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| appearances    = [[Episode 05]], [[Episode 06]]
| defeated_by        = [[Evangelion Unit-01]], with assistance from [[Evangelion Unit-00]]
| defeated_by        = [[Evangelion Unit-01]],<br> with assistance from<br> [[Evangelion Unit-00]]
| design = [[Hideaki Anno]]<ref>''[[Eva Tomo no Kai]]''.</ref>
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'''Ramiel''' is the Fifth Angel, a giant floating geometrically shaped monolith. Very large even in comparision to the other Angels, it is one of the most powerful as well, being far too dangerous to engage in direct combat. Ramiel becomes the first Angel to physically penetrate the Geofront when its drill bit breaks through the armor.
'''Ramiel''' (katakana: ラミエル; Hebrew: ספר החנוך ,רעמיאל vi:vii) is the Fifth Angel, one of the largest and most powerful. Ramiel becomes the first Angel to physically penetrate the Geofront when its drill bit breaks through the armor.


==Biology==
==Profile==
[[Image:Ramiel Nuclear Reactor.jpg|thumb|left|Internal scan of Ramiel, showing the nuclear reactor]]


Compared to the Angels which preceded it, Ramiel has a drastically different form and does not appear to be "alive" in a conventional sense, it appears to be a gigantic floating octahedron (two pyramids attached at the base, one on top and one on bottom). The surface of Ramiel is blue and highly reflective.  
Compared to the Angels which preceded it, Ramiel has a drastically different form and does not appear to be "alive" in a conventional sense, it appears to be a gigantic, floating, crystalline octahedron (two pyramids attached at the base, one on top and one on bottom). The surface of Ramiel is blue and highly reflective.  


The Angel has a deadly directed beam attack capable of melting through an Evangelion's armor in seconds, and it can sustain the blast for a very long period of time, perhaps indefinitely. While most other Angel attacks remain inexplicable, Ramiel is shown activating an "Inner Torus Reactor", a type of nuclear fusion reactor, to power the beam. [[Image:Ramiel Nuclear Reactor.jpg|thumb|left|Internal scan of Ramiel, showing the nuclear reactor]] The beam is capable of hitting any target within the Angel's firing radius with perfect accuracy, and the Angel itself is capable of detecting threats coming up from underground as well as beyond its normal firing range.  
The Angel has a deadly directed beam attack capable of melting through an Evangelion's armor in seconds, and it can sustain the blast for a very long period of time, perhaps indefinitely. While most other Angel attacks remain inexplicable, Ramiel is shown activating an "Inner Torus Reactor" -- possibly a reference to a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak tokamak] -- to power the beam. The beam is capable of hitting any target within the Angel's firing radius with perfect accuracy, and the Angel itself is capable of detecting threats coming up from underground as well as beyond its normal firing range. The potency of its attack makes Ramiel too dangerous to engage in direct combat with an Evangelion.


In addition, Ramiel has one of the strongest A.T. Fields of all the Angels, so strong that the naked eye can see it refracting light when it attacked. The A.T. Field is quoted as needing a massive 180 million megawatts (1.8 X 10<sup>11</sup> watts) to penetrate. Combined, these potent defensive and offensive abilities make Ramiel a vertiable flying fortress. Ramiel also possesses a drilling appendage which it can extend out of its main body, which it uses to drill straight down into the GeoFront itself.
[[Image:09 C123 ramiel-blood.jpg|right|thumb|Ramiel's massive corpse slowly being demolished]]
In addition, Ramiel has one of the strongest [[A.T. Field|A.T. Fields]] of all the Angels, so strong that the naked eye can see it refracting light when it attacked. The A.T. Field is quoted as needing a massive 180 million kilowatts (1.8 X 10<sup>11</sup> watts) to penetrate. Combined, these potent defensive and offensive abilities make Ramiel a veritable flying fortress. Ramiel also possesses a drilling appendage which it can extend out of its main body, which it uses to drill straight down into the GeoFront itself.


However, the Angel is indeed biological. In the shots of the Angel being demolished in the following episode, bloody red squares are seen where the Angel's armor/surface structure is being taken off, indicating that it does have blood.
However, the Angel is indeed biological. In the shots of the Angel being demolished in the following episode, bloody red squares are seen where the Angel's armor/surface structure is being taken off, indicating that it does have blood. Ramiel is so large that it takes three more episodes for Nerv to clean up its remains; its corpse is still being disassembled in [[Episode 09]].


==Design and Production==
[[Image:Proposal_29_ramiel-crop.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Early Ramiel design]]
Ramiel's design  has remained largely unchanged through production, being a reflective blue octahedron even during the proposal stage. The only actual changes made were in coloration and the removal of the smaller triangular surfaces floating over each face of the octahedron.


