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173-482: The Evangelions ( エヴァンゲリオン , Evangerion ) , also referred to as Evas , are fictional biomechanical humanoid mechas introduced in the anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion , produced by Gainax and directed by Hideaki Anno , and in the manga of the same name written and illustrated by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto . In addition to the original animated series, Evangelions appear in its derivative works, including spin-off manga, video games, visual novels,

346-589: A "robotic anime" ( ロボットアニメ , robot anime ) , surprising Shinji's voice actress Megumi Ogata . American writer Susan J. Napier has interpreted the Angels as a representation of the Other and the Evas as a metaphor for the Self that Shinji is called upon to confront in his own personal growth process. Critics and official publications compared the red core in the center of the chest and

519-514: A Japanese animation series they wished to use or pilot; the Eva-01 was the second most popular answer, with almost four hundred preferences. According to the writer Kazuhisa Fujie and the Italian researcher Guido Tavassi, at first the toys and the various products on Neon Genesis Evangelion made little money, outclassed by the sales of Rei Ayanami's action figures, "and even Bandai was reluctant to market

692-415: A bionic limb and or an exoskeleton. These robotics can remove a polyp during a colonoscopy. Animal-robot interactions is a field of Biorobotics that focuses on the blending of robotic compounds with animal individuals or populations. The domain can be subdivided into two main branches, one that relates mechatronic devices with individual animals, and another one with animal populations. Both branches have

865-604: A cable intended to connect the main body of the Space Shuttle to the auxiliary engines, the umbilical cord of the fetus and Emperor Neo from Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water , which is powered by a cable that terminates in a similar socket. The book Evangelion Glossary ( エヴァンゲリオン用語事典 , Evangerion Yougo Jiten ) by Yahata Shoten noted how in Craig Thomas ' Firefox the idea of a fighter pilot's thought-guided weapon capable of controlling missile launches using brain waves

1038-667: A colonist, are let onboard as well. Other civilians who quickly get onboard the Solo Ship include Sheryl Formosa, a linguist studying the civilization on Solo; Sheryl's sister, Lin; Banda Lotta; three children: Piper Lou, Ashura Nobaku, and Fard Maraka; mechanic Joliver Ira, pilot Hatari Naburu; and Moera Fatima. The pilots Tekuno and Bento soon join Cosmo and Kasha as pilots of the Ideon's 3 parts and Moera soon replaces Bes as another pilot. Karala and Mayaya are soon discovered to be aliens, and while Mayaya

1211-410: A complete abstraction of the forms of the enemies, the Angels, with a choice that will have an enormous impact on the design of subsequent series of the genre". Maya Phillips, a writer for The New Yorker magazine, credited Evangelion with redefining the mecha genre and the relationship between pilot and fighting machine. The Evas, according to Phillips, introduce more ambiguity compared to the mecha of

1384-451: A constrictive coverage, which are used to control them or provide them with greater efficiency and functionality. As in humans, the signals of the central nervous system are transmitted by electrical impulses, with the peripheral system and the movements of an Evangelion being transmitted by electric currents. For the first three examples, designed in Japan, the traditional Chinese numbering system

1557-636: A cylindrical capsule called an Entry Plug, which is inserted into the area corresponding to the humanoid's spine, at the cervical vertebrae . The cockpit of the Entry Plug is filled with a special liquid called LCL, which promotes the neural connection between the Evangelion and its pilot. The main nerve responsible for synchronizing the two entities is called the A10 nerve. It seems that the subjects suitable to pilot an Evangelion are limited to 14-year-old children without

1730-401: A decisive role in wartime operations. The living humanoid at the base of Unit-01 is characterized by brown-colored organic tissues and a red blood-like body fluid. The unit's mouth is normally secured with bolts, and its actual biological body is covered, like the other units, by a special constrictive armor. The unit has positive operational results and the greatest tactical experience out of all

1903-461: A discipline that touched on, but was separate, from established disciplines, such as electrical engineering, mathematics, and biology. Cybernetics is often misunderstood because of the breadth of disciplines it covers. In the early 20th century, it was coined as an interdisciplinary field of study that combines biology, science, network theory, and engineering. Today, it covers all scientific fields with system related processes. The goal of cybernetics

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2076-534: A feature that is abandoned in later models. Additional features that distinguish 02 from other units are its internal fluids being blue instead of red and having additional mechanical details. On the shoulders, it has two vertical supports that differ from the Eva-01. The left contains an improved version of the Progressive Knife, while the right contains the Needle Gun, a firearm capable of firing spikes. The unit

2249-537: A fight in sub space with the Buff Clan, arrives at the planet Saurus Star. Bes, Cosmo, and the others confront Gije in a powerful Dogg Mack Mobile Suit and later in man to man fighting. Abadidi receives orders from above - Karala's elder sister Harulu - that they no longer have to worry about harming Karala and can kill her they need to, since she has shamed the Ajiba family by associating with the humans. The Buff Clan force chases

2422-484: A jaw with sharp fangs and a green light emitting from its eyes. Unit 03 ( 参号機 , Sangōki ) is a mass-production model built at Nerv's U.S. first division. Due to an accident that occurred at the second division with Eva-04, command over 03 passed to Japan as instructed by the U.S. government. Following the government's decision, the unit is airlifted over the Pacific Ocean to the organization's headquarters. The 03

2595-421: A large number of World War II amputee soldiers. Since this creation, prosthetic materials, computer design methods, and surgical procedures have improved, creating modern-day bionics. The important components that make up modern-day prosthetics are the pylon, the socket, and the suspension system. The pylon is the internal frame of the prosthetic that is made up of metal rods or carbon-fiber composites. The socket

2768-409: A member of Gehirn's German section, played a decisive role in the unit's development and activation. She offered herself as a guinea pig in a contact experiment with the Evangelion, from which she emerged psychologically distraught after a mental contamination. It is speculated that a part of her soul, or her "maternal side", remained locked inside 02. In contrast to the first two units, it has four eyes,

2941-403: A model, linking the act of piloting the mecha with his work; according to Kazuya Tsurumaki, assistant director of Neon Genesis Evangelion , while "Shinji was summoned by his father to ride a robot, Anno was summoned by Gainax to direct an animation". Moreover, during the development of the series, the director included scenes in which the mecha are mutilated and lose their limbs. The mutilations of

3114-510: A modern version of Gō Nagai 's Mazinger , a giant robot whose cockpit is located in the head of the robot. The staff thus conceived the Evas as custodians of the soul of the pilot's mother, controlled through a psychic link with her son. Sadamoto also compared the Nerv with the Solo Ship from Space Runaway Ideon , whose crew faces hostile aliens of the Buff Clan and other humans, with mecha that go out of control and communicate only with children. In

3287-488: A mother, and that Evangelions, originally devoid of a soul, have the souls of people. It is also believed that the souls of the mothers of their respective pilots are housed in the mechas. Once the neural connection is successfully established, the Children can command the humanoid at will, thinking that they are acting with their own body, through a system known as neural interface. However, its maintenance can be jeopardized if it

3460-462: A nervous system, a skeleton, nails and a circulatory system. In a section of Nerv's headquarters called Terminal Dogma, there are skeletons of bodies believed to be precursors to the Eva-00, or the remains of failed experiments that occurred during its creation; the experimental models have two or more optical sensors and a visible spine. The original living bodies are implanted with mechanical components and

3633-414: A one-to-one basis or when eusocial animals are considered as a single superorganism interacting with a single robotic device. In the latter case, the term Bio-Hybrid superorganism is used to describe the blending of a robotic device with a superorganism to enable interaction, control and thus studying of the latter superorganism. Mixed societies blend together a set of animals (animal society) with

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3806-425: A person's neuromuscular system to control the bionic limb. A new advancement in the comprehension of brain function has led to the development and implementation of brain-machine interfaces (BMIs). BMIs allow for the processing of neural messaging between motor regions of the brain to muscles of a specific limb to initiate movement. BMIs contribute greatly to the restoration of a person's independent movement who has

3979-549: A preliminary draft during the early planning stages of the animated series, staff suggested the existence of two ancient prehistoric civilizations that appeared on Earth before humans, both of whom were equipped with advanced technologies. The Evangelions in the original scenario would have been created by the first civilization, known as the First Ancestral Race, and would have rebelled against their creators, causing their extinction. The Second Ancestral Race would have created

