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is a Japanese
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created by
Hideaki Anno is a Anime, Japanese animator, filmmaker, Film producer, producer, and voice actor. His most celebrated creation, the Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), ''Evangelion'' franchise, has had a significant influence on the anime television industr ...
, originally owned by
Gainax Gainax Co., Ltd. (stylized as GAINAX; , Hepburn: ) was a Japanese anime studio famous for original productions such as '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', '' Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise'', '' Gunbuster'', '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue ...
and currently owned by
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. Most of the franchise features an apocalyptic
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action story, which revolves around the
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organization NERV and their efforts in fighting hostile beings called
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, using giant humanoids called Evangelions (or EVAs for short) that are piloted by select teenagers. Subsequent works deviate from this theme to varying degrees, focusing more on romantic interactions between the characters, plotlines not present in the original works, and reimaginings of the conflicts from the original works. The ''
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 1 ...
''
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debuted in Shōnen Ace in December 1994, to generate interest in the upcoming anime release. The ''
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 1 ...
'' anime was written and directed by
Hideaki Anno is a Anime, Japanese animator, filmmaker, Film producer, producer, and voice actor. His most celebrated creation, the Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), ''Evangelion'' franchise, has had a significant influence on the anime television industr ...
, originally airing from October 1995 until March 1996. General consensus is that the anime was groundbreaking in its exploration of religious, psychological, and philosophical themes, while initially appearing to be a standard
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show. However, there was some debate over its controversial ending. In response, two films were made to provide an alternate ending for the show: '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth'', released in March 1997, and ''
The End of Evangelion is a 1997 Japanese anime Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, apocalyptic science fiction film written by Hideaki Anno, directed by Anno and Kazuya Tsurumaki, and animated by Gainax and Production I.G. It serves as an alternate ending to ...
'' released in July 1997. ''Death'' is a 60-minute compilation of parts from the first 24 episodes of the TV series, with some new footage added in order to prepare for ''Rebirth'', which contains the last two episodes and the first 30 minutes of ''End of Evangelion''. The popularity of the show spawned numerous additional media, including video games, radio dramas, audio books, a light novel series,
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machines, and a
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of films titled ''
Rebuild of Evangelion ''Rebuild of Evangelion'', known in Japan and on Amazon Prime Video as , is a Japanese animated film series and a reboot of the original ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' anime television series, produced by Studio Khara. Hideaki Anno serves as the ...
''. Other derivative works include ''
Angelic Days , titled as ''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days'' in North America and ''Neon Genesis Evangelion: The 2nd Iron Maiden'' in Europe, is a manga by Fumino Hayashi based on the videogame '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Girlfriend of Steel 2nd''. ...
'', '' Petit Eva: Evangelion@School'' and ''
Shinji Ikari Raising Project is a life simulation computer game based on the anime series, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. The player assumes control of both Shinji Ikari and Misato Katsuragi, the protagonists of the aforementioned anime series, to "raise" Shinji. This is ...
''.


Setting

Works within the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise typically have the same setting, characters, and themes, but can vary in their portrayal of the different storylines with alternate re-tellings of the original anime. Many later works, such as ''Death & Rebirth'' and ''The Rebuild of Evangelion,'' diverge greatly from the original anime. ''Evangelion''s fictional setting takes place after the Second Impact, a cataclysmic explosion in
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in the year 2000, which killed billions of people and threw the Earth off its axis. Fifteen years after the Second Impact, a group of mysterious beings referred to as "
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" begin appearing and pose a worldwide and existential threat to what remains of mankind. The NERV organization, a paramilitary special agency recruited and controlled by the UN, is tasked with defeating the Angels, with the use of giant mechanical warriors known as " Evangelions". A select group of children pilot the Evangelions, with focus put on
Shinji Ikari is a fictional character from the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. He is the franchise's poster boy and protagonist. In the Neon Genesis Evangelion, anime series of the same name, Sh ...
,
Rei Ayanami is a fictional character from the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. In the anime series of the same name, Rei is an introverted girl chosen as the enigmatic pilot of a giant mecha named Evangelion Unit 00. At the begi ...
and
Asuka Langley Soryu is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. She first appears in the Neon Genesis Evangelion, original anime series, and also appears in the franchise's animat ...
. As the story progresses, it delves into
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themes such as
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,
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, and the nature of existence. The relationships between the characters are also explored, particularly between Shinji, Asuka, and Rei, as they navigate their complex and sometimes contentious dynamics. 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. The series incorporates religious themes, including
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and
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,
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and the
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. The series is well known for its
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of the characters and features the theories of famous psychologists like
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and
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. This is most heavily covered in the implementation of the Human Instrumentality Project, the secret goal of NERV and SEELE, whose result varies across different media, including the original anime, films, manga and video games.


