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     Now the real stuff. The first part contains the "commentary" of the
     RCB.


     THE RED CROSS BOOK (aka RCB) -- the final(?) canon of Evangelion
     translated by Patrick Yip (Patrick.Yip@ing-barings.com) 1997/10/19

     The Red Cross Book (referred to as RCB onwards) is the pamphlet
     sold in the cinema to those who came to see the movie "the End of
     Evangelion". It cost 800 yen. The book is A-4 in size and landscape in
     orientation. The cover is pitch black with a red Georgian cross
     superimposed on it, hence the name "Red Cross Book" On the cross, the
     words "THE END OF EVANGELION" was printed, in thin, match-like manner.
     What makes this book particularly special and meaningful to all EVA
     fans is that, for the first time, we hear the voice from Gainax about
     why and how the movies were made. We also know a great deal about the
     answers to some of the most discussed after mysteries in the anime. The
     "commentary" "glossary" and "production notes" are three parts that are
     most informative. I shall strive to translate these three sections so
     that all the EVA fans could know the latest update of the "official"
     answers to the EVA mysteries (real-life or anime :-)


     THE COMMENTARY
     **************

     "THE END OF EVANGELION" is the final of the series "Neon Genesis
     Evangelion". This movie is composed of the 25th episode "Air" and
     26th episode "True Heart to you" (Magokoro wo, kimi ni).

     At the end of TV EP.24 "The last Shito/Nagisa", Kaworu Nagisa, the
     first one who understands our hero Shinji Ikari, also the last
     Angel, was killed Shinji's own hand. Ep.25 "Air" starts right after
     this. Therefore, Ep.25 and Ep.26 are the continuation of TV EP.24
     "The last Shito".

     In TV, after the EP.24, EP.25 "The end of the world" (Owaru Sekai)
     and EP.26 "The one who calls only I/Love at the center of the
     world" (Sekai no Chuushin de AI wo yondake mono) were shown, and
     the series ended afterwards. Therefore, after the end of TV EP.24,
     the story of Evangelion can be said to branch into two. There is
     one ending as shown in TV EP.25 & 26, while the Ep.25 & 26 as
     shown in "THE END OF EVANGELION" is another ending. (Here we use
     the kanji number for TV Episode, and Arabic number for the movie
     episodes) -- PY: I use EP for TV and Ep for movie --

     TV "Neon Genesis Evangelion" was an anime series which ran from
     1995 October to 1996 March. The planning and original story were
     done by GAINAX, which is known to produce anime "The Wings of
     Honneamise" and "Fushigi no Umi no Nadia", also games like "Princess
     Maker". The animation production was done by GAINAX and Tatsunokopuro.

     "Neon Genesis Evangelion" has always been, since its inception to
     this movie, evolving with the director Hideaki Anno as the centre.
     From the theme, the skeleton of the story, up till the single pieces
     of the dialogue, they all bear the stint of Anno's creative
     individuality.

     When Evangelion was shown on TV, it received the enthusiatic support
     of many fans. Discussions started on many topics: The intriguing
     SF settings, the dyanmic fighting scenes, the metaphysical taste
     derived from the appearance of many Christian and psychoanalytical
     jargons, the super-intensive amount of information. Evangelion
     overtakes all prevous anime on all these counts. It could be taken as
     real "Neon Genesis" of anime. The tremendous popularity could match
     the biggest hits like "Space Battleship Yamato" and "Mobile Suit
     Gundam". The "Eva phenonmenon" was created.

     The big theme in Evangelion is the "heart of people". This is also
     one of the attractions of this series which counld not be found in
     other anime works. The relationship with others, the meaning of
     the existence of self, what is the self.... Evangelion started as
     a realistic SF mecha action anime. At first, the "people's heart"
     issue of the main characters is just some add-on to the drama.
     However, as the plot moved forward, the issue of "people's heart"
     grew much bigger than other elements like mecha actions or the
     solutions to the mysteries.
     At the last episode of the TV series, "Sekai no Chuushin de
     AI wo yondake mono", it became an odd-looking episode which
     depicted only the internal world of the hero Shinji Ikari. Although
     that was fulfilling for the main theme, the drama of the characters
     and further development of the Eva world were left unfinished as
     the story ended.

     It became an exploding issue as the last TV episode was considered
     incomplete. The voice of the fans grew stronger and stronger as
     they demanded the proper ending of the drama, the explanation of
     the mysteries or just a new story. With a view to meeting these
     demands, it was decided to remake the EP.25 & 26.

     At first, the remade episodes 25 and 26 were supposed to be released
     in OVA, but during production it was decided that it would be a
     theatre release. There is a "EVANGELION DEATH AND REBIRTH" (Shito
     Shinsei) which consists of the summary episode of the TV series
     "Death" and the new remade "Air" which serves as a climax.
     However, since later the content of the remake grew to an unexpected
     proportion, the content shown in "REBIRTH" was actually 2/3 of the
     new episode 25. As the first part of the final, "EVANGELION DEATH
     and REBIRTH" was shown in March 1997.

     It has been 4 months after "EVANGELION DEATH AND REBIRTH", and now
     the completion of the final is shown. This is this movie "THE END
     OF EVANGELION"

     As mentioned before, "THE END OF EVANGELION" is the continuaton from
     TV EP.24 "The last Angel". All the Angels had died. Now the final
     phase, the Human Complementation Project of Seele, had started.
     The Strategic Self-Defense Force attacked the Headquarter of NERV.
     The deathly fight between Asuka's EVA-02 and the mass production
     models of EVA series. The resolved mysteries. And then, the ending
     of the HCP. The heart of Shinji.... In Ep.25 (AIR) and Ep.26 (True
     Heart to You), the drama of main characters, actions, solutions to
     the mysteries etc are all contained. Also this is done in an
     experimental way, which strives to follow the TV series in bringing
     up the real issue of "people's heart". As its title suggests, this
     is the ending of the final of "Neon Genesis Evangelion"

     The chief director and script play is Hideaki Anno. The castings of
     Ep.25 (Air) is Waya Tsurumaki (PY: don't know whether this is the
     correct translation) and that of Ep.26 (True Heart to You) is Hideaki
     Anno. The animation production is, as in EVANGELION DEATH AND REBIRTH,
     jointly done by GAINAX and PRODUCTION I.G.

