''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (Japanese language: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン ''Shin Seiki Evangerion'') is an anime television series, begun in 1995, directed and written by Hideaki Anno, and produced by Gainax. It takes place in 2015 AD, fifteen years after the catastrophic Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Second_Impact, reportedly caused by a meteor strike, which wiped out half of Earth's population and tilted its axis. Just as humanity finished its recovery from this disaster, Tokyo-3 began suffering attacks by strange monsters referred to as Angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion)s. Conventional weapons are useless against the Angels, and the only known defense against them are the biomechanics mechas created by the paramilitary organization Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#NERV, the Evangelion (giant robot)s (Evas). Although the series starts as a regular mecha anime, the focus tends to shift from action to flashbacks and analyses of the primary characters, particularly the main character Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Shinji Ikari. The director, Hideaki Anno, suffered from a long Clinical depression prior to creating ''Evangelion''; much of the show is based on his own experiences in dealing with depression and in psychoanalytic theory he learned from his psychotherapy. As a result, characters in the anime display a variety of mood disorder and problems with emotional health, especially depression, Psychological trauma, and separation anxiety disorder. The television series aired in Japan from 1995 to 1996, ran for 26 episodes, and 8 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD by ADV Films. == Composition == ''Evangelion'' consists of 26 television episodes which were first aired on TV Tokyo from October 4, 1995, to March 27, 1996, followed by a pair of movies: ''Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'', and ''The End of Evangelion'', first screened in 1997. ''Death and Rebirth'' is essentially a highly condensed re-edit of the series plus the first half of ''End of Evangelion'', while ''End of Evangelion'' is an enhanced ending of the story, replacing episodes 25 and 26 of the television series. The two movies were subsequently re-released as a single movie called ''Revival of Evangelion''. In the United States, the series was one of a small number of anime to have the honor of being broadcast on San Francisco Bay Area PBS affiliate KTEH, and has also been broadcast on The Anime Network and a Cartoon Network special block of mecha anime called "Toonami Giant Robot Week". A manga of the series, drawn by series character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, was published by Kadokawa Shoten. It covers the same story as the series, but from the perspective of Shinji Ikari. The manga is currently still in production, though its first volume was actually released prior to the airing of ''Evangelion'''s first episode. The manga is translated into English language in North America by Viz Communications and in Singapore by Chuang Yi, and the Singaporean translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment. The manga is also translated into Brazilian Portuguese by Conrad Editora Merchandise for ''Evangelion'' still comes out fairly regularly despite the fact that it is a decade old. A large deal of the merchandise has an amusingly detached or hilarious non-relation to the dark nature of the series. The series has also spawned various computer games, including ''Girlfriend Of Steel''. While shoehorned into the original plot, the sequel to the game, ''Girlfriend Of Steel 2'', takes place in a complete alternate universe. This later inspired a manga, which uses most of the ''Evangelion'' characters in a "normal" schoolyard drama series. Production of a live action version of ''Evangelion'' was announced in May 2003 by the USA company ADV Films (who holds world-wide rights to the series outside of Asia and Australia), and will be made by ADV, Gainax and Weta Digital. It is estimated to be released from as early as 2006 to as late as 2010. Hideaki Anno, the Director of ''Evangelion'', will not be directing this live-action movie, though. As of April 2005, production of the movie is on hold as a director is yet to be chosen. == Characters == ''Main article: Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion'' The main character of ''Evangelion'' is Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Shinji Ikari, a shy, dour adolescent boy and Evangelion (giant robot) pilot. For many years he lived away from his parents with one of his teachers until he is summoned mysteriously by his father at the start of the series. Fellow pilots Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Rei Ayanami, a silent, unemotional girl; and Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Asuka Langley Soryu, a fiery, proud, red-headed girl; are also primary characters, as well as Shinji's father and NERV commander Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Gendo Ikari, NERV's head of strategy and tactics Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Misato Katsuragi, and NERV's head scientist, Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Ritsuko Akagi. Most characters are, in their own way, socially maladjusted, and the patterns of relationships between the characters are fairly complicated. There have been many hypotheses on the nature of the relations between the characters: popular theories are that Shinji, Rei, and Asuka represent the Ego, Superego and Id; that Rei and Asuka represent the Thanatos and Eros (Freud) drives in Shinji's psyche; or that Gendo, Shinji, and Rei represent the three parts of the Christian Trinity. == Plot summary == In 2000, a group of scientists conducted an expedition in Antarctica where a large being of light, deemed by them as the first Angel, Angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion)#1st_Angel_-_Adam, was discovered. After they made contact with the Angel, it self-destructed, creating the Second Impact. The true nature of the Second Impact was concealed from the general public, who was led to believe that the devastation was caused by a small meteorite, traveling close to the speed of light, impacting in Antarctica. In the conflict with Angels, mankind is represented by the mysterious organizations Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#NERV, Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#GEHIRN (which started out as the investigation team for the Second Impact but became NERV later on), Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#SEELE, and the Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Marduk Institute. NERV is, in theory, under the control of SEELE, but NERV has its own agenda, driven by its commander Gendo Ikari. NERV carries out two tasks: to defend the Earth from Angel attack with a small number of Evangelion (giant robot)s (Evas), and the Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Human Instrumentality Project (Human Completion Project), which, according to Gendo, is the path to God man has not yet tried. The Evas have the outward appearance of massive humanoid robots and can be piloted only by 14-year old children, those conceived during or after the Second Impact. Pilots are selected by the Marduk Institute, which is later discovered to be composed of about 108 (number) ghost companies; qualifying pilots must have lost a mother or a very close loved one, which is then used as the soul of the Eva (the Eva also behaves like the soul inside it, often lashing out at old enemies). Only the designated pilot of an Eva can pilot it, due to the bond between the pilot's soul and the soul of the Eva; otherwise, any other person who tries to