The planned battle with Ramiel was largely the same as that which appears in Episode 06 and [[Rebuild of Evangelion]], with Shinji getting defeated and Nerv having to mount a major operation to defeat the Angel.


==Psychology==
==Battle==


In terms of psychology, Ramiel's behavior is instinctive and simple to the point of being robotic. It chooses to slowly drill its way into the Geofront instead of turning its deadly energy beam on the armor. Ramiel's defensive strategy is simple but extremely potent: to strike any threat within a predetermined radius with its deadly energy beam, or shoot even further in case of an attack from outside its firing radius, as shown in the final battle with the two Evas. Ramiel seems to instinctively choose the nearer of two attacking targets- shooting Eva-00 with its shield while not focusing the beam on the partially exposed Eva-01 and its positron rifle. Unlike the smaller, more humanoid angels, Ramiel chooses to stay in a fixed position most of the time.
[[Image:Positron Ramiel.jpg|thumb|right|The two energy beams warp each other]]
 
==Battle==


Ramiel approaches Tokyo-3 by flying in from over the ocean. Eva-01 was sortied to attack the Angel on the surface, without any prior intelligence on the Angel's abilities. Ramiel detected the Eva even before it reached the surface and powered up a deadly particle beam that shot straight through a building and nearly melted through the Eva's chest armor. The pilot, Shinji Ikari, was almost killed inside his entry plug.
Ramiel approaches Tokyo-3 by flying in from over the ocean. Eva-01 was sortied to attack the Angel on the surface, without any prior intelligence on the Angel's abilities. Ramiel detected the Eva even before it reached the surface and powered up a deadly particle beam that shot straight through a building and nearly melted through the Eva's chest armor. The pilot, Shinji Ikari, was almost killed inside his entry plug.


Ramiel proceeded to use a large drill-appendage to begin drilling through the armor plating of Tokyo-3 to reach Nerv HQ below in the GeoFront.
Ramiel proceeded to use a large drill-appendage to begin drilling through the armor plating of Tokyo-3 to reach Nerv HQ below in the GeoFront<ref>There is a consistent animation error with Ramiel's drill and it is turning the wrong direction every time it is shown.  It actually shouldn't have been able to pierce anything. In addition, the rate at which it is drilling is actually much faster than it should be going, given the time it takes to penetrate the GeoFront.</ref>.


Subsequent experiments, including the use of an inflatable dummy Eva-01 and an attack with a Type-12 mortar, determined that Ramiel's particle beam targeted any threat within a particular radius, with perfect accuracy. Ramiel's AT field was also the most powerful ever observed when it was encountered, strong enough to visibly warp light when fully deployed.  
Subsequent experiments, including the use of an inflatable dummy Eva-01 and an attack with a Type-12 mortar, determined that Ramiel's particle beam targeted any threat within a particular radius, with perfect accuracy. Ramiel's A.T. Field was also the most powerful ever observed when it was encountered, strong enough to visibly warp light when fully deployed.  


Realizing they could not get an Eva close enough to Ramiel to neutralize its AT Field, Misato came up with a plan to channel the entire electrical output of Japan into an experimental new positron rifle, which Eva-01 would fire while Eva-00 provided support.  While Eva-01 sniped Ramiel, Eva 00 protected their position with a specially converted "shield" made from the heat shield on the underside of an SSTO spacecraft.   
Realizing they could not get an Eva close enough to Ramiel to neutralize its A.T. Field, Misato came up with a plan to channel the entire electrical output of Japan into an experimental new positron rifle, which Eva-01 would fire while Eva-00 provided support.  While Eva-01 sniped Ramiel, Eva 00 protected their position with a specially converted "shield" made from the heat shield on the underside of an SSTO spacecraft<ref>The spacecraft from which the heat shield is obtained is not from the current Space Shuttle; it is actually from an SSTO (Single Stage to Orbit) spacecraft, probably similar to the one Gendo flies in [[Episode 07]].</ref>.   


[[Image:Positron Ramiel.jpg|thumb|left|The two energy beams warp each other]] Ramiel reacted to the Evas by firing its energy beam at the same time that Eva-01 fired its first shot; the two energy beams warped each other as they passed by and caused both to miss.  Ramiel's second shot was blocked by Eva-00 with its shield, but its shield could only hold for so long and it was badly damaged.  However, Eva-01's second shot pierced Ramiel, destroying it.
Ramiel reacted to the Evas by firing its energy beam at the same time that Eva-01 fired its first shot; the two energy beams warped each other as they passed by and caused both to miss.  Ramiel's second shot was blocked by Eva-00 with its shield, but its shield could only hold for so long and it was badly damaged.  However, Eva-01's second shot pierced Ramiel, destroying it.


