Evangelion Anima
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| Title | Neon Genesis Evangelion - ANIMA |
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| Author | Yamashita Ikuto + Utatane Hiroyuki + Takeru Kageyama |
| Original Publication Date | January 2008 and ongoing |
| Publisher | Media Works |
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Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA is a light novel currently being serialized in Dengeki Hobby Magazine. Initial announcement was presented in the November 2007 issue, with a short introduction by and interview with Ikuto Yamashita in December 2007. First chapter was published in the January 2008 issue. The chapters are accompanied by numerous illustrations of the characters and many redesigned and upgraded Evas. Anima is advertised as "Ikuto Yamashita presents," and he is credited as the supervisor of the entire work, mecha designer, and illustrator. Character design and character illustrations are done by Hiroyuki Utatane, with coloring by Ryou Ramiya. Also features additional mechanical designs by Seiji Kio and in a few issues models built by some of the Dengeki Hobby modellers as well as Bandai prototypes.
Story
Every first page of the chapter has the following note
※この物語はアニメーション作品「新世紀エヴァンゲリオン」の25～26話の人類補完計画が発動されず、異なる未来を迎えた碇シンジたちの世界を描いた作品です。
※This story, in which the Human Instrumentality Project from episodes 25 and 26 of the anime production "Neon Genesis Evangelion" is never set in motion, is a work portraying a world where Shinji Ikari and the others greet an alternate future.
Chapters
Ikuto Yamashita Pre-release Interview
Ikuto Yamashita × Takuma Kageyama Special Talk
Links
Eva Geeks Forum discussion thread
Bland Life on Anima - features translated summaries and image scans of Anima chapters thus far.
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