synchronize (simply put, to technically work as one mind) with the Eva will be refused. It is later apparent that the Evas are not really "robots" but rather living, biomechanical organisms, even though in the very first episode, it is described by Ritsuko Akagi as a "synthetic lifeform". The secret second task, the Human Instrumentality Project, intends to start an artificial evolution of mankind. Considering the religious implications of the term "evangelion", this event was said to bring about the salvation of mankind in the context of a newly created Earth. SEELE is the main driving force behind this project, for reasons unknown, but they mention that humanity must evolve or it will die, thus the need for a forced evolution. This artificial evolution strives to merge all human souls into one by disposing the individuals of their Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_glossary#AT_Field, which causes their bodies to revert to Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_glossary#Entry Plug. When everyone comes to this state, they will no longer feel the pain or loneliness that would typically precipitate from interaction between humans; it is comparable to death. The plot of ''The End of Evangelion'' and the plot of the series seem to diverge at the end of series episode 24. In the series, episodes 25 and 26 consist of abstract introspection by the characters, especially Shinji. The ending is left highly interpretable: clearly, Shinji eventually overcomes his issues with others and comes to accept being with them, but whether Instrumentality followed through or if it occurred at all are left unanswered, directly. The specifics of Instrumentality are not explored in the series, either. In ''End of Evangelion'', Shinji initiated Instrumentality, but rejected it in the end. There is some contention as to whether ''The End of Evangelion'' is a complement to, or a replacement of the TV episodes 25 and 26. The highly stylized nature of these episodes leaves them very open to interpretation. Some fans believe that the final scene of episode 26 where all of the characters are shown telling Shinji, “Congratulations” is a sign that Shinji accepts the Instrumentality Project and therefore is at odds with ''End of Evangelion''. Others believe that the characters are congratulating Shinji for finding his own identity. This interpretation is reconcilable with ''End of Evangelion''. For more information on ''The End of Evangelion'', see its own The End of Evangelion. == Historical context == From the period from 1984 to the release of ''Evangelion'', most highly acclaimed anime had a style somehow distanced from the usual styles of anime. For example, Miyazaki's ''My Neighbor Totoro'' (1988), and ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' (1989) were both low-key works, and ''Akira (film)'' (1988) took most of its influence from USAn comic books. Mamoru Oshii had been quoted as saying that nobody wanted to watch "simple anime-like works" anymore. ''Evangelion'', however, shows the reversal of this trend. It fully embraced the style of mecha anime, and in particular shows a large influence from Yoshiyuki Tomino's ''Space Runaway Ideon''; particularly, there are scenes in ''End of Evangelion'' which are clear homages to the last movie for the Ideon series. The series started broadcast after the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995, and production occurred around the period of the attack. The feeling of constant anxiety in ''Evangelion'' can be seen as a reflection of the constant anxiety Japan felt after the attacks destroyed the image of Japan as a clean, violence-free society. ''Evangelion'' is thick with allusions to biological, military, religious, and psychological concepts. Though the religious and biological concepts are sometimes (perhaps intentionally) used in ways different from how contemporary Christianity or biology used them, Anno's use of Freudian jargon and psychoanalytical theory is fairly up to date with what was contemporary theory at the time. For example, we can see in a paragraph, circa 1990, from literary theorist Victor Burgen which might be described as "''Eva'' in a nutshell": :In the terms of the thermodynamic model which informs Freud's concept of the Thanatos, what is feared is the "entropy" at work at the heart of Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#AT Field. ...By this same token, however, the woman also signifies precisely that desired "Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Human Instrumentality Project (Human Completion Project)": the pre-oedipal bliss of the fusion of bodies in which Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Shinji Ikari and Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Yui Ikari are "Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Sea of LCL", that absence of the pain of differing, condition of identity and meaning, whose extinction is deferred until death. == Response == When first aired in Japan at a time slot intended for teenagers, ''Evangelion'' was not especially popular. However, when aired again in a time slot more suitable for adults, its popularity exploded and rekindled many adults' interest in anime. After the ending of the TV series, Gainax and Hideaki Anno received numerous letters and emails from fans, both congratulating and criticizing the last two episodes. Among these were death threats and letters of disappointment from fans who thought Anno had ruined the series for them. Prompted by these responses, Gainax launched the project to create a movie with a "proper" ending for the series in 1997. Due to scheduling difficulties, they released ''Death and Rebirth'', consisting of a character-based recap of the entire series ("Death") and half of the "proper" ending to ''Evangelion'' ("Rebirth"). The project was completed later in the year, and contained the complete section of "Rebirth", i.e. ''End of Evangelion''. The film made around $12 million at the Japanese box office. (Blockbusters in Japan usually make $40-60 million, and a movie is considered to have done well if it makes more than $10 million). Despite the success of ''End of Evangelion'', its ending was considered controversial by many fans. Some believe that it was a manifestation of Anno's frustrations with the fan culture that attacked his original ending, and used ''End of Evangelion'' as revenge against those. Many others believed that the story in ''End of Evangelion'' had always been planned by Anno, but was unable to be done properly due to budget and censorship restraints in the original series. The theory of a pre-planned ending in addition to episodes 25 and 26 is backed up by some evidence, including a still in the intro depicting unit 01 with wings and still-frame shots of the death of Misato and Ritsuko which appeared in the TV ending. The death of these two characters correspond to events in ''End of Evangelion'' and would tend to disprove the theory that the tragic and violent end of various characters in ''End of Evangelion'' is due to Anno's frustration towards some fans. In addition, the plot of ''End of Evangelion'' does seem to match that of the TV series, providing closure to things such as the Instrumentality Project, the true purpose of NERV, and the private agenda of Gendo Ikari. On the other hand there is some evidence that Anno's frustrations began earlier than ''End of Evangelion'', and that this film was the culmination of a growing anger as evidenced by the sudden shift in tone around episode 16. Several sources ([http://www.evaotaku.com/html/Tsurumaki.html interview with Kazuya Tsurumaki], [http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9802/msg00101.html interview with Hiroki Azuma]) seem to indicate that Evangelion was not pre-planned and that the series was actually written as it went