4152-404: A prosthetic could be designed in various ways. The prosthetic could be body-powered, externally-powered, or myoelectrically powered. Body-powered prosthetics consist of cables attached to a strap or harness, which is placed on the person's functional shoulder, allowing the person to manipulate and control the prosthetic as he or she deems fit. Externally-powered prosthetics consist of motors to power

4325-400: A reference to the various clones of Rei Ayanami. According to Gualtiero Cannarsi, the choice to keep the term in the plural is an homage to Tomino's Ideon series. Critics have noted how mecha-related terms such as Umbilical Cable, Children, the name Eva itself, and LCL, similar to amniotic fluid , are related to motherhood. Others, including Oguro, have associated the cockpit with the image of

4498-500: A roller coaster designed and built based on the 01 design were announced. However, due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami , work on the 02 statue was postponed indefinitely. In 2015, a limited-time event dedicated exclusively to Neon Genesis Evangelion was inaugurated at the Expasa service area in Ashigara, Shizuoka Prefecture , where a six-meter-tall statue of Eva-01, the largest in

4671-506: A secret activation test and goes berserk; the purpose and means of its construction are not clear. Its design was handled by Atsushi Takeuchi, who had previously worked for the Star Wars franchise. A transformable train called 500 Type Eva , piloted by Shinji and inspired by the train of the same name dedicated to Neon Genesis Evangelion , also appears in an episode of the 2018 anime Shinkansen Henkei Robo Shinkalion . Set three years after

4844-506: A secure internal N technology reactor. Anima also features a further evolution of the Eva-01 called Super Evangelion ([スーパーエヴァンゲリオン] Error: {{Transliteration}}: transliteration text not Latin script ( help ) ) . The staff named the mecha after the Greek word ευ-αγγέλιον ( euangelion ), "gospel", "good news", shortened to Eva, to allude to Eve . According to Animerica , the name would be related to their task as protectors of humanity. Similar to

5017-418: A set of robotic devices (artificial society). Care should be take when using the word society, as the noun could be misleading within the zoologist community that is involved in this domain; a more accurate word would be populations, which is also the one used for the rest of this section. Typically, the robotic population is composed of robotic replica of the target animal individuals aimed to integrate within

5190-470: A special constricting cover that uses new technology for AT Field use; included in the armor is an A.T.F. deflector ( A.T.F.偏向器 ) and a T.A.D. reaction propulsion device ( T.A.D.ジェット推進器 , T.A.D. jetto suishin-ki ) . The equipment also includes a special anti-phase weapon called Impact Bolt ( インパクトボルト , Inpakuto boruto ) and the Progressive Dagger. Despite its great attack and defense power,

5363-451: A survey on Evangelion and its eponymous mecha. Fans of the series were asked if they would enjoy building a 1:1 scale model of an Evangelion and which units they would take as a model. In the first question, the answer was almost unanimously in the affirmative; in the second question, Unit 01 was chosen, with 78% of the total votes. A similar result was recorded in 2016, when the website Charapedia asked its users which machine that appeared in

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5536-453: A symbolic representation of the author's relationship with his work. In the last two episodes Shinji wonders what the reason is for piloting the Eva. According to Sadamoto, the episodes would not focus on him, but on Anno, the true protagonist of the episodes, while mangaka Kentaro Takekuma interpreted the act of boarding the Eva as a metaphor for the production of an anime. Yamashita's mecha design

5709-401: A time limit ranging from sixty seconds to five minutes. When inactive, the units are housed in giant structures called "cages" and held in place by an anchoring structure, composed of various blocks and groups of safeties. Another characteristic element of the Angels and Evangelions is a red sphere called a core, located at their chest. The units have different equipment that varies depending on

5882-435: A type of hearing aid for those who are deaf. Cochlear implants send electrical signals straight to the auditory nerve , the nerve responsible for sound signals, instead of just sending the signals to the ear canal like conventional hearing aids. These hearing aids are also used for people with severe hearing loss. They attach to the bones of the middle ear to create sound vibrations in the skull and send those vibrations to

6055-446: A variety of applications, ranging from animal cyborgs benefiting from animals' superior motor capabilities to ethological studies around animal collective behaviour. While this representation draws a globally accurate view of the domain, some animal-robot interactions cannot be strictly classified into one or the other of these branches, or are sometimes a mixture of both. This is the case namely for ethological robots that interact on

6228-561: A weapon known as the Longinus Spear in an attempt to defeat the humanoids, scattering warriors named Angels in a state of hibernation around the globe as a countermeasure in case anyone tried to reactivate the Evangelions. The Eva units were conceived from the beginning as living beings and dangerous androids rather than simple weapons; the scenario was designed to contain elements similar to those in video games or role-playing games, such as

6401-503: A well-known toy company, but a representative of the company told him that a robot with such a design could never sell, especially because the lower limbs were considered too skinny. Anno, after the episode, decided to create a different series compared to the other mecha anime, all financed by private toy companies; moreover, to avoid any possible interference from the financial backers, he designed mecha that were difficult to reproduce in toy form to have more artistic freedom and revolutionize

6574-662: A womb. Critic Mariana Ortega noted how Asuka in the fourteenth episode compares Eva to a mother's womb and breast, and Shinji in the twentieth episode curls up in a fetal position inside the cockpit; according to her, the mother figure in Evangelion thus becomes literally and metaphorically cannibalistic. The A10 nerve ( A10 神経 , A10 shinkei ) , the main synchronization nerve of the Evangelion neural interface system, has been compared by official material to real nerves that are connected to emotions such as anxiety, fear, happiness, and pleasure, and play an important role in relation to

6747-485: Is Rei Ayanami, who joins the organization as the First Child. Due to its function as a prototype, the unit suffers from instability, which causes it to act out of control in activation and synchronization experiments. In one of the experiments, it destroyed the anchor structures and Nerv's second experimental room, injuring its pilot. Its first effective activation occurs after the simultaneous presence of two Evangelion units

6920-474: Is a 1980 anime television series produced by Sunrise , created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino , produced immediately following his signature work, Mobile Suit Gundam . It first premiered on TV Tokyo from 1980 to 1981, followed by two feature films in 1982, and was later broadcast in Japan by the satellite TV network Animax from September 2006. Its mechanical designs were created by Yuichi Higuchi at Studio Submarine. The television series credited only

7093-635: Is a Mass-Production Model built in the United States at the American Nerv Second Division, located in Nevada . Due to an accident that occurred during a test of experimental insertion of the S engine, the unit disappears with the second division and all objects within a radius of 89 kilometers in a Dirac sea . Its appearance is never shown in the original animated series, but is believed to be silver-white. Official action figures have been produced of

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7266-574: Is a field that uses advances in technology to modify biological organisms. Through different methods, scientists are able to alter the genetic material of microorganisms, plants and animals to provide them with desirable traits. For example, making plants grow bigger, better, and faster. Genetic engineering is included in biorobotics because it uses new technologies to alter biology and change an organism's DNA for their and society's benefit. Although humans have modified genetic material of animals and plants through artificial selection for millennia (such as

7439-426: Is adopted, while later prototypes follow Arabic numbering . The Evas have regenerative capabilities and can produce a protective shield called an AT Field. They can move through the power provided by an external cable called an Umbilical Cable, which gives them the electrical energy needed to operate their circuits. In the absence of the cable, they can operate using the energy stored in a special internal battery, for

7612-503: Is almost identical in appearance to the Eva-02, except it is predominantly dark blue, and the shape of its head is closer to Unit 01's. 03's face has more brutal features and lacks the characteristic frontal bulge of the Eva-01. Additional details that distinguish it from the other units are its elongated shoulders, slightly forward-leaning posture, and gait. Once it arrives in Japan, preparations begin for its activation experiment to take place in

7785-558: Is also inflicted with stigmata , becomes the tree of life and is defined as an ark that can save mankind, in reference to the story of Noah . Moreover, the Umbilical Bridge, the anchoring structure of an Evangelion unit, took inspiration from a technical term used by NASA to define the service structure , or umbilical tower, that connects the Space Shuttle to the launch pad. Eva's Umbilical Cable has also been similarly likened to

