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NEWS: Final Evangelion Film's Studio Khara Reports Slander, Threats, Criminal Intent Against Staff




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Ryuji-Dono



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 12:21 pm Reply with quote
...It's the shippers, right?
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Meowtain Duwu



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 12:25 pm Reply with quote
Not surprised by any of these things at this point unfortunately. I’ve seen this happen with all sorts of big series. Anyone remember the death threats the creator of Tokyo Ghoul got for not advancing a certain ship or something like that? I can imagine that Khara got death threats for a similar reason, going off of what I’ve heard about 3.0+1.0.
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chao8971



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 12:28 pm Reply with quote
Ryuji-Dono wrote:
...It's the shippers, right?


Possibly, but I have to imagine it's just people upset over absolutely anything freaking out. If it's not a ship, it's the way a character acted, or the way they think it ended bad. Fan bases will go out of their way to cause problems instead of just saying don't watch it and stepping away.
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TsukasaElkKite



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 1:00 pm Reply with quote
This reminds me of what happened when End of Evangelion came out.
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tintor2



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 1:02 pm Reply with quote
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
This reminds me of what happened when End of Evangelion came out.

Wasn't the tv series' ending what caused the controversial response?
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YROSHIKU



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 1:07 pm Reply with quote
not the biggest fan of anno myself but hell, to send treats because you didn't like a movie. wow, some people sure have way too much time on their hands and nothing better to do with it.
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Marzan



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 1:10 pm Reply with quote
I’ve read the tweets that supposedly caused Khara’s reaction, but there were no death threats or of violence that I could see. Maybe Twitter had already cleaned up by then?. Most of them were angry rants about how the staff had put their personal feelings before the fans. Not more than the usual in any Eva discussion after a couple of beers. But considering Anno’s story with EVA fans, maybe Khara felt they had to be pre-emptive.
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gedata



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 1:54 pm Reply with quote
tintor2 wrote:
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
This reminds me of what happened when End of Evangelion came out.

Wasn't the tv series' ending what caused the controversial response?
Yeah, that's it. EoE even included shots of spray painted walls at Gainax.
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Top Gun



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 2:11 pm Reply with quote
Ah, the more things change...
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FelipeFR



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 6:34 pm Reply with quote
Eva fans did this in 2019 for weeks against Khara's translators too. It's pretty disgraceful.
https://boundingintocomics.com/2019/07/01/dan-kanemitsu-translator-for-netflixs-dub-of-neon-genesis-evangelion-accused-of-pedophilia-and-supporting-nazism-due-to-work-on-strike-witches-doujin/
And more recently here: https://www.cbr.com/evangelion-creator-robot-anime-hideaki-anno/


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Watanabefan



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 6:45 pm Reply with quote
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
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MFrontier



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PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 10:16 pm Reply with quote
Fans can be pretty rough, sometimes...I feel bad for the studios and staff.
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iamthevastuniverse





PostPosted: Thu May 13, 2021 10:29 pm Reply with quote
The way people view art in general will always be very subjective threats to the staff is never the way to go if fans are upset or pissed about the latest film vent that shit elsewhere. Now on the topic of this film I'm ready to see this son of a bitch dubbed!
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Lynx Raven Raide



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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2021 1:40 am Reply with quote
gedata wrote:
tintor2 wrote:
TsukasaElkKite wrote:
This reminds me of what happened when End of Evangelion came out.

Wasn't the tv series' ending what caused the controversial response?
Yeah, that's it. EoE even included shots of spray painted walls at Gainax.
Spray painted walls and images of the death threats they got for that final episode. I kinda find it funny, though, cause it feels like the biggest F-U to those sending the threats.
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residentgrigo



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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2021 6:26 am Reply with quote
Eva fans have always been terrible. That much is known. One of the few franchises where bad fans in the east are worse than ones in the west. At least the concept of Swatting doesn´t exist over there. (Or here.)
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