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Adam itself would also be discovered in the Dead Sea, while in the final version the setting veered toward Antarctica, [7] keeping the idea of using Seele's Dead Sea Scrolls. [6] The basic idea of the Dead Sea setting, a highly saline sea with no fish, was retained, representing a forbidding Antarctica for any living thing, including ...
In the course of the episode, a secret sect named Seele examines Gendo Ikari's actions to determine whether his actions are in accordance with the organisation's plans, which follow ancient documents called Dead Sea Scrolls. Evangelion's pilots are tested; during her test, Rei Ayanami has a long stream of consciousness in which she investigates ...
[30] [31] According to the character designer of the series, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, the post-apocalyptic scenario and the use of the Dead Sea scrolls in Neon Genesis Evangelion are also a "side effect" of Nadia. [32] The original scenario of the series also did not involve an explosion at the south pole, but a "Dead Sea evaporation accident".
The backdrop of Neon Genesis Evangelion slowly reveals the true nature of Rei Ayanami, the Evangelions, the Angels, the NERV organization and a group known as SEELE. [38] The series incorporates religious themes, including Christianity and Kabbalah [39] and Adam, Lilith and the Dead Sea Scrolls. [40]
The Dead Sea Scrolls of Seele, inspired by the real Qumran scrolls, [60] [61] are also mentioned. [62] [63] In the original storyboard, the Seele was supposed to be called "Essenes", a Second Temple Judaism sect. [64] Kazuhiza Fujie and Martin Foster wrote that the Dead Sea Scrolls were reportedly deposited by the Essenes. [65]
When Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth was released in 1997, the UCC Ueshima Coffee Co. company marketed coffee cans with the characters of the series, [445] selling 400,000 cases—about twelve million cans; after the release of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone in 2007, another 300,000 cases containing about nine million cans were ...
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japanese: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, Hepburn: Shinseiki Evangerion, lit. ' New Century Evangelion ' in Japanese and lit. ' New Beginning Gospel ' in Greek), also known as Evangelion or Eva, is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax, animated by Tatsunoko, and directed by Hideaki Anno.
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