7958-532: Is attacked yet again and the Ideon uses its newest weapon, the Ideon Gun, to defend itself. The 3 children sneak aboard the Ideon in their latest battle with the Buff Clan's Barume Baram Mobile Weapon, which becomes an unforeseen benefit as the reaction of the children in danger makes the Ideon even more powerful and yet another weapon, the Ideon Sword, is revealed. Gije, abandoned by Daram, meets Sheryl and sneaks aboard

8131-443: Is blown up by a stray blast seconds before the Ideon reaches it. Cosmo curses the Buff Clan over Karala and Joliver's apparent deaths. Hatari says the Ideon gauge has returned to normal and Bes orders him to reverse the thrusters and escape. Doba is upset at his force's lack of success against the enemy. Suddenly, a glowing light appears in front of the Ideon. It is Karala and Joliver, unharmed. The Ideon grabs them and heads back towards

8304-529: Is damaged during an operation, which causes corresponding psychological disorders in the pilot. Moreover, a state commonly referred to as berserk is possible, during which an Evangelion enters an uncontrollable and seemingly instinctual destructive rage. According to the Evangelion Chronicle magazine, the aggressiveness of the berserk can be due to the fact that Eva-01 is a clone of the Angel Lilith, while

8477-431: Is equipped with vertical supports resembling those fitted to Eva-01 and 02. It also has shoulder-height vertical supports, which are equipped with a special propulsion system allowing it to slow down and cushion falls. Its presence is beneficial to the defense of Tokyo-3 and the elimination of Angels. It is destroyed during the fight against the sixteenth Angel, Armisael , after Rei activates the self-destruct mechanism. In

8650-403: Is explicitly around seventy meters, eighty with vertical supports. Unit 00 ( 零号機 , Zerogōki ) , also known as Prototype, is the first Evangelion unit that Nerv made. It was conceived as a machine dedicated not to combat, but to the study of feasibility and practical functionality of its basic technology, which is why it lacks equipment characteristic of subsequent units. It was conceived in

8823-489: Is extremely important as it is used by farmers to grow crops that are resistant to herbicides and to insects such as BTCorn. Bionics is a medical engineering field and a branch of biorobotics consisting of electrical and mechanical systems that imitate biological systems, such as prosthetics and hearing aids. It's a portmanteau that combines biology and electronics. The history of bionics goes as far back in time as ancient Egypt. A prosthetic toe made out of wood and leather

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8996-422: Is killed shortly after by Kilarul. Karala reveals herself and tries to kill Harulu, only to be shot in the face and killed by Harulu, who flees immediately after along with Kilarul. It isn't long before the two of them are annihilated by the Ideon Gun. Meanwhile, meteors strike Earth, its colony planets, and the Buff Clan's homeworld, killing everyone and reducing them to uninhabitable wastelands. Gindoro, afraid of

9169-533: Is killed, Bes has taken a liking to Karala and she is allowed to live, although Sheryl and others distrust her. Karala tells everyone of the Legend of Ide, a story of the Buff Clan's savior, who saved them with the power of the Ide. The Buff Clan have searched the universe for this legendary existence, which is what powers both the Ideon and the Solo Ship. The Solo Ship soon flees Solo using its powerful DS Drive engines and, after

9342-531: Is necessary during the Angel Ramiel 's attack. In the course of the operation, it suffers structural damage so severe that it requires extensive repairs. Eva-00 is later used in the fight against the Angel Matarael after being repaired. The repairs to Eva-00 mainly concern its armor and equipment, while its internal structure is essentially unchanged. The repaired Eva-00 has a predominantly blue coloration and

9515-576: Is particularly valuable for understanding collective behaviours in animal populations. Adaptive robots can be used to implement models of specific roles or interactions within a group, enabling the testing of hypotheses about coordination, decision-making, or social organisation. This approach bridges experimental and modelling techniques, in an attempt to offer insights into the underlying mechanisms of collective behaviour. Space Runaway Ideon Space Runaway Ideon ( 伝説巨神イデオン , Densetsu Kyojin Ideon , lit. Legendary Giant Ideon, also The Ideon )

9688-580: Is piloted by Kaworu. It also appears in the video game Shin Seiki Evangelion – Battle Orchestra , in which another Evangelion called Evangelion Unit-α ( エヴァンゲリオン甲号機 , Evangerion Kougouki ) is introduced, built at Seele's request. In the Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 video game, the Eva-01 has new equipment, called Type-F equipment ( F型装備 , F-gata sōbi ) . It includes the experimental AFC armor ( AFCエクスペリメント , AFC ekusuperimento ) ,

9861-459: Is predominantly red and differs from previous units in the conformation of the head, shoulder, and chest components. Two of its main features are the ability to bend its torso and a greater resemblance to a human being, while there are no substantial differences in its performance compared to Eva-01. In 2015, Asuka and 02 left Wilhelmshaven for Tokyo-3, along with the United Nations fleet. During

10034-704: Is presented. The same book compared the Eva interface to similar technologies presented in science fiction, such as in William Gibson 's Neuromancer ; the LCL, on the other hand, resembles real liquid respiration and a technology featured in James Cameron 's The Abyss (1989), while the Entry Plug is reminiscent of Dr. John C. Lilly 's flotation tank that inspired Ken Russell 's Altered States . Japanese architect and academic Tomoko Sakamoto also noted how images similar to those in 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) appear in

10207-617: Is reminiscent of features commonly associated with angels from the Old Testament . During the production of the Rebuild of Evangelion installments, Yamashita made changes to the armaments and the colors of Eva-00 and the other Evangelions, based on his old sketches for the original series. In the saga, an international agreement called the Vatican Treaty is also mentioned, which forbids a nation from having more than three Eva units. Throughout

10380-464: Is shot in the neck, hanging on long enough to fire back at the remaining assailants. Doba doesn't care about sacrificing everyone's lives as long as the Ideon is destroyed, causing his own soldiers to kill him, only for them to be killed when the Ideon attacks the bridge. The Ideon tries to destroy the Gando Rowa, which fires and kills everyone and destroys the Solo Ship. The Ide is invoked as the Ideon and

10553-452: Is shot to death soon after by Daram and Cosmo is injured, saved only by a blood transfusion from Karala. The Solo Ship, still pursued by Daram, approaches Earth, but the crew and the survivors learn that their fellow Earthlings will not welcome them. Sheryl and Joliver head to the moon to use the Earth military's powerful Gloria computer and discover that the power of Ide is infinite. The Solo Ship

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10726-501: Is stopped. The Solo Ship flees to the planet Steckin Star and Gije is killed when the Ideon is heavily damaged. The Ideon continues to get more and more powerful as the battles and deaths escalate, and the Ideon chops the entire planet in half as it makes its escape. With repeated failure by his military leaders, Doba himself heads out on the Buff Clan flagship, the Bairal Jin. Along with him is

10899-571: Is the first Evangelion specimen researched and designed for mass production and combat. Although the conception and construction of the machine took place in Japan, the assembly and activation experiments, as well as the training of its pilot, the Second Child Asuka Langley Soryu , are performed in Germany. The biological material used for its creation belongs to Adam. Dr. Kyōko Zeppelin Sōryū,

11072-418: Is the part of the prosthetic that connects the prosthetic to the person's missing limb. The socket consists of a soft liner that makes the fit comfortable, but also snug enough to stay on the limb. The suspension system is important in keeping the prosthetic on the limb. The suspension system is usually a harness system made up of straps, belts or sleeves that are used to keep the limb attached. The operation of

11245-497: Is to analyze systems and processes of any system or systems in an attempt to make them more efficient and effective. Cybernetics is used as an umbrella term so applications extend to all systems related scientific fields such as biology, mathematics, computer science, engineering, management, psychology, sociology, art, and more. Cybernetics is used amongst several fields to discover principles of systems, adaptation of organisms, information analysis and much more. Genetic engineering

11418-574: The Buddhist figures of the preta . The scene in which Eva-01 is first introduced in the first episode has also been compared to Tadao Nagahama 's Combattler V , while for Carl Gustav Horn, editor of the North American edition of the manga, the Eva units can be "possibly connected to the legend of the Golem , a giant artificial man which does its creator's bidding". Eva's berserk mode has been compared to