     The movie lasts for about 87 minutes.

     ********************************************************************
     

     **********************************************************************

     Secondly, the FAQ of "What is RCB?"

     THE RED CROSS BOOK (aka RCB) -- the final(?) canon of Evangelion
     translated by Patrick Yip (Patrick.Yip@ing-barings.com) 1997/10/19

     The Red Cross Book (referred to as RCB onwards) is the pamphlet sold
     in the cinema to those who came to see the movie "the End of
     Evangelion". It cost 800 yen. The book is A-4 in size and landscape in
     orientation. The cover is pitch black with a red Georgian cross
     superimposed on it, hence the name "Red Cross Book" On the cross, the
     words "THE END OF EVANGELION" was printed, in thin, match-like manner.
     What makes this book particularly special and meaningful to all EVA
     fans is that, for the first time, we hear the voice from Gainax about
     why and how the movies were made. We also know a great deal about the
     answers to some of the most discussed after mysteries in the anime.
     The "commentary" "glossary" and "production notes" are three parts
     that are most informative. I shall strive to translate these three
     sections so that all the EVA fans could know the latest update of the
     "official" answers to the EVA mysteries (real-life or anime :-)

     *********************************************************************

     PRODUCTION NOTES
     ================

     (PY's Note: In the Production Notes, a lot of staff's names are
introduced.
       Although I have a Japanese Name Dictionary, I have got lazy and
decided
       to go for the translation without bothering to find out the
       pronounciation of the names. This means many of the names would be
left
       untranslated, and absent from this version of translation. I hope I
       could get the name right later. My apologies.
       Also please note that I keep the Japanese convention of writing the
       surname first, followed by the "first-name")


     Two kinds of title logo of "THE END OF EVANGELION" were designed. One
     is the logo used on the poster and the advance-sale ticket. Another
     one is used as the title in the movie, following the hand-written
     style of the title used in "REBIRTH". It is the latter title logo
     that is used on the cover of this pamphlet.

     The movie ep.25 "Air" is based on the script already in place during
     TV production originally intended for TV Ep.25. Because of various
     problems during production, this script was not used and the TV Ep.25
     "The Ending World" was done in a same way as TV Ep.26 in which
     the drama was developed within an internal mind universe. Because of
     this, it could be said that this ep.25 is a return to the original
     intended story. In contrast, the movie ep.26, when compared with
     TV Ep.26, contains much more content on the story and plot, thus
     deepening the theme brought out in TV.

     Since this movie is supposed to be the remake of the last two
     episodes of the TV series, the TV episode format is followed,
     with each episode having its own subtitle and eyecatch scenes.
     (PY: you know, those static scenes that contain nothing but
     black background and white Japanese/English words)

     The animation production of this movie, PRODUCTION I.G., is known
     to have produced anime movies like "Pat Labour 2 the Movie" and
     "Ghost in the Shell". PRODUCTION I.G. made the most out of the big
     composition production effort put into this movie, a theatrical
     film, and it became a high quality film.

     In movie ep.25 "Air", the director is Tsurumaki Katzuya, the
     deputy director in the TV series. Although the script play is from the
     hands of the chief director Anno Hideaki, and all the operations
     from direction downwards are also generally entrusted to Tsurumaki.
     Masayuki, also the deputy director in the TV series, is responsible
     for the animation storyboarding (PY: kai-konte? those pencil drafts
     of the scenes as they should look in the real animation). Also,
     Higuchi Shinji partcipated in script play as well as animation
     drafting. They all followed the instruction from Director Tsurumaki.

     The direction of the movie ep.26 "True Heart to You" was taken up by
     Chief-director Anno himself. Because of that, this movie bears a
     strong flavour of his individual taste. As for animation drafts,
     Jime Kiichi and Higuchi Shinji also took part.

     Masayuki, who was the deputy director of the TV series and the
     director of the movie "DEATH", served several responaibilites in
     this movie: animation drafts, original print, virtual water artist.
     The depiction of water is the most difficult part in animation, and
     he worked as the art director of all depiction realated to natural
     phenonmena like water and waves. As a result, a post called "virtual
     water artist" was recreated for such responsibility. He also drew
     the original print for the advertisement poster of this movie.

     There are two art directors in ep.25 and three in ep.26. In ep.25,
     the art director for scenes centred on charcters is Kouse Kazuya
     from PRODUTION I.G.. Kouse is known as the animator of movies like
     "Pat Labour 2 the Movie" and "Ghost in the Shell", and he worked
     twice as the art-director in the TV series. Honda Yuu is the main
     art director, as well as the animator for the "opening"

     The art directors for ep.26 are Suzuki Gotoni, Hiramatsu Teishi and
     Anno Hideaki. Suzuki and Hiramatsu are both the art directors for
     the general scenes, while Anno concentrates on the mecha scenes and
     cuts centred around special effects.

     In order to depict the interal world of Shinji in ep.26, real life
     scenes were employed in one part of the movie. Because of this
     decision, a team called "Special Production Team" was formed. The
     script play and chief director in this team is also Anno Hideaki.
     The post for special effect director was taken up by Higuchi Shinji.
     "Special effect director" in this context means the director for
     the filming of special effects. The real life filming was done
     according to the combined opinion formed between Hideaki Anno and
     Higuchi Shinji.

     Although CG (computer graphics -PY) was widely used in Evangelion
     TV, those CG scenes were all computer screens, processed in a
     2-dimensional manner. This time, in "THE END OF EVANGELION", broadened
     3-dimensional CG was used. The core of the CG production is
     Omnibus Japan, which did the CG in "Pat Labour 2 the Movie" and
     "Ghost in the Shell". Most of the CG scenes are found after
     the start of the Human Complmentation Project in ep.26. Some
     examples include the cut which has the surface of the Earth gradually
     buried under more and more big crosses, and the cut which has
     numerous Rei swimming around. This time, the most difficult challenge
     for CG is the issue of translucence. Also, in order to create a
     visual feeling closer to other cuts, some scenes, after the normal
     CG operations, underwent a further analog filiming process with
     filters. The CG effect seen in the staff roll (in ending) was also
     done by Omnibus Japan.

