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Welcome to Otapedia! an Otaku encyclopedia which compiles topics, themes and terms of Japanese Otaku culture from the classics to the newest anime, manga, games series and more!
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Ming Ming is a Japanese manga artist and illustrator that has worked on things from original manga to illustrations for written books. Although Ming Ming used to be active, the last noted work was published in 2015. Their most notable work is likely Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campu...

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Maki Ozora is a graphical artist that currently works on video games published by Spike-Chunsoft. She is also a self-published manga artist and illustrator. Most notably, she is an artist that worked on part of the Evangelion spin-off manga series Petit Eva: Evangelion@School. Se...

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Fumino Hayashi (born January 23, year unknown) is a Japanese manga artist from Fukui prefecture. She is especially known for the manga, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days. In 1995, she won the first “ENIX 21st century Manga Encouragement Grand Prize”. Then she made her major m...

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Yoshiyuki Sadamoto (born January 29, 1962) is a Japanese illustrator and manga artist born in Tokushima city, Yamaguchi prefecture. He has a number of members in his family that work in the anime industry. His wife is the manga artist, Takaha Mako. His cousin is Tomoshi Sadamoto,...

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Khara, Inc, is the Japanese animation studio known for the Rebuild of Evangelion film franchise. The studio was founded by the creator of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series, Hideaki Anno in May of 2006, and was made public when the studio posted job openings for th...

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Shiro Sagisu (born August 29, 1957) is a famous Japanese music producer, composer and orchestrator. He is from Setagaya in Tokyo. Sagisu is currently the president of P Productions an anime and special effects production company that was founded in the late 1960’s by his father, ...

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Tatsunoko Productions is a Japanese animation company located in Tokyo Japan, founded in 1962 by Tatsuo Yoshida and his brothers Kenji and Ippei (also known as Ippei Kuru). The studio has a long history and is said to be one of the anime pioneers with works including Japanese hou...

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GAINAX is a Japanese anime production company co-founded by Hideaki Anno and successful in the release of anime works such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Gunbuster, FLCL, Gurren Lagann and more. Most widely-known as the anime studio that started the ...

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Hideaki Anno (born May 22, 1960) is one of Japan’s leading animators who was born in Ube, in Yamaguchi Prefecture. He is famous around the world for being the creator of the Evangelion series and franchise that was a huge hit domestically and globally. In addition to animation he...

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Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 is the fourth and final entry the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series. This series acts as a recreation of the Neon Genesis Evangelion story on a fundamental level and has major differences when compared to the original in both story, characters, and developmen...

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Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo is the third of four movies in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series. This series acts as a recreation of the Neon Genesis Evangelion story on a fundamental level and has major differences when compared to the original in both story, characters...

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Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance is the second of four movies in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series. This series acts as a recreation of the Neon Genesis Evangelion story on a fundamental level and has major differences when compared to the original in both story, charac...

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Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone is the first of four movies in the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series. This series acts as a recreation of the Neon Genesis Evangelion story on a fundamental level and has major differences when compared to the original in both story, character...

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Revival of Evangelion is the final Evangelion movie release before the announcement of the Evangelion Rebuild movies. It is essentially the culmination of Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion and is supposed to contain the entire story of Evangelion in a single release t...

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The End of Evangelion is a movie based on the Evangelion series that acts as a retelling of the final two episodes of the original series. It is split into two halves that are referred to as “25’” and “26’”, alluding to the fact that these halves are an alternate version of Episo...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion Death & Rebirth is the first theatrical film of the Evangelion series to be released. This movie is split into two sections: “Death” and “Rebirth”. “Death” is a recut and condensed version of the first 24 episodes of the anime series, while “Rebirth” i...

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There are several characters that are significantly different from their counterparts in *Neon Genesis Evangelion or are unique to the Evangelion Rebuild movies. The following list is an example of said characters:

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Tabris is the Seventeenth and Final Angel of the Evangelion anime series named after the “Angel of Free Will”. Tabris appears in Episode 24. Unlike most of the Angels shown throughout the series, Tabris is not a Child of Adam. Rather than being created by Adam, Tabris is said to ...

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Armisael is the final Child of Adam and is designated as the Sixteenth Angel and is named after the “Angel of the Womb”. It appears in Episode 23 of the Evangelion anime series.

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Arael is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Fifteenth Angel and “Angel of the Birds”. It appears in Episode 22 of the Evangelion anime series.

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Zeruel is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Fourteenth Angel named after the “Angel of Strength”. It appears in Episode 19 of the Evangelion anime series.

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Bardiel is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Thirteenth Angel and is named after the “Angel of Haze”. It appears in Episode 18 of the Evangelion anime series. This Angel is a parasitic being that appears as a fungus-like slime that is capable of forcefully taking control o...

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Leliel is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Twelfth Angel named after the “Angel of the Night”. It appears in Episode 16 of the Evangelion anime series.

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Ireul is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Eleventh Angel named after the “Angel of Terror”. It appears in Episode 13 of the Evangelion anime series.

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Sahaquiel is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Tenth Angel and is named after the “Angel of the Skies”. It appears in Episode 12 of the Evangelion anime series. It is first seen orbiting Earth above the Indian Ocean.

