Neon Genesis Evangelion Toonami Intro

[@purplekey9330]

yeah, it was part of their big robot week, episodes one and to, but they were SEVERELY edited for a tv=Y7 rating.

[@bradleypearl2986]

I wanna know how one edits one of the most brutally dark anime to a TV-Y7.

[@turtlefr0g]

@@bradleypearl2986 just imagine all of the blood and nudity being cut out, recolored beer cans, that sort of thing all across the first two episodes. there's a more detailed list online that's not too hard to find but that's the gist of it

[@bradleypearl2986]

@@turtlefr0g K, fair enough

[@nicktoonsnetwork2105]

@@bradleypearl2986 the description says its fan made. Adult Swim only aired NGE in 2006

[@bradleypearl2986]

@@nicktoonsnetwork2105 Oh. Okay.

[@JKLu06]

This looks like a typical action packed mecha fighting anime lol. Sadly it isn't

[@JLCL01]

Yeah, I did a good job editing this, then. :B Hard to believe I was using Windows Movie Maker, though lol.

[@lieutenantletdown2851]

phenomenal fan edit even to this day great work

[@JLCL01]

Yeah, especially since I made this in Windows Movie Studio or whatever. God. It would have been alot faster had I used Vegas.

[@AiOinc1]

What if I told you it aired in 2006 and you're 3 years late?

[@JLCL01]

AIO inc. But that was on [Adult Swim] in 2006. 3 years earlier than that (2003), the first two episodes were aired during Giant Robot Week. I just made this as a "what if" scenario if they had actually shown the entire series on their block.

[@BladeoftheDarkmoon]

@@JLCL01 Why'd they only air the first two episodes?

[@JLCL01]

@@BladeoftheDarkmoon Probably because they wanted to show off Eva for the event, but, you know, it would be difficult to censor the rest of the series, whereas the first two were easier.

[@BladeoftheDarkmoon]

@@JLCL01 Yea. That makes sense.

[@dickenstham5075]

@@JLCL01 how tf did this convo spanned for four years wtf

[@fireandchutes77]

Sweeeet. Favorite part: "We CAN'T SHUT IT DOWN!" as the camera circles a berserk Eva-01. Sure, the line was used to Large Ham effect against the 11th Angel, but here it is chilling - even frighting. Nice work.

[@JLCL01]

If it looks convincing enough to almost look like an official Toonami intro, then I believe I've done my job. Thank you for watching this video!

[@SliderTurtle_451]

Bruh, when I first saw this I actually thought it was an actual trailer for NGE on toonami. That is until I went to the description :( because seriously that was a pretty good/convincing trailer m80. :)

[@Devilsblight86]

To this day, I still can't believe they showed THAT of all shows on Toonami!

[@burningjdm]

That beat is fire though

[@JLCL01]

Thanks. I'm glad people like this. It encoruages me to do more of these fan made intros.

[@jojoceda]

its fickin good

[@cosbos7934]

love it man

[@StreamwaveProduction]

dope af

[@JLCL01]

Thanks. I appreciate that people enjoyed this video.

[@pudgy-wudgy69]

Good editing skills! I thought it was the real thing lol

[@1updev]

Video looks really convincing to me

[@JLCL01]

@fireandchutes77 Thank you! I love it when people say what their favorite parts were in my works. Yeah, there are a lot of voice clips I got and placed in unrelated scenes; the same way Toonami did with their intros. I actually didn't intend for that part to actually be frighting. I thought I'd be another cool way to hint the fact that the Evas aren't actually robots So I'm glad you felt that way. :v

[@thatvirgo]

this feels lika time capsule that i wasn't meant to find

[@thatvirgo]

AND HES STILL ACTIVE ON IT???

[@JLCL01]

""it belongs in a museum!" Other than you and someone else recently, seems like this video is getting more attention.

[@thatvirgo]

@@JLCL01 it's really really good I kinda wanna do flim editing and stuff so this video is kind of a bar I wanna hit eventually

[@JLCL01]

@@thatvirgo Depends what you mean. I was, like, in middle/high school when I made this. With practice, you'll deff get there. Especially if you use something like Vegas or whatnot. I did this with XP-era crappy Movie Maker.

[@thatvirgo]

@@JLCL01 I'm like 17 now, and I have a decent track record for valorant frag cams, but I think I'm getting better lol. Filmora 10 has been good to me so far but I'll maybe need to upgrade soon

[@JLCL01]

@miguelspazz16 To most people outside of Japan, that clip is indeed from Robotech. Although in reality, it's actually from one of the climatic episodes in Super Dimension fortress Macross.

