Evangelion References and Homages

[Ambiant23]

Netflix released a new batch of Mystery Science Theater 3000 episodes recently and the second movie they riff is a Pacific Rim knock off called, "Atlantic Rim" and at 13:25, Tom says, "STARTING NEON GENESIS EVANGELION PROCESS, PREPARING TO INJECT ROBOT WITH MY PUBERTY SIR." xD

Wow I was huge MST3K fan when I was smol child

[elemileTLDR]

Kizuna AI activation à la EVA:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwM17AU2syo

[pwhodges]

From the Danganronpa OVA: Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of Worlds:

SPOILER: Show

[DarkBluePhoenix]

From the Danganronpa OVA: Super Danganronpa 2.5: Nagito Komaeda and the Destroyer of Worlds:

SPOILER: Show

If you hadn't told me where this was from, I'd have assumed that it was Shinji in drag

[Mr. Tines]

And on a similar theme, from Hōzuki no Reitetsu S2 episode 10 second half, blue haired toast girl runs into average looking guy at a corner.

Looks like we have a case of LRS on our hands here.

[Mr. Tines]

Doukyonin wa Hiza, Tokidoki, Atama no Ue, episode 4



That the glasses suddenly go reflective rather than being transparent makes this look deliberate to me.

[DarkBluePhoenix]

^ It probably was intentional

[kuribo-04]

Asobi Asobase:
https://twitter.com/RockieRyuko/status/1094703675287715840

[pwhodges]

I don't know if this has previously been noted here:



From Haruhi-chan manga, vol 9

[Mr. Tines]

So I watched the first couple of episodes of Virtual-san Looking, and as well as this shot that was in the PV and is the end of the OP

there's been a skit in each episode where these characters are in school* wearing these uniforms.

Also in the second episode, there's a skit in which one character gets replicated, and after the others think they've got rid all the duplicates, they find one's still left, and that one turns to the others and says


*In the 2nd episode, "school" looks more like Jesus College, Cambridge, but that's by the by.

[kuribo-04]

This is older, but the first episode of Nisemonogatari has an Eva reference that is intended to be one by one of the characters:
https://youtu.be/HbR-L4rf7_Q

[Mr. Tines]

PasuMemo episode 11 enters the world of that world-famous, epoch defining anime, Neon Nova Exceed

[Mr. Tines]

And from Hōzuki no Reitetsu S2 episode 26 first half

[Jersey Jimmy]

Episode 93 of the Pokemon Sun/Moon anime has Jessie (voiced by Megumi Hayashibara) dressed as Rei, along with a bunch of other characters she's voiced.

[kuribo-04]

Man, she really has had important roles over the years.

[Boffle]

I love this video/cover of "Everything You've Ever Dreamed". Such a beautiful song. I think it should have been used in the ending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKcS7_2JhGE

[Joseki]

Legions (thing of the right) from Astral Chain have their armor inspired by Eva units according to the game director.

[FelipeFritschF]

I love this video/cover of "Everything You've Ever Dreamed". Such a beautiful song. I think it should have been used in the ending. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKcS7_2JhGE

I think so, too. But I can understand why Anno chose the impact of a credit-less ending.

[pwhodges]

New anime: Rifle is Beautiful (ugh). Suggestive cast designs:



Note that the first character is also only half Japanese and is cocky, and the third is very quiet but highly competent, and the second likes cooking (though there's also a boy who might be a better match in that case).

[MirrorUniverseAsuka]

First one also has the Child-Asuka hair decorations.