11591-455: The Rebuild of Evangelion movies, Eva-02 has a different design. During the production, the staff decided to change the unit's head, giving it two small horn-like protrusions located on top of the forehead, designed by Takeshi Honda . Throughout the film, Eva-02 is piloted by Mari Makinami , who activates a new mode called The Beast. After activating The Beast Mode, the Eva becomes quadrupedal and unleashes sticks on its shoulders and back and has

11764-464: The Rebuild of Evangelion saga, Eva-00 is orange in color and wields a special shield called the Enhanced Shield of Virtue, which Yamashita designed. In the second chapter of the saga, Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance (2009), the tenth Angel swallows it. Unit 01 ( 初号機 , Shogōki ) , or Test Type, is the experimental model of the Evangelion series and the second specimen to be built in

11937-546: The berserker warriors, as they entered a state of fury that made them fierce and insensitive to pain. After the fight against Zeruel, Unit 01 acquires mankind's fruit of knowledge , science and rationality, and the Angel's fruit of life , the S engine, becoming a God. An official pamphlet on the series has compared this to the Book of Genesis , which says that whoever eats the two fruits will become like God. In The End of Evangelion Eva-01

12110-448: The cochlea . Artificial sensing-skin detects any pressure put on it and is meant for people who have lost any sense of feeling on parts of their bodies, such as diabetics with peripheral neuropathy . A bionic eye is a bioelectronic implant designed to restore vision for individuals with blindness. Although the technology is still in development, it has enabled some legally blind individuals to distinguish letters again. Replicating

12283-400: The retina , which contains millions of photoreceptors , and matching the human eye’s exceptional lensing and dynamic range capabilities pose significant challenges. Neural integration further complicates the process. Despite these difficulties, ongoing research and prototyping have led to several major achievements in recent years. Orthopedic bionics consist of advanced bionic limbs that use

12456-631: The Angel Kaworu Nagisa , who would have dodged his blows in a scene inspired by the legend of the samurai Benkei on the Gojo Bridge ; at the end of the fight, the Evangelion would have swallowed the Angel Tabris and Rei Ayanami, to be then violently disemboweled by the Prog-Knife of Shinji Ikari 's Eva-01. In another proposal there were two units called 05 and 06, both manufactured in Germany, while

12629-524: The Angels are descended from Adam. Their height is never specified in the series, though Newtype magazine provided an estimate of forty meters. According to Hiroyuki Yamaga , a member of Gainax, it was decided during production to make the units taller than Ultraman, who is forty-five meters tall. In the Proposal, their height is also determined forty meters, while in the Rebuild of Evangelion saga their height

12802-448: The Buff Clan begins to attack. Cosmo Yuki, the afro -wearing protagonist of the series, and his friends Kasha Imhof and Deck Afta climb aboard the three tanks, which activate on their own, and, when they initially combine to form the Ideon, fend off the first assault, repelling Gije's men. This is a short respite, though, as another force is sent down soon after. Bes Jordan, leader of the sparse military force stationed on Solo, orders that

12975-409: The Buff Clan's military commander, Doba Ajiba, flies down to the planet against orders with her assistant Mayaya to investigate (her commanding officer, Gije, is reluctant to go with her due to her standing and the fact that he once was a soldier under her father). She is pursued closely by soldiers sent by Gije, but they lose sight of her. Assuming the "aliens" (Earthling colonists) have attacked Karala,

13148-459: The DNA rings with the altered genetic material. The vector method is considered a more precise technique than the plasmid method as it involves the transfer of a specific gene instead of a whole sequence. In the vector method, a specific gene from a DNA strand is isolated through restriction enzymes in a laboratory and is inserted into a vector. Once the vector accepts the genetic code, it is inserted into

13321-625: The Dorowa is destroyed. Harulu flees in an escape capsule and meets up with Daram Zuba, a former lover and member of the Ome Foundation, which is plotting with Doba to overthrow the Buff Clan Emperor. With Gije with him, Daram now becomes the main adversary of the Solo Ship as it goes to the planet Kyaral. There, Cosmo meets Kitty Kitten, who desires for the Solo Ship to flee, since it will bring nothing but more heartbreak to their wartorn planet. Kitty

13494-571: The Entry Plug during the activation of the connection between Eva and pilot. Eva's pilots are called Children. According to writers Kazuhisa Fujie and Martin Foster, the choice of the word may refer to the expression " children of God " mentioned in the New Testament . The term remains in the plural even in the case of a single subject in the Japanese version, which for the filmbooks of the series constitutes

13667-460: The Eva-00 pilot Rei Ayanami and the Entry Plug – but without having a precise plot in mind. Other images became the basis of Evangelion , such as skyscrapers emerging from the top of mountains, robots carrying batteries, people dragging large cables, and a city in the mountains named Tokyo-2 in Nagano Prefecture . During production, staff decided to have teenagers pilot the mechas and follow

13840-498: The Eva-01, which was described as one of the most iconic mechas outside of the Gundam franchise. The same website listed the Eva-13 among the top ten mechas of the 2010s. For Hajime Isayama , author of Attack on Titan , the design of the mechas is "cool in a way unlike anything that came before it". He particularly praised how Anno directed the animation of the laser beams; according to him,

14013-438: The Eva-01. Yoshinari tried to animate the units using rulers, as in the case of the second episode, in which he tried to draw almost the entire face and shoulders of 01 in such a way. Sadamoto at first colored it white, creating an image he said was similar to an RX-78 Gundam or an Ingram from Patlabor . While working on the Evas' design, he also worked on a project called Suzuka Hachitai , in which he designed suits similar to

14186-495: The Evangelion after 01 would be equipped with a power system known as a positron engine. Two years before airing, Gainax published a project presentation document to find backers entitled New Century Evangelion (tentative name) Proposal ( 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン (仮) 企画書 , Shinseiki Evangelion (kari) kikakusho , Proposal ) , which included the initial unit designs. In the Proposal, the Evangelion were described as humanoids made of artificial metal muscles and replicas of Adam, indicated in

14359-564: The Evangelion was conceived and edited by Anno and Ikuto Yamashita , the official mecha designer of the series. The director took inspiration from the demons of Japanese folklore, the oni , and wanted to give them a modern look that differed from other mecha, such as the Gundams of the Mobile Suit Gundam series, giving them a more human-demonic nature than strictly robotic. He commissioned Yamashita to create "a demon", "a giant barely under

14532-406: The Evangelions' plugsuits. For the movements, the director asked to recreate "the noise that the bundles of wires would make if they were contracting like muscles", treating them as if they were living beings. For this reason, all the sounds normally used in other mecha anime were avoided; for example, to reproduce the sound of the Prog-Knife, Anno and Toru Noguchi, the sound effects editor, reworked

14705-407: The Evas became a product of his personal experience. Anno's father Takuyo injured his left leg in an accident with a power saw and was forced to wear a prosthesis for life; following the accident, Hideaki developed a certain attraction to deformity, believing that he could not love "anything perfect". He also compared this to Tetsujin 28-go , in which a robot loses an arm. In the twentieth episode of

14878-473: The Gando Rowa are destroyed by a resulting blast wiping out the entire universe. The naked souls of everyone, Buff Clan and Earthlings peaceful at last, ascend through space. Bes and Karala's baby, the 'Messiah', leads everyone to a new planet in the universe that closely resembles Earth. The home video releases of Ideon have all had very limited production runs. The series' first DVD box was overproduced, resulting in many units that did not sell even years after

15051-616: The God Warrior of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984) and to the movements of the Destroid Monster, a machine from Superdimensional Fortress Macross . New units are introduced in video games based on Neon Genesis Evangelion . In Meitantei Evangelion , published in 2007 for PlayStation 2, there is an Evangelion unit called Evangelion Type β ( エヴァンゲリオン乙型 , Evangerion Otsugata ) that

15224-417: The Ideon and wishing to flee, refuses to listen to Doba and is subsequently killed. Doba, angry with the deaths of his daughters, has the Buff Clan military force continue to attack the Solo Ship as it approaches the Gando Rowa. In the ensuing battle, Kasha is killed by shrapnel and Buff Clan soldiers make their way to the Solo Ship bridge. Hatari, Rapot, and Ashura are killed, while Fard is mortally wounded. Bes