     PRODUCTION I.G. also did several C.G. cuts. One of them is in ep.25,
     in which 9 gigantic transport planes carrying the mass-production
     model of EVA's first appeared. The nine big planes are seen from
     a bird-eye's view from top, with one plane overlapping another, and
     they each slided towards a different direction. Such scene is nearly
     impossible in conventional anime camera work, but C.G. makes it
     possible. The "Eirin" mark (the trade-mark of the studio appeared
     at the beginning of the movie -PY) is also C.G. done by PRODUCTION
     I.G. So it is also billed as 3D animator in the telop. As for the
     CG seen in the computer screens, they were all done by Gainax
     in-house, as in the TV series. This is billed as the 2D animator in
     the telop.

     There is a substantial part in movie ep.25, which repeats the
     content shown in "REBIRTH", released in spring time and is the first
     part of the final. One quarter of it underwent various retouch work
     so as to improve its quality.

     The effective use of classical music in Evangelion TV series and
     the spring movie "DEATH" leaves a deep impression to everybody.
     In this movie, 2 classical pieces were used: "Air on G" and
     "Jesus bliebt meine Freunde" by J.S.Bach.
     "Air on G" is a version from a new recording arranged by Sagisu Shiro.
     It is used in the scene in which the second half of the battle scene
     between EVA-02 and mass production model EVA's is intermixed with
     the scene when Gendou faced off Ritsuko. "Jesus bliebt meine Freunde"
     is from a compliation of an existing source. It is used in the real
     life scene in ep.26.

     2 songs were written for "THE END OF EVANGELION", both are produced by
     the team of Anno Hideaki and Sagisu Shiro. One is "THANATOS - IF I
     CAN'T BE YOURS", heard in the end of ep.25. This is the vocal version
     of the BGM "THANATOS (E-13)" used in TV Ep.19 "Man's Battle". Vocalist
     is LOREN and lyrics is by MASH. Song and arrangement is by Sagisu
     Shiro. THANATOS is the god governing death in Greek mythology. It also
     carries a meaning of "impulsive desire for death" in psychoanalysis.

     As for the other song, it is the insert song used in ep.26 "Komm,
     suesser Tod". The lyrics is the English translation of words composed
     by chief-director Anno (PY: In my opinion, this is no translation, but
     inspired rewriting of the Japanese words). The title is a German,
     meaning "come, sweet death". Vocalist is Arianne, and song and
     arrangement are by Sagisu Shiro.

     There are altogether 18 BGM with new music and recording. The BGM used
     in this movie were done according to the opinions from chief-director
     Anno. So new music is even used in the part which repeats the story in
     "REBIRTH"

     It can be seen that the Municipal Haishima Kindergarten of Akishima
     city is billed in the "Thanks to" section in the telop. The is the
     kindergarten to where the daughter of Ishikawa, the producer of
     PRODUCTION I.G., goes. Since chief-director Anno wanted to use some
     children songs as close to real-life recording as possible in the
     sand bank scene of ep.26, Ishikawa and his team-mates went to that
     kindergarten and recorded the songs.

     (END of PRODUCTION NOTES)

     **********************************************************************

     Secondly, the FAQ of "What is RCB?"

     THE RED CROSS BOOK (aka RCB) -- the final(?) canon of Evangelion
     translated by Patrick Yip (Patrick.Yip@ing-barings.com) 1997/10/19

     The Red Cross Book (referred to as RCB onwards) is the pamphlet sold
     in the cinema to those who came to see the movie "the End of
     Evangelion". It cost 800 yen. The book is A-4 in size and landscape in
     orientation. The cover is pitch black with a red Georgian cross
     superimposed on it, hence the name "Red Cross Book" On the cross, the
     words "THE END OF EVANGELION" was printed, in thin, match-like manner.
     What makes this book particularly special and meaningful to all EVA
     fans is that, for the first time, we hear the voice from Gainax about
     why and how the movies were made. We also know a great deal about the
     answers to some of the most discussed after mysteries in the anime.
     The "commentary" "glossary" and "production notes" are three parts
     that are most informative. I shall strive to translate these three
     sections so that all the EVA fans could know the latest update of the
     "official" answers to the EVA mysteries (real-life or anime :-)








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     In the Glossary of the RCB, the words beginning with English alphabet
     come first, followed by words beginning with Japanese characters, which
     are arranged in the conventional order (a,i,u,e,o,ka,ki,ku...and so on)

     GLOSSARY PART I
     ===============

     [A-801]

     This is the order sent out by the government of Japan at Neo-Tokyo-2 in
     "Air", ep.25. The order means the "abolishment of the special legal
     protection towards the intelligence organsization NERV, and the
transfer
     of its command to the government of Japan". Since "A-17" was issued
when
     the 8th Angel was captured, there has been other "A-" orders. They were
     all emergency action orders related to NERV.

     [A.T. Field]

     Abbreviation of "ABSOLUTE TERROR FIELD". A physical barrier of absolute
     field put out by the Angels and EVA's. It boasts enormous defensive
     power, and it is able to greatly reduce the power of all attacking
     weapons. The ability of EVA to neutralize the A.T.Field of the Angels
is
     one major reason why EVA was considered as the only weapon against the
     Angels. However, the same A.T.Field does not exist only in the Angels
or
     EVA's. Human also possesses this field. With this A.T.Field, human is
     able to keep seperate from each other, and to stay in seperate physical
     forms. Nagisa Kaworu explained A.T.Field as "a barrier of heart that
     everybody has".

     [BC Weapon] (B C HEIKI)

     Biological and Chemical Weapon, meaning weapons like poison gas or
     bacteria. "B" and "C" are the first alphabet of "Biological" and
     "Chemical" respectively. In ep.25 "Air", Aoba Shigeru feared that the
     Strategic Self Defense Force might deploy the BC Weapon.

