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The design of the Evangelion was conceived and edited by Anno and Ikuto Yamashita, the official mecha designer of the series. [25] The director took inspiration from the demons of Japanese folklore, the oni, and wanted to give them a modern look that differed from other mecha, such as the Gundams of the Mobile Suit Gundam series, giving them a more human-demonic nature than strictly robotic.
Evangelion Unit Two was the first Evangelion built specifically for battle situations. Combining the efficient construction plans of EVA-01 with an arsenal of concealed weaponry, EVA-02 is a walking tank intended to stand against the Angels. Colored red, and has a native language mode of German. Known to contain Asuka's mother's soul. First ...
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.
The team of former Eva pilots are coming to terms with the aftermath of the battle at NERV HQ, while adapting to normal life. Three clones of Ayanami Rei have been put into Eva units and sent into space as a precautionary way to seek out and eradicate the remaining mass-produced Evangelion units, as well as monitor Earth's safety.
During the production of Evangelion, Yamashita designed the Eva units with completely dark livery, simple orange and green luminescent inserts shining through the darkness. For the Rebuild , he was able to recover the original idea from twelve years earlier and added the luminous inserts to Eva-01. [ 54 ]
Wunder is attacked by three NERV ships and a swarm of EVA units. Asuka and Mari sortie and move to destroy Unit-13 before it can reactivate. However, Unit-02 refuses to attack Unit-13, forcing Asuka to remove her eyepatch, revealing the Ninth Angel contained within, converting Unit-02 into an EVA-Angel hybrid like Shinji's Unit-01. Unit-13 ...
Kaworu commandeers Unit 02, and Shinji engages it with Unit 01 in a fierce fight while in free-fall as they descend to Terminal Dogma. Kaworu reaches the Angel in Terminal Dogma as Shinji defeats Unit 02, but realizes that the Angel is not Adam but Lilith. Realizing it is the way things are meant to be, he then implores Shinji to kill him to ...
With the arrival of Evangelion Unit-03, NERV has Toji pilot the Eva in exchange for providing better medical care to his young sister. Despite agreeing to the deal, Toji reveals to Shinji that he fears becoming an Eva pilot. The activation test for Unit-03 goes awry when the Angel Bardiel infects it, causing it to wreak havoc through Tokyo-3 ...