15397-432: The Ideon tanks be armed with missiles, but while this is happening, the cities on Solo are obliterated by Buff Clan soldiers. Gije and his partner Damido, meeting up with the leader of their expedition, Abadidi Gurimade, soon launch more attacks on the planet Solo in an attempt to capture the Ideon (which they refer to as the 'Giant God'). The survivors flee inside the Solo Ship and Karala and Mayaya, who are mistaken by Bes as

15570-507: The Ideon's power to invoke. Karala and Joliver continue to head through the halls of the Bairal Jin and hide from the soldiers. They find the Heavy Mobile Mecha hangar and defeat the soldiers there chasing them. Doba orders his soldiers to find the source of the recent tremors occurring around the Bairal Jin. Suddenly, the Solo Ship departs from DS space right in front of the Bairal Jin and rams right into it. The Buff Clan's forces approach

15743-425: The Ideon, but is killed as well. The Solo Ship heads to the planet Ajian, and when Gije attacks the planet, the Ideon uses its powerful Black Hole Cannon, which prevents the Buff Clan's missiles from hitting the planet, but ends up destroying a lot of the planet as a result. Gije heads back to the Buff Clan homeworld as the Solo Ship travels to the planet Flag Star. The Solo Ship and Harulu's Dorowa Zan meet in space and

15916-520: The Lance of Longinus. Their basic structure is identical to the Nerv-owned Evas, except for the vertical supports normally placed on the shoulders of the other units. Another different element is the head, which is devoid of optical sensors, and the area in which the cockpit is inserted. Due to the S element, the units also have strong regenerative capabilities and unlimited uptime. All nine Eva Series possess

16089-502: The Nerv headquarters, studied under the direct supervision of Dr. Yui Ikari . It differs from all previous and subsequent specimens, as the biological matter that forms its basis comes from the second Angel, Lilith . In addition to its predominantly purple coloration, it is characterized by a long horn that extends from the center of the forehead and a binocular viewer. It is the first humanoid to be used in an actual war operation. The unit acts out of control on several occasions and takes on

16262-400: The Ome Foundation leader, Gindoro. Karala and Joliver suddenly find themselves transported to the Bairal Jin and are caught by Doba and his men. Karala reveals that she is pregnant with the child of an Earthling (Bes), to the shock of everyone, and they make their escape. The Solo Ship heads there to save them. Doba then declares that he will do whatever it takes to kill his own daughter, causing

16435-412: The Solo Ship and the Ideon heads out to fight them. Karala and Joliver, putting on spacesuits, realize that the Solo Ship has come to rescue them. They leave the dock, but are still pursued by soldiers. Cosmo tells the Solo Ship to keep the Ideon Gun since they won't be able to use it there. Bes and Hatari are able to find Karala and Joliver. A strange light glows from Karala's abdomen. Bes heads to one of

16608-472: The Solo Ship to the planet Crystal Star, where Abadidi heads out himself in a Dogg Mack. His attempts to destroy the Solo Ship with giant winged creatures known as Bajins backfires and it is he who is killed by them. With Abadidi dead and Damido injured, Harulu herself heads to the front. Arriving on the planet Ruins Star, Karala tries to make peace with her sister, but is humiliated by Harulu's underlings. Things get even worse for her when Banda Lotta, upset by all

16781-417: The Solo Ship's cannons to help Karala. He fires upon the soldiers pursuing her and Joliver. They make their way to a small Buff Clan shuttle. The Ideon uses its 'All Missiles' attack on the enemy. Joliver tells Karala she's gotten stronger as they head out in the shuttle. Bes tells Hatari to pull back the Solo Ship and have the Ideon protect Karala and Joliver. Cosmo brings the Ideon towards their shuttle, but it

16954-416: The Solo Ship. Cosmo tells Bes and Hatari the good news. Joliver tells Karala she's a great woman and that he'd be with her if she wasn't with Bes already. The Solo Ship escapes into Null Space. Doba orders his forces to track down the Solo Ship, even if they have to go to the end of the universe. At that moment, the Ideon is invoked. Yet another strange light envelops the Solo Ship. Doba and Karala's encounter

17127-573: The Solo Ship. Few trust him, even after he kills Daram in a battle on Earth. With the Earth's military completely rejecting them, the Solo Ship flees without a home to go back to. The Buff Clan continues to send high ranking Buff Clan officers after the Solo Ship, but they all fail. Moera is killed in battle to the distress of everyone, especially medic Rapot. Gije takes his place as one of the Ideon's pilots. The Solo Ship returns to Ajian, whose inhabitants now despise them for what happened earlier and their military leader takes hostages, killing Lin before he

17300-574: The TV series ends, the second movie changes events drastically. The Buff Clan is quickly finishing its work on the Gando Rowa, a powerful warship that might be even more powerful than the Ideon. After Doba declares that he will hunt his daughter to the ends of the universe, the Solo Ship flees under pursuit of many Buff Clan troops. Harulu sends out her top fighters, Tororof and Kilarul, in the Zanza Lubu. Sheryl, drunken and mad over Lin and Gije's deaths and armed with

17473-450: The Type-F equipment weighs thrice than the standard armor, is difficult to maneuver and suffers from instability. In the spin-off Petit Eva: Evangelion@School super-deformed versions of Evangelions are shown: the eldest, Evancho ( エヴァンチョー ) , similar to Eva-01, is a schoolmate of Shinji and the other characters at the Nerv municipal academy, and its language is understood only by Shinji and

17646-432: The amplifier. The amplifier increases the sound and sends that sound to the receiver. The receiver changes the electrical signal back into sound and sends the sound into the ear. Hair cells in the ear will sense the vibrations from the sound, convert the vibrations into nerve signals, and send it to the brain so the sounds can become coherent to the person. The battery simply powers the hearing aid. Cochlear implants are

17819-400: The animal population. To do this, stimuli naturally perceived by the animals are emitted by the robotic individuals, and this through different communication channels: visual cues, thermal pulses, vibration signals, etc. The degree to which the robotic individuals successfully blend with the animal population is related to as bio-acceptance, and is often key to enable further behavioural study of

17992-408: The biblical Eve, born from the rib of the first man Adam, the Evangelions were conceived as copies of the first Angel Adam. Anno said in an interview that he chose it because it sounded "complicated". On another occasion, he claimed to have chosen the word "good news" as the title of the series because of the belief that it would bring "blessing" and happiness. Yūichirō Oguro, curator of extra content of

18165-569: The car's owner to display it at the Mitsuoka Gallery Azabu in Tokyo for an entire week. In 2015, it was announced that a high-speed train inspired by the design of the Eva-01 would be built, with both Yamashita and Anno being involved in its construction. The train went into operation in November; West Japan Railway Company later decided to extend service until spring 2018. A new Eva-01 themed train

18338-475: The city of Matsushiro, Nagano Prefecture , where Nerv's second experimentation site is located. Once its designated pilot, the Fourth Child Toji Suzuhara , boards, the unit goes out of control, opens its jaws, and destroys the fences containing it. It is later revealed that the unit is infected by Bardiel, a parasitic Angel that takes control of its body during its flight to Japan headquarters. After

18511-403: The communication and system of living organisms and machines that can be applied and combined with multiple fields of study such as biology, mathematics, computer science, engineering, and much more. This discipline falls under the branch of biorobotics because of its combined field of study between biological bodies and mechanical systems. Studying these two systems allow for advanced analysis on

18684-461: The control of humankind". Yamashita thus drew inspiration for the design of the machines from Gulliver's Travels , with the idea of representing an enormous power restrained, a giant that resembled a relief in a wall.Since the delivery of the preparatory sketches, Yamashita's drawings caused such a stir that even Neon Genesis Evangelion 's staff members were divided, causing problems for Gainax. Toshimichi Ōtsuki introduced Neon Genesis Evangelion to

18857-541: The design studio, while Higuchi received full credit for the subsequent films. The characters were designed by Tomonori Kogawa . The series won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize for the second half of 1980. Space Runaway Ideon begins in 2300, far enough in the future that mankind has begun colonizing other planets. On the planet Solo in the Andromeda Galaxy , a group of archaeologists have come across