along. The shift in tone corresponded with a shift in Anno's worldview that would lead him to abandon the "otaku lifestyle" and temporarily leave anime for more serious live-action film. Despite being generally highly regarded, the series has numerous detractors, who find it self-important and see the many religious and psychological references as superficial rather than meaningful. One reason for this schism in reception is that the series was originally intended as a strictly commercial venture: the primary backers were toy companies Bandai and Sega, and staff of the project have said that they originally used the symbolism of Christianity (an uncommon religion in Japan) only to give the project a unique edge against other giant robot shows. Despite creative conflicts between the sponsors and its director, the series was not perceived as being the work of an auteur such as Hayao Miyazaki. ''Evangelion'' had, and continues to have, a strong influence on anime in general. The psychological nature of the show influenced later works such as Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997) and Serial Experiments Lain (1997), both which, like Eva, center around an ambiguous world-changing event to come. More superficially, it started a wave of using Christian symbolism in other anime and related fields. The creators of the video game Xenogears (1998) have stated that the game was very much influenced by ''Evangelion''. In the Digimon series, a lot of Evangelion elements were used in the backstories for the three main children, their friends, and D-Reaper. The same can be said for both WarGrowlmon and Gallantmon, as they were modeled after EVA-01. ==Translation notes== ====Title==== The Japanese title for the series, ''Shin Seiki Evangelion'', translates literally from a combination of Japanese and borrowed terms as "Gospel of the New Era/Century". The decision to call the series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' in English was originally made by Gainax, and not—as some fans have believed—by translators. The title ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' is Greek language. ''Neon'', the neuter form of the word "Neos", literally means "new" or "recently born". ''Genesis'' literally translates from Latin (from the original Greek) as "beginning" and is the first book of the Bible, describing the creation and beginning of the universe. The Japanese term for the first book in the Bible is "Souseiki," perhaps a wordplay (with two different beginning and ending kanji) with the "Shin Seiki" in the Japanese title. ''Evangelion'' is an anglicised version of the Greek "ευαγγέλιο" (euangelion) for "good news", and is typically translated "gospel" in the Bible. Initially, the word meant "good messenger", the prefix "ev" meaning "good" and "angelion" meaning "messenger" (from the same word that means "angel"). It only came to mean "good message" or "good news" over time. This dual meaning may be the reason both the series itself and the "mecha" are called Evangelion. Additionally, the term "Eva", a frequent abbreviation of Evangelion used in the anime, is the name of the biblical Adam and Eve in Greek and German language, as well as many other languages, coming from the Hebrew language name "Chavva" meaning "breath" or "life". There are frequent allusions to the biblical Adam and Eve throughout the series, as well as to the Evangelion's relationship with the Tree of Life. ====Other Words==== The term '':de:gehirn'' is German language for "brain". '':de:seele'' is the German language term for "soul". '':de:nerv'' is the German term for "nerve". "Children," the plural of "Child," is used to refer to each of the Eva pilots in the singular (i.e. Shinji is the "Third Children," not the "Third Child.") This is intentional, and not a translation error. The English language dub produced by ADV, however, uses the word "Child" instead of "Children." The Japanese word used to refer to the Angels is ''shito'' (使徒), which literally means "messenger" or "apostle." The usual Japanese word for "angel" is ''tenshi'' (天使). It should be noted, however, that the English ''angel'' is derived from the Greek for "messenger" as noted above. Unlike the translation of "Children" into "Child," which was altered by ADV, this was specified by Gainax. == Sub-topics == *Angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion) *Evangelion (mecha) *Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion *Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary *Neon Genesis Evangelion Official Expanded Universe *List of Neon Genesis Evangelion media *List of Neon Genesis Evangelion topics *Cruel Angel's Thesis (musical theme) == References == *Burgen, V. (1990). Geometry and Abjection. In J. Fletcher and A. Benjamin (Ed.), ''Abjection, Melancholia, and Love: The Work of Julia Kristeva'' (pp. 104–123). New York: Routledge. ==External links== * *[http://groups.google.com/groups?group=japan.anime.evangelion Evangelion newsgroups] from Google (Japanese (language) and English (language) languages) *[http://www.users.on.net/~attema/Pen3/faq/ The japan.anime.evangelion FAQ] *[http://www.evaotaku.com The Evangelion Otaku Page] *[http://www.lwhy.clara.net/nge/ Guide to... Neon Genesis Evangelion] *[http://www.animeondvd.com/specials/primers/evaprimer.php Neon Genesis Evangelion Primer] (spoiler free) *[http://www.evamonkey.com/ Eva Monkey, The Ultimate Evangelion Resource Site] - Evangelion related news, Evangelion Forums, Archive of essays, interviews, and other articles, as well as various resources such as scripts, omake, and commentary. *[http://eva.trivialbeing.net/ Neon Genesis Evangelion :: Live action movie] - News site on the upcoming movie adaptation *[http://www.ntticc.or.jp/pub/ic_mag/ic018/intercity/higashi_E.html Anime or Something Like It: Neon Genesis Evangelion] - Japanese Cultural critic Hiroki Azuma analyzes Evangelion. *[http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9802/msg00101.html An extended interview with Azuma covering the same topic] Anime Manga ADV Films original movies and series Neon Genesis Evangelion Gainax th:Evangelion
== Angels == :''Some reverse the first two angels. Some start the list with a 0th Angel or otherwise disagree with this list. Some call Pen-Pen the 2nd Angel.'' Could you elaborate, especialy about Pen-Pen ? --User:Taw :"Why is Lilith called the First Angel? :Two reasons. First of all, remember that she's been mistaken for Adam (more truth-hiding by SEELE), but she's also the first Angel to have appeared; she was on Earth in some kind of Angelic form well before Adam showed up; SEELE's symbol of the seven eyes on a triangle is taken from Lilith's mask, and SEELE's also been around since long before the Second Impact." [http://www.bcpl.net/~trmiller/Evangelion/secrets.html source] :According to the evaotaku.com faq, the Red Cross Book says that the angels originated from the source of life called Lilith, but also calls Adam the First Angel. This would explain why someone might call Lilith the 0th Angel (although the faq author doesn't). I think I heard about Pen-Pen the Second Angel from a friend at college. He also appears in some forms of Discordianism. --User:Dan ::About Pen^2, I think it was because every time Penpen was abused or neglected, an angel always appears after. --1 :::Zeroth Angel?? How?? what?? and what about humans being the 18th....?? and are the angels what could have been? instead of humans... at least that's what I've understood... Eva is an incredible series/movies, but it is also incredibly confusing... ::::End of Evangelion definitely calls the Angels other possible forms of humanity. So I assume someone denies this violently. I could explain the whole plot for you, but...um...er...I have to go now. --User:Dan :::::I believe I have read somewhere or seen discussed