     [L.C.L]

     The liquid that fills the cockpit of the Entry Plug. It is sticky and
     has the smell like blood. It was discovered that when its molecular
     arrangement is changed by electricity charge, the liquid can perform
     several functions including the mental link between EVA and her pilot,
     supplying oxygen and providing both physical and mental protection
     to the pilot. The liquid that fills the lowest floor of the Terminal
     Dogma where Lilith was located is also L.C.L. "L.C.L." is the
     abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid". There are many theories as
     to what exactly L.C.L. is, but it seems that in fact it is what was
     called "the soup of life".

     [MAGI]

     A supercomputer whose foundation theory was completed by the late
     Dr.Akagi Naoko and implemented by her daughter, Dr.Akagi Ritsuko.
     It is said that MAGI is the brain of the secret agency NERV. It
     devises, revises and solves many of its mysteries and plans. MAGI
     is composed of three systems: MELCHIOR-1, BALTHASAR-2 and CASPER-3.
     Final decision is made after the conference of these 3 computers.

     This computer is similar to human not just in the sense that
     it re-creates on a computer the dilemmas usually held by human, it
     is also similar in the sense that it uses a personality-transplant-OS
     which has the thought logic pattern of human transplanted to the
     computer. The thought logic pattern transplated to MAGI is that of
     Dr.Akagi Naoko. MELCHIOR-1, BALTHASAR-2 and CASPER-3 has the
     transplanted thought pattern of Naoko as a scientist, a mother and
     a woman respectively.

     By the way, the name of "MAGI" comes from the name for the three wise
     men from the east who prophesized the birth of Jesus (PY's note: this
     seems to be a bit misinforming?) in the New Testament of Bible.
     MELCHIOR, BALTHASAR and CASPER are their respective names.

     At the beginning of movie ep.25 "Air", started from MAGI #2 at
     Matsushiro, the five builds of MAGI from Germany, USA and China etc.
     tried to hack into the original MAGI sitting in the NERV HQ.

     [N^2 Weapon]


     A weapon that possesses enormous destructive power and is owned by
     the UN army and the Strategic Self Defence Force. There are many
     variations of this weapon: N^2 mines, N^2 deep water charge, N^2
     air charge, N^2 bombs etc. At ep.25, when Aoba Shigeru mentioned
     his fear that BC Weapon might be deployed, Hyouga Makoto replied
     that N^2 Weapon is equally dangerous.

     [S^2 Engine] (S^2 KIKAN)

     A power generation system based on the supersolenoid theory
     advocated by Dr.Katsuragi (PY: Misato's father). When EVA is loaded
     with this engine, its active time could be extended to infinity.
     All Angels possess this S^2 Engine, and EVA-01 got it when it
     devoured the 14th Angel. Moreover, all EVA's from EVA-05 onwards
     also possess this engine and thus do not need Umbilical Cable
     any more.

     [Aoba Shigeru]

     An operator of the Central Military Operaton Room in NERV HQ. His
     rank is lieutenant. His responsibilities include communication, and
     data analysis. His hobby is guitar. Birthday is May 5. Bloodtype A

     [Akagi Ritsuko]

     A scientist belonging to the first section of the Techology Bureau of
     the Technology Development Department in NERV HQ. She is responsible
     for the E Project and is the daughter of Dr.Akagi Naoko, who built
     the basic system of MAGI. Usually in white coat, she consumes lots of
     coffee and tobacco when she works. She is also a friend of Katsuragi
     Misato since college years. Although like her mother she engaged in
     adultery with Ikari Gendou, she rebelled against him at the final
     stage of the Complementation Plan. As an act of taking revenge on
     him, she destroyed all the copies of Ayanami Rei. As a result, she
     was placed under solitary confinement within NERV HQ. However, since
     she is needed for the self defence of MAGI, she is released. Birthday
     is November 21. Bloodtype B. Age 30.

     [The Red Earth Purification Ceremony] (AkiChi no MISOGI)

     A word spoken by the members of Seele in ep.26, when Geo-Front
     reverted itself back into the "Black Moon" i.e. the Egg of Lilith.
     "Misogi" originally means a religious ceremony in which body is
     cleansed through bath in water. As an extension it means any method
     used to purify or sanctify a certain object. While there is a theory
     that the etymology of ADAM, the ancestor of all human, is red or
     earth, its link with the "Red Earth" is unclear.

     [Adam]

     The first Angel. The giant of light spotted in Antartica. The rumour
     that Adam was confined deep underground below NERV HQ turned out to
     be false information. The giant underground is in fact Lilith. The
     real Adam is the embryo-looking object brought by Kaji from Germany.
     This object was created by human when they restored Adam back to the
     embryonic state after they woke it up with S^2 Theory. This process
     seemed to be what had caused the Second Impact.

     Moreover, it was stated in Genesis of the Old Testament in Bible that
     Adam was the first human created by God based on His image. There are
     many theories as to what the word "Adam" means. "Earth", "Red" and
     "Create" have been put forward as possible theories.

     [Ayanami Rei]

     First Children. The dedicated pilot of EVA-00. A young girl who
     apparently lacks emotions. Her body was actually salvaged from what
     was left behind of Yui's body inside EVA, and a lot of body copies
     were later prepared in the Terminal Dogma so that when one Rei dies
     she could be replaced by another. The present Rei is the third one.
     The first was killed by Dr.Akagi Naoko; the second was killed in her
     battle against the 16th Angel. Although the personalities of these
     3 Rei are different from each other, this is due to the environment.
     Their soul is one and the same. Also, it seems that this soul was
     somehow derived from Lilith.

     At the final stage of the Complementation Program, she betrayed
     Gendou, returned to Lilith out of her own judgement and handed the
     future to Gendou's son -- Ikari Shinji. Birth date unknown.

