Forgive me if this has before been posted, but having seen this on Christmas Eve, I decided to post while it was still fresh in my mind.
The word Gospel comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "goodspell", which litterally means "good news".
The orgin of all this "good news" business is the Greek word "euangelion".
Remembering that Vs and Us were fairly intercahangeble thanks to Latin, the word made me think that we're being saved by a "purple good news cyborg."
I'll get the source for my information as soon as I get back to church.
Origin of the word "Evangelion"
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Origin of the word "Evangelion"
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The original title for Evangelion was
"Shin Seiki Evangelion"
or
"New Century Evangelion"
although keeping in mind that "Evangelion" is Greek meaning "Gospel" the actual title is
"New Century Gospel"
or
"Gospel of the New Century"
"Seiki" however does not translate to "Genesis", which is the related "Sooseiki".
When time came to bring Evangelion to the western world, Anno chose to name it
"Neon Genesis Evangelion"
which is entirely greek, meaning
"New Genesis Gospel"
Genesis means creation, origin, birth, etc. We use it enough in our language to know what it means. You could say that it means
"Gospel of the New Genesis"
"Shin Seiki Evangelion" and "Neon Genesis Evangelion" differ in one word, Century, and Genesis. One could say that one is referring to a new era, while the other is referring to a rebirth of sorts. Whatever the case, the Western version of the title has a slightly greater degree of religious unerpinning to it.
"Shin Seiki Evangelion"
or
"New Century Evangelion"
although keeping in mind that "Evangelion" is Greek meaning "Gospel" the actual title is
"New Century Gospel"
or
"Gospel of the New Century"
"Seiki" however does not translate to "Genesis", which is the related "Sooseiki".
When time came to bring Evangelion to the western world, Anno chose to name it
"Neon Genesis Evangelion"
which is entirely greek, meaning
"New Genesis Gospel"
Genesis means creation, origin, birth, etc. We use it enough in our language to know what it means. You could say that it means
"Gospel of the New Genesis"
"Shin Seiki Evangelion" and "Neon Genesis Evangelion" differ in one word, Century, and Genesis. One could say that one is referring to a new era, while the other is referring to a rebirth of sorts. Whatever the case, the Western version of the title has a slightly greater degree of religious unerpinning to it.
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The Eva Monkey wrote:When time came to bring Evangelion to the western world, Anno chose to name it
"Neon Genesis Evangelion"
Aaron, I'm surprised you haven't picked up on this myth yet. The dichotomy was there from the very beginning. "Neon Genesis Evangelion" existed in the original Japanese version.
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Invincible Kaji wrote:The word Gospel comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "goodspell", which litterally means "good news".
The orgin of all this "good news" business is the Greek word "euangelion".
that's right..Gospel is the greek "ευαγγέλιον"which means "good news for all"..
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the_seventh_child wrote:that's right..Gospel is the greek "ευαγγέλιον"which means "good news for all"..
"Good news" for everyone except the Angels. :P
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Reichu wrote:the_seventh_child wrote:that's right..Gospel is the greek "ευαγγέλιον"which means "good news for all"..
"Good news" for everyone except the Angels. :P
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DatDude wrote:The meaning is clear it ment to show the beginning of a new age.
yeah the beginning of a new age of anime.
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