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Postby Ayana-Me » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:50 pm

The height of the Evangelions is the subject of much debate. Much TIRED debate. Recently I've been wondering about the heights of the pilots. As we briefly see on her ID card, Misato is about 5'4". This, while slightly above average for Japanese women, isn't very tall. Throughout the show, it appears that she towers over Shinji. This would make Shinji almost comically short, like 5'0" or 4'11". The only mention of his height I remember is in Angelic Days when Asuka gives him a hard time about it, and even then there aren't any specifics.

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Asuka seems to be slightly taller than Shinji and Rei appears to be around the same height. Are any of their heights ever revealed in any Eva media?
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Postby Ornette » Thu Apr 26, 2007 12:57 pm

Ayana-Me wrote:Asuka seems to be slightly taller than Shinji and Rei appears to be around the same height. Are any of their heights ever revealed in any Eva media?

No. Although there was a picture with all the NGE cast lined up, and I think Reichu did a pixel count of each of the characters and based on Misato's known height, did a fraction cross multiplication dealio to find the other character's heights.

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Postby Mr. Tines » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:10 pm

teh Reichu wrote:Ikari Gendou - 184 (6')
Kouzou Fuyutsuki - 183.5 (6')
Kaji Ryouji - 178.5 (5'10")
Aoba Shigeru - 176 (5'9")
Hyuga Makoto - 174.5 (5'9")
Ikari Yui - 169 (5'6")
Katsuragi Misato - 163 (5'4")
Akagi Naoko - 163 (5'4")
Akagi Ritsuko - 162 (5'4")
Ibuki Maya - 160 (5'3")
Keel Lorenz - 159 (5'3")
Suzuhara Touji - 151 (4'11")
Hikari Horaki - 150 (4'11")
Nagisa Kaworu - 150 (4'11")
Sohryuu Asuka Langley - 149 (4'11")
Ikari Shinji - 148 (4'10")
Aida Kensuke - 145.25 (4'9")
Ayanami Rei - 143 (4'8")
Pen-Pen - 61.5 (2')

Just by going by this one picture I have, Mayumi is Touji's height. And while I'm at it, Mana is perhaps 146cm.


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http://www.animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=113624
http://www.animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=186096
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Postby Ayana-Me » Thu Apr 26, 2007 1:17 pm

Mr. Tines wrote:
teh Reichu wrote:Ikari Gendou - 184 (6')
Kouzou Fuyutsuki - 183.5 (6')
Kaji Ryouji - 178.5 (5'10")
Aoba Shigeru - 176 (5'9")
Hyuga Makoto - 174.5 (5'9")
Ikari Yui - 169 (5'6")
Katsuragi Misato - 163 (5'4")
Akagi Naoko - 163 (5'4")
Akagi Ritsuko - 162 (5'4")
Ibuki Maya - 160 (5'3")
Keel Lorenz - 159 (5'3")
Suzuhara Touji - 151 (4'11")
Hikari Horaki - 150 (4'11")
Nagisa Kaworu - 150 (4'11")
Sohryuu Asuka Langley - 149 (4'11")
Ikari Shinji - 148 (4'10")
Aida Kensuke - 145.25 (4'9")
Ayanami Rei - 143 (4'8")
Pen-Pen - 61.5 (2')

Just by going by this one picture I have, Mayumi is Touji's height. And while I'm at it, Mana is perhaps 146cm.


See also

http://www.animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=113624
http://www.animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=186096


Oh, that's great! Thank you.

I guess it will be a few years until Shinji is able to take down his old man in a fight.

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Postby Tokpile Quohog » Thu Apr 26, 2007 4:02 pm

I never knew Gendo was so tall. :shock:
I always though Fuyutsuki was taller.
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Postby slothen » Thu Apr 26, 2007 5:38 pm

they're all midgets to me.
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Postby Executor » Thu Apr 26, 2007 6:50 pm

slothen wrote:they're all midgets to me.

SPEAK THE TRUTH!

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Postby Sachi » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:24 pm

maybe they only made the adults taller to show that they were older

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Postby Reichu » Thu Apr 26, 2007 7:39 pm

I ought to double-check those results sometime when I feel like I have nothing better to do.

Does that list Tines posted figure in my revised height for Yui? (Posted in one of them threads.) First time I calculated it, I didn't take her high heels into account. -_-;
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Postby Mr. Tines » Fri Apr 27, 2007 1:12 am

slothen wrote:they're all midgets to me.


The Japanese are all just little guys.

Reichu wrote:Does that list Tines posted figure in my revised height for Yui?


It's copy-pasta'd from a quote block near the top of one of the threads, so may well not.
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Postby Ejinathan » Fri Apr 27, 2007 3:22 am

Reichu really did it ? Nice job Miss
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Postby Sachi » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:29 pm

Mr. Tines wrote:The Japanese are all just little guys.


not all of us, im Japanese, 5'8'' and still growing

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Postby slothen » Mon Apr 30, 2007 9:31 pm

Sachiel_13 wrote:
Mr. Tines wrote:The Japanese are all just little guys.


not all of us, im Japanese, 5'8'' and still growing


you better keep growing then.
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Postby Executor » Tue May 01, 2007 7:27 pm

slothen wrote:
Sachiel_13 wrote:
Mr. Tines wrote:The Japanese are all just little guys.


not all of us, im Japanese, 5'8'' and still growing


you better keep growing then.

I'm also 5'8. At 14.
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Postby Ayana-Me » Tue May 01, 2007 8:41 pm

It doesn't seem like the shortness is exclusive to the Japanese characters, Keel Lorentz is only 5'3". Asuka is only 4'11", but maybe that's just that 25% Japanese heritage coming out. At any rate, it looks like Rei will eventually have to invest in some pumps...

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Postby BrikHaus » Tue May 01, 2007 8:47 pm

I find those heights to be somewhat dubious. I mean, Shinji, a 14 year old boy only 4'10"? Give me a break. This is most likely a case of the characters being as tall as necessary to fit into a certain scene or "camera angle." I imagine their heights are about as consistent as the heights of the Evas.
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Postby SEELE 08 » Tue May 01, 2007 9:05 pm

BrikHaus wrote:I find those heights to be somewhat dubious. I mean, Shinji, a 14 year old boy only 4'10"? Give me a break. This is most likely a case of the characters being as tall as necessary to fit into a certain scene or "camera angle." I imagine their heights are about as consistent as the heights of the Evas.


Yeah those heights seem pretty wonky to me too...
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Postby Zkh » Tue May 01, 2007 9:06 pm

They probably don't have real heights, 4'10 is not realistic at all for a 14 year old, seriously.

We can't trust any official GAINAX info for heights anyway, an EVA unit can go from towering over the city to climbing up a building 3 times it's size.

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Postby slothen » Tue May 01, 2007 10:25 pm

Zkh wrote: We can't trust any official GAINAX info for heights anyway, an EVA unit can go from towering over the city to climbing up a building 3 times it's size.


thats funny, because until i came to these forums and saw this commented on, it never occured to me.
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Postby Reichu » Tue May 01, 2007 10:58 pm

BrikHaus wrote:I imagine their heights are about as consistent as the heights of the Evas.

You mean they'll shrink and grow depending on their surroundings, but maintain the same ratios relative to one another? :?

Unless somebody obsessively demonstrates this is true by comparing the characters to objects of "known height" (aside from Misato, who apparently doesn't count...), I'll just give the show the benefit of the doubt here.
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