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Yeah this was featured in the newest (june) issue of Newtype USA. The 'side-project' goes by the name "Petite Eva." The super deformed character design is credited to Ryusuke Hamamoto. It seems to be just a product-line now, but Newtype tells us, "There's also a possibility of some form of visual media adaptation." The Unit 01-esque character is Evancho, the boss at the NERV Student Academy. The 3 Rei's are the Ayanami sisters - all named Rei. Fascinating...
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Ya see, the kids, they listen to the rap, which gives them the brain damage. Ya see?
Ya see, the kids, they listen to the rap, which gives them the brain damage. Ya see?
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Gendo'sPapa wrote:Aaaahhhh!!! Chibi Kaworu in a bathing suit!
Goddamit. And here I thought I was going to be able to resist this particular Batch O' Crapâ„¢
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Good afternoon, everyone! My name is Carrie and I’m new to the forums. I was planning to post a while back but the forums were down (actually, they were up and then went back down again the day I joined, hahaha!) so I didn’t get to. It's nice to meet you all!
I've been gathering up information on the Petit Eva series, actually. Please let me know if any of this is old news:
In addition to being a set of figures, Petit Eva appears to be a series in and of itself. There is a manga serial running in a Japanese magazine (Something along the lines of Ace? I can't tell for sure.. Anyhelp would be appreciated) with 8 new pages a month. There are also monthly 4komas appearing in Blitz Hobby Magazine, King Figure serial, and Newtype - which you can view at the Petit Eva website. I've also recently read articles that explain a small set of animated shorts are going to be produced.
Characters
I've been doing lots of tedious psuedo-translation work* on the character profiles as well as the 4komas. Here is what I've gathered about the characters so far.
*I by no means know Japanese, so most of my translation work is done with the aid of dictionaries and translators and the like. My process usually involves running each line word for word through a variety of dictionaries. For the 4koma, I piece the words together character by character and then running them through a variety of dictionaries. Because of this tedious task, there is some missing information currently. It will be added later.
--
First off - as you've probably seen, all three forms of Rei appear together as sisters. They’re referred to by nicknames (which suggests they’re probably all named Rei…which must get really confusing.)
Shinji - A second grader. ...... I’m going to have ot pick his apart word by word to get more out of it than that.
Rei #2 – [Nickname: Ayanami] - This is the Rei we’re all familiar with in terms of personality. She calls Shinji "Ikari-kun" and it's suggested she has a little crush on him (though she doesn't show it.)
Rei #3 – [Nickname: Supone] - Rei #3, the AU Rei, is called Supone. This is likely from ‘Supo ne’ meaning tenacity or heart (in regards to athletics) ..a nod to her interests and personality. Since Asuka is revealed in the 4koma as being the one to have assigned the nicknames (and doing so based on appearance/personality) is is also possible that she derived it from the word for sports – which Supone is better than her at.
She is the middle sister. She is very freespirited, cheerful and athletic. She doesn’t consider Asuka to be a rival..and doesn’t worry about Asuka seeing her as one.
Rei #1 – [Nickname: Chibi Aya] - Four years old. Has a “lovely face” and a “sharp tongue.” She collects “strange” stuffed animals that bear a striking resemblance to the angels. XD
..also..she apparently likes pumpkin underwear? (I have noooo clue what’s up with that line. I’ll keep messing with it.)
Asuka - She’s very similar to the AU Asuka you see in episode 26 and the GOS2 manga. She is Shinji’s childhood friend. They refer to her as being "tsundere” - which is a very fitting word for her AU personality, I feel.
She considers Ayanami her rival because she is better at her at studying and considers Supone a rival because she is better than her at sports.
Evancho -The school gang leader. In that case, evancho is most liekly a portmandeau of evangelion and bancho. Clever, amirite? He (he? There don’t seem to be any real nods to gender in the text so far but the mannerisms are more masculine, at least ) is referred to as being stalwart and reticent. As best as I can gather from translating it word by word through a dictionary.. it seems as though “it is put in the academy to keep watching (?) it” Complete with the (?) . .. it seems as though either the higher-ups (that'd be Gendo, I'd imagine) brought it there to investigate it..or..it got put there so they could keep it it in line via surveillance XD
He has to charge his powe to function.. and will shut down when the supply is cut off/runs out. Apparently, he likes ‘idols’. I have no clue what that means.
Misato - The national language teacher in charge of Shinji’s class. Age 29. She is a drinker (surprise surprise) and she lives by herself. They also say she is/has a nice.....well.. the translator reads it as ‘buddy’ .... However, knowing Gainax, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was ‘body’ XD;
JA-ko-chan - Referred to as a "secret character." She appears to be a personification of Jet Alone. Presumably she goes to the same school as the others. She is a shy and lonely android girl with strong convictions. She has a crush on Evancho.
Hikari, Touji, Kensuke, Kaworu, Gendo, Fuyutsuki and Ritsuko also appear in the artwork/4komas/other stuff, but they do not have a profile at this time. I can only imagine the adults all have staff positions like Misato does.
I've been gathering up information on the Petit Eva series, actually. Please let me know if any of this is old news:
In addition to being a set of figures, Petit Eva appears to be a series in and of itself. There is a manga serial running in a Japanese magazine (Something along the lines of Ace? I can't tell for sure.. Anyhelp would be appreciated) with 8 new pages a month. There are also monthly 4komas appearing in Blitz Hobby Magazine, King Figure serial, and Newtype - which you can view at the Petit Eva website. I've also recently read articles that explain a small set of animated shorts are going to be produced.
Characters
I've been doing lots of tedious psuedo-translation work* on the character profiles as well as the 4komas. Here is what I've gathered about the characters so far.
