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Gainax began planning the production of Neon Genesis Evangelion in July 1993. [1] [2] On September 20, the first internal meeting about the new project was held at the studio, [3] but production for the first two episodes began in September 1994, [4] a year later the first meeting, and lasted for months.
During the Eva-00's descent into the deepest level of Nerv headquarters, the Nerv mentions a section of structures named Malebolge; their name is a reference to the eponymous circles of Hell presented in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. [90] [91] When Eva-00 sends the Lance into orbit, the concept of escape velocity is also mentioned. [92] [93]
According to the official booklets and materials, the title "The Beast" can refer to the Angel Sachiel, the berserk Eva-01 [69] or Shinji's hidden destructive impulses. [20] The official encyclopedia Evangelion Chronicle states that the title also references the beast from the Book of Revelation .
When Rei and Asuka are defeated by Bardiel, Shinji, fearing for Toji's safety, refuses to attack the Angel/Eva. Gendo then activates Unit-01's "dummy plug" system to take the Eva out of Shinji's control, allowing it to brutally destroy Unit-03 and kill Toji in the process. 7: As one of us, to know good and evil
The Angel's shadow on the ground is its actual body and the sphere in the sky is its true shadow. Nerv prepares a recovery strategy for Eva-01. Shinji, who is suspended between life and death in a space called the Dirac sea, has a vision in which he argues with a younger version of himself on a train.
According to the academic Mariana Ortega, since Eva-01 was built from Lilith and the Angel was born from Adam, Unit 01 absorbs a "sibling" and becomes an "alpha et omega". [172] The Japanese academic Kotani Mari likened the act of cannibalism on Shinji-Eva's part to "the explosion of the radically feminine, that is, to what Alice Jardine calls ...
The Angel is defeated by Shinji Ikari's Eva-01, which is activated by a new piloting system named the Dummy System, [351] which destroys the infected Evangelion. [352] [353] The fictional Angel's contamination of Unit 03 during its passage through a blanket of storm clouds is an allusion to its namesake Bardiel, the angel of hail and lightning.
During the incident where Eva-00 malfunctioned, for example, the Nerv use a special bakelite [41] to block the Eva units, [42] [43] named after the homonymous phenol formaldehyde resin. [ 44 ] [ 45 ] In the following scenes, Dr. Ritsuko talks about the Angels similarity with humans; [ 46 ] [ 47 ] she analyzes the body of the fourth Angel ...