Ayanami Raising Project
Ayanami Raising Project is an Evangelion-based simulation-style video game released in 2001. The game revolves around devising a schedule for Rei Ayanami, choosing between daily school life, duties at Nerv, and special training at home. Supposedly spanning the course of an entire year, the events of the TV series happen in the background, and Angel battles are heavily scripted with minimal input from the player. One of the many different endings you can receive depends on how you raise Rei.
Playstation 2 Version
The Playstaion 2 version of Ayanami Raising Project, released in 2003, also includes a version where you can raise Asuka Langley Soryu after unlocking certain events in Rei's scenario. The gameplay is the same as in Rei's story. However, the Second Lieutenant's voice (voice actor Kenichi Suzumura) isn't included in the Playstation 2 Version, whereas his voice is heard in previous versions of the game.
Note
- The video game's storyline is supposed to follow Rei (and Asuka) while she works at Nerv for an entire year. However, Episode 01 of the TV series takes place some time in August, 2015, and it is still 2015 towards the very end of the series.
- As with other Evangelion games, the voice actors from the series reprise their roles.
- The Opening Song for several versions of the game is Shiawase wa Tsumi no Nioi ("Happiness is the Smell of Sin") sung by Yoko Takahashi. However, the Playstation 2 version of the game has the Opening Theme song instead. (The Ending Song for all(?) versions is an Instrumental version of Fly Me to the Moon heard in the game.)
