Mari Illustrious Makinami
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| 真希波・マリ・イラストリアス | |
| Age | Unknown |
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| Birthday | Unknown[1] |
| Seiyū | Maaya Sakamoto[1] |
Mari Illustrious Makinami (真希波・マリ・イラストリアス) is the new character to be introduced in Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance and the pilot of Evangelion Unit-05. She is a stylized brunette with glasses and "twin tails".
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Essentially no information has been provided about Mari thus far beyond her name and images of her. She is shown for a mere two cuts in the preview for 2.0 at the end of the first Rebuild movie. The "keywords" poster for 2.0 includes an exchange of dialogue between her and Shinji.
Mari is the pilot for Eva-05 as various illustrations show: a Sadamoto illustration has been released showing Mari in the "05" plugsuit; Mari has been identified as the helmeted pilot in the first theatrical trailer[1]; Mari is depicted (in plugsuit) alongside Eva-05 for her UCC Coffee can illustration (see image); and the writeup for the Revoltech Eva-05 figure at the Kaiyodo Hobby Lobby states that the Eva is piloted by "new heroine Mari"[1]. A pilot designation has not yet been provided (assuming there is one).
Mari is also able to pilot Eva-02, and activates "the Beast" mode, which is speculated to be similar to an Eva going berserk. Her personality supposedly isn't one based on Anno's psyche, and she really enjoys piloting to kill the Angels. She is able to speak English fluently and seems to only interact with Shinji Ikari in terms of her fellow pilots. With Nerv, she appears to know Ryoji Kaji It's implied she's a spy for Nerv's American or European branches.
Name
Mari is named after two World War II warships, the Japanese destroyer Makinami (巻波, "overflowing waves") and the British aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious. The two names may be intended to, as in Asuka's case, represent a mixed heritage: here, British and Japanese (at minimum). Strictly speaking, neither "Illustrious" or "Makinami" (written as 真希波, "noble true wave") are real surnames[1], although this may be nothing more than a creative liberty.
Her first name was originally unveiled in the Nintendo DS Petite Eva@School game.[1] Later, one of the official movie posters included a "teaser" for her full name: showing the "Mari" part, and substituting the remaining characters with asterisks ("*** Mari *******")[1]. Mari's entire name was at last revealed in a revised version of the poster included with the first issue of Eva Extra[1]. Before her actual name surfaced, Mari was known exclusively among fans as "Glasses Girl" (among Japanese fans, めがねのこ, megane no ko, meaning the same thing).
Notes
- Mari's glasses and long, dark hair has invited much comparison with the character Mayumi Yamagishi from the Sega Saturn game Neon Genesis Evangelion: Second Impression, although the two characters have distinctly different appearances.
References
| Characters |
| Shinji Ikari | Misato Katsuragi | Asuka Langley Soryu (Shikinami) | Rei Ayanami | Gendo Ikari | Yui Ikari | Ritsuko Akagi | Ryoji Kaji |
| Kozo Fuyutsuki | Kaworu Nagisa | Keel Lorenz | Kensuke Aida | Toji Suzuhara | Hikari Horaki | Maya Ibuki | Makoto Hyuga | Shigeru Aoba |
| Naoko Akagi | Kyoko Zeppelin Soryu | Dr. Katsuragi | Pen Pen |
| Mari Illustrious Makinami |
| Minor Characters | Extracanonical Characters |
