange pedophile. Though pedophilia is technically under 13 and the pilots are just over that. There's another term for that. Anyway, there are some really odd overtones with odd sexual tension between various adult characters and the young teens in the series. I don't want to see that toned down any more than I want to see them nerf the randomly symbolic giant crosses and strange phallic objects, which are sometimes the same thing.
Watching it live action just drives home how nonsensical that opening really is. That was awesome. :) I LOVED the paper cutouts, especially the words. :D
I've seen a Dragonball Z opening done in this hillariously cheap style. It had the virtue of being a thousand times better than Dragonball Evolution, whilst being made on a tenth of the food budget Evolution used in a single day. Love the Fist of the North Star one, particuarly with the felt eyebrows.
