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30 Years Later, A Lost Version Of An Iconic Anime Is Finally Coming To Streaming ⁠64%

By Dais Johnston⁠73%

7/30/2026, 11:36:19 AM

BS Summary: This article contains 20 faulty reasoning types, including Biased Writer Voice, False Dilemma, and Halo Effect, with Framing Effect as the most egregious example at 18.3% saturation with 80 hits. Analysis detected 753 faulty-reasoning hits from 438 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 50.7% and a BS Rank of ⁠64% (10,697 of 29,682 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 64.00% of the article peer group.

GKids “What anime series do you absolutely need to watch?” 
is a question that could keep a forum arguing for years, but there are a few answers that are more or less agreed upon. 
And at the very top of most lists you’ll probably find Neon Genesis Evangelion , Hideaki Anno’s smash-hit masterpiece that stands as a foundational pillar of the art form. 
Now, the series is coming to the Criterion Channel, as the movie streaming service continues to dabble in television . 
And this isn’t just any streaming release — Criterion is bringing back a version of the series that’s been lost for decades. 
Neon Genesis Evangelion will stream with its original English dub track for the first time. 
| GKids According to IGN , The Criterion Channel announced that all episodes of Neon Genesis Evangelion will be available to stream beginning on September 1. 
This release includes the original Japanese version of the show, as well as the first English dub, which was recorded by ADV Films for the series’ VHS release. 
That dub has been out of print for decades now, and if you watch the series on Netflix, the English dub is currently a new version recorded specifically for that release. 
The ADV dub was famously recorded with a shoestring budget and often used production members who lacked voice acting experience, so it’s not going to be nearly as polished as the dubs you’ll find on more recent anime series. 
But in this case, that’s part of what makes it interesting. 
Neon Genesis Evangelion is famous enough to have its own theme restaurant. 
| CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images The quality and necessity of English dubs are another debate that can keep anime fans going, but if your goal is to witness Neon Genesis Evangelion in the way American audiences did back in the ‘90s, this is a fascinating option. 
And of course, there’s always the subtitled version, which might be your best option if you’re watching for the first time. 
Whichever side of the subs/dubs debate you fall on, this release is a huge deal. 
The Criterion Channel is very choosy about what titles are made available for streaming, and choosier still when it comes to TV series. 
This addition — and the effort to include the original dub release — is a testament to Evangelion ’s role in anime history. 
And once you’re done watching the original 26 episodes, you can follow that by watching the movies, too. 
Neon Genesis Evangelion premieres on the Criterion Channel on September 1. 
Article reasoning-pattern comparisonThis article: 4.8%Dais Johnston: 3.4%Inverse: 3.2%Confirmation Bias4.8%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.5%Inverse: 0.6%Anchoring Bias0.0%This article: 5.5%Dais Johnston: 2.9%Inverse: 2.9%Availability Heuristic5.5%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 1.2%Inverse: 1.2%Representativeness Heuristic0.0%This article: 8.9%Dais Johnston: 2.1%Inverse: 1.8%Hindsight Bias8.9%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 2.7%Inverse: 2.2%Overconfidence Bias0.0%This article: 18.3%Dais Johnston: 4.3%Inverse: 4.5%Framing Effect18.3%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.7%Inverse: 0.5%Loss Aversion0.0%This article: 5.3%Dais Johnston: 0.8%Inverse: 0.6%Status Quo Bias5.3%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.3%Inverse: 0.3%Sunk Cost Effect0.0%This article: 7.5%Dais Johnston: 5.1%Inverse: 3.1%Optimism Bias7.5%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 1.7%Inverse: 1.7%Pessimism Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 5.8%Inverse: 6.9%Negativity Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.2%Inverse: 0.4%Self-Serving Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.8%Inverse: 0.9%Fundamental Attribution Error0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.2%Inverse: 0.2%Actor-Observer Bias0.0%This article: 10.3%Dais Johnston: 0.3%Inverse: 0.6%In-Group Bias10.3%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.1%Inverse: 0.1%Out-Group Homogeneity Bias0.0%This article: 14.6%Dais Johnston: 4.8%Inverse: 4.2%Halo Effect14.6%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.4%Inverse: 0.1%Horn Effect0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.0%Inverse: 0.0%Dunning-Kruger Effect0.0%This article: 7.1%Dais Johnston: 2.0%Inverse: 1.6%Recency Bias7.1%This article: 5.3%Dais Johnston: 0.8%Inverse: 0.6%Primacy Effect5.3%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.0%Inverse: 0.0%Blind-Spot Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.4%Inverse: 0.3%Ad Hominem0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.1%Inverse: 0.2%Straw Man0.0%This article: 11.2%Dais Johnston: 3.5%Inverse: 2.1%Appeal to Authority11.2%This article: 15.1%Dais Johnston: 2.2%Inverse: 1.7%False Dilemma15.1%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.4%Inverse: 0.5%Slippery Slope0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.5%Inverse: 0.3%Circular Reasoning0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 6.3%Inverse: 6.4%Hasty Generalization0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.2%Inverse: 0.1%Red Herring0.0%This article: 6.6%Dais Johnston: 0.8%Inverse: 0.8%Bandwagon6.6%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 4.0%Inverse: 3.0%Appeal to Emotion0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 1.0%Inverse: 0.8%Begging the Question0.0%This article: 8.9%Dais Johnston: 2.8%Inverse: 2.6%Post Hoc (False Cause)8.9%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.1%Inverse: 0.0%Tu Quoque0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.3%Inverse: 0.3%Burden of Proof0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.0%Inverse: 0.2%Appeal to Nature0.0%This article: 5.3%Dais Johnston: 0.5%Inverse: 0.4%Composition/Division5.3%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 1.2%Inverse: 1.0%Anecdotal0.0%This article: 3.4%Dais Johnston: 0.1%Inverse: 0.1%No True Scotsman3.4%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 1.8%Inverse: 1.9%Ambiguity (Equivocation)0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.0%Inverse: 0.0%Gambler’s Fallacy0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.2%Inverse: 0.2%Middle Ground0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.0%Inverse: 0.1%Personal Incredulity0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.2%Inverse: 0.1%Special Pleading0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.0%Inverse: 0.0%Genetic Fallacy0.0%This article: 8.2%Dais Johnston: 2.0%Inverse: 1.3%Unattributed Quote8.2%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.7%Inverse: 0.4%Quote-first Misdirection0.0%This article: 16.9%Dais Johnston: 16.5%Inverse: 16.5%Biased Writer Voice16.9%This article: 4.8%Dais Johnston: 0.8%Inverse: 1.2%Indoctrination4.8%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.0%Inverse: 0.2%Politically Left Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 0.0%Dais Johnston: 0.0%Inverse: 0.0%Politically Right Leaning Bias0.0%This article: 4.1%Dais Johnston: 3.2%Inverse: 4.2%Attempt to Sell a Product or S…4.1%

438 words analyzed.

Speakers

1speaker5.9%attributed speech412writer words
Selected voice

IGN

100%flagged-word coverage
26 attributed words100% of attributed speech87% writer coverage
0%50.0%100.0%Unattributed Quote+97.6 ptsWriter: 2.4%IGN: 100.0%100.0%Biased Writer Voice-18.0 ptsWriter: 18.0%IGN: 0.0%0.0%Indoctrination-5.1 ptsWriter: 5.1%IGN: 0.0%0.0%Attempt to Sell a Product -4.4 ptsWriter: 4.4%IGN: 0.0%0.0%

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Analysis

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