Gehirn

Gehirn (German: brain) is Nerv's predecessor organization, originally tasked with the research and development of the Evangelions, MAGI supercomputers, Nerv HQ, and Tokyo-3 while it was under construction. A special organization nominally under the supervision of the United Nations, Gehirn was in reality secretly backed by Seele.

When Gehirn finished work on Tokyo-3 and the MAGI, it was reorganized and renamed "Nerv" in 2010. All Gehirn staff were transfered into the new Nerv organization, except for Dr. Naoko Akagi, who died a matter of days before the reorganization.

Notes

• "Gehirn" is consistently spelled using all-capital letters in the series, however it is apparently not an acronym.