Neon Genesis Evangelion -dub- ^new^

To understand the Evangelion dub, one must look back to the late 1990s. The North American anime market was booming, largely thanks to the "Toonami" generation and the accessibility of VHS tapes. The license for the series was acquired by ADV Films, a Texas-based company that became synonymous with the VHS era of anime.

But for a massive swath of the Western audience, their entry point into this psychological labyrinth wasn't through the original Japanese audio with subtitles. It was through the English language dub—a production history as fractured, fascinating, and debated as the show’s enigmatic ending.

The ADV English cast played the pain loudly—they externalized the internal agony. The Netflix cast played the pain clinically—as a medical condition. Neon Genesis Evangelion -Dub-

Realizing the schism, GKIDS (the physical distributor) pulled off a miracle. In late 2021, they released the Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Complete Series on Blu-ray.

Released in the late '90s by ADV Films, this is the version many fans grew up with. To understand the Evangelion dub, one must look

Yes and no.

Whatever you choose, just don't run away. But for a massive swath of the Western

Two decades later, with the Netflix redub (and subsequent re-redub of the redub) dominating conversation, how does the original “Dubaji” hold up? Is it pure nostalgia, or is there still a current running through it?

Do you prefer the ADV dub or the Netflix redub? Sound off in the comments below. Get in the discussion.

For the "old school" fans, the original dub produced by ADV Films is the definitive version. This version introduced us to the iconic voices that defined the characters for decades: as the fragile Shinji Ikari, Tiffany Grant as the fiery Asuka Langley Soryu, and Allison Keith as the maternal yet messy Misato Katsuragi.