19030-458: The document as an artificial giant left by the First Ancestral Race, which would have left for the globe the enemies of the series, the Apostolos . The document also describes robotic anime on one page as a "compensation for the complexes and various suppressions that children hold, a means of resistance, compensatory behavior". For the main character of the series, Shinji, Anno himself was used as

19203-504: The emotional perception of love. The term nerve is improper, since it is a simplification used in the operative language of Nerv; the acronym A10 indicates the ventral tegmental area , otherwise called area A10. According to Protoculture Addicts magazine, "when humans fall in love or feel close to their family, the part of the brain labeled A-10 comes into play. Strangely, the pilots of Evas have to use this part of their brains to merge with their Eva. That makes them warriors of love, with

19376-403: The events of the concluding film The End of Evangelion , the light novel introduces equipment that never appeared in the original animated series. Among other things, Eva-01 features Type-F and CGB equipment, including new vertical supports and a special sensor placed near the horn on its forehead. A new Evangelion mount called UX-1 Allegorica ( UX-1 アレゴリカ ) is also introduced, which operates via

19549-450: The existence of A10 nerves . Sadamoto then pitched new ideas for the anime, such as being able to explain the age of the pilots, who are all teenagers without mothers. Sadamoto tried to create something along the lines of Space Pirate Captain Harlock 's Arcadia , a spaceship with a computer that contains the soul of its creator, Tochirō Ōyama. Anno compared the interface system of the Eva to

19722-595: The fight and being seemingly defeated, managed to reactivate through the S engine, scarring the enemy's body and devouring its flesh. During the Human Instrumentality Project, the Mass Production Models merge with the Angel Lilith and stab themselves with their lances. At the end of the feature film, once Instrumentality is rejected by Shinji and Lilith is dismembered, the units turn into stone statues and plummet to Earth. Their design by Takeshi Honda

19895-545: The films, in addition to the various units already present in the classic series, other Evangelion units are introduced: The Eva units used by Gendo in Evangelion 3.0+1.0 have been compared by the website Otaku Voice to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse . Rebuild also features a mechanical simulator of Evangelion, used by Shinji during a training in the first chapter; its design was compared by Shinji Higuchi of Gainax to

20068-554: The final design he drew a preliminary draft of the Eva similar to a Devilman. In the sketch the Eva had a curved back, a narrow waist, and a flat, thick chest, which resembled the "demonic" face of the Mazinger. In his original proposal, the Evangelion would have had a dark and gloomy color, except for the eyes, which he left white and circled in red, just like Mazinger Z. The intention was to inspire terror and make children understand how scary real life could be. Another source of inspiration

20241-511: The formation of a Japanese car team called Evangelion RT-01 apr Corolla for the Super GT championship was announced. At the team's first official competition, the group's Toyota Corolla Axio was repainted with the Evangelion RT-01's color scheme; the two racers, Kōki Saga and Kosuke Matsuura , competed wearing two reproductions of the suit used by Shinji. Over the next two years, the first car

20414-406: The functions and processes of each system as well as the interactions between them. Cybernetic theory is a concept that has existed for centuries, dating back to the era of Plato where he applied the term to refer to the "governance of people". The term cybernetique is seen in the mid-1800s used by physicist André-Marie Ampère. The term cybernetics was popularized in the late 1940s to refer to

20587-450: The genetic mutations that developed teosinte into corn and wolves into dogs), genetic engineering refers to the deliberate alteration or insertion of specific genes to an organism's DNA. The first successful case of genetic engineering occurred in 1973 when Herbert Boyer and Stanley Cohen were able to transfer a gene with antibiotic resistance to a bacterium. There are three main techniques used in genetic engineering: The plasmid method,

20760-427: The genre, which he said had been stagnant for a long time and caged in a ready-made model. For the appearance and role of the humanoids, the authors took inspiration from Mazinger Z , Shutendoji , and Devilman . Believing that the power was "something very scary", Anno insisted on the threatening aspect of the units, trying to make the Evangelion look like "an anti-hero, something terrifying". Before deciding on

20933-410: The harm the Buff Clan has caused, tries to kill her, but folds under pressure. Karala, who is willing to die, impresses everyone on the Solo Ship with her strength. The Solo Ship arrives at an Earth base where Cosmo meets Camyula, a female officer who reminds him of his mother. She soon dies right in front of him, which renews his desire to fight. Damido, now recovered, makes one final attempt to destroy

21106-413: The headquarters of Tokyo-3, and the biological starting material used for its creation belongs to the first Angel, Adam . It is distinguished from later models by its initial dark yellow coloration, typical of military prototypes, and a less sophisticated external and internal architecture. Its main organ of visual sensory perception is represented by a round optical lens at the center of its face. Its pilot

21279-490: The home video editions of the series, linked the name to the last scene of Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion , in which there is a sequence in which Yui Ikari, kept inside the Eva-01, blesses her son Shinji by telling him that "any place can be a paradise". The units are also linked with other religious references. In a conversation in the twenty-third episode, Seele claims that eight Eva units have been prepared up to that point and that four more remain; according to

21452-416: The host cell where the DNA will be transferred. The biolistic method is typically used to alter the genetic material of plants. This method embeds the desired DNA with a metallic particle such as gold or tungsten in a high speed gun. The particle is then bombarded into the plant. Due to the high velocities and the vacuum generated during bombardment, the particle is able to penetrate the cell wall and inserts

21625-414: The incident, Gendo Ikari, the supreme commander of Nerv, identifies it as the thirteenth Angel and gives the order to annihilate it. Eva-03 faces Units 00 and 02 in combat, defeating them without difficulty. In a second encounter, it fights with Eva-01, who breaks its limbs and annihilates it. In the Rebuild of Evangelion saga, Eva-03 is piloted by Asuka instead of Suzuhara. Unit 04 ( 四号機 , Yongōki )

21798-410: The knowledge that the Ide desires to protect children, brings out Piper Lou onto the deck of the ship in order to strengthen the Ideon. The force of the Ideon Gun blows her right off the ship to her death, reuniting her with her beloved Gije. Karala saves Piper Lou and the Solo Ship escapes. On the bridge of the Solo Ship, Karala reveals to everyone else that she's pregnant with Bes' child, who Cosmo and

21971-428: The limb then the electrical impulses will fail to move the prosthetic. TrueLimb is a specific brand of prosthetics that uses myoelectrical sensors which enable a person to have control of their bionic limb. Four major components make up the hearing aid : the microphone, the amplifier, the receiver, and the battery. The microphone takes in outside sound, turns that sound to electrical signals, and sends those signals to

22144-480: The limit of operation of the units to Ultraman. Comic Book Resources 's Timothy Donohoo similarly compared the Evangelions to the Ideon from Yoshiyuki Tomino's series of the same name; Donohoo noted how both mecha have a divine nature, seemingly unlimited energy sources, and the ability to read the emotions of their pilots, trying to protect them. Carl Gustav Horn traced influences to Super Robot 28 and Giant Robo . The Entry Plug and Type D equipment, used by Asuka in

22317-470: The manifestations of the deeper inner self of the protagonists; Rei has a spear, Asuka a whip, Kaworu a sword, and Shinji a gun. On February 6, 2015, Studio Khara, producer of the Rebuild of Evangelion film tetralogy, released the twelfth short film in the Japan Animator Expo series, Evangelion: Another Impact (Confidential) . It introduces an Evangelion unit called Unit Nul, which breaks free during

22490-471: The metallic noise of a real cutter. To give the Eva's cockpit the image of a mother's womb, Anno asked Shiro Sagisu , who was responsible for the series' soundtrack , to compose a melody that would accentuate the feeling of nostalgia. In the world of Neon Genesis Evangelion , Evangelions, or Evas, are multi-purpose machines that represent mankind's most advanced battle tools. They are costly weapons designed to fight and destroy Angels. Their development, which

22663-522: The models of the too unusual and disturbing mecha". Within a year from the first airing, there was an upsurge of interest in Evangelion , and, after some initial hesitation, Bandai launched "at full speed" to produce toys and models of the series. The mecha's image was used for consumer goods such as Adidas shoes, wine bottles and snacks, bags, sportswear and access-dateries, sweatshirts, gloves, underwear, children's clothes and tamagotchi models. Evangelion units were also used in various video games based on