TV series, original net animation and films


''Neon Genesis Evangelion''

''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' also known simply as ''Evangelion'' or ''Eva'', is a Japanese
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television series produced by
Gainax Gainax Co., Ltd. (stylized as GAINAX; , Hepburn: ) was a Japanese anime studio famous for original productions such as '' Neon Genesis Evangelion'', '' Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honnêamise'', '' Gunbuster'', '' Nadia: The Secret of Blue ...
and animated by
Tatsunoko and often shortened to , is a Japanese animation company. The studio's name has a double meaning in Japanese: "Tatsu's child" (Tatsu is a nickname for Tatsuo) and " sea dragon", the inspiration for its seahorse logo. Tatsunoko Production was e ...
, directed by
Hideaki Anno is a Anime, Japanese animator, filmmaker, Film producer, producer, and voice actor. His most celebrated creation, the Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), ''Evangelion'' franchise, has had a significant influence on the anime television industr ...
and broadcast on
TV Tokyo JOTX-DTV (channel 7), branded as is a Japanese television station that serves as the flagship of the TX Network.Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water''. ''Evangelion'' is set fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm named Second Impact, particularly in the futuristic fortified city of Tokyo-3. The protagonist is
Shinji Ikari is a fictional character from the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. He is the franchise's poster boy and protagonist. In the Neon Genesis Evangelion, anime series of the same name, Sh ...
, a teenage boy who is recruited by his father Gendo to the shadowy organization Nerv to pilot a giant bio-machine
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named Evangelion into combat against beings known as
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. The series explores the experiences and emotions of Evangelion pilots and members of Nerv as they try to prevent Angels from causing more cataclysms. In the process, they are called upon to understand the ultimate causes of events and the motives for human action. The series has been described as a
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of the mecha genre and it features
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derived from Shinto cosmology as well as
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and
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traditions, including
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ic tales and
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. The
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accounts of human behavior put forward by
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and
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are also prominently featured. ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' was awarded The Excellence Award at the Japan Media Arts-festival in 1997. The word "controversial" shows up almost continuously in reviews of the series, together with "complex". Critics saw ''Evangelion'' very positively, with its stylised and thematic characteristics.


''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth''

''Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth'', is a 1997 Japanese
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and the first installment of the ''
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 1 ...
'' feature film project and consists of two parts. The project, whose overarching title translates literally to ''New Century Gospel: The Movie'', was released in response to the success of the
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and a strong demand by fans for an alternate ending. Its components have since been re-edited and re-released several times. ''Death'' is a sixty-minute summary of the first twenty-four parts of Neon Genesis Evangelion. New scenes were added, which were later added to the series itself in its " Director's Cut". The purpose of ''Death'' is to set the stage for ''Rebirth'', which is a re-made version of the series' last two parts. ''Death'' was reworked twice. Once as ''Death(true)'' in which the new scenes were removed after they had been added to the series and shown without ''Rebirth''. Then another version was released, ''Death(true)2'', in which Adam's
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was added to Gendo's hand (later incorporated into ''The End of Evangelion'') and various cuts were made to the film. ''Death(true)2'' is the version included in Revival of Evangelion, the final version of the films. and the first half of an unfinished new ending, titled ''Rebirth'', a retelling of episodes 25 and 26 of the television series as the events of the Human Instrumentality Project unfold from an external point of view.


''The End of Evangelion''

''The End of Evangelion'', released on July 19, 1997, is the completed version of ''Rebirth'', an alternate version of the final episodes of the television series. SEELE attacks NERV, using their Mass Production Evangelion units, all in an attempt to complete the Human Instrumentality Project and initiate the Third Impact. It was written by Hideaki Anno, directed by Anno and
Kazuya Tsurumaki Kazuya Tsurumaki (鶴巻 和哉 ''Tsurumaki Kazuya'') is a Japanese anime director. He was born on February 2, 1966, in the city of Gosen, located in Niigata Prefecture. He is the protégé of Hideaki Anno, and a longtime animator at Gainax. T ...
, and animated by Gainax and
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. It serves as an
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to the television series, as the earlier mentioned episodes were quite controversial. The story follows
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,
Rei Ayanami is a fictional character from the ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. In the anime series of the same name, Rei is an introverted girl chosen as the enigmatic pilot of a giant mecha named Evangelion Unit 00. At the begi ...
and
Asuka Langley Soryu is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' franchise created by Gainax. She first appears in the Neon Genesis Evangelion, original anime series, and also appears in the franchise's animat ...
, the pilots of the Evangelions during the beginning of the Third Impact. Shinji is subjected to the Human Instrumentality Project, a process in which human souls are merged into a single divine entity. The film features the voice actors of the original series, including
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as Shinji,
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as Asuka, and
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as Rei. The End of Evangelion was a box-office success, grossing ¥2.47 billion. It was honored with "Most Popular Film" at the
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, the
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, and it also won the 1997
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, and was praised for its violence, direction, editing, emotional power, and script, though some reviewers criticized its oblique religious symbolism and abstraction.