==In Other Media==
==In Other Media==
===Rebuild of Evangelion===
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[[Image:Rebuild trailer ramiel.jpg|thumb|Ramiel in ''Rebuild'']]
===The Shinji Ikari Raising Project===
Ramiel appears in [[Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone]], the first film in the [[Rebuild of Evangelion]] re-imagining of the original series.
 
==Notes==
 
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In Rebuild, Ramiel shows exceptional shapeshifting capabilities, changing its form to suit its attack or defense requirements, although its "default" form is the classic octahedron form seen in the TV series. Ramiel's beam attack is much more dangerous than before, capable of tearing down battleship-caliber gun emplacements and mountainsides alike. Ramiel can adjust the beam's power, as seen in the initial confrontation with Eva-01.
* Ramiel's design was a [[Tributes to Other Shows in Neon Genesis Evangelion#Future Police Urashiman (未来警察ウラシマン)|direct tribute to the mech Super X]] from ''Future Police Urashiman''. The changes to Ramiel's design in the Evangelion 1.0 are even closer to the original, with Ramiel regaining Super-X's polyhedral shape-shifting abilities.


Due to combination of imprecise aiming on Shinji's part and Ramiel's extreme toughness, it is only wounded by the first positron rifle attack, but is destroyed in the second, exploding, along with its giant drill, in a hail of blood.
* Ramiel also resembles the "Blue Water" crystal in the previous [[Gainax]] Anime ''Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water '', which Anno also directed, ultimately, ''Urashiman'' is the source.  In addition, the same [[:Image:2001_Octahedrons.jpg|regular octahedral design]] is seen in 2001: A Space Odyssey. [[Tributes to Other Shows in Neon Genesis Evangelion]]


==Notes==
* In [https://wiki.evageeks.org/Resources:Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_Proposal_(Translation) Proposal], Shinji would have originally fought an Angel called "Raziel" as early as [[Episode 01]].
*Ramiel's design is a copy of the "Blue Water" crystal in the previous [[Gainax]] Anime ''Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water '', which Anno also directed.  
 
*It takes three more episodes for Nerv to clean up Ramiel's corpse ([[Makoto Hyuga|Hyuga]] specifically complains that removal of Ramiel's body is expensive); its corpse is still being disassembled in [[Episode 09]].
==References==
[[Image:09 C123 ramiel-blood.jpg|thumb|Ramiel's massive corpse slowly being demolished]]
 
*The spacecraft from which the heat shield is obtained is not from the current Space Shuttle; it is actually from an SSTO (Single Stage to Orbit) spacecraft, probably similar to the one Gendo flies in [[Episode 07]].
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*Eva Unit 00 is severely damaged in the battle against Ramiel, requiring it to be heavily repaired and partially rebuilt, with new shoulder-fin armor like subsequent Eva Units.  After being repaired, Eva Unit 00 is repainted from orange to blue. 
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*An Animation Error - Ramiel's drill is turning the wrong direction every time it is shown.  It actually shouldn't have been able to pierce anything. In addition, the rate at which it is drilling is actually much faster than it should be going, given the time it takes to penetrate the GeoFront.
*Ramiel was the first Angel to physically penetrate the GeoFront, but it didn't actually get enter inside, just its drill.  The first Angel to actually penetrate into the Nerv headquarters building itself, at the bottom of the GeoFront, would be the Eleventh Angel, [[Ireul]]. 


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Latest revision as of 20:36, 30 July 2021

Ramiel
ラミエル
Number 5th
Symbol Thunder
Appearance(s) Episode 05, Episode 06
Defeated by Evangelion Unit-01,
with assistance from
Evangelion Unit-00
Design Hideaki Anno[1]

Ramiel (katakana: ラミエル; Hebrew: ספר החנוך ,רעמיאל vi:vii) is the Fifth Angel, one of the largest and most powerful. Ramiel becomes the first Angel to physically penetrate the Geofront when its drill bit breaks through the armor.

Profile

Internal scan of Ramiel, showing the nuclear reactor

Compared to the Angels which preceded it, Ramiel has a drastically different form and does not appear to be "alive" in a conventional sense, it appears to be a gigantic, floating, crystalline octahedron (two pyramids attached at the base, one on top and one on bottom). The surface of Ramiel is blue and highly reflective.

The Angel has a deadly directed beam attack capable of melting through an Evangelion's armor in seconds, and it can sustain the blast for a very long period of time, perhaps indefinitely. While most other Angel attacks remain inexplicable, Ramiel is shown activating an "Inner Torus Reactor" -- possibly a reference to a tokamak -- to power the beam. The beam is capable of hitting any target within the Angel's firing radius with perfect accuracy, and the Angel itself is capable of detecting threats coming up from underground as well as beyond its normal firing range. The potency of its attack makes Ramiel too dangerous to engage in direct combat with an Evangelion.