     [Umbilical Cable]  (Anbirikaru Keeburu or Dengen Keeburu/Power Cable)

     The cable that is used to supply electric power to EVA from an outside
     source because as a weapon EVA has a very short active time-limit. It
     can be said as the weak point of EVA. This is noticed by the Strategic
     Self-Defence Force, when during their attack on NERV they sent out
     instructions concentrating the attack on the Umbilical Cable (which
     they call Power Cable).

     Moreover, Umbillical Cable [sic] means the blood vessels which
     extended from baby's navel to the placenta of its mother's womb.
     This is taken to mean that like babies who get their nutrients through
     these blood vessels, EVA's get the electric power through the
     Umbilical Cable.

     [Ikari Shinji]

     Third Children. The dedicated pilot of EVA-01. Lost his mother when he
     was still young, he spent his life until 14 living under an
     acquaintance of his father. He was summoned by his father Ikari
     Gendou, the chief commander of secret agency NERV, just when the 3rd
     Angel came to attack, and thus became a EVA pilot. Although afterwards
     he stayed in Neo-Tokyo-3, he lives in the apartment of his superior
     Katsuragi Misato because there is a deep communcation gap between him
     and his father, who had been seperated from him for a long time.

     Having an introvert character, he often minds how he is looked at by
     others. And since he is weak at self-expression and communication with
     others, he frequently engages in repetition of avoiding problems and
     disobeying orders. When NERV was attacked by the Strategic
     Self-Defence Force, he was trapped in a state of lost self. This is
     why his counter-attack was procrastinated.

     Birthday June 6. Bloodtype A. Age 14

     [Ikari Gendou]

     The commander of the secret agency NERV. His old surname was
     Rokubungi (PY: it means sextant). He changed his name after he married
     Ikari Yui, whom he knew since student years. He became the president
     of the Research Institue for Artificial Evolution, which was actually
     a front cover for the works of "E Project". After Yui died, he busied
     himself with "Adam Project" and "Human Complementation Project". He
     got the support from SEELE, and managed to realise things like the
     construction of EVA. However, his "honeymoon" with SEELE lasted only
     until the elimination of the last Angel. Afterwards, their differences
     in objectives became apparent and it developed into violent military
     clashes.

     Birthday April 29. Bloodtype A.

     [Ikari Yui]

     Wife of Ikari Gendou. It seems that at the very beginning she belonged
     to SEELE. She was married to Gendou (originally Rokubungi Gendou), whom
     she knew since the Kyoto University years, and gave birth to Shinji.
     After marriage, she worked with Gendou in GEBIRTH and spent a lot of
     effort towards the success of "E Project". Died in an accident during
     an experiment in 2004. Nevertheless, her soul stayed on within EVA-01.
     It seems that this accident was actually intended by her will. Age when
     she died: 27.



     


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     [Ibuki Maya]

     Second Lieutenant. Belonged to the First Section of the Bureau of
     Techonology in NERV HQ, she is responsible for tasks like the
monitoring
     of the Synchronisation Rate of EVA pilots and the gathering and
analysis
     of EVA-related data. She respects very much Dr.Akagi Ritsuko, her
     immediate superior. For personal character, it is said that she is
     fastidious, but honest and sincere.

     Birthday July 11. Bloodtype A. Age 24


     [Secret Dead Sea Scrolls] (URA SHIKAI BUNSHO)

     A document that seems to be used by Seele for the direction of their
     actions. Following what was recorded in "Secret Dead Sea Scrolls",
     Seele built EVA and fought the battles against the Angels. It seems
     that this same document also recorded all invading Angels.

     By the way, the "Dead Sea Scrolls" as exists in real life was dug out
     from a cave near the Dead Sea of Israel in 1947. Its contents include
     the "Old Testament" of Bible and its acryophaea.


     [Entry Plug]

     A capsule-shaped cockpit inside which the EVA pilot sits. EVA is
started
     by the insertion of such plug into its back neck (the same applies to
the
     virtual entry plug -- dummy plug). In emergency the plug can be ejected
     and becomes an evacuation capsule. The plug is equipped with parachute
     and ejection rocket for this purpose.


     [Evangelion]

     The formal name is "General-purpose Humanoid Decisive Combat Weapon -
     Artificial Human (Adroid) Evangelion" [Hanyou Ninkei Kessen Heiki -
     Jinzou Ningen Evangerion]. In order to implement the Human
     Complementation Project, 14 years of time and astronomical amount of
     money were used to build Evangelion. Being able to deploy A.T.Field as
     well as neutralize it, it is the only weapon that human have to counter
     the Angels. It takes its power from electricity and without external
     supply it can maintain only 5 minutes of activity. Thus usually it
takes
     the electrical power it needs throught Umbilical Cable. (EVA from
EVA-05
     onwards does not need this cable because it has the S^2 Engine)

     Originally EVA does not have soul. To have a soul in EVA, EVA-01 had
     the soul of Ikari Yui living in it.

     The origin of the name "EVA" was thought to derive from EVA, the wife
of
     Adam, from the "Old Testament" of Bible, and "Evangel", the English for
     the gospel.


     [Evangelion mass-produced model (EVA series)]  (Evangerion RYOUSANKI)

     The nine EVA (EVA-05 to EVA-13) built at different NERV branches.
     Different from the existing EVA's, these EVA's are under the command
     of SEELE, not NERV. Since they have S^2 Engine mounted, they have
     infinite active duration, and thus do not need Umbilical Cables.
     They also have foldable wings which enable them to fly. In order to
     start the Human Complementation Project, SEELE throw them into their
     battle against NERV, and as a group they destroy EVA-02.


     [Kaji Ryouji]

     Belonged to the Special Surveillance Department of the Secret Agency
     NERV. He also belonged to the Investigation Department of the Internal
     Ministry of the Government of Japan. Taking orders from SEELE, he
     infiltrated in NERV to find out its secrets. He arrived at Japan from
     the Germany branch of NERV, together with the Second Children and
EVA-02.
     He quitted from the Germany branch, and without going back, stayed and
     worked in NERV HQ. Katsuragi Misato used to be his lover in his
     student years but later seperated from each other. They resumed their
     relationship after Kaji came back to Japan. Because of his own
     curiosity, he made enemies and was consequently killed by gunfire. He
     left the product of all his investigation to Misato.