''Petit Eva: Evangelion@School''

''Petit Eva: Evangelion@School'' is a chibi-style ONA series that ran for 24 broadcasts from March 20, 2007, to March 11, 2009 it was adapted from ''Petit Eva'' and ''Petit Eva Bokura Tanken Dōkōkai'' spin off manga illustrated by Ryusuke Hamamoto and Maki Ozora. It is a parody of the original series, where the original cast are now
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s at a
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in Tokyo-3. There are other minor differences to ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' as well, such as the fact that the three Rei clones are now sisters and that the Evangelion Unit-01 is now a human sized student.


Episodes


''Rebuild of Evangelion''

''Rebuild of Evangelion'', known in Japan and on
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as ''Evangelion: New Theatrical Edition'' (ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版, ''Evangerion Shin Gekijōban''), is a Japanese
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and a retelling of the original ''
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'' anime television series, produced by
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.
Hideaki Anno is a Anime, Japanese animator, filmmaker, Film producer, producer, and voice actor. His most celebrated creation, the Neon Genesis Evangelion (franchise), ''Evangelion'' franchise, has had a significant influence on the anime television industr ...
served as the writer and general manager of the project, with
Kazuya Tsurumaki Kazuya Tsurumaki (鶴巻 和哉 ''Tsurumaki Kazuya'') is a Japanese anime director. He was born on February 2, 1966, in the city of Gosen, located in Niigata Prefecture. He is the protégé of Hideaki Anno, and a longtime animator at Gainax. T ...
and Masayuki directing the films themselves.
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,
Ikuto Yamashita is a Japanese manga artist and designer from Gifu Prefecture. He is currently based in and continuing to live in Gifu Prefecture. Overview Yamashita was born in the Gifu Prefecture and is a graduate of the Nagoya University of Arts. His represe ...
and
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returned to provide character designs, mechanical designs and music respectively. The film
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uses
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, some CG animation, and provides new scenes, settings and characters, with a completely new conclusion in the fourth and final film. Another stated intention of the series is for it to be more accessible to non-fans than the original TV series and films were. It was made to present an alternate retelling of episodes 1-19 of the TV series (including new scenes, settings, and characters) and a completely new conclusion to the story. The first film '' Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone'' was released in Japan on September 1, 2007, with '' Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance'' and '' Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'' released on June 27, 2009, and November 17, 2012, respectively. The final film, '' Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time'', was released on March 8, 2021. Upon its home media release in March 8, 2023, two new
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, ''Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h)'' and ''Evangelion: 3.0 (-120min)'' were included.


Proposed live-action film

Development of a live-action movie version of ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' by
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, Weta Workshop Ltd., and
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(then the worldwide distributor of the ''Evangelion'' series outside of
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and
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) was announced at the
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on May 21, 2003. Early coverage included ADV Films raising "about half of the $100 million to $120 million needed to produce the film" and some concept art produced by Weta Workshop. ADV was particularly inspired by the success of ''The Lord of the Rings'' film series, and wanted to replicate it with a film of their own, possibly a trilogy. As time passed without any official announcements, the project showed increasing signs of being in
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. At
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2008, ADV founders Matt Greenfield and John Ledford claimed that they had hired the producer
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, pitched the idea to other producers such as
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2009, Greenfield claimed that several U.S. studios were competing for rights to the project, predicting an official announcement naming project details within the next nine months (he later noted that the closer he got to sealing a deal, the less he could say anything about it). Though the sudden collapse and asset sale of
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in September 2009 raised concerns over the project's viability, Greenfield, Ledford, and producer Joseph Chou insisted the project was still actively searching for a director. In August 2011, A.D. Vision sued Gainax, claiming their refusal to accept an option payment for the perpetual live-action rights to ''Evangelion'' was a breach of contract and resulted in losing an opportunity to produce the film with a major studio. ADV had asked to be awarded the full live-action rights and any accruing
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. It was one of many multiple legal battles between Gainax and ADV. Gainax rejected this claim and returned their payment of $100,000.
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, voice actress for Asuka in the ADV localization and then married to Greenfield, told
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in 2019 that the project was a dud and never had a shooting script or any signed crew or cast. Although Weta artists had talked with some Gainax staff, by that time Anno had already set on making the ''Rebuild'' films, and had started to take the franchise with him to his new studio Khara, despite ADV continuing to negotiate only with Gainax, and the project faded into abandonment. Anno has been questioned on a live-action adaptation of ''Evangelion'', particularly a Western one, multiple times. He has shown himself resistant to the idea. Anno reiterated that ''Eva'' was always conceived as an animation and made with a Japanese audience with mind, and he believes Western creators have too different a mindset and methods compared to Japanese creators: "There may be Japanese film-makers who can collaborate with Western creators, but I’m not one of them". He also dislikes live-action adaptations of anime, as well as live-action works inspired by anime overall. Anno believes ''Eva'' could not be properly expressed in live-action, and strongly dislikes the idea of Hollywood remaking it.


Manga and light novel

A number of
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series based on the anime have been released, most notably the official series by series character designer
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, which was first serialized in February 1995 (eight months before the series' official premiere, in order to promote interest), and ended in November 2014, 19 years later. Seven other manga have been created: the shoujo romance story '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days'' by
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, shonen comedy ''
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'' by Takahashi Osamu, self-parody '' It's A Miraculous Win'' by Koume Yoshida, mystery series '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse'' by Min Min, ''chibi'' comedic parody '' Petit Eva: Evangelion@School'', detective story '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Detective Diary'' and
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-themed parody '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Legend of the Piko-Piko Middle School Students.'' A
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series '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA'' was serialized from 2008 to 2013 in Dengeki Hobby Magazine, authored by the series mechanical designer
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. The series set in an alternate future diverging from the events of the anime. The novel begins 3 years after the end of the Human Instrumentality Project, replacing episodes 25 and 26 of the anime, as well as the End of Evangelion film. 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 Rei Ayanami 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. In 2021, the final film of the ''Rebuil''d ''of Evangelion'' tetralogy, '' Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time''. the sequel received a re-release called ''3.0+1.01,'' that included a prequel manga to the events of '' Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo'' called '' Evangelion 3.0 (-120 min.)'', written by co-director
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at Hideaki Anno's initiative. It was later adapted in
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form for ''3.0+1.0'''s home media release. In 2010, two tribute manga were released: the collection '' Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute,'' ''and'' another by
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, simply entitled '' Tony Takezaki's Evangelion''.


Soundtracks and music

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composed most of the music for ''
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'' and for the original TV show's three OST albums. He received the 1997
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award for "Best Music Score". King Records and their label Starchild (specializing in music, animation and film) distributed most of the albums, singles and box sets. For the anime series, Yoko Takahashi performed the song "
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" which was used as the opening theme song for the series. The song "
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" originally by
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was performed by various
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from the anime series and these versions of the song were used as the ending theme song for the series. Theme songs were also granted for the films in the franchise '' Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'', its follow-up ''
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'' and four installments of the ''
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'' film series. A series of four albums titled "Evangelion Classic" was released, each album containing the classical music of
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,
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, and J.S. Bach respectively.


Other media

The ''Evangelion'' franchise has spread from the original anime into a number of different media, with some following the official
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(of the 26-episode anime series and its three related films or the new ''Rebuild'' series) and others differing on important plot points originally introduced in the anime.


Books

* ''Newtype 100% Collection'': A 1997 collection of ''
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''s coverage of ''Evangelion'', particularly of artwork * ''Death & Rebirth'' and ''End of Evangelion'' theatrical pamphlets: Limited edition supplementary booklets were distributed in Japanese theaters during the initial run of both '' Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'' and ''
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''. The latter pamphlet, nicknamed the "'' Red Cross Book''" by overseas fans, contains descriptions and definitions of many areas and terms in the ''Evangelion'' storyline that the series left unclear. * ''Der Mond'' and ''Die Sterne'': Two German-titled
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s of the work of
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, including concept art, character designs and renditions, and commentary about the Evangelion series. Both books also feature selections of Sadamoto's work on earlier and later works (such as ''
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'', or
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). * ''2015//The Last Year of Ryohji Kaji'': A limited edition, Japan-only publication by ''
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'' in 1997. The book is a combination photo/text book profiling the character of
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through 16 mission "documents" left by him. The included letters, notes, and poems were written by (a writer on the original TV series) and the photographs (including digitally-altered pictures of Evangelions, Angels, and other series-related objects) were taken by
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. * ''Groundwork of Evangelion'': is set of artbooks that contains production sketches. The first three cover the anime, with Volume 1 covering episode 1–8, Volume 2 covering 9–19, and Volume 3 covering 20–26. ''Groundwork of Evangelion The Movie 1'' covers the first movie. ''Groundwork of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone'' covers the first Rebuild film. Two volumes cover Groundwork Of Evangelion You Can (Not) Advance 2.0, the second Rebuild film. * ''Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG: The NERV White Paper'': A 158-page card-based RPG book released on April 20, 1996. It was written by Mitsuuhiro Nakazawa * ''Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal'': An early pre-production booklet that describes the premise of the series and introduces the main characters. Many changes were made from the proposal to the finished show, such as different characterization and even unused Angels.


