http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?t=191
This is stemming from some discussion here:
http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?t=7589
Here is a translation of the original episode plots as taken from the NewType 100% Collection. Relevant text is bold, divergent episodes are indicated in red.
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18.08.01
The Original Plots of Evangelion
Alright. I gathered this from a couple of different places. The Eva ML and JAE the big ones. This is just my personal file on these original plots, filled with a number of discussions linked together. Enjoy
PY @ TOKYO
I received a copy of a translation of part of "100% NewType
Collection". The sender would like to remain anonymous. Also, the
original translator did not put down his name (or somehow lost during
the passage through the Internet). Anyway, let's give our kudos to him
for his contribution to the understanding of EVA!!
Although permission is usually asked from the original author before
his/her work is posted to the net, in this case this is not possible
because the original author cannot be located. As the material is
deemed to be important to understanding EVA, and it is not advisable
to duplicate efforts to translate them again, I think it is to the
general interest of this EVA-ML to let it be read. Following the
general practice of "translation policy", no modification is done to
the translation, not even the obvious typos errors. As for copying the
material to other places, I advise prudence and discretion.
I have not done any comparison with the original Japanese text (I
don't own the book myself), so I have no comment on the accuracy of
the translation. Treat it as a disclaimer on my part :-)
Now here you go:
***************** The Original Plots of Evangelion *****************
================== From "100% Newtype Collection ===================
Episode 1: People's reunion: The story begins with a two-car train moving
through the montain terrain of Hakone, headed for the city of Tokyo-3. On
board is the main character, Shinji Ikari. He has been summoned by his
father to come to Tokyo-3. Suddenly the trains stops. Through the
mountains and trees can be heard the sound of emergency sirens. Two
giant figures appear, before Shinji's eyes and begin a raging battle.
Misato Katsuragi appears and saves Shinji. The battle is between the
robotic giant "Evangelion" unit-00 and the metalic "Angel" Rajiel. The
unit-00 defeates the Angel, but not without heavy damage. The Angel
disappears into a lake and the damages unit-00 is taken back to whence it
came. Shinji, under the guid of Misato, is taken to underground
"artificial evolution" laboratory where he meets Ritsuko and Rei, and, for
the first time in years, sees his father. Shinji confronts the
Evangelion unit-01. He learns that he has been chosen to pilot it. The
Angel, Rajiel, appears once again. The unit-01 is prepared for battle, and
Shinji, clueless of what is going on, takes his seat in the piloting chair
under the orders of his father and the other grownups. The unit-01, though
unable to even walk straight, is sent to fight. In the dark of the night,
in the fortess city of Tokyo-3, the two giants clash and the people who
created the "Eva" see the true power of their own creation and are awed.
Episode 2: Unrecognizable ceilings: During battle, the Eva unit-01 goes
out of control and shows unpredicted strength. Shinji's will defeated the
Angel. After battle, the civilians' reaction to the Evas and Angels is
shown. For Shinji, it is the begining of a new life in an unknown land
filled with unknown people. The reoccuring fear from the battle. Misato
and Shinji's interaction.
Episode 3: The first telephone call: Shinji's new school. His first
friends there. A heavy battle in Tokyo-3.
Episode 4: 14 years, the first day: Shinji's birthday. But his father
holds no words of congradulation for Shinji. Misato's decision for Shinji.
A drama story of the people of "Nerv."
Episode 5: Rei, beyond the heart: Interaction between Rei and Shinji. The
fearsome power shown by an Angel. The Eva's defeat. The laboratory's
oncoming peril.
Episode 6: Deciding battle in Tokyo-3: A battle between human wit and the
Angel. The Eva's revenge. Shinji begins to understand the people of Nerv.
Episode 7: A man-made thing: A new man-made humanoid battle machine
besides the Evas. What happens during its test run. A different side of
Nerv is shown.
Episode 8: Asuka's morning arrival: Asuka, Eva unit-02, and Kaji's
arrival. Battle ships vs. a giant robot. A battle held on the deck of an
aircraft carrier.
Episode 9: A split second, hearts overlap: The Eva's first beside-water
battle. Shinji and Asuka's interaction. A double battle with 2 Evas.
Episode 10: In the still darkness: An inoperative laboratory. The sadness
of modern civilization deprived of electricity. A time suspense story.
Episode 11: Magma diver: For the first time, Nerv strikes first against an
Angel. An Eva is sent into a volcano, specially equipped to capture the
Angel. Battle in the magma.
Episode 12: An 18 second miracle: A highly explosive, unstoppable Angel
decends towards Tokyo-3 Absolute peril. Misato's high-risk plan.
Episode 13: What comes after fear: The great defeat Shinji had expected to
come. The breakdown of the Eva unit-01. Shinji gets trapped inside.
Episode 14: An illness that leads to death, and: A rescue from the damaged
unit-01. A drama of people. Shinji learns true fear and hopelessness.
Episode 15: Shinji, once again: After his recovery, Shinji's decision to
ride the Eva unit-01 once again. The Eva unit-01 is given an overhaul
remake job.
Episode 16: In the heart of the enemy: Shinji is taken into and Angel and
for the first time, communication is made. Part of the Angels' objective
is brought to light.
Episode 17: Asuka's 1st date: Asuka goes to an amusement park for the
first time. Misato's past. A romance comedy.
Episode 18: the choice of life: Shinji fights the Angel-controlled Eva
unit-03 piloted by his friend. The choice Shinji makes.
Episode 19: A man's battle: Asuka is heavily wounded protecting Shinji.
Shinji tries to prove himself to her. The Evas' first aerial battle.
Kaji's death.
Episode 20: Nerv's birth: The Eva unit-05 is sent to Nerv from Germany. A
story of what happened 15 years ago: The evaporation of the Dead sea, the
creation of Nerv and the Evas. A story of Shinji's father.
Episode 21: At least, like a human: An underwater battle around a sunken
ship. Shinji recieves a mental attack by n Angel. A story of Shinji's
mother.
Episode 22: The cat and the transfer student: The first humanoid Angel
(child with a pet cat) Nerv's accidental allowing of the Angel's entry
into the laboratory. Shinji's delima of fighting a humanoid Angel. The
laboratory's greatest secret is shown.
Episode 23: The Human Completion Program: The truth behind the Evas and
the Human Completion Program. Ritsuko and Shinji's father's plot is
revealed.
Episode 24: The promised time, now: Rei is defeated. Her secret is
revealed. The most powerful, 12th Angel awakens, at last, and decends to
Earth from the Moon. The Americas, along with the Eva unit-06 is erased
from the surface of the Earth. Humanity learns futility against the
Angel's absolute power. The promised time, when humanity will return to
nothing, approaches. A human drama of hopelessness.
Episode 25: Aluka, the promised land: The laboratory seeks the ancient
ruin, and key to everyting: "Aluka." The UN decides to abandon the Human
Completion Program and focus on the destruction of the 12th Angel.
Shinji's father opposes the idea. Shinji and the others stay in the
laboratory for Rei. A human dram of people's conflict over differing
objectives.
Final Episode: The only way: The ending. The laboratory's destruction and
completion to all the secrets and dramas. Finale.
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Oliviers take.
<wigs> wrote:
>I got this from someone a while ago off the Eva ML. It details
>the "original" plots for each episode. Of course don't trust the
>translation fully. Re: Final Angel_s_. There were 12 of them.
>Where I think it says here the final 12th Angel. Anyway, enjoy.
Well, had they count the battles during the series, thay would have
seen that the "last one" couldn't have been the "12th one"... ;
>The battle is between the
>robotic giant "Evangelion" unit-00 and the metalic "Angel" Rajiel.
I think I'd spell the name "Raziel"...
(and of course, "shito" were supposed to be "Apostolo" in this draft
of the story)
>Episode 10: In the still darkness: An inoperative laboratory. The sadness
>of modern civilization deprived of electricity. A time suspense story.
There's an Apostolo as well in this episode, even if this translation
omitted it.
>Episode 13: What comes after fear: The great defeat
> Shinji had expected to come.
Er... I don't think he did. ;;
>Episode 24: The promised time, now: Rei is defeated.
I don't think so...
"Taoreru Rei" would rather mean something like "Rei collapses", "Rei
breaks down"...
>The most powerful, 12th Angel awakens, at last, and decends to
>Earth from the Moon.
So, they're 12 of them, actually...
>Episode 25: Aluka, the promised land: The laboratory seeks the ancient
>ruin, and key to everyting: "Aluka." The UN decides to abandon the Human
>Completion Program and focus on the destruction of the 12th Angel.
Actually, it could also mean that the UN wants to destroy "aruka" in
order to stop them. It can go both ways, in my humble opinion...
>Shinji's father opposes the idea.
... and this sentence would make more sense, I think.
>Final Episode: The only way:
It should be "The Only Neat Thing to Do".
Anno likes to use SF titles for his last episodes. ^^
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>[email protected] (Olivier Hagu? wrote in message news:<3b6f3891>...
>> Final Angel_s_. There were 12 of them.
>
>Ah. That makes more sense. The translation of that section of the
>Newtype 100% wasn't too clear. So 12 angels came from the Moon and
>destroyed the Americas?
Yep.
There were 28 Apostolo ("Angels"), originally.
Adam was to be the first one, and 27 are supposed to awake during the
series.
Episodes 1 and 2: 2nd Apostolo (Raziel)
Episode 3: 3rd Apostolo
Episodes 5 and 6: 4th Apostolo
Episode 8: 5th Apostolo (Sachiel)
Episode 9: 6th Apostolo
Episode 10: 7th Apostolo (maybe "shatieru" (sp?))
Episode 11: 8th Apostolo
Episode 12: 9th Apostolo (probably "tureru" (sp?))
Episode 13: 10th Apostolo
Episode 15: 11th Apostolo
Episode 16: 12th Apostolo
Episode 18: 13th Apostolo
Episode 19: 14th Apostolo
Episode 21: 15th Apostolo
Episode 22: 16th Apostolo (the one who now know as "Kaoru")
Episodes 24, 25 and 26: 17th Apostolo-28th Apostolo
>Yes folks, the original plot for EVA was very different. And it seems
>like Sadamoto might be using some of it in the manga.
Like Rei using Eva-01 to fight in the first episode, for example.
>And do you have any clue what "aruka" was going to be? It is mentioned
>there, but without any explanation.
"Aruka" (sp?) was supposed to be ruins of an ancient civilisation, the
"promised land".
I guess that was related to the original idea about the "two ancient
civilisations"...