somewhere that Humans chose to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, rather than the Tree of Life. Subsequently, Humans were thrown out of the Garden of Eden while the Angels were allowed to eat the fruit of the Tree of Life (i.e. given near-eternal life. Can't remember where I read it though. --User:KaranJ ::::::I think that Adam is the first angel and Lilth is the 2nd Angel. What I would like to learn more about is, all of the secrets that the creator puts into this wonderful series/movie. If you watch death/rebirth on DVD try to find secrets. I have found alot. EX: on evas 5 through 13 if you look closely the dummy plug says Kaworu on the front.:) :::::::Hope I don't upset anyone too much if I say that despite the Red Cross Book being an official Gainax product, I don't regard it as an infallible source of information. Of course the RCB can be regarded as a co-equal part of the NGE corpus, but this means it is just as likely to contain mis-information and contradictions as any other part. I don't think it should be seen as an authoratative metatext. And while we're on the subject, Tim Miller's NGE secrets page mentioned above is also not authoritative. He's not updated it for 5 years, and so it doesn't take account of the restored footage in the "Director's Cut". For example, this shows that the embryonic Adam was at some point implanted into Gendo's hand (and so you have to come up with another theory as to why Gendo puts his hand on Rei's breast in EoE) --User:PS4FA == Clarifications == Wouldn't it be cool/great/interesting to create an End of End of Evangelion sort of page that helps explain everything at the End of Evangelion? Like help clear things up, explain why/how things happen happen, and "''Kimochi warui'' actually means ''I feel unwell'' instead of ''Disgusting''"? Solve life's greatest mysteries and all? It'd be nice. Had anything similar to this happened before? --Anonymous :''Kimochi warui'' can be interpreted in many ways. ''kimochi'' literally means 'feeling', and ''warui'' literally means 'bad'. So this phrase can be interpred as "I feel unwell", "I feel sick", "That gives me a bad feeling", "This is a bad feeling" and so on. This is just from my basic Japanese knowledge, so it's open to interpretation, and really needs a Japanese translator to look at it in context. -- User:KaranJ --- Who wants to add the Evangelion to the List of fictional robots and androids? Or does it not count? :Why not, fits with the article description. -- User:KaranJ ::Keep in mind, however, that the Eva isn't technically a robot; if anything, you should at least point out that it's a cyborg. -- anonymous == New introduction == I think this article needs a spoilerfree introduction. I propose something like this: :Evangelion takes place in the near future (2015 AD), fourteen years after the catastrophic Second Impact. Caused by a meteorite strike, this explosion was massive enough to tilt the Earth's axis and melt the Antarctica. During the aftermath, Earth lost its seasonal cycle and most of the mankind was wiped out by the resulting flood. :Just as the humanity had recovered and the life had returned to normal, a new threat emerged: the Angels. Conventional weapons are useless against these monsters, and the only known defense against them is the biomechanical robot created by NERV, the Evangelion 0:1. Ok, considered User:Khym Chanur comments (thank you!) and modified the intro above. Removed the comment due to metaspoiler issues. The old version is available via Talk history, as usual. I'm aware of the single inaccuracy in the introduction; it's deliberate as this stuff is supposed to be free of spoilers. Comments? --User:Card 15:03, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC) :The inaccuracy fits well with flow and original information given in previews and trailers, without revealing too much. -- User:KaranJ ::There's an inaccuracy I'm worried about - and attempted to correct - but someone erased it. Didn't Hideaki Anno suffer a nervous breakdown 'during' the run of the series instead of before it? Can anyone address this in the introduction?--it seems that Anno's psychological state during the production of Evangelion was a major factor in its themes. --Anonymous :::I removed that because i've never heard it before and it seems like a lot of people are confused over which psychological problems Anno had when. If you can find a reliable source that says he did have a nervous breakdown during the series' run, then certainly add it. If you're basing this on word-of-mouth or something you heard somewhere randomly on the Internet, please try to find a better source. --User:Pyrop User talk:Pyrop 01:44, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC) == Additions and Expansions == I plan to add a few new things to this group of pages. I'm a pretty big fan of NGE, and while I don't claim to know everything, I think I know quite enough to be able to add to the page. I do have a few 'personal quirks' in my way of writing about the series which some may disagree with, so if anyone considers my style or my changes to be less than ideal, I'm happy to discuss it, or, if we can't reach a mutual agreement, to simply withdraw from adding to the page. I've no intentions of vandalising the work of others, but a lot more could usefully be added to these pages. I'd appreciate hearing from the more established contributors to this page, to discuss my intentions. I'll be adding my changes gradually. --User:Soluzar == Hiroyuki Tsuchida == I want to add, wherever in the article it would be appropriate, something like:
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''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' (Japanese language: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン ''Shin Seiki Evangerion'') is an anime television series, begun in 1995, directed and written by Hideaki Anno, and produced by Gainax. It takes place in 2015 AD, fifteen years after the catastrophic Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Second_Impact, reportedly caused by a meteor strike, which wiped out half of Earth's population and tilted its axis. Just as humanity finished its recovery from this disaster, Tokyo-3 began suffering attacks by strange monsters referred to as Angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion)s. Conventional weapons are useless against the Angels, and the only known defense against them are the biomechanics mechas created by the paramilitary organization Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#NERV, the Evangelion (giant robot)s (Evas). Although the series starts as a regular mecha anime, the focus tends to shift from action to flashbacks and analyses of the primary characters, particularly the main character Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Shinji Ikari. The director, Hideaki Anno, suffered from a long Clinical depression prior to creating ''Evangelion''; much of the show is based on his own experiences in dealing with depression and in psychoanalytic theory he learned from his psychotherapy. As a result, characters in the anime display a variety of mood disorder and problems with emotional health, especially depression, Psychological trauma, and separation anxiety disorder. The television series aired in Japan from 1995 to 1996, ran for 26 episodes, and 8 volumes of videos were released on VHS and DVD by ADV Films. == Composition == ''Evangelion'' consists of 26 television episodes which were first aired on TV Tokyo from October 4, 1995, to March 27, 1996, followed by a pair of movies: ''Evangelion: Death and Rebirth'', and ''The End of Evangelion'', first screened in 1997. ''Death and Rebirth'' is essentially a highly condensed re-edit of the series plus the first half of ''End of Evangelion'', while ''End of Evangelion'' is an enhanced ending