*I by no means know Japanese, so most of my translation work is done with the aid of dictionaries and translators and the like. My process usually involves running each line word for word through a variety of dictionaries. For the 4koma, I piece the words together character by character and then running them through a variety of dictionaries. Because of this tedious task, there is some missing information currently. It will be added later.
--
First off - as you've probably seen, all three forms of Rei appear together as sisters. They’re referred to by nicknames (which suggests they’re probably all named Rei…which must get really confusing.)
Shinji - A second grader. ...... I’m going to have ot pick his apart word by word to get more out of it than that.
Rei #2 – [Nickname: Ayanami] - This is the Rei we’re all familiar with in terms of personality. She calls Shinji "Ikari-kun" and it's suggested she has a little crush on him (though she doesn't show it.)
Rei #3 – [Nickname: Supone] - Rei #3, the AU Rei, is called Supone. This is likely from ‘Supo ne’ meaning tenacity or heart (in regards to athletics) ..a nod to her interests and personality. Since Asuka is revealed in the 4koma as being the one to have assigned the nicknames (and doing so based on appearance/personality) is is also possible that she derived it from the word for sports – which Supone is better than her at.
She is the middle sister. She is very freespirited, cheerful and athletic. She doesn’t consider Asuka to be a rival..and doesn’t worry about Asuka seeing her as one.
Rei #1 – [Nickname: Chibi Aya] - Four years old. Has a “lovely face” and a “sharp tongue.” She collects “strange” stuffed animals that bear a striking resemblance to the angels. XD
..also..she apparently likes pumpkin underwear? (I have noooo clue what’s up with that line. I’ll keep messing with it.)
Asuka - She’s very similar to the AU Asuka you see in episode 26 and the GOS2 manga. She is Shinji’s childhood friend. They refer to her as being "tsundere” - which is a very fitting word for her AU personality, I feel.
She considers Ayanami her rival because she is better at her at studying and considers Supone a rival because she is better than her at sports.
Evancho -The school gang leader. In that case, evancho is most liekly a portmandeau of evangelion and bancho. Clever, amirite? He (he? There don’t seem to be any real nods to gender in the text so far but the mannerisms are more masculine, at least ) is referred to as being stalwart and reticent. As best as I can gather from translating it word by word through a dictionary.. it seems as though “it is put in the academy to keep watching (?) it” Complete with the (?) . .. it seems as though either the higher-ups (that'd be Gendo, I'd imagine) brought it there to investigate it..or..it got put there so they could keep it it in line via surveillance XD
He has to charge his powe to function.. and will shut down when the supply is cut off/runs out. Apparently, he likes ‘idols’. I have no clue what that means.
Misato - The national language teacher in charge of Shinji’s class. Age 29. She is a drinker (surprise surprise) and she lives by herself. They also say she is/has a nice.....well.. the translator reads it as ‘buddy’ .... However, knowing Gainax, I wouldn’t be surprised if it was ‘body’ XD;
JA-ko-chan - Referred to as a "secret character." She appears to be a personification of Jet Alone. Presumably she goes to the same school as the others. She is a shy and lonely android girl with strong convictions. She has a crush on Evancho.
Hikari, Touji, Kensuke, Kaworu, Gendo, Fuyutsuki and Ritsuko also appear in the artwork/4komas/other stuff, but they do not have a profile at this time. I can only imagine the adults all have staff positions like Misato does.
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I must have seen '2' and assumed (especially from the art style) that it meant second grade, but I see now it said 'nensei'..like 'year'. Huh.. weird. Well, I guess that's what I get for not paying closer attention.
EDIT: Actually. Hm. 'chuutou' means 'second grade' (among other things) but most likely not in that same sense. Maybe that's where I got it? That makes it even more confusing.
Ah, and thank you for telling me! I don't get Newtype so I wouldn't know, haha.
Hey no problemo! And yeah, it's actually sort of cute in a completely and totally bizzare way (I suppose in the same way that having a robot gang leader at your school is bizzare.) She brings him what appears to be a battery bento for lunch one day in one of the 4komas.
EDIT: Actually. Hm. 'chuutou' means 'second grade' (among other things) but most likely not in that same sense. Maybe that's where I got it? That makes it even more confusing.
Ah, and thank you for telling me! I don't get Newtype so I wouldn't know, haha.
CitizenGeek wrote:Thanks for that, Carrie!
JA-ko-chan has a crush on Evancho, I see. How can this be bad in any way at all?
Hey no problemo! And yeah, it's actually sort of cute in a completely and totally bizzare way (I suppose in the same way that having a robot gang leader at your school is bizzare.) She brings him what appears to be a battery bento for lunch one day in one of the 4komas.
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Did you try e-bay or a broker who buys and sells things from Japan?
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Hunter21 wrote:Did you try e-bay or a broker who buys and sells things from Japan?
I usually don't use eBay, but I'll check it out, anyway! Thanks for reminding me eBay existed, I honestly forgot about it! I'm going through the 14-page-long list of Evangelion stuff on YesAsia.com and there doesn't seem to be any sign of them yet :(
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CitizenGeek wrote:Hunter21 wrote:Did you try e-bay or a broker who buys and sells things from Japan?
I usually don't use eBay, but I'll check it out, anyway! Thanks for reminding me eBay existed, I honestly forgot about it! I'm going through the 14-page-long list of Evangelion stuff on YesAsia.com and there doesn't seem to be any sign of them yet :(
Ebay is CRAWLING with them. If you're a bit concerned about dealing with Far Eastern sellers I'd be happy to PM you a list of sellers I've dealt with successfully.
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marmotgirl wrote:[Ebay is CRAWLING with them. If you're a bit concerned about dealing with Far Eastern sellers I'd be happy to PM you a list of sellers I've dealt with successfully.
Mind PMing me that list. I have been thinking about buying some of these but haven't got to it yet. Thanks.
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