22836-456: The mysterious remains of the Ideon—three large armored tanks with the ability to combine into a godlike mecha . They also come across a large spaceship known as the Solo Ship. For six months, they have diligently restored the machines, but have failed to get the giant tanks to move. Suddenly, a humanoid alien civilization known as the Buff Clan comes across Solo. Karala, the youngest daughter of

23009-425: The new DNA into the cell. Genetic engineering has many uses in the fields of medicine, research and agriculture. In the medical field, genetically modified bacteria are used to produce drugs such as insulin, human growth hormones and vaccines. In research, scientists genetically modify organisms to observe physical and behavioral changes to understand the function of specific genes. In agriculture, genetic engineering

23182-467: The original animated series, as well as some media detached from the Evangelion franchise, such as in the video games Keri hime sweets , Summons Board , Puyopuyo!! Quest , Puzzle & Dragons , and Super Robot Wars . To celebrate the release of the film Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone in 2007, Studio Akiyama put a giant figure of Eva-01 about two meters high at the price of one million yen (about ten thousand U.S. dollars) on sale. In 2010,

23355-585: The original video animation Petit Eva: Evangelion@School , and in the Rebuild of Evangelion movies, with considerably different roles and guises. In the original animated series, the Evangelions are giant humanoids which the research center Gehirn and the special agency Nerv research to fight beings called Angels . They have mechanical components as well as a basic organic structure derived from Adam and Lilith ; for this reason they have eyes, epidermis, internal organs and nails similar to those of humans and have been classified as cyborgs rather than mecha in

23528-465: The other units; its brother, Eva Jiro ( エヴァ次郎 ) , who attends the Angel school; Evan-chan ( エヴァンちゃん ) , its younger sister, can speak in human language, is initially mostly yellow and then takes on a blue tint; and Eva Bi ( エヴァ美 ) , the most anthropomorphic, clumsy, and Asuka-like unit who claims to be German but often uses Japanese mixed with English when speaking. Mari and her Provisional Unit 05 also appear on one cover. Rebuild 's Provisional Unit 05

23701-410: The others call a Messiah. Kilarul and Tororof head back to Harulu, telling her that Karala and her unborn child are what manifest the Ide. Harulu decides to both prevent the child's birth and stop the Ide's power from invoking by killing Karala. The Zanza Lubu that she, Kilarul, and Tororof are on is destroyed in battle, but the three make their way onto the Solo Ship. Tororof is killed by Banda Lotta, who

23874-430: The past, being difficult to classify and halfway between Nagai's super robots and Gundam-like real robots; according to the writer, the anime, although indebted to the past series, "was perhaps the first to imagine the human as machine, and vice versa". The new element for Phillips is the frightening and dangerous nature of the humanoids, unknown until then to mainstream anime. Biorobotics Cybernetics focuses on

24047-524: The power of love to protect their loved ones". According to Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, character designer of the series, "the power of love drives this weapon of mass destruction". Critics have analyzed Evangelion units, noting how they are organic entities and not machines, and classified them as cyborgs instead of robots. Anno said in 1996 that the Evangelions are not really robots, but giants, describing them as modified humans who move via artificial muscles. During an event in 2021, he also described Evangelion as

24220-457: The procedure might have been determined by Yui's will, who in some situations intervenes in defense of her son and moves the Eva of her own will. In the Rebuild of Evangelion installments, Eva-01 has some aesthetic differences, particularly in the chest and coloring. During the battle against the tenth Angel, the color of its stripes changes from green to orange and it sports a halo of light. Unit 02 ( 弐号機 , Nigōki ) , or Production Model,

24393-412: The prosthetic and buttons and switches to control the prosthetic. Myoelectrically powered prosthetics are new, advanced forms of prosthetics where electrodes are placed on the muscles above the limb. The electrodes will detect the muscle contractions and send electrical signals to the prosthetic to move the prosthetic. The downside to this type of prosthetic is that if the sensors are not placed correctly on

24566-400: The release, so the second boxset and movie boxset had much fewer units produced. As a result, they sold out quickly and it was not uncommon to see the second boxset alone command a price of over 80,000 yen used on such websites as Yahoo! Japan auctions or amazon.co.jp, or all three boxsets sell for over 120,000 yen (over $ 1,000 USD), a remarkable feat for 38 episodes and 2 movies. (For reference,

24739-454: The retail price on the 153 episode Dragon Ball boxset sold new for 100,000 yen, $ 800 USD.) In 2006 Ideon was re-released on single DVDs, but the singles, like previous Ideon releases, went quickly out of print due to a low production run. A Blu-ray box set of the TV series was released on February 2, 2013. On November 8, 2017, Hidive announced that they will stream the series on their website beginning on November 9, 2017. As of August 2023

24912-514: The same shape and coloring, mostly white, and large folding wings located on the back of the trunk, which allow them to fly. These Production Models do not require pilots; instead they have a Dummy Plug, Entry Plug simulators in which the personality of the Fifth Children, Kaworu Nagisa, is inscribed. In the movie The End of Evangelion , Seele sends all nine Evangelions against Eva-02. The Evas, despite suffering extensive damage from Unit-02 during

25085-402: The second half of the story, there would be preparations to invade an enemy stronghold along the lines of a role-playing game. One of the preliminary drafts of the twenty-fourth episode, written by screenwriter Akio Satsukawa, also introduced a prototype mini Evangelion, a five-meter mecha named αーTYPEーEVA000, also known as α Eva. When the α Eva goes berserk, it would have attacked with animal fury

25258-473: The series is also "jam-packed with the joy of animated expression". Manga author Katsuhiro Otomo did similar statements. Screen Rant praised the mechas and fights, especially those against Israfel, Zeruel, and the Eva Series. According to Erroll Maas, writer for TheGamer, due to the "immense popularity" of the series the Eva-01 became an "internationally recognizable" mecha. In 2010, Yahoo! Japan conducted

25431-517: The series is no longer available on Hidive. On July 5, 2018, anime distributor Maiden Japan announced their license to the series. A 2-disc SD BD set was set to be released on December 11, 2018, however, after fan complaints, considering the quality shown on the Hidive stream at the time, Section23 announced that the SDBD set would be cancelled and replaced with a HD Blu-ray set down the line. The HD Blu-ray set

25604-412: The series' filmbooks, the number is a reference to the twelve apostles . In the theme song, A Cruel Angel's Thesis , Unit 01 is depicted with twelve wings of light, referring to the iconography of Satan and taking a cue from the manga Devilman . For the image of the out-of-control Unit 01, which in the nineteenth episode walks on four legs and devours the flesh of an Angel, staff took inspiration from

25777-438: The series, at the beginning of production the idea was to create a series about an Ultraman in armor, the protagonist of the franchise of the same name . The staff took inspiration from an old project by Gainax ; for the project, Anno came up with the idea of a female pilot in the wake of the original video animation Fight! Iczer One , starting from the image of a girl in a capsule-shaped cockpit full of liquid – prototypes of

25950-580: The series, he also introduced the concept of cannibalism. He added a scene in which Eva-01 devours an Angel in an attempt to disgust and scare a young viewer; he stated, "What would be ideal is that kids who watch it start to vomit". Cannibalism, according to Yūichirō Oguro, curator of extra contents of Evangelion 's home video editions, would negatively depict the act of eating meat, and could also be influenced by Anno's personal experience, who has been vegetarian since childhood and had already transposed this detail of his life in his fictional works. The design of

26123-455: The situation. The basic one is called type B (Basic), consisting only of a cutter-like weapon called a Progressive Knife. Other assets include type D (Dive), specifically for diving; and type F (Fly) for flight. The Evangelion's piloting system synchronizes with its pilot via neural connection, and so they act in sync. The pilot of an Evangelion unit, designated by the English term Child, is housed in

26296-458: The special agency Nerv conducts in secret, began after a catastrophe known as the Second Impact. From a scientific point of view, this tasks constitute the E project, placed under the direction and responsibility of Dr. Ritsuko Akagi . The Evangelion are giant humanoids clad in thick protective armor, with constitution identical to a human being's, except for size. Each Evangelion is equipped with