     Birthday June 17. Bloodtype A.


     [Katsuragi Misato]

     Rank: Major. Belonged to the first section of military operation bureau
of
     the tactical miliatry operations department in NERV HQ. She is also the
the

     leader of the military operations headquarter, responsible for the
military

     command of EVA's. She was saved by her father, whom she hated, from the
     Second Impact. The fact that as a result she lost her father damaged
her
     mentally and this manifested externally as a long period of agnosia
(loss
     of speech). She sees the image of her father in the pendant of cross
that
     she wears. While she is inside NERV, she always keeps a weary suspicion
     feeling towards the behaviour of Commander Ikari. With the information
left

     by her lover Kaji Ryouji, she pursued after the truth on her own.

     Birthday: December 8. Bloodtype A. Age 29


     [Gaf's Room]  (Gabu no HEYA)

     A word spoken by Fuyutsuki in ep.26. He said that the opening of Gaf's
Room

     has the same meaning as the start of the world as well as the opening
of
     the door of the finale. When this door is open, the surface of the
Earth
     turns to LCL, human can no longer keep intact their physical forms as
     individuals but return to LCL form. At TV ep.21, Ritsuko also mentioned
     the Gaf's Room.


     [Keel Lorentz]

     The chairman of the Committee of Human Complementation, also the
director
     of SEELE. His body is totally machine from backbone down. He gave
     instructions of direct occupation of the secret agency NERV, so as to
     start complementation with EVA-01.


     [Black Moon] (KUROki TSUKI)

     The word used by SEELE to describe the egg of Lilith, the source of
life.
     In ep.26, when Human Complementation Plan started, we know that the
huge
     underground cavity underneath Neo-Tokyo-3 which later became Geo-Front
     is in fact the "Black Moon".


     [Community/Colony]  (GUNTAI)

     Misato used this word when she said that human are "a colony of
worthless"
     from the point of view from the Complementation Plan. For colony, it
     originally means a group of individual organism linked to each other,
each
     of them can produce new individuals by splitting or budding. Each
     individual organism within a colony can live as its own independently.


     [Third Impact]

     A large-scale catatstrophe following the First (Giant) Impact and the
     Second Impact, as foreseen by human. It had been said that this would
     be started by from alien Angels who came into contact with Adam stored
     underground beneath Neo-Tokyo-3, and therefore EVA and NERV were
     there to protect this from happening. However, the truth is that they
     were there precisely to start the Third Impact, the real objective
     being the Human Complementation Plan.


     [Third Children]

     It means Ikari Shinji -- The third suitable person chosen by the
     Marduk organisation. Without training, he managed to start up
     EVA-01, which had been ridiculed as "09 system" because of its
     0.000000001% start-up probability , and surprised all those
     involved. Afterwards, he became the dedicated pilot of EVA-01 and
     stayed in Neo-Tokyo-3. Having a higher Synch-ratio than other
     Children, he often becomes the core force in battles against
     Angels.


     [Geo-Front]

     A big underground city buried deep underground below Neo-Tokyo-3.
     This was built using an pre-existing spherical cavity (though
     most of it had been under earth and dust at first). Its ceiling was
     almost totally destroyed when in ep.25 the Strategic Self-Defence Force
     mounted their attack against NERV, and Geo-Front became exposed to
     outside.

     NERV HQ is located at the centre of Geo-Front, and is surrounded by
     big forests and underground lakes. The many high-rising buildings
     that hang upside-down on the top part of Geo-Front are the "Celing
     City (Tenjou Toushi)". It looks exactly the same as Neo-Tokyo-3 that
     sits above it, and is used to accomodate the sunken buildings of
     Neo-Tokyo-3 when an Angel comes to attack.

     After the start of the Human Complementation Plan, we know that this
cavity


     is actually the egg of Lilith -- the "Black Moon".


     [Angels] (SHITO)

     Some lifeforms originated from the source of lifeform which is called
     "Lilith". It could be any size or shape: a big octahedral, a form as
     small as the size of bacteria, or even a shadow which has no tangible
     form. Borrowing the words from Fuyutsuki's dialogue in ep.26, it
     seems that "Angels" got the "Fruit of Life" whereas human got the
     "Fruit of Intelligence". It can be said that "Angels" is just another
     form of human, with the same probability of appearance as human.
     Human is thus the 18th Angel


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     [EVA-01] (SHOGOKI)

     EVA-01 TEST TYPE. The first EVA to be thrown into real battle. It is
     the second EVA, after EVA-00, that was built in EVA HQ. Although it
     contributes a lot in its participation of many battles against Angels,
     it also behaves unexpectedly in many occasions: going berserk,
     starting up without the presence of Entry Plug, staying active after
     its activity time limit etc. It obtained the S^2 Engine directly by
     defeating and devouring the 14th Angel.

     Colouring is purple. Dedicated pilot is Third Children -- Ikari
     Shinji. It seems that inside it lives the soul of his mother -- Ikari
     Yui. Also, it seems that the physical body of EVA-01 was made using
     Lilith. This is why in the case when the Spear of Longinus was lost,
     EVA-01 became the only substitute of Lilith as the tool for Human
     Complementation.


     [Human Complementation Plan]  (JINRUI HOKAN KEIKAKU)

     A plan to induce artificial evolution for human, who had reached an
     impasse in becoming a colony of worthless, to become a total
     single-form organism. It was under the direction of SEELE, and the
     secret agency NERV was the implementation organisation. However, the
     expectations of SEELE seems to be different from the objective of NERV
     (which means the objective of Gendou and Fuyutsuki).

     EVA was in fact not planned as a weapon. It was built with the aim to
     realise this plan. More specifically, it seems that the plan is to
     artificially start the Third Impact, thus erasing all human, and after
     human shed their physical form, they will then evolute into a new
     stage.