[@vjm3]

Unless we defeat the Angels, we have no future.

[@JLCL01]

@evaMASS In one interview with someone who worked at Toonami back around 2001-2003, they actually where considering adding NGE to Toonami. So, maybe it's either Cartoon Network themselves or someone else who wouldn't allow this to air. Remember, there's a reason why The Midnight Run existed.

[@JerichoShadows91]

Seeing this stuff again almost brings a year to my eyes.....I miss watching Toonami, it was one of my only get always as a kid, life was tough, but I always had Tom to look forward to :) I wish it was still on...

[@wintermoons1215]

amazing fan intro.

[@JesterzPlauge]

This show is the best anime ever, hands down. Too bad any kind of airing has seen it edited to futility. Cool to see people making Toonami videos

[@JLCL01]

I like the girl with the really flexible cat. :B *slowpoke response*

[@NerdyPro]

I know im thankful I grew up then I still watch cartoon network though

[@ChannelMii]

wow that was very well done

[@JLCL01]

@Tokiogrl09 It was on Toonami during their "Giant Robot Week" event they had around 2002-2003, although only two episodes were shown. Also, there should be something online that goes in-depth about what things were edited (e.g. the word "berserk" being left out for some reason).

[@jacobdominguez7808]

This is really well made!

[@pokemaster1478]

This video is fucking cool

[@JLCL01]

Thanks, nice to see it still getting some attention so many years later.

[@Smitamas101]

@LandingForceMusic I am so glad i read this, at first i dismissed it as an original track for toonami... Doc Scott you say lol cheers, i've Doc Scott Tokyo Dawn on vinyl

[@noodzXmakeXmeXsmile]

i loved all the drum and bass they put on toonami i was listening to it before i even knew what it was lol

[@JesterzPlauge]

@Ravenmist66 Yes, I have. The ending parallels Adam and Eve. The TRUE meaning of the show is very clear. The heart of this show is Shinji and his relationships. His mother, his father, his love interests, the entire show is geared toward identifying his insecurities with the people in his life and how he copes and ultimately overcomes them. "ending signifies the true aspect of chaos"..What does this mean? what exactly is the TRUE aspect of chaos? This makes no sense.

[@janfeyen9]

That's nice

[@noone-777]

Man what a good show about robots that won't make me have an existential crisis

[@JLCL01]

I remember making sure to sneak in the fact that there was more going on underneath in the show. IDK how well I did.

[@skycover]

Wow, untill I read the disription I thought this really was an intro for Evangelion for the Toonami Giant Robot Week. Good job

[@JLCL01]

@HazyShadows I'm really glad you enjoyed it that much. I never expected this video to get this much praise. All it is is just an after-result of literal nostalgia, angst, and melancholy after entering school as a freshmen, realizing that I was too young and ignorant to appreciate Toonami. (hur hur)

[@JesterzPlauge]

@JLCL01 I see. Two extremes for an either or question. It looks like a fan made video if thats what you mean. There is a small clip in the beginning that has a Robotech scene which kind of gives it away. Also, Evangelion is an anime about a Neo Dystopia and the music runs counter to that theme IMO (it is upbeat and tight) The action selections are appropriate though.

[@natebrade]

godamn that was badass! you mixed those clips together and put the song on there and shit yourself, cause that was totally like one of those old school toonami intros, fucking awesome

[@gunblade197]

JL? Hey this is schrecklicherwolf, very nice promo with great editing.

[@LivingInTheCornfield]

Everybody here is lucky. They had this as a child. I'm stuck with Gumball and some kid and a really flexible dob.

[@ViveLRoi]

@BatOtaku13 Under the assumption that kids are namby-pamby twits who can't handle a bit of violence, psychology, or depth without being traumatised, maybe. But, as I said, kids can handle a LOT more than you'd think.

[@domino6490]

Really well done Funny thing is the first two episodes actually aired on CN and the whole season on AS

[@LandingForceMusic]

Huge track by Doc Scott. Big up.

[@JesterzPlauge]

@Ravenmist66 And I apologize if I offended you. Just stating an opinion I was asked for, thats all. Always glad to see fellow NGE fans. Sorry it had to devolve to this.

[@JLCL01]

@LivingInTheCornfield Only temporary, unless you count the time when they aired all 26 episodes on [Adult Swim] (which was the case with me, although I didn't see the significance of it until around 2008).

