"tao of elizabth" <taoofelizabeth@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Hi there!
>
>   After years of listening to me talk about it, my mother has finally
> decided to watch Eva for the first time.
>   My tapes are all in Japanese w/English subtitles, so I rented the
> DVD Vol. 1 from a locally run store that rents out animie  b/c she
> doesn&#8217;t want to have to read the subtitles with her
> trifocals&#8230; or whatever.
>    The problem is, there seem to be sections missing from each
> episode. For example, Eva Unit 01&#8217;s battle with the first angel
> in the series, and the part when Toji hits Shinji in the schoolyard.
> Anyone else have this problem? I had to return the DVD, so I
> didn&#8217;t get a chance to look over all of the menu options. Maybe
> I am missing something? TV cut Vs. original version, perhaps?
>    I am afraid that if we keep watching it together, missing scenes
> will make the plot a lot harder to understand. Feel free to e-mail me
> @ TaoOfElizabeth@aol.(sucks.thisisfornospam)com.

That's odd. I don't own the DVD's, so I can't help much, but I do know the
scenes are all on the dub VHS, which I have from many years ago (before the
DVD's came out) and they have the scenes you mentioned. Hmm.

--Taryn