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From Adult Swim's Announcements Board:

"Although no air date has yet been decided, Adult Swim will, in the near future, air the classic anime show Neon Genesis Evangelion. NGE is the story of Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy recruited by his estranged father to pilot the giant Evangelion Unit-01 to defend the earth against a horde of monsterous, invading alien creatures known as the Angels. A unique mix of exceptional battle scenes, religious symbolism, psychological storytelling and teenage angst, Neon Genesis Evangelion has been referred to by many as one of the greatest anime shows ever made."



What's weird is that Evangelion is one of Adult Swim's so-called "black listed" series, shows Adult Swim would never air (Ranma 1/2 is another black list anime).

Never say never, I guess.

 

[Red Scarlet]

I remember when they showed the first episode on Toonami years ago..about half the episode was cut out. :lol

 

[Error]

Why wouldn't they air Evangelion? religious issues?

 

[Gantz]

What a joke. Show anime uncut or don't show it at all.

 

[Drexon]

Haha, I can hear the complaints now.

 

[Tamanon]

I can see it, FMA actually had some deep religious issues, well deep for Adult Swim. I don't think Evangelion will cause that much of an uproar. Now if they showed the movies uncut..........

 

[SonicMegaDrive]

What a joke. Show anime uncut or don't show it at all.

Ha!

Cable networks won't even air American cartoons uncut, much less imported stuff.

 

[Kintaro]

Why wouldn't they air Evangelion? religious issues?

They're weak sauce. Eva has no real "religious issues" to be worried bout. Man, I love reading Gainax comments whenever the question is brought up.

"IT JUST LOOKED COOL! WE DON'T CARE. STFU!" :lol

 

[Prince of Space]

I remember when they showed the first episode on Toonami years ago..about half the episode was cut out. :lol

Don't forget Misato's bathing bikini!

 

[Hero]

Evangelion has had so much word of mouth, I really can't imagine a lot of anime fans (besides casuals) who haven't seen this already.

 

[AniHawk]

I haven't seen it yet, except for that one episode on Toonami.

 

[Lhadatt]

If they use the ADV dub, I'm changing the channel when it's on.

Mind you, this is coming from a die-hard Eva fan (one who actually LIKES the original last two episodes, even).

 

[Dead]

If they use the ADV dub, I'm changing the channel when it's on.

Mind you, this is coming from a die-hard Eva fan (one who actually LIKES the original last two episodes, even).

Yes. It's one of my favorite shows ever. But the dub is just an atrocity to my ears.

 

[Hitokage]

*shrug* I think the dub is actually one of the decent ones... not excellent, but certainly nowhere near as bad as the vast majority of dubs.

 

[CrystalGemini]

Just subtitle it DAMNIT! \(>O<)/

 

[Red Scarlet]

Don't forget Misato's bathing bikini!

Don't remember..was the last time I saw anything to do with the show.

 

[Tea Master]

Why would Ranma 1/2 be blacklisted?

 

[Hitokage]

Why would Ranma 1/2 be blacklisted?

I dunno, maybe because Ranma's chest is shown frequently....


...or because the show sucks.

 

[Hero]

I haven't seen it yet, except for that one episode on Toonami.

Casual. Zing!

 

[Pellham]

So does anyone have the full blacklist?