[@JLCL01]

Well if Toonami managed to get two animated Hellboy movies on their program in it's later years, I don't see why NGE couldn't be on there (although End of Evangelion is kind of a different story). Maybe it could of been on the Midnight Run? Also, thank you for watching!

[@JLCL01]

Thanks. I appreciate comments like yours since it tells me if I did a good job or not. I tried my best to find which D&B song would fit well and what scenes looked the best.

[@JLCL01]

@JesterzPlauge Also, I had chosen that song because of it's name ("Paradise Lost") and it's 90s Jungle style. To make up for the ubeat & tight music, I atleast gave some hints of what the series had in store.

[@dannydarrkko]

Cool

[@LandingForceMusic]

Excellent choice of music. Doc Scott is legendary.

[@buhtv69dude]

what's the song

[@Duskets]

@JLCL01 I believe The Distance was in a NASCAR game, yes.

[@Tokiogrl09]

the sad thing is, my sister and I were actually watching this at 11/12 and 13/14--unedited--so I guess my dad had the same thoughts as Toonami in showing Neon Genesis to young kids hahahahaha

[@AoiYukinoMisharu]

This looks so real and professional ^^

[@Korraganitar]

i want a megadeath facility!

[@ViveLRoi]

@BatOtaku13 This would have been one the BETTER shows to put on Toonami. Kids can handle a lot more than you think. 'Course, since Toonami's gone, that's neither here nor there.

[@Duskets]

I cannot even begin to describe the level of bricks that were shat upon reading the description and finding out that this was not official. Incredible.

[@NerdyPro]

you remember I remember it from when I was five

[@Deredesa]

EXCELLENT editing.

[@JLCL01]

@Omegadge3 Are you referring to clip 0:02-0:07 or clip 0:08-0:10 with the Gundam Wing comment? Because that clip is actually from Super Dimension Fortress Macross (Specifically Ep. 2X-29 "Love Drifts Away"). And I'm glad my video was so good that it actually fooled you for a second. I guess that's what happens when you select a '95-'96 series, get Toonami clips from '99, and then add the right 90s drum n bass music for that perfect Toonami feel.

[@JLCL01]

So I am taking a guess at this but you happen to like this video then, correct. And seeing as how the later Toonami's (AKA Tom 4) intros and promos began to lose it's charm, this it pretty much like as if you're seeing an unreleased intro of NGE.

[@JLCL01]

@Drocks0 Indeed, and it was unfortunately censored (I can understand the language & maybe the blood but not so much with the beer cans and "berserk").

[@JLCL01]

@IlphaeRenegade 10-12 was the age when I first "watched" NGE. Back then, I didn't got into it because I didn't knew it was actually intellectual and I was more obsessed with Inuyasha *head desk*.

[@JLCL01]

@kobidobidog Actually, all religious symbolism (Tree of Sephiroth, the cross, Lance of Longinus etc) were added into the anime to separate it from other anime series at the time (1995). It's even stated by one of the staff at Gainax (the creators of NGE). Also, fun fact but the Angels (the giant aliens in the series; save for Tabris) were originally called the Apostles in the Japanese version.

[@totallynotafangirl]

Fun Fact: It was on Toonami. Giant Robot Week.

[@JLCL01]

Funny thing is that the episode that "WE CAN'T SHUT IT DOWN!!!" clip is from is actually related to computers. In it, a microscopic angel (or "angels" just all of them being treated as one being) manages to sneak into Nerv HQ and screw up the main computers so the staff has to try and figure out how to stop it.

[@JLCL01]

I tried my best to find the best DnB song that fitted most with Toonami's soundtrack (most of it sounding Sci-Fi and etc). If you know any DnB songs like the one used here, could you please PM me? Sorry for asking you, btw. Anyways, I'm really glad people like you enjoyed this video.

[@janfeyen9]

This was on Toonami back in the day?! DAMN

[@janfeyen9]

You did a damn good job with your intro, I thought is was real! Until you told me otherwise

[@insight994]

Dude, good job. I'm thoroughly impressed. The show wasn't too hard core for toonami, not much was too hard core for that. It's just.... Some things can't go on "kids" television.

[@irvplotnik89]

Well, Toonami did air the first two episodes (highly edited of course) on a one-week-only event called Giant Robot Week in late February 2003

[@JesterzPlauge]

@Ravenmist66 which is why we were born with different eyes and minds. People see things differently. I don't see how an opinion can be humble if its intent is to insinuate something negative by self-comparison. I am sure that is why you felt the need to post yours on an internet forum: because you are humble. FYI I was asked, MULTIPLE times, for my opinion. If you had taken the time to read the thread, you might have noticed this.