of the story, replacing episodes 25 and 26 of the television series. The two movies were subsequently re-released as a single movie called ''Revival of Evangelion''. In the United States, the series was one of a small number of anime to have the honor of being broadcast on San Francisco Bay Area PBS affiliate KTEH, and has also been broadcast on The Anime Network and a Cartoon Network special block of mecha anime called "Toonami Giant Robot Week". A manga of the series, drawn by series character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, was published by Kadokawa Shoten. It covers the same story as the series, but from the perspective of Shinji Ikari. The manga is currently still in production, though its first volume was actually released prior to the airing of ''Evangelion'''s first episode. The manga is translated into English language in North America by Viz Communications and in Singapore by Chuang Yi, and the Singaporean translation is imported to Australia by Madman Entertainment. The manga is also translated into Brazilian Portuguese by Conrad Editora Merchandise for ''Evangelion'' still comes out fairly regularly despite the fact that it is a decade old. A large deal of the merchandise has an amusingly detached or hilarious non-relation to the dark nature of the series. The series has also spawned various computer games, including ''Girlfriend Of Steel''. While shoehorned into the original plot, the sequel to the game, ''Girlfriend Of Steel 2'', takes place in a complete alternate universe. This later inspired a manga, which uses most of the ''Evangelion'' characters in a "normal" schoolyard drama series. Production of a live action version of ''Evangelion'' was announced in May 2003 by the USA company ADV Films (who holds world-wide rights to the series outside of Asia and Australia), and will be made by ADV, Gainax and Weta Digital. It is estimated to be released from as early as 2006 to as late as 2010. Hideaki Anno, the Director of ''Evangelion'', will not be directing this live-action movie, though. As of April 2005, production of the movie is on hold as a director is yet to be chosen. == Characters == ''Main article: Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion'' The main character of ''Evangelion'' is Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Shinji Ikari, a shy, dour adolescent boy and Evangelion (giant robot) pilot. For many years he lived away from his parents with one of his teachers until he is summoned mysteriously by his father at the start of the series. Fellow pilots Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Rei Ayanami, a silent, unemotional girl; and Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Asuka Langley Soryu, a fiery, proud, red-headed girl; are also primary characters, as well as Shinji's father and NERV commander Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Gendo Ikari, NERV's head of strategy and tactics Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Misato Katsuragi, and NERV's head scientist, Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Ritsuko Akagi. Most characters are, in their own way, socially maladjusted, and the patterns of relationships between the characters are fairly complicated. There have been many hypotheses on the nature of the relations between the characters: popular theories are that Shinji, Rei, and Asuka represent the Ego, Superego and Id; that Rei and Asuka represent the Thanatos and Eros (Freud) drives in Shinji's psyche; or that Gendo, Shinji, and Rei represent the three parts of the Christian Trinity. == Plot summary == In 2000, a group of scientists conducted an expedition in Antarctica where a large being of light, deemed by them as the first Angel, Angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion)#1st_Angel_-_Adam, was discovered. After they made contact with the Angel, it self-destructed, creating the Second Impact. The true nature of the Second Impact was concealed from the general public, who was led to believe that the devastation was caused by a small meteorite, traveling close to the speed of light, impacting in Antarctica. In the conflict with Angels, mankind is represented by the mysterious organizations Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#NERV, Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#GEHIRN (which started out as the investigation team for the Second Impact but became NERV later on), Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#SEELE, and the Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Marduk Institute. NERV is, in theory, under the control of SEELE, but NERV has its own agenda, driven by its commander Gendo Ikari. NERV carries out two tasks: to defend the Earth from Angel attack with a small number of Evangelion (giant robot)s (Evas), and the Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Human Instrumentality Project (Human Completion Project), which, according to Gendo, is the path to God man has not yet tried. The Evas have the outward appearance of massive humanoid robots and can be piloted only by 14-year old children, those conceived during or after the Second Impact. Pilots are selected by the Marduk Institute, which is later discovered to be composed of about 108 (number) ghost companies; qualifying pilots must have lost a mother or a very close loved one, which is then used as the soul of the Eva (the Eva also behaves like the soul inside it, often lashing out at old enemies). Only the designated pilot of an Eva can pilot it, due to the bond between the pilot's soul and the soul of the Eva; otherwise, any other person who tries to synchronize (simply put, to technically work as one mind) with the Eva will be refused. It is later apparent that the Evas are not really "robots" but rather living, biomechanical organisms, even though in the very first episode, it is described by Ritsuko Akagi as a "synthetic lifeform". The secret second task, the Human Instrumentality Project, intends to start an artificial evolution of mankind. Considering the religious implications of the term "evangelion", this event was said to bring about the salvation of mankind in the context of a newly created Earth. SEELE is the main driving force behind this project, for reasons unknown, but they mention that humanity must evolve or it will die, thus the need for a forced evolution. This artificial evolution strives to merge all human souls into one by disposing the individuals of their Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_glossary#AT_Field, which causes their bodies to revert to Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_glossary#Entry Plug. When everyone comes to this state, they will no longer feel the pain or loneliness that would typically precipitate from interaction between humans; it is comparable to death. The plot of ''The End of Evangelion'' and the plot of the series seem to diverge at the end of series episode 24. In the series, episodes 25 and 26 consist of abstract introspection by the characters, especially Shinji. The ending is left highly interpretable: clearly, Shinji eventually overcomes his issues with others and comes to accept being with them, but whether Instrumentality followed through or if it occurred at all are left unanswered, directly. The specifics of Instrumentality are not explored in the series, either. In ''End of Evangelion'', Shinji initiated Instrumentality, but rejected it in the end. There is some contention as to whether ''The End of Evangelion'' is a complement to, or a replacement of the TV episodes 25 and 26. The highly stylized nature of these episodes leaves them very open to interpretation. Some fans believe that the final scene of episode 26 where all of the characters are shown telling Shinji, “Congratulations” is a sign that Shinji accepts the Instrumentality Project and therefore