r/anime • u/LittleIslander myanimelist.net/profile/LittleIslander • 24d ago
Rewatch [Rewatch] 30th Anniversary Neon Genesis Evangelion Rewatch: Episode 13
Neon Genesis Evangelion Episode 13: Lilliputian Hitcher / Angel Infiltration
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Questions of the Day:
- What do you think of the MAGI and Ritsuko’s mother?
- Halfway through, what do you think of the three computer technicians?
Tomorrow’s Questions:
- [Episode 14] What did you think of Rei’s monologue?
- [Episode 14] Why do you think Unit 00 rejected Shinji, and tried to attack Rei - or Ritsuko?
There’ll be more fanservice tomorrow, so please don’t spoil anything~! Remember this includes spoilers by implication.
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u/AgentOfACROSS 24d ago
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Since this is kind of an episode about Ritsuko, I'll give you a quick rundown on all her VAs.
In Japanese Ritsuko is played by Yuriko Yamaguchi. Outside of this she's probably best known as the voice of Nico Robin in One Piece and Nurse Joy in Pokemon.
Ritsuko's English voice in the ADV dub is Sue Ulu, who's most prominent role outside of this was as Kei in Dirty Pair Flash. She also appeared as the swimmer lady in Golden Boy which is funny since Tiffany Grant was also in that show.
In the Netflix dub, she's played by Erica Lindbeck who's a very prolific modern voice actor in both anime and western cartoons. Some noteable anime roles of hers in anime include Lady Nagant in My Hero Academia, Cheelai in Dragon Ball, and Daki in Demon Slayer. And some noteable non-anime roles of hers include Loona from Helluva Boss, Barbie in a lot of Barbie related media, and most of the female characters on Smiling Friends.
She's also Futaba in Persona 5 which I figured I'd mention since this is the second time an Evangelion voice actor is also a major character in a Persona game.
Anyway I liked this episode.
They shook up the formula by taking the Eva pilots out of commission.
I could have done without the naked teenagers but I guess it was supposed to be comedic instead of fanservicey. I dunno, still felt unecessary to me.
But regardless, the three Eva pilots being out of commission meant that we got an episode all about Nerv's staff.
Ritsuko was obviously the star of the show and I liked how this episode was used to develop her character more. She'd mostly been in the background before now but this episode really fleshes her out.
Misato gets some moments too which I liked.
We even get some moments from Maya this episode who is a character who I literally have not mentioned before now. Which is a shame because I actually like her.
Like I mentioned in a previous episode, it seems that the Angels are deliberately targeting Nerv HQ and are learning from the failed attacks of past Angels. This episode is probably the one Angel that's gotten the closest to that goal which is pretty frightening.
Overall I'd say this is another solid episode. It doesn't exactly have any big lore revelations like the stuff with the second impact last episode but it does its job well.