The breasts in Evangelion again generate controversy among fans of the series

The classic Neon Genesis Evangelion, is an anime full of complex existential and psychological themes. On top of that, it contains explicit or bold scenes, and a special Blu-ray edition has now been put up for sale in which several fans of the series have complained about the sexualized content it presents.

Scenes with sexual content have always been something recurring in the anime field, from old classics like Dragon Ball or Ranma ½, the anime fan in the West knows that the way Japanese people treat sexual content has nothing to do. with the way of seeing sexuality in America or Europe.

Evangelion unveiled a new special edition featuring the original series and 90s movies

The Neon Genesis Evangelion series has just released a new special edition on Blu-Ray, which contains the series and the two 90s movies with additional information and a brochure with more details on the production, all inside a metal box, available under presale on Amazon.

However, what resulted in the greatest detail in which many fans of the series have noticed is in the metal covers of the Blu-rays, since in these you can see the torsos of the three protagonists, the detail of being quite explicit. the breasts of the characters female Rei Ayanami and Asuka Langley.

The announcement of the blu-ray was made known via the Twitter account WTK, a popular account for listing information on the latest physical releases in the Western anime industry. In this publication you can see the packaging, where the cover image completely covers the character chests.

This new commodity has sparked endless comments on social networks, from users who defend the decision. Stating that fans of the series already know its sexual content, and it shouldn’t surprise anyone, and that they even serve as a filter so that those who haven’t seen the series get a feel for it.

Here you can see who the fake fans are, the ones who are angry about it, “comments one Internet user.

On the other hand, the criticisms have also turned to these covers, as it has been pointed out that some other image of the much more characteristic series could have been used, instead of the breasts of the female characters, it was also pointed out that these characters do not come of age.

They are 14 years old… ”, reads another of the comments

If you are interested in acquiring this new metal-packaged Blu-ray edition of Neon Genesis Evangelion, it will be available on Amazon from November 4, 2022. Currently, you can pre-order shipping from the page and it is priced at 135 euros, which is about 133 dollars and 2,680 Mexican pesos.