is at odds with ''End of Evangelion''. Others believe that the characters are congratulating Shinji for finding his own identity. This interpretation is reconcilable with ''End of Evangelion''. For more information on ''The End of Evangelion'', see its own The End of Evangelion. == Historical context == From the period from 1984 to the release of ''Evangelion'', most highly acclaimed anime had a style somehow distanced from the usual styles of anime. For example, Miyazaki's ''My Neighbor Totoro'' (1988), and ''Kiki's Delivery Service'' (1989) were both low-key works, and ''Akira (film)'' (1988) took most of its influence from USAn comic books. Mamoru Oshii had been quoted as saying that nobody wanted to watch "simple anime-like works" anymore. ''Evangelion'', however, shows the reversal of this trend. It fully embraced the style of mecha anime, and in particular shows a large influence from Yoshiyuki Tomino's ''Space Runaway Ideon''; particularly, there are scenes in ''End of Evangelion'' which are clear homages to the last movie for the Ideon series. The series started broadcast after the Sarin gas attack on the Tokyo subway on March 20, 1995, and production occurred around the period of the attack. The feeling of constant anxiety in ''Evangelion'' can be seen as a reflection of the constant anxiety Japan felt after the attacks destroyed the image of Japan as a clean, violence-free society. ''Evangelion'' is thick with allusions to biological, military, religious, and psychological concepts. Though the religious and biological concepts are sometimes (perhaps intentionally) used in ways different from how contemporary Christianity or biology used them, Anno's use of Freudian jargon and psychoanalytical theory is fairly up to date with what was contemporary theory at the time. For example, we can see in a paragraph, circa 1990, from literary theorist Victor Burgen which might be described as "''Eva'' in a nutshell": :In the terms of the thermodynamic model which informs Freud's concept of the Thanatos, what is feared is the "entropy" at work at the heart of Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#AT Field. ...By this same token, however, the woman also signifies precisely that desired "Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Human Instrumentality Project (Human Completion Project)": the pre-oedipal bliss of the fusion of bodies in which Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Shinji Ikari and Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Yui Ikari are "Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary#Sea of LCL", that absence of the pain of differing, condition of identity and meaning, whose extinction is deferred until death. == Response == When first aired in Japan at a time slot intended for teenagers, ''Evangelion'' was not especially popular. However, when aired again in a time slot more suitable for adults, its popularity exploded and rekindled many adults' interest in anime. After the ending of the TV series, Gainax and Hideaki Anno received numerous letters and emails from fans, both congratulating and criticizing the last two episodes. Among these were death threats and letters of disappointment from fans who thought Anno had ruined the series for them. Prompted by these responses, Gainax launched the project to create a movie with a "proper" ending for the series in 1997. Due to scheduling difficulties, they released ''Death and Rebirth'', consisting of a character-based recap of the entire series ("Death") and half of the "proper" ending to ''Evangelion'' ("Rebirth"). The project was completed later in the year, and contained the complete section of "Rebirth", i.e. ''End of Evangelion''. The film made around $12 million at the Japanese box office. (Blockbusters in Japan usually make $40-60 million, and a movie is considered to have done well if it makes more than $10 million). Despite the success of ''End of Evangelion'', its ending was considered controversial by many fans. Some believe that it was a manifestation of Anno's frustrations with the fan culture that attacked his original ending, and used ''End of Evangelion'' as revenge against those. Many others believed that the story in ''End of Evangelion'' had always been planned by Anno, but was unable to be done properly due to budget and censorship restraints in the original series. The theory of a pre-planned ending in addition to episodes 25 and 26 is backed up by some evidence, including a still in the intro depicting unit 01 with wings and still-frame shots of the death of Misato and Ritsuko which appeared in the TV ending. The death of these two characters correspond to events in ''End of Evangelion'' and would tend to disprove the theory that the tragic and violent end of various characters in ''End of Evangelion'' is due to Anno's frustration towards some fans. In addition, the plot of ''End of Evangelion'' does seem to match that of the TV series, providing closure to things such as the Instrumentality Project, the true purpose of NERV, and the private agenda of Gendo Ikari. On the other hand there is some evidence that Anno's frustrations began earlier than ''End of Evangelion'', and that this film was the culmination of a growing anger as evidenced by the sudden shift in tone around episode 16. Several sources ([http://www.evaotaku.com/html/Tsurumaki.html interview with Kazuya Tsurumaki], [http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9802/msg00101.html interview with Hiroki Azuma]) seem to indicate that Evangelion was not pre-planned and that the series was actually written as it went along. The shift in tone corresponded with a shift in Anno's worldview that would lead him to abandon the "otaku lifestyle" and temporarily leave anime for more serious live-action film. Despite being generally highly regarded, the series has numerous detractors, who find it self-important and see the many religious and psychological references as superficial rather than meaningful. One reason for this schism in reception is that the series was originally intended as a strictly commercial venture: the primary backers were toy companies Bandai and Sega, and staff of the project have said that they originally used the symbolism of Christianity (an uncommon religion in Japan) only to give the project a unique edge against other giant robot shows. Despite creative conflicts between the sponsors and its director, the series was not perceived as being the work of an auteur such as Hayao Miyazaki. ''Evangelion'' had, and continues to have, a strong influence on anime in general. The psychological nature of the show influenced later works such as Revolutionary Girl Utena (1997) and Serial Experiments Lain (1997), both which, like Eva, center around an ambiguous world-changing event to come. More superficially, it started a wave of using Christian symbolism in other anime and related fields. The creators of the video game Xenogears (1998) have stated that the game was very much influenced by ''Evangelion''. In the Digimon series, a lot of Evangelion elements were used in the backstories for the three main children, their friends, and D-Reaper. The same can be said for both WarGrowlmon and Gallantmon, as they were modeled after EVA-01. ==Translation notes== ====Title==== The Japanese title for the series, ''Shin Seiki Evangelion'', translates literally from a combination of Japanese and borrowed terms as "Gospel of the New Era/Century". The decision to call the series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' in English was originally made by Gainax, and not—as some fans have believed—by translators. The title ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' is Greek language. ''Neon'', the neuter form of the word "Neos", literally means "new" or "recently born". ''Genesis'' literally translates from Latin (from the original Greek) as "beginning" and is the first book of the Bible, describing the creation and beginning of the universe. The Japanese term for the first book in the Bible is "Souseiki," perhaps a wordplay (with two different beginning and ending kanji) with the "Shin Seiki" in the Japanese title. ''Evangelion'' is an anglicised version of the Greek "ευαγγέλιο" (euangelion) for "good news", and is typically translated "gospel" in the Bible. Initially, the word meant "good messenger", the prefix "ev" meaning "good" and "angelion" meaning "messenger" (from the same word that means "angel"). It only came to mean "good message" or "good news" over time. This dual meaning may be the reason both the series itself and the "mecha" are called Evangelion. Additionally, the term "Eva", a frequent abbreviation of Evangelion used in the anime, is the name of the biblical Adam and Eve in Greek and German language, as well as many other languages, coming from the Hebrew language name "Chavva" meaning "breath" or "life". There are frequent allusions to the biblical Adam and Eve throughout the series, as well as to the Evangelion's relationship with the Tree of Life. ====Other Words==== The term '':de:gehirn'' is German language for "brain". '':de:seele'' is the German language term for "soul". '':de:nerv'' is the German term for "nerve". "Children," the plural of "Child," is used to refer to each of the Eva pilots in the singular (i.e. Shinji is the "Third Children," not the "Third Child.") This is intentional, and not a translation error. The English language dub produced by ADV, however, uses the word "Child" instead of "Children." The Japanese word used to refer to the Angels is ''shito'' (使徒), which literally means "messenger" or "apostle." The usual Japanese word for "angel" is ''tenshi'' (天使). It should be noted, however, that the English ''angel'' is derived from the Greek for "messenger" as noted above. Unlike the translation of "Children" into "Child," which was altered by ADV, this was specified by Gainax. == Sub-topics == *Angel (Neon Genesis Evangelion) *Evangelion (mecha) *Characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion *Neon Genesis Evangelion glossary *Neon Genesis Evangelion Official Expanded Universe *List of Neon Genesis Evangelion media *List of Neon Genesis Evangelion topics *Cruel Angel's Thesis (musical theme) == References == *Burgen, V. (1990). Geometry and Abjection. In J. Fletcher and A. Benjamin (Ed.), ''Abjection, Melancholia, and Love: The Work of Julia Kristeva'' (pp. 104–123). New York: Routledge. ==External links== * *[http://groups.google.com/groups?group=japan.anime.evangelion Evangelion newsgroups] from Google (Japanese (language) and English (language) languages) *[http://www.users.on.net/~attema/Pen3/faq/ The japan.anime.evangelion FAQ] *[http://www.evaotaku.com The Evangelion Otaku Page] *[http://www.lwhy.clara.net/nge/ Guide to... Neon Genesis Evangelion] *[http://www.animeondvd.com/specials/primers/evaprimer.php Neon Genesis Evangelion Primer] (spoiler free) *[http://www.evamonkey.com/ Eva Monkey, The Ultimate Evangelion Resource Site] - Evangelion related news, Evangelion Forums, Archive of essays, interviews, and other articles, as well as various resources such as scripts, omake, and commentary. *[http://eva.trivialbeing.net/ Neon Genesis Evangelion :: Live action movie] - News site on the upcoming movie adaptation *[http://www.ntticc.or.jp/pub/ic_mag/ic018/intercity/higashi_E.html Anime or Something Like It: Neon Genesis Evangelion] - Japanese Cultural critic Hiroki Azuma analyzes Evangelion. *[http://www.nettime.org/Lists-Archives/nettime-l-9802/msg00101.html An extended interview with Azuma covering the same topic] Anime Manga ADV Films original movies and series Neon Genesis Evangelion Gainax th:Evangelion
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== Angels == :''Some reverse the first two angels. Some start the list with a 0th Angel or otherwise disagree with this list. Some call Pen-Pen the 2nd Angel.'' Could you elaborate, especialy about Pen-Pen ? --User:Taw :"Why is Lilith called the First Angel? :Two reasons. First of all, remember that she's been mistaken for Adam (more truth-hiding by SEELE), but she's also the first Angel to have appeared; she was on Earth in some kind of Angelic form well before Adam showed up; SEELE's symbol of the seven eyes on a triangle is taken from Lilith's mask, and SEELE's also been around since long before the Second Impact." [http://www.bcpl.net/~trmiller/Evangelion/secrets.html source] :According to the evaotaku.com faq, the Red Cross Book says that the angels originated from the source of life called Lilith, but also calls Adam the First Angel. This would explain why someone might call Lilith the 0th Angel (although the faq author doesn't). I think I heard about Pen-Pen the Second Angel from a friend at college. He also appears in some forms of Discordianism. --User:Dan ::About Pen^2, I think it was because every time Penpen was abused or neglected, an angel always appears after. --1 :::Zeroth Angel?? How?? what?? and what about humans being the 18th....?? and are the angels what could have been? instead of humans... at least that's what I've understood... Eva is an incredible series/movies, but it is also incredibly confusing... ::::End of Evangelion definitely calls the Angels other possible forms of humanity. So I assume someone denies this violently. I could explain the whole plot for you, but...um...er...I have to go now. --User:Dan :::::I believe I have read somewhere or seen discussed somewhere that Humans chose to eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge, rather than the Tree of Life. Subsequently, Humans were thrown out of the Garden of Eden while the Angels were allowed to eat the fruit of the Tree of Life (i.e. given near-eternal life. Can't remember where I read it though. --User:KaranJ ::::::I think that Adam is the first angel and Lilth is the 2nd Angel. What I would like to learn more about is, all of the secrets that the creator puts into this wonderful series/movie. If you watch death/rebirth on DVD try to find secrets. I have found alot. EX: on evas 5 through 13 if you look closely the dummy plug says Kaworu on the front.:) :::::::Hope I don't upset anyone too much if I say that despite the Red Cross Book being an official Gainax product, I don't regard it as an infallible source of information. Of course the RCB can be regarded as a co-equal part of the NGE corpus, but this means it is just as likely to contain mis-information and contradictions as any other part. I don't think it should be seen as an authoratative metatext. And while we're on the subject, Tim Miller's NGE secrets page mentioned above is also not authoritative. He's not updated it for 5 years, and so it doesn't take account of the restored footage in the "Director's Cut". For example, this shows that the embryonic Adam was at some point implanted into Gendo's hand (and so you have to come up with another theory as to why Gendo puts his hand on Rei's breast in EoE) --User:PS4FA == Clarifications == Wouldn't it be cool/great/interesting to create an End of End of Evangelion sort of page that helps explain everything at the End of Evangelion? Like help clear things up, explain why/how things happen happen, and "''Kimochi warui'' actually means ''I feel unwell'' instead of ''Disgusting''"? Solve life's greatest mysteries and all? It'd be nice. Had anything similar to this happened before? --Anonymous :''Kimochi warui'' can be interpreted in many ways. ''kimochi'' literally means 'feeling', and ''warui'' literally means 'bad'. So this phrase can be interpred as "I feel unwell", "I feel sick", "That gives me a bad feeling", "This is a bad feeling" and so on. This is just from my basic Japanese knowledge, so it's open to interpretation, and