[@evaMASS]

I was about to say toonami would never allow this shit. this show is mature.

[@mistapeper1283]

weird to hear glitchy amen break in a eva edvert

[@JLCL01]

I tried to find a DnB/Jungle track that had fitting chords, back when I made this. It gives it that mysterious/ethereal vibe.

[@mistapeper1283]

@@JLCL01 yea it gives it that vibe for sure

[@JLCL01]

@BatOtaku13 Almost all of those monster/card collection anime series? But that's my opinion. If some director makes an Evangelion move on that certain genre, I would actually give it more respects.

[@NerdyPro]

yeah I remember that it looked like a contamination then they shot it with a laser and it had an A.T. field. then Dr. Akagi had to go into the Magi system to improve it where she found her mothers notes and the angel was defeated by a non unanimous vote by the Magi.

[@NerdyPro]

Its a gundam hands down because when you hear we cant shut it down you may just think of a computer

[@Omegadge3]

If it wasn't for the Gundam Wing part and the official title card, I'd be asking how I missed THIS as a kid.

[@JLCL01]

@JesterzPlauge I actually didn't mean that.. What I meant was that besides the SDF: Macross clip (I never knowing it was actually that 'til now. Neat) and the obvious things, does the editing of the clips (audio and visual) look profesional? I ask because if possible, I wanted to actually make an intro for Neotoonami.

[@JLCL01]

@HazyShadows No wait, I thought "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf when listening to one of Cake's songs. Apologize

[@JLCL01]

@skycover Thanks! I've been trying to make another fan-made intro (which I gave up doing so due to it having limited episodes on here).

[@JLCL01]

@BatOtaku13 (OH GAWD! Actual people having a conversation on MY video

[@JLCL01]

@shayaan2354 Thanks. I, myself, don't really consider it high quality (the ending of the video, for example) but it's very nice to hear that everyone enjoys this. Anyways, if you know any DnB songs that sound similar to what is used here, please PM me.

[@cmanz001]

really great job! loved it.

[@Duskets]

@JLCL01 Hey, I spent my melancholic days brooding and listening to Cake. At least you benefited with something. :D

[@GmodCaboose56]

I never knew this was on Toonami. I honestly never seen it on Toonami. I've seen for the first time on Adult Swim.

[@JLCL01]

Yeah, but only two episodes. Also, this intro is entirely fan-made by me.

[@whiskeysfarm2101]

yo this is dope

[@Nito-San]

HEY! I LIKE THE KID WITH THE REALLY FLEXIBLE DOG!

[@JLCL01]

@HazyShadows Keep in mind that I'm using a sense of humor similar to the Dead Horse Interchange's. ...The same band who had their songs in some 2003 NASCAR game?

[@Drocks0]

But Evangelion did air on Toonami during Giant Robot week.

[@mrm64]

awesome :)

[@JLCL01]

@BlackOasis21 ...So? Did you read the description?

[@JLCL01]

I didn't realized he was referring to Adventure Time when I last read comments on here. that or it didn't occurred to me at the time.

[@Tokiogrl09]

@JLCL01 ohhh so they put it on for giant robot week? i feel toonami should have more sense not to even air the show on a kids network haha even if it was just for 2 episodes. i would like to know what they edited too....

[@JLCL01]

@GeneralArrow Yes, I already knew that.

[@BlackOasis21]

@JLCL01 Mmm, I dunno. Good video though! :D

[@JLCL01]

Really? I thought that was only on a special week called "Giant Robot Week" where they only showed 2 episodes of Evangelion. It was also on Adult Swim but I haven't found any regular Toonami intros for NGE. So does this video capture the whole Toonami intro? Is it spot on or am I missing something (besides the title in the end)?

[@EHH246]

@Alchemist777 Too much editing, I heard. They got rid of the scene where in Misato's apartment where Shinji first sees her alcoholism.

[@jeremym9011]

It was BECAUSE of Evangelion that ALL mech shows were permanently REMOVED from Cartoon Network because they were too violent and were made for adults only. In fact, it was also because of Giant Robot Week's big failure due to the concerned parents, that Cartoon Network was FORCED to create Miguzi.

[@Tokiogrl09]

@inuyashavsnaruto im thinking the exact same thing! there is no way they could've censored it for TV-Y7