     [Stigmata]  (SEIKON)

     A word used by members of SEELE in ep.26 to describe the bloody wounds
     appeared at both hands of EVA-01. It is called "stigma" in English.
     Originally it means the burn marks applied on cattle or slaves. In
     Catholic areas, it is said that the wounds suffered by crucified
     Christ (on both hands, both feet, side of abdomen, forehead) sometimes
     appear on human with no external reason.


     [Tree of Life]  (SEIMEI no KI)

     When the Human Complementation Plan starts, EVA-01 grows into
     something like a tree, with its roots spreaded towards the sky and its
     branches extended to the ground. Regarding this Fuyutsuki comments,
     "EVA-01 is returned to the Tree of Life". A Tree of Life that has its
     roots and branches inverted appears on both Hindu scriptures and the
     Kabbalah. This was called "the Inverted Tree"


     [Fruit of Life]  (SEIMEI no MI)

     It is mentioned by Fuyutsuki in ep.26 as the thing that Angels have. It
is
     written in "Genesis" of "Old Testament Bible" that at the centre of
Eden
     there were the "Tree of Wisdom" and "Tree of Life". Human disobeyed the
     order from God and ate the "Fruit of Wisdom". But what if the "Fruit of
     Life" was instead eaten? Could the answer be the Angels?

     Moreover, the myth has it that one can live forever if he eats the
fruit
     from the Tree of Life.


     [SEELE]

     A secret organisation that existed even before the Second Impact. It
hid
     the truth about the Second Impact and the existence of Angels and uses
     its power to abuse UN and other countries. After the Second Impact, it
used


     UN as a cover, established the Committee of Human Complementation and
the
     secret agency NERV, and built the EVA series.

     SEELE's Human Complementation Plan is mapped out according to what was
     recorded on the "Secret Dead Sea Scrolls". The objective of the plan is
     to move human up to another stage of evolution. However, with the loss
of
     the Spear of Longinus, and then the rebellion of Ikari Gendou, the
     commander of the secret agency NERV, it became inevitable that the plan
     has to be changed at the last stage.

     By the way, "Seele" means "soul" in German. All organisations that are
     related to SEELE, like GEHIRN and NERV, all have their names derived
from
     German. Could it be that these organisations first started in Germany?


     [SEELE's Coat of Arm]  (SEELE no MONSHOU)

     A coat of arm which has an inverted triangle superimposed by seven
eyes.
     The same emblem was painted on the mask that covered the face of
Lilith.
     Its relationship with Jehovah, who is the absolute God in "Old
Testament
     Bible" and is sometimes said to have seven eyes, is unclear.


     [Second Impact]

     This is called so because the catastrophe was the largest since the
     Giant Impact, when a small meteorite collided with Earth 4 billion
     years ago. There were radical changes in Earth's environment: Floods,
     Volcanoic eruptions and change of Earth's axis etc. These, combined
     with the civil war on a world scale afterwards, caused half of the
     world's population to die.

     Usually its cause was explained as a massive meteorite fallen on the
     Markam Mountain in Antartica. But in fact its cause was artificial:
     SEELE and Gendou's group reverted Adam, the first Angel, back into
     embryo before other Angels woke up, and this caused the Second Impact.


     [Second Children]

     It means Souryu.Asuka.Langley, who was chosen by Marduk organisation,
     after Ayanami Rei, as a suitable candidate. She received training at
     the Germany branch of NERV, and was then sent to Japan as the
     dedicated pilot of EVA-02.

     When she lost her self-confidence because of low Synch-rate, she went
     missing for a while. She was finally found and brought back by agents
     from the secrety agency NERV. At ep.25 "Air", she was still taking
     medical care in hospital ward when the Strategic Self-Defence Force
     invaded NERV.


     [Tree of Sephiroth]  (Sehuiroto no KI)

     A graph of symbols in Kabbalah (A mystery sect of Judaism which built
     around the mystery interpretations of "Torah"). It represented, as a
     diagram, the physical rendition of the 3-dimensional images of the
     spiritual realm. The same diagram can also be found in Gendou's office.
     The diagram is composed of ten circles linked by 22 paths. It shows
     the route of how a human can attain the highest possible spiritual
     level. Moreover, many other interpretations are said to be possible:
     As a step-by-step diagram for meditation, as a map that shows the way
     to wisdom, or as a prediction for human's future etc. In ep.26
"Magokoro
     wo kimi ni", EVA series formed a big Tree of Sephiroth on the sky.


     [Noises of Cicada]  (SEMI no KOE)

     In the world of Evangelion, because of radical changes in the climate
     and environment caused by the Second Impact, Japan had lost her four
     seasons and had a summer climate all through the year. That is why in
     the anime the noises of cicada can always be heard.


     [Strategic Self-Defence Force]  (SENRYAKU JIEITAI)

     A military force directly under the Defence Ministry of Japan.
Triggered
     by the military conflicts between China and Vietnam over the Spartleys,
     it was formed by the Japanese government which had no military force of
     its own (all the army, navy and air force of the original Self-Defence
     Force had been incorporated in UN Force). The English abbreviation is
     JSDF, which stands for "JAPAN STRATEGY SELF DEFENSE FORCE" [sic]. It
was
     also often called "Senji" as its short form. In ep.25 "Air", under the
     instruction from the Japanese government, one division of JSDF was
     deployed in an attempt to directly occupy the secret agency NERV.


     [Central Dogma]

     A huge and wide underground area directly beneath NERV HQ. Its lowest
     level has a sea of LCL and Lilith who was cruficied on a red cross.
     By the way, in biological terms, "Central Dogma" means the
     irreversible information flow that occurs in the transformation DNA ->
     RNA -> protein.




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     [Mark of NERV]

     The Secret Agency NERV has a mark which is composed of three parts: the
     name of the organisation, a picture and a motto. The name of the
     organisation is the 4 character word "NERV". The motto is "God is in
his
     heaven. All right with the world" (PY: the Japanese translation of this
     English motto is given in the original text, which would be pointless
to
     translate back into English :-) , a section taken from "Pippa Passes",
     written by a 19th century poet Robert Browning. And then the picture is
a
     half piece of fig leaf. The fig leaf, accoring to legend, is the symbol
of
     the original sin which entangled Adam and Eve. It reminds us of the
human
     who ate the Fruit of Wisdom.


