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Rei III
is the twenty-third episode of the Japanese anime television series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'', created by Gainax. The episode was written by Hideaki Anno and Hiroshi Yamaguchi and directed by the animator ShÅichi Masuo. In the episode, Rei Ayanami, the pilot of the giant mecha Evangelion (mecha)#Evangelion Unit-00, Evangelion Unit-00, is attacked by the sixteenth in a series of enemies of mankind called Angels (Neon Genesis Evangelion), Angels, Angels (Neon Genesis Evangelion)#Armisael, Armisael, and decides to commit suicide to defeat the enemy. Following her death, Shinji Ikari and Misato Katsuragi, the pilot of the Evangelion (mecha)#Evangelion Unit-01, Eva-01 and head of the strategy department of the military agency Nerv, discover thanks to Dr. Ritsuko Akagi that Rei is a series of replaceable clones. The episode is characterised by dramatic tones, but still by a speed and dryness in the exposition of the series' mysteries. Critics also interpreted some images from the epi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neon Genesis Evangelion
, also known as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production, and directed by Hideaki Anno. It was broadcast on TV Tokyo and its affiliates from October 1995 to March 1996. The story is set fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm in the futuristic fortified city of Tokyo-3. The protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy recruited by his father Gendo to the mysterious organization Nerv. Shinji must pilot an Evangelion, a giant biomechanical mecha, to fight beings known as Angels. The series explores the experiences and emotions of the Evangelion pilots and Nerv members as they battle Angels. They are called upon to understand the ultimate cause of events and the motives behind human action. The series has been described as a deconstruction of the mecha genre, and features archetypal imagery derived from Shinto cosmology and mystical Judeo-Christian traditions, including Midrashic tales and Kabbalah. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