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Matriel is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Ninth Angel named after the “Angel of Rain”. It appears in Episode 11 of the Evangelion anime series. This Angel attempts to infiltrate NERV Headquarters directly by using a powerful acid to melt through the ground. Matriel’s at...

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Sandalphon is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Eighth Angel named after the “Angel of Embryos”. It appears in Episode 10 of the Evangelion anime series.

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Israfel is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Seventh Angel and named after the “twin Angels of Poetry, Music and Dance”. It appears in Episode 9 of Evangelion anime series.

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Gaghiel is a Child of Adam and is designated as the Sixth Angel named after the “Angel of the Fish”. It appears in Episode 8 of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

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Ramiel is a Child of Adam and appears in Episodes 5 and 6 and is designated as the Fifth Angel named after the “Angel of Thunder”.

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Shamshel is the second Child of Adam to appear in the Evangelion anime and appears in Episode 3. It is designated as the Fourth Angel and is said to be named after the “Angel of the Morning”.

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Sachiel is the first Angel shown in the Evangelion series and is designated as the Third Angel and named after the Angel of Water. It first appears emerging out of the ocean in Episode 1, but is not defeated until Episode 2. It is one of the Children of Adam and is the first Ange...

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Lilith is a being that is designated as the Second Angel. Like Adam, Lilith is another creator of life, however, it carries a “Fruit of Knowledge” instead of a “Fruit of Life”. Although Adam’s appearance is largely unknown, Lilith is first shown briefly in Episode 15, where Misat...

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Adam is a being that is designated as the First Angel and, long before human history, was the first living being to arrive on Earth. It is one of several beings that carries a “Fruit of Life”, which is another name for an Angel’s S2 engine according to information in the PS2 (and...

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The term “Angels” is a term that can refer to a variety of things but is often used to refer to otherworldly beings with unbelievable destructive power and abilities that are not yet fully understood by NERV. The destruction of Angels is the main objective of NERV, as the assumed...

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“Mass Production Eva Units” refers to a collection of nine Evangelion Units (Eva-05 to Eva-13) that were produced in secret by SEELE and appear in the End of Evangelion movie. Each unit is nearly identical in appearance and has the same weapons and abilities. Their bodies are sim...

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Evangelion Unit 04 (often abbreviated as Eva-04) is the fifth and final Evangelion Unit to be developed before the Mass Production Evangelion Units. Eva-04, like Eva-02 and Eva-03, is a “Production” model, however there was a separate experiment performed on this specific Unit in...

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Evangelion Unit 03 (often abbreviated as Eva-03) is the fourth functional Evangelion Unit and is designated as the second “Production” model, Eva-02 being the first. This does not mean that it should be considered the “final” version of Evangelion Units, however, as further exper...

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Evangelion Unit 02 (often abbreviated as Eva-02) is the third functional Evangelion Unit and is designated as the first “production” model, suggesting that Eva-02 is the first fully functional Unit. This does not mean that it is the “final” version of Evangelion Units, however, a...

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Evangelion Unit 01 (often abbreviated as Eva-01) is the second functional Evangelion Unit to be produced and is designated as a “test” Unit. It is the first Unit that was specifically designed for battling Angels and was also the first Unit deployed to do so in the pilot episode ...

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Evangelion Unit 00 (often abbreviated as Eva-00) is the first functional prototype of an Evangelion Unit. It was not originally designed for use in combat, but was eventually modified and upgraded in order to aid in the destruction of the Angels. Rei Ayanami is the pilot assigned...

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Evangelion Units are huge, humanoid biological weapons that were created to defeat Angels. Since they are completely covered in armor plates, they are often mistaken for robots, but when this armor breaks off or cut through, organic tissue and blood can be clearly seen. Most Evan...

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Neon Genesis Evangelion is comprised of 26 episodes. The following list contains the titles of each episode followed by a brief summary.

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Neon Genesis Evangelion is an anime series that began airing on Japanese television on October 4th, 1995. It was produced by Studio GAINAX and directed by Hideaki Anno. Many characters were designed by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and music for the series was composed by Shiro Sagisu. The ...

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In addition to the voice actors of the main characters in the Evangelion series, there are many other famous voice actors and actresses that have played a large role in the success of the anime and stayed with the franchise for so many years. Here are some of the voice actors/act...

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Maaya Sakamoto (born March 31, 1980) played the role of Mari Makinami Illustrious, an Evangelion pilot and third party operative that was first introduced in the 2nd installment of the Evangelion Rebuild movie series, ‘Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (not) Advance’ in 2009. She also had ...

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Kotono Mitsuishi is born on December 8, 1967 in Toda City in Saitama, Japan. She is a well-known Japanese voice actress and also a narrator that had worked with Arts Vision and Lasley Arrow. She is currently a freelance voice actress without any affiliation with a talent agency. ...

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Yuko Miyamura (born December 4, 1972) is a Japanese voice actress, singer, sound director and actress. She is originally from Kobe in Hyogo prefecture. She has an extensive history in the media and entertainment industry. She is most well-known in the anime world for being the vo...

Last updated at, 12 Jan 2021