Video games

''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' has spawned a number of video games. These range from action games such as the same titled game for the
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and its sequel on the
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, the fighting game '' Battle Orchestra'', the
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s '' Girlfriend of Steel'' and '' Girlfriend of Steel 2nd'', and the rhythm game ''3nd Impact'' (read "Sound Impact"). Characters from ''Evangelion'' also make numerous appearances in other titles such as in the ''
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'' series by
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. The mobile game "Monster Strike", by the Japanese company Mixi, did a collaboration featuring dungeons and collectible units from the series.


Audio dramas

A parody
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, ''Neon Genesis Evangelion – After the End'', was released in 1996 as part of the ''
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'' album. The story features the anime's original cast reuniting to star in a new Evangelion series, while attempting to change various themes of the series to make it more popular/accessible than it already is. A separate Evangelion audio cassette drama was released in 1996.


Pachinko

A number of Evangelion-themed ''
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'' and ''
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'' machines are offered at pachinko parlors: * CR Neon Genesis Evangelion ''(Pachinko)'' * CR Neon Genesis Evangelion Second Impact ''(Pachinko)'' *
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''(Pachisuro)'' * CR Neon Genesis Evangelion —Kiseki no Kachi wa— ''(Pachinko)''


Amusement park

On July 22, 2010,
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opened a 1,460m2 section devoted to ''Evangelion'', featuring a lifesize entry plug and statue of
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, an approximately 3-meter titanium Lance of Longinus, NERV hallways with character cutouts that lead to a hangar room with the 1:1 bust of
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, SEELE monoliths, appropriate cosplay, Eva-themed hotel rooms, and food products. A bust of Eva Unit-02 modeled after a scene in ''Evangelion: 2.0'' was installed in 2011. In late 2018, Universal Studios announced there will be a Godzilla and Evangelion crossover attraction at Universal Studios Japan.


Related media


''Japan Animator Expo''

''Evangelion: Another Impact'' is the anime short number 12 from the ''
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'', a collaboration between the Khara studio and the media company Dwango. The anime short could be seen on the official website of the project, but the website closed on December 31, 2018. Since, a company who sell animal related product have bought the domain name, and the Japan Animator Expo website no longer exist. The credits song is called "Marking Time, Waiting for Death", by Shiro Sagisu.


''Transformers''

A ''Transformers x Evangelion'' crossover featuring a web novel titled "Transformers Mode EVA" and toy line featured a ''
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'' and ''Evangelion'' crossover. In the events of Transformers Mode "EVA" follows the Autobots arriving in Tokyo-3 dealing with an Angel attack, interrupted by the ghost of Starscream who possessed the Angel to attack the Autobots. When Unit-1 was deployed Optimus Prime scanned EVA-1 to become Optimus Prime-EVA and with the help of the Autobots and Misato he defeats the Angel/Decepticon hybrid.


''Godzilla''

Universal Studios announced there will be a ''
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'' and ''Evangelion'' crossover with an attraction.


''Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion''

In episode 31 of ''
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'' anime, Shinji is the pilot of the 500 TYPE EVA, a redo of the Shinkalion 500 Kodama stylized to resembled the real TYPE EVA
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of the
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and the EVA Unit 01. He only appeared in the crossover episode.


Fanworks

''Evangelion'' is also popular among
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, inspiring notable titles such as ''Evangelion RE-TAKE'' (an unofficial sequel to the '' End of Evangelion'') by Studio Kimigabuchi and even works by famous manga artists, such as ''Birth of Evangelion'' by
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.


See also

*
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* Portrayals of God in popular media


References


Further reading

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External links

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