26469-411: The target species. Once interactions between the animal and robot population is achieved by establishing relevant communication channels, mixed societies offer the potential for adaptive robotic behaviours driven by real-time feedback from the animal population. By responding directly to animal behaviour, the robots can dynamically adjust their actions to better integrate into the group. This capability

26642-436: The tenth episode of the series, have also been juxtaposed with the works of Kenji Yanobe . The Evangelion has been interpreted as a metaphor for the series, produced through emotional efforts by Anno during a difficult time in his life; the constant questions of Shinji, the director's alter ego, who continually wonders why to board the Eva-01 and must make himself emotionally independent from the humanoid, have been interpreted as

26815-527: The tradition of other robot anime, but Anno did not initially think to give a reason regarding their ages. An explanation came to mind to the character designer of the series, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto . While watching a documentary on the Japanese TV station NHK named The Fantastic Microcosm of the Human Body: Brain and Soul ( 驚異の小宇宙 人体II 脳と心 , Kyōi no shōuchū jintai: nō to kokoro ) the artist learned of

26988-843: The traditional sense. Those assigned to pilot an Evangelion are called Children, which an organization called the Marduk Institute selected. Their designs, inspired by the oni of Japanese folklore, Ultraman , Iczer-One , Devilman and other sources, caused problems during the production of the animated series, but have received positive reception from critics and audiences and used for merchandise. Hideaki Anno , director and principal screenwriter of Neon Genesis Evangelion , initially sought to create what he called "a simple work featuring robots". He began by focusing on vague images and ideas rather than defined concepts, thinking that other staff members would then contribute adding details. According to King Records ' Toshimichi Ōtsuki, producer of

27161-459: The transport, Eva-02's first real battle took place in the Pacific Ocean, in which it managed to defeat the Angel Gaghiel . Starting from the fight against the thirteenth Angel, Bardiel , the unit starts to record failures in the operations, hurting Asuka's pride. Following Asuka's mental breakdown, Nerv is forced to request the help of a new Child, Kaworu Nagisa , who becomes its new pilot. In

27334-457: The unit, designed and conceived by Yamashita. Its basic appearance is identical to Unit 03 but it has a silver colour. The Eva Series ( エヴァシリーズ , Evashirīzu ) includes units 05 through 13, built at various Nerv branches at the behest of the Seele organization to carry out a plan known as the Human Instrumentality Project. All units are equipped with S engines as their power source and a replica of

27507-470: The unit. Although the origin of the accident is never clarified within the series, it may have been the consequence of Yui's choice. The second activation attempt occurs eleven years later in 2015, when the Third Child and its new pilot, Shinji Ikari , is brought aboard. Shinji, despite the low probability of success and lack of training, manages to achieve a 41.3% sync rate on the first attempt. The success of

27680-486: The units that Nerv produced. The first activation experiment of Unit-01 was carried out in 2004 in the Laboratory for Artificial Evolution and conducted by a research center called Gehirn. Yui was designated as the experiment's test subject; during the experiment, her synchrony rate reached 400%, a percentage at which the subject dissolves into the Evangelion. The case was dismissed as an accident, and her soul remained within

27853-501: The vector method and the biolistic method. This technique is used mainly for microorganisms such as bacteria. Through this method, DNA molecules called plasmids are extracted from bacteria and placed in a lab where restriction enzymes break them down. As the enzymes break the molecules down, some develop a rough edge that resembles that of a staircase which is considered 'sticky' and capable of reconnecting. These 'sticky' molecules are inserted into another bacteria where they will connect to

28026-464: The weapons of the units being hidden in the buildings of Tokyo-3. In the last episodes, there should have been a lunar battle against twelve Angels, an idea that was later abandoned and recycled for the clash between Eva-02 and the Eva series, introduced in the 1997 theatrical conclusion . The American continent and the Eva-06 would vanish, while the ancient remains of a ruin named Arqa would be revealed. In

28199-406: The world". In 2020, Nagoya promoted an event named Evangelion Chukyo Area Project to celebrate the release of Evangelion 3.0+1.0 , the last installment of Rebuild ; a golden statue of Eva-01 was unveiled at Chūbu-Centrair Airport along with a six-meter-high reproduction of the unit at the city's Global Gate Complex. To coincide with the release of the feature film, a special Evangelion -themed event

28372-672: The world, was displayed. In 2016, the record was passed to a giant reproduction of 01 with a to-scale model of Longinus' spear in his hands, built in Shanghai . The statue was built by Khara, the Heitao Interactive company, and the Shanghai Character License Administrative Corporation. At 24.8 meters high, it entered the Guinness World Records in a special category as "the largest Evangelion in

28545-459: Was a male character in the video game Cho Aniki named El&Topo, on which Yamashita based Eva-02's appearance. In the design stages, he changed his mind about their appearance several times; for example, in preliminary sketches, he thought about giving 01 a single oblique protrusion on the left side of the head or two frontal horns, which were later abandoned in favor of the final design. Anno and animator Yoh Yoshinari also made some sketches of

28718-607: Was a mechanical hand operated by catches and springs. During the early 19th century, Alessandro Volta further progressed bionics. He set the foundation for the creation of hearing aids with his experiments. He found that electrical stimulation could restore hearing by inserting an electrical implant to the saccular nerve of a patient's ear. In 1945, the National Academy of Sciences created the Artificial Limb Program, which focused on improving prosthetics since there were

28891-494: Was found on the foot of a mummy. The time period of the mummy corpse was estimated to be from around the fifteenth century B.C. Bionics can also be witnessed in ancient Greece and Rome. Prosthetic legs and arms were made for amputee soldiers. In the early 16th century, a French military surgeon by the name of Ambroise Pare became a pioneer in the field of bionics. He was known for making various types of upper and lower prosthetics. One of his most famous prosthetics, Le Petit Lorrain,

29064-465: Was held at the Tokyo Sky Tree in 2021, during which the lights of the tower were illuminated in the colors of the Evangelion units from the Rebuild . According to scholar Guido Tavassi, the "revolutionary" mecha design can be counted among the innovations introduced by Neon Genesis Evangelion , "which, on the one hand, brings the Eva units closer to the human figure, but on the other hand proposes

29237-466: Was joined by a repainted Porsche 911 GT3 RS emulating the design of Unit 02 and two Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R motorcycles with the features of 01 and 02. In November 2014, the Japanese car company Mitsuoka Motors auctioned off a Mitsuoka Orochi inspired by the Eva-01 design, selling for a final price of 16 million yen (approximately $ 130,000); the event received enough media attention that the company's president, Akio Mitsuoka, entered into an agreement with

29410-577: Was praised by John Beam of Animation Planet magazine and Martin Theron, a reviewer for the Anime News Network website, who stated, "The mecha designs [presented in Neon Genesis Evangelion ] are among the most distinctive ever produced for an anime series, with sleek, lithe appearances that look monstrous, fearsome, and nimble rather than boxy and knight-like." Comic Book Resources appreciated

29583-556: Was produced in 2020 and departed from Nagoya 's Chubu Centrair International Airport . In 2010, a faithful reproduction of the bust of Eva-01 was unveiled in the Fuji-Q HighLand amusement park, along with a full-scale model of the Entry Plug. Between 2011 and 2015, projects to build a 1:1 scale replica of the Eva-02 boss in The Beast mode, a hotel room inspired by the Unit 00 Entry Plug, and

29756-465: Was the last chance humanity had, and both sides rejected it. The Ideon releases its infinite power, using Karala's baby as the trigger, and the Ideon wipes out both races. It scatters humanity and the Buff Clan, sending them to the end of the universe to be reborn as wise and kindhearted, to use technology more wisely, and never to repeat the same mistakes they did by using technology. The souls of Piper Lou and Karala's baby then travel through space. After

29929-409: Was used in a pachinko game titled CR Evangerion 〜Hajimari No Fukuin〜 ( CRヱヴァンゲリヲン 〜始まりの福音〜 ) , released in 2010, while Eva-04 appeared in another pachinko game called CR Shinseiki Evangelion: Saigo no shisha ( CR新世紀エヴァンゲリオン ～最後のシ者～ ) . In Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse , the Eva are not mecha, but individual wieldable weapons used in combat by Shinji and the other characters. They are

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