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The List - 6 Times Evolution Went Horribly Wrong


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Vaisaga



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 10:52 am Reply with quote
Of course in the case of Evangelion it's actually a de-evolution: returning humanity to the primordial ooze it originally came from. All because a bunch of old men couldn't get into heaven so they decided to make their own.
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Felicity dash





PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:05 am Reply with quote
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Survey is over.


What the heck? Was the survey only up there for a minute?
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killjoy_the



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:10 am Reply with quote
Felicity dash wrote:
What the heck? Was the survey only up there for a minute?


Apparently two went up accidentally or something, and one with the wrong title, so now I'm extra confused
animenewsnetwork.com/survey/611/

EDIT: Welp looks like it's fixed.
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Zac
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:15 am Reply with quote
There was a brief issue with the poll; the correct poll is the Digimon poll and it is the only one the article links to.
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EricJ2



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 11:30 am Reply with quote
And what about all the Harry Potter/X-Men cloning "Special ability school" series, of which the only one that springs to mind for me is Alice Academy?

(Since I never got through Irregular at Magic High School, and still lazily working my way through When Magical Battles Become Commonplace.)
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Apashi





PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:09 pm Reply with quote
Hey Skullgreymon should at least be on the list! ;P
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Kimiko_0



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:10 pm Reply with quote
From the title of the article I would've expected to see From The New World listed.
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Mr. Oshawott



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:11 pm Reply with quote
It's a bit of a surprise that Devil Lady has been mentioned (and a pleasant one at that). Surprised At first, Jun was terrified of her transformation into a half-devil, but she got used to it after a few fights. However, it isn't until her friend Kasumi gets caught in the midst of her struggle that her uncertainty of being a half-devil causes her to question her purpose...
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:47 pm Reply with quote
What? No Blues from Blue Gender? Wink
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Alan45
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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 12:58 pm Reply with quote
Wouldn't this be genetic engineering rather than evolution at work? Most of these cases involve deliberate tampering with genetic material not random mutations becoming viable.
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Animegomaniac



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:08 pm Reply with quote
Well, there is that series that had the same themes but saying which series and what species ruins whatever point the show had; Suffice it to say, that evolutionary jump was voluntary if awkward, especially how it gave beings the ability to breathe in space and underwater.

Or were they not breathing at all?

There's also the show where it went horribly weird... and wrong, spoiler[Utawarerumono]. Another spoiler example, I have to stop thinking of shows where the evolution plot was a twist, like Elfen Lied; Yeah, you were supposed to think of them as human, until... a plot point not even covered by the anime actually, but it was creepily started to be introduced though. Anyway, they're spoiler[all sterile and they age twice as fast except for] guess who. It changes the whole "mutant" concept, especially regarding the idea that Diclonii are predisposed to spoiler[killing all humans for evolution supremacy] as a species, with one exception. This time, guess the other one.

She still feels the urge though, she's still not human after all. This show really needs a remake or a conclusion. Or at least a full plot synopsis with every DVD sold.
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malvarez1



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:21 pm Reply with quote
I've actually enjoyed almost every single Digimon series, but I have to go with Tamers.

Adventure will always have a special place in my heart, but Tamers just has, IMO, the better characters, writing, plot, animation, and villains. And that ending...
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SilverTalon01



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:32 pm Reply with quote
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4. Coordinators


I don't get how that went wrong. Yeah, they chose to flee to space colonies to avoid persecution, but that isn't due to a flaw in their evolution. Yes, a war broke out, but it isn't like humanity never had those before. There are some twisted coordinators, but there are plenty of equally twisted naturals so that isn't a flaw with the evolution either.

Also, the perfection of the coordinator evolution (and his girlfriend) eventually end up stopping all the wars.

For an evolution to have gone wrong, there should need to be some aspect of it that ended up worse off. Like maybe they have a greater tendency to favor violence such as in Elfen Lied (though as mentioned nurture. However, coordinators only have the exact same negatives people did before that and are just better at doing everything.
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FilthyCasual



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PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 1:50 pm Reply with quote
I'll be the token heathen and vote for Frontier.

My Digimon viewing was always pretty spotty, and while I enjoyed the random episodes I saw of seasons 1 and 2 (poor Ken ;__;), hero henshining gets my blood pumping most of all.

Also I feel bad for Tri. How many votes can it get when 1 movie's competing with seven seasons?
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wonderwomanhero





PostPosted: Sat Nov 28, 2015 2:41 pm Reply with quote
I would say maybe the "meats" from The Book of Bantorra.
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