Ramiel's massive corpse slowly being demolished

In addition, Ramiel has one of the strongest A.T. Fields of all the Angels, so strong that the naked eye can see it refracting light when it attacked. The A.T. Field is quoted as needing a massive 180 million kilowatts (1.8 X 1011 watts) to penetrate. Combined, these potent defensive and offensive abilities make Ramiel a veritable flying fortress. Ramiel also possesses a drilling appendage which it can extend out of its main body, which it uses to drill straight down into the GeoFront itself.

However, the Angel is indeed biological. In the shots of the Angel being demolished in the following episode, bloody red squares are seen where the Angel's armor/surface structure is being taken off, indicating that it does have blood. Ramiel is so large that it takes three more episodes for Nerv to clean up its remains; its corpse is still being disassembled in Episode 09.

Design and Production

Early Ramiel design

Ramiel's design has remained largely unchanged through production, being a reflective blue octahedron even during the proposal stage. The only actual changes made were in coloration and the removal of the smaller triangular surfaces floating over each face of the octahedron.

The planned battle with Ramiel was largely the same as that which appears in Episode 06 and Rebuild of Evangelion, with Shinji getting defeated and Nerv having to mount a major operation to defeat the Angel.

Battle

The two energy beams warp each other

Ramiel approaches Tokyo-3 by flying in from over the ocean. Eva-01 was sortied to attack the Angel on the surface, without any prior intelligence on the Angel's abilities. Ramiel detected the Eva even before it reached the surface and powered up a deadly particle beam that shot straight through a building and nearly melted through the Eva's chest armor. The pilot, Shinji Ikari, was almost killed inside his entry plug.

Ramiel proceeded to use a large drill-appendage to begin drilling through the armor plating of Tokyo-3 to reach Nerv HQ below in the GeoFront[2].

Subsequent experiments, including the use of an inflatable dummy Eva-01 and an attack with a Type-12 mortar, determined that Ramiel's particle beam targeted any threat within a particular radius, with perfect accuracy. Ramiel's A.T. Field was also the most powerful ever observed when it was encountered, strong enough to visibly warp light when fully deployed.

Realizing they could not get an Eva close enough to Ramiel to neutralize its A.T. Field, Misato came up with a plan to channel the entire electrical output of Japan into an experimental new positron rifle, which Eva-01 would fire while Eva-00 provided support. While Eva-01 sniped Ramiel, Eva 00 protected their position with a specially converted "shield" made from the heat shield on the underside of an SSTO spacecraft[3].

Ramiel reacted to the Evas by firing its energy beam at the same time that Eva-01 fired its first shot; the two energy beams warped each other as they passed by and caused both to miss. Ramiel's second shot was blocked by Eva-00 with its shield, but its shield could only hold for so long and it was badly damaged. However, Eva-01's second shot pierced Ramiel, destroying it.

In Other Media

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The Shinji Ikari Raising Project

Notes

Future Police Urashiman: Super-X
  • Super-X from Future Police Urashiman (1983), an nigh impervious mech which also defends itself by momentarily shifting shape.
  • Ramiel's design was a direct tribute to the mech Super X from Future Police Urashiman. The changes to Ramiel's design in the Evangelion 1.0 are even closer to the original, with Ramiel regaining Super-X's polyhedral shape-shifting abilities.
  • In Proposal, Shinji would have originally fought an Angel called "Raziel" as early as Episode 01.

References

  1. ↑ Eva Tomo no Kai.
  2. ↑ There is a consistent animation error with Ramiel's drill and it is turning the wrong direction every time it is shown. It actually shouldn't have been able to pierce anything. In addition, the rate at which it is drilling is actually much faster than it should be going, given the time it takes to penetrate the GeoFront.
  3. ↑ The spacecraft from which the heat shield is obtained is not from the current Space Shuttle; it is actually from an SSTO (Single Stage to Orbit) spacecraft, probably similar to the one Gendo flies in Episode 07.



Angels
Angels (general)
First and Second Angels (Seeds of Life): Adam | Lilith
Third to Seventeenth Angels (Adam's Children):
Sachiel | Shamshel | Ramiel | Gaghiel | Israfel | Sandalphon | Matarael | Sahaquiel
Ireul | Leliel | Bardiel | Zeruel | Arael | Armisael | Tabris
Eighteenth Angel: Lilin
Rebuild of Evangelion: ?Adams? | Lilith | 3rd Angel | 4th Angel | 5th Angel | 6th Angel | 7th Angel | 8th Angel | 9th Angel | 10th Angel | 11th Angel | 12th Angel | 1st/13th Angel
Other: Extracanonical Angels


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