     [Ark]  (HOUSHUU)

     A rectangular shaped boat. From Exodus in the Old Testament of Bible,
Noah
     received a revelation from God to build a huge Ark and put all animals
pair
     by pair onto it, thus saving all species from a world-scale flood.

     In ep.26 the dialogue said by Fuyutsuki, "Is it becoming an Ark which
saves
     human from the nothingness of Third Impact?", touches on this legend.


     [Command Centre (literal translation: Command Announcement Office]
     (HATSUREISHO)

     A command room located inside the Central Combat Operation Room of NERV
     HQ. It reminds one of the bridge of a military ship. During combat,
seven
     people including the commander, deputy commander, combat operation
leader
     would gather in this place to form the core staff. All the instructions
     would then come from this room.

     There are more than two such command centres in NERV HQ. Since the
first
     was destroyed during the intrusion by the 14th Angel, the second
command
     centre is currently in use.

     By the way, below the command centre are three secondary command
centres
     and the original MAGI systems are installed there. This becomes the
cause
     of the hesitation of the invading JSDF over their tactics.


     [Hyouga Makoto]

     Rank lieutenant, belonged to the first section of the Bureau of Combat
     Operation of the Central Combat Operation Command Deparment in NERV. He
     serves as the combat aide-de-camp for Misato, the leader of the Combat
     Operation HQ, and also responsible for things like analysis of the
combat
     situation. He has some good feeling towards Misato, his superior, and
     lends his hand for her objectives, collecting intelligence information
for
     her at many occasions.

     Birthday February 13th. Bloodtype B.


     [First Children]

     It means Ayanami Rei, the first suitable person picked by Marduk
     organisation. She acts as the "experimented" for all experiments
related
     to E-Plan like the start-up experiment of EVA etc. She participated in
     real battles as the dedicated pilot of EVA-00, and completed many
ambush
     operations against the Angels.


     [Fuyutsuki Kouzou]

     The deputy commander of the secret agency NERV. Before the Second
Impact,
     he taught in the University of Kyoto as the professor of Meta-Biology.
It
     is at the same place that he got to know Ikari Yui and Rokubungi
Gendou.
     Even shortly after the Second Impact, he was in opposition to Gendou.
     However, after their meeting at the Research Institute for Artificial
     Evolution, he suddenly changed and started to help Gendou. It also
seems
     that he holds not just a little good feeling towards Ikari Yui.

     Birthday April 9th. Bloodtype AB.


     [Plug Suit]

     The dedicated uniform for EVA pilot. It has the effect of raising the
     synch-rate and protecting the body etc. This suit is totally one piece
     covering from feet to neck. Its structure is similar to things like
     wet-suit. There will still be space between the suit and the body after
it
     is put on, but by clicking on a switch on the wrist the suit then
sticks to
     the body.


     [Progressive Knife]

     A melee fighting weapon which forms a blade with high-frequency
vibrating
     particles that cuts through the object of contact on a molecular level.
It
     is one of the standard equipments for EVA and is usually stored in a
space
     at the shoulders. EVA02 uses a new cutter-type knife -- even if the
blade
     is broken, a new blade will come out from the back by pushing a button,
     making the knife useable again. It is often called in its abbreviated
     form: Prog Knife.


     [Frigate]   (Furigeeto KAN)

     A military ship standing by at the underground lake inside Geo-Front.
It
     has the high speed and sea-worthiness of a destroyer and can be used
for
     anti-submarine, anti-air and alert patrol purposes. Since the ship
belongs
     to NERV, at the broadsides of the ship the printed letters of "NERV"
could
     be seen. At ep.25 "Air", it is destroyed by the fighting between EVA02
and
     JSDF.


     [Bakelite]

     A general name for phenol resin, used for heat and electrical
isolation.
     The Bakelite used in situations like stopping the EVA00 which ran
berserk
     during an experiment and transportation of ADAM etc is one of the
     thermostatic plastic, which has the property of drying super quick to
     become something like concrete. Since all physical motions of an
object,
     when wrapped by this Bakelite, can be brought to a halt, it is also
used
     to prevent the intrusion of NERV HQ by the Strategic Self-Defence Force
     in ep.25 "Air". On the other hand, JSDF also uses Bakelite to cut off
any
     physical contact between Third Children and EVA00.


     [Enchantment/Haunt]   (IDAI/yoridake)

     An object to which spirits stick. Also an object that becomes a media
     through which spirits manifest themselves. At ep.26, when SEELE uses
     EVA01 and converts it into a Tree of Life, Fuyutsuki uses this term in
     comment.


     [Lilith]

     A giant crucified on a red cross at the extreme depth under NERV HQ.
     Its face is covered with a mask which has the Arm of SEELE drawn on
     it. Its hands are penetrated by nails that are stuck on the cross.
     Although it does not have the lower body when it was pierced by the
     Spear of Longinus, it grows its lower body after the Spear was pulled
     out.

     Originally the Human Complementation Plan planned to use this Lilith.
     However SEELE changed the plan after the Spear was lost, and they
     attempted to use EVA01 for Complementation purpose. At that moment,
     Keel Lorentz says this is "the copy of Lilith". By this it seems that
     EVA01 was actually made by copying Lilith.

     By the way, in the preaching literatures of the Rabbis, it was said
     that Lilith (Lilit) was the very first wife of Adam. It was also said
     that between Adam and Lilith were born the demons and spirits.


     [Lilin]

     The name used by Nagisa Kaworu to mean human. From the legends, Lilin
     (the name Lil-In is also used) was the children born between Adam and
     his very first wife Lilith. After that, Lilith became a demon who
     attacked the new-born babies, and seduced men who are sleeping so that
     they ejaculated in their sleep.


     [Spear of Longinus]

     A giant spiral-shaped spear which can penetrate A.T.Field. The spear
     splits into two branches at the one end, but these two branches will
     recombine into one when the spear is thrown against an object and
     penetrates it.

     The spear was first used during the battle against the 15th Angel. It
     destroