I don't think there's an "in universe loop", an overarching temporal continuity that encompasses both NTE and NGE (and possibly the manga). Rather, NTE breaks the fourth wall (so to speak) and depicts a universe where Evangelion is a fiction created in a "real" universe, which is...

My two cents: らdoes not one-to-one correspond to plurals like in English or other indoeuropean languages. In particular, カップルら(already an awkward choice of words in Japanese, perhaps for the sale of brevity) can totally mean "a couple and others (with them)". This use is very often seen wi...

I think you are forgetting the part of the movie where Mari gets rid of all the 3 ships and her last words to them are something in the line of "farewell Adams, you won't be needed anymore". Thus making the connection between the Adams and the ships pretty obvious for us the viewers. No, ...

I think you are forgetting the part of the movie where Mari gets rid of all the 3 ships and her last words to them are something in the line of "farewell Adams, you won't be needed anymore". Thus making the connection between the Adams and the ships pretty obvious for us the viewers. No, ...

As for Kaworu being or not being able to change the spears, it is possible that he didn't know about the morphing capabilities of the spears , and Gendo was counting on this lack of information for his plan to be set in motion. I think Kaworu knows way too much about how the Eva universe works to n...

@Cola-09 Kaworu is the first angel, and Adams seem to be a different type of beings blessed with the fruit of life as angels but with a different role. As they said in 3.0+1.0 they are the guardians of Guf, so none of them can be accounted as the first angel Nit: I think Ritsuko refers to the ships...

Interesting take! However, how does it explain why Kaworu was wielding Cassius in the end of 2.0 but wasn't able to change them in 3.0 when needed? One possibility is that he simply didn't have physical contact with the spears because he had been cut off from the Eva-13 controls (no idea how he reg...

I don't think Kaworu's plan needs Eva Imaginary. He mentioned the power of Eva-13 along the Spear of Longinus and the Spear of Cassius could repair the World. Not to mention that Kaworu couldn't reach or use Eva Imaginary in 3.0, since he only has a pair of Spears. Kaworu's plan is likely similar t...

Fun fact: Depending on the mechanics of how the spears change their form, it's possible that Gendo anticipated Shinji would confront him in the final battle just so he ends up with two opposing spears. But that's just a personal theory. I think it's fun how that overlaps with Kaworu's plan to "...

Honestly, I think Mark-06 trying to remove the Spear of Longinus is a good possibility. I really doubt Mark-06 impaling itself with the Spear of Longinus was necessary for the Third Impact. If the Spear of Longinus is so important at that moment, it wouldn't make sense that the Spear of Longinus is...

Lilith doesn't seem to be necessary in that way for the Instrumentality. Lilith's role seems to end in the Third Impact. SEELE's Instrumentality Project (humans becoming beings with FOL but whitout FOK) doesn't really need Lilth for the last part. The Fourth Impact in 3.0 would fullfil SEELE's goal...

What I don't get regarding the 10th Angel's "self-destruct bypass plan" is, What prevents the Nerv staff from detonating the explosives manually? (like Makoto and Misato discuss in NGE episode 24)

So I take that Asuka was supposed to be the vessel for Bardiel, like how Rei is the vessel of Lilith and Kaworu of Adam? No, I think what Gendo means is that both Shikinami and Ayanami series are meant as vessels to carry a sacrificial angel into an Eva to awaken it. Rei did this at the end of 2.0:...

Yean I've always heard that N^2 stood for "Non-Nuclear" (and, tangentially, that S^2 stood for "Super Solenoid"), with an emphasis on how they have the explosive yield of a nuclear weapon without the radioactive fallout. I don't think they changed what it means for Rebuild's con...

Hmm maybe. But they're being used casually as a power source for the Wunder... maybe they were captured during the time skip. But they don't seem very effective as a power source. I don't think those are quite the same as the Mark.04 A/B's... I mean, it looks like "repurposed NERV technology t...

Konja7#940513 wrote:It doesn't seem EVANGELION: 3.0 (-46h) Theatrical version will have changes to the versioj in the Blu-ray/DVD.

I can already see it: "EVANGELION: 3.0 (-46.6h)"

(Midori's hair is a slighlty different shade of pink)

Seems it was first uploaded here: https://i.imgur.com/uNDX4A5.jpeg From a Reddit thread. The upper right says "Land type" according to Google(kanji are correctly read). The left side says "映画のやつ"(Google would only read 映画 and not the rest) which translates to "Movie guy/fel...

Ritsuko repeatedly uses the warning phrase "人に戻れなくなる" (lit. "(he/she/you) won't be able to return to human") whenever some pilot's entry plug reaches dangerous depths (whether it's Mari in Eva-02, Shinji after awakening Eva-01, or Asuka's entry plug being pulled in during the Eva...

It's funny because Kaworu is depicted in that poster as a "host" (ホスト), i.e. a male staff at a high-end bar for ladies that are popular in Japan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Host_and_hostess_clubs#Host_clubs). The bigger host clubs frequently advertise using large trucks with big signs o...

Kaworu implies it's Gendo who caused his downgrade to the 13th Angel. I guess he used the Nebuchadnezzar's Key, but we don't have more details: Kaworu: To think that I, the 1st Angel, would be reduced to being the 13th... Shinji: What are you talking about, Kaworu?! Kaworu: So, the beginning and th...