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Postby vito » Thu Jul 23, 2015 3:54 pm

http://www.500type-eva.jp/

design looks pretty cool

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Postby AR-99 » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:09 pm

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2015/07/24/the-evangelion-shinkansen-will-let-you-ride-the-rails-like-a-cool-angel-this-fall/
JR West’s press release also says that an array of Shinkansen Evangelion Project merchandise will be available, and that passengers can look forward to the Evangelion theme extending to the interior of the train as well.

A given on the merch, the question is, do I need to ride the train to get some of it? At least the line will be in service through March 2017, so there's time to head over and ride it! Won't be a cheap ride, but would be worth it.

By way of comparison, the Garupan train costs ~$2 one way and is as fast as a bus:

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Postby Ray » Thu Jul 23, 2015 4:13 pm

That's it! We've reached peak Eva Merchandising levels! Alert! Alert!

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Postby BlueBasilisk » Thu Jul 23, 2015 5:11 pm

Think it'll have orange tinted windows for that proper "hell train" experience? :lol:

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Postby Sailor Star Dust » Fri Aug 21, 2015 8:04 pm

Pretty cool stuff:

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Postby pwhodges » Mon Oct 19, 2015 6:26 pm

Evangelion Bullet Train shown off in real life.
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Postby TMBounty_Hunter » Fri Nov 06, 2015 8:06 pm

Yamashita has been attending some fancy opening ceremonies today and tweeting his way through, also going for a ride:

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Postby Sailor Star Dust » Sat Nov 07, 2015 2:03 pm

Clever bit of promoting for the bullet train:

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Postby pwhodges » Sat Nov 07, 2015 3:12 pm

(There's already a thread about those pictures here.)
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Postby Reichu » Fri May 11, 2018 3:21 pm

This tweet pertains to the end of the Eva Bullet Train. Here's a transcription and a translation. I don't guarantee it's 100%, but it should be mostly correct. I took the liberty of making the train a lady on account of the letter being addressed to the train as if it were a person. (As far as I can tell, anyway. Maybe "[name of train]-sama" is just a formality that refers to people associated with the train and its upkeep. If this is the case, please let me know.)

エヴァ新幹線様江。

長きに渡る運行業務、どうも御苦労様でした。

運行終了は一抹の寂しさを感じますが、2016年5月に妻の両親、

母親と叔母と妻と6人で乗った時にはお世話になりました。

あの先頭車両が新山口駅入線した時のインパクトは妻共々、今でも忘れられません。

新神戸までの乗車は、皆がすごく喜び、楽しんでいて家族の良き想い出となっています。

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My dearest gratitude for staying up and running for such a long time.

I feel a tinge of sadness that your service has come to an end, m'lady. But I am indebted to you for the time I rode you with my wife, her parents, my mother, and my aunt back in May 2016.

My wife and I have yet to forget the impact that your lead car made when it arrived at Shin-Yamaguchi Station.

We have lovely family memories of taking you all the way to Shinkobe and everyone having a wonderful time.

Thank you really and truly,

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Postby DarkBluePhoenix » Fri May 11, 2018 5:48 pm

^ That is absolutely adorable. Is Anno turning into an otaku?
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Postby Reichu » Fri May 11, 2018 6:00 pm

View Original PostDarkBluePhoenix wrote:^ That is absolutely adorable. Is Anno turning into an otaku?

Turning into? He's always been one. :tongue: (Check out the manga and/or anime version of Insufficient Direction if you can -- Moyoco lays her husband's nerdy proclivities bare in the cutest way imaginable.)
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Postby kuribo-04 » Fri May 11, 2018 6:17 pm

Anno is a fucking nerd.
He's one of us.

That message is more poetic than I expected.
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Postby DarkBluePhoenix » Fri May 11, 2018 6:59 pm

View Original PostReichu wrote:Turning into? He's always been one. :tongue: (Check out the manga and/or anime version of Insufficient Direction if you can -- Moyoco lays her husband's nerdy proclivities bare in the cutest way imaginable.)

Well given his hatred of otaku in the past, I just assumed he hadn't taken that dive. Color me mildly surprised.
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Postby Reichu » Fri May 11, 2018 8:27 pm

View Original PostDarkBluePhoenix wrote:Well given his hatred of otaku in the past, I just assumed he hadn't taken that dive. Color me mildly surprised.

Criticism of others is often strongest when it's something personal like this. Anno went through a period where he recognized the shortcomings of the otaku identity and "lifestyle", but had trouble squaring this away with the joy his hobbies brought him, and this conflict was dramatized in his work. If at this time he "hated" otaku, it was as much a manifestation of unresolved self-loathing as it was outwardly directed.
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Postby kuribo-04 » Sat May 12, 2018 12:34 am

He has said that those who criticize otaku without being otaku themselves are acting in a dumb manner.
He does it because he is one, so he's talking to his peers. It's something like self-improvement.
But as shown here he can be very lighhearted about it, like with the train thing.
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Postby Joseki » Sat May 12, 2018 4:57 am

View Original PostReichu wrote:(don't quote entire posts when it's not needed, please -Reichu)



"m'lady" :lol:


Anno is really a big cute nerd :nyao:
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Postby Reichu » Sat May 12, 2018 5:40 am

Alas, the train being a lady is a translation liberty, as I mention at the start.

(Normally I would attempt to be more upstanding and avoid this kind of liberty, but as soon as I saw it was a letter to an Eva-01 train I decided I was going to have fun. :devil: Between the Eva-01 motif and the convention in English for machines you ride to be 'female', it felt justifiable enough in translation...)
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Postby DarkBluePhoenix » Sat May 12, 2018 12:13 pm

View Original Postkuribo-04 wrote:He has said that those who criticize otaku without being otaku themselves are acting in a dumb manner.
He does it because he is one, so he's talking to his peers. It's something like self-improvement.
But as shown here he can be very lighhearted about it, like with the train thing.

That makes total sense.

Still, its a shame the train is shutting down. I wonder if it'll end up in a museum.
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Postby Guy Nacks » Sat May 12, 2018 4:08 pm

I just recently learned that 3 of the Shinkansen train lines are named Hikari, Nozomi, and Kodama. So, basically all the Horakis are named after speedy trains.
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