Because the 1997 dub is not legally streaming, it has entered the realm of "lost media" and preservationism. Hardcore fans on Korean forums (like DC Inside) and international anime trackers have spent years trying to reconstruct the original broadcast audio.
: Released in 2019, this version brought the series to a new generation. Like its English counterpart, it followed a more literal translation style overseen by Studio Khara. evangelion korean dub
Hardcore fans of Evangelion have a game called "K-01," where they sync the Korean audio track with the original video. Because the 1997 dub is not legally streaming,