really needs a Japanese translator to look at it in context. -- User:KaranJ --- Who wants to add the Evangelion to the List of fictional robots and androids? Or does it not count? :Why not, fits with the article description. -- User:KaranJ ::Keep in mind, however, that the Eva isn't technically a robot; if anything, you should at least point out that it's a cyborg. -- anonymous == New introduction == I think this article needs a spoilerfree introduction. I propose something like this: :Evangelion takes place in the near future (2015 AD), fourteen years after the catastrophic Second Impact. Caused by a meteorite strike, this explosion was massive enough to tilt the Earth's axis and melt the Antarctica. During the aftermath, Earth lost its seasonal cycle and most of the mankind was wiped out by the resulting flood. :Just as the humanity had recovered and the life had returned to normal, a new threat emerged: the Angels. Conventional weapons are useless against these monsters, and the only known defense against them is the biomechanical robot created by NERV, the Evangelion 0:1. Ok, considered User:Khym Chanur comments (thank you!) and modified the intro above. Removed the comment due to metaspoiler issues. The old version is available via Talk history, as usual. I'm aware of the single inaccuracy in the introduction; it's deliberate as this stuff is supposed to be free of spoilers. Comments? --User:Card 15:03, 8 Nov 2004 (UTC) :The inaccuracy fits well with flow and original information given in previews and trailers, without revealing too much. -- User:KaranJ ::There's an inaccuracy I'm worried about - and attempted to correct - but someone erased it. Didn't Hideaki Anno suffer a nervous breakdown 'during' the run of the series instead of before it? Can anyone address this in the introduction?--it seems that Anno's psychological state during the production of Evangelion was a major factor in its themes. --Anonymous :::I removed that because i've never heard it before and it seems like a lot of people are confused over which psychological problems Anno had when. If you can find a reliable source that says he did have a nervous breakdown during the series' run, then certainly add it. If you're basing this on word-of-mouth or something you heard somewhere randomly on the Internet, please try to find a better source. --User:Pyrop User talk:Pyrop 01:44, Apr 27, 2005 (UTC) == Additions and Expansions == I plan to add a few new things to this group of pages. I'm a pretty big fan of NGE, and while I don't claim to know everything, I think I know quite enough to be able to add to the page. I do have a few 'personal quirks' in my way of writing about the series which some may disagree with, so if anyone considers my style or my changes to be less than ideal, I'm happy to discuss it, or, if we can't reach a mutual agreement, to simply withdraw from adding to the page. I've no intentions of vandalising the work of others, but a lot more could usefully be added to these pages. I'd appreciate hearing from the more established contributors to this page, to discuss my intentions. I'll be adding my changes gradually. --User:Soluzar == Hiroyuki Tsuchida == I want to add, wherever in the article it would be appropriate, something like:
In June 2003, a 23-year old Japanese man named Hiroyuki Tsuchida beat his mother to death with a baseball bat, claiming Eva made him believe that humans were unnecessary beings, and should be eliminated. He belived if he started by killing his family members, it would make it easier for him to kill strangers. He was pronounced guilty of murder in early 2004. It should be noted that Hiroyuki's interpretation does not match most people's interpretation of Evangelion.Sources: [http://www12.mainichi.co.jp/news/mdn/search-news/916714/evangelion-0-1.html], [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=4660]. I'm planning on doing a lot of work on this main article when I get enough free time (i.e. probably around Christmas, or if I'm procrastinating badly); the Hiroyuki blurb doesn't really fit into the article now but it will if I get to do what I want to with the article. --User:Pyrop 03:53, Nov 10, 2004 (UTC) :His own article is now at Hiroyuki Tsuchida. --User:Pyrop 02:09, Nov 17, 2004 (UTC) == Images == I've added two images, :Image:EvaUnit01ActionFigure.jpg and :Image:EvaMassProdActionFigure.jpg, which are pictures I took of action figures of Eva units my friend owns. I'm aware they're pretty mediocre pictures, but I'm nowhere near a set of DVDs for Eva, and I'm not really sure what the fair use policy for stills from the show might be. Anyone who can contribute, it would be appreciated. --User:Pyrop User talk:Pyrop 01:07, Dec 7, 2004 (UTC) :This is good. If anyone could upload an image, perhaps something similar to [http://www.cartoonparty.net/evangelion/4.jpg this one] would be a good choice. -Anon ''Comment by --User:210.50.228.5 ::I'm pretty sure that a single still from the show would constitute fair use. After all, the book-cover template for book-cover images says "It is believed that book covers may be exhibited on Wikipedia under the fair use provision of United States copyright law." (see :Image:Ranmavolume1.jpg for an example). So I think that using part of one single frame from an anime would also constitute fair use. ::So I'm going to use Google Image search to find a better picture of an EVA, upload it, and use that in the article. --User:Khym Chanur 10:03, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC) :::Okay, I found an image. It's of Unit 02 crouching on a battle cruiser, which not only looks nice, but it also provides scale to show how big the EVA is, which the action figure didn't. The image is :Image:EvaUnit02Still.jpg --User:Khym Chanur 10:21, Jan 17, 2005 (UTC) == What 天使 (tenshi) means... == 天使 (tenshi) is usually translated ''angel''. It's also the translation Jim Breens dictionary gives. Somehow I doubt Gainax was the originator of this translation. --User:Gerbrant 20:58, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC) :Yes; I fixed the anonymous edit that had ''shito'' and ''tenshi'' reversed. --User:Pyrop User talk:Pyrop 02:45, Apr 13, 2005 (UTC) ::Of note: ''tenshi'' may translate more directly to "angel," but Gainax apparently chose to use ''shito'' for a reason: it translates to "disciple" or "messenger", which approximates the literal ''Greek/Latin'' definition of the word "Angelos". This seems intentional to me; the title ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' is, similarly, Gainax's free translation into Greek of the series' Japanese title ''Shin Seiki Evangelion''. Might be worth mentioning in regard to the terminology of shito/tenshi... --Anonymous :::Okay, now it makes a lot more sense. --User:Gerbrant 11:53, 30 Apr 2005 (UTC) == Existentialism? == Does anyone else think there are strong ties to the Existentialist ideals in this series? (And forgive me if it was discussed under a different name, or just as quoted from individual thinkers of Existentialism). --Anon. == Responses == Some information that should be added under "Responses." This is pertinent to the debate regarding the degree to which EVA's ending was planned out in advance... Several sources (regrettably I don't have access to any of them from this location) mention that there were only two weeks elapsed time between the ending of the TV series and Gainax's announcement of the forthcoming theatrical features. Admittedly one can receive a lot of hate mail in two weeks, but one presumes they were planning the movies to wrap up the series all along and withtheld the announcement until after the airing of the final episode. -anon :OK, so find those sources and edit the article. --User:Pyrop User talk:Pyrop 01:33, May 3, 2005 (UTC)
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