Yep, you read the title right. Five dubs. And I'm not even counting the reboot movies.





To elaborate...





Neon Genesis Evangelion first received a dub into Spanish in 1997, one made in Spain and distributed on video by Manga Films. A few years later, in 1999, it received a dub made for Latin American audiences, which aired on the channel Locomotion. This on its own wouldn't be an unusual situation, seeing as most media gets separate dubs for Spain and Latin America due to dialectal differences; after that, though, is where it starts to get a bit funky. A new Latin American dub of the series was released in 2008, created for distribution by Animax, with some cast overlap from the previous dub, bringing the tally up to three dubs total. And then in 2019, Netflix came along, decided to redub the series for both locations, and, well, suddenly there were five.





Being the dubbing trivia enthusiast that I am, upon discovering there were so many dubs, I of course immediately decided to make a comparison video that went through the voices for all the main characters, which you can watch below; as well, here's a link to a list of cast members for the main and supporting cast in each dub . There's a surprising amount of overlap, yet also a lot of odd cast changes.

And, well, that's about all I have to share. I hope you enjoyed this brief foray into the world of dubbing! I'm considering making a second comparison video with a scene from Episode 1 / 1.11, comparing how Víctor Ugarte's acting evolved over the four dubs of it he's participated in across the years, so please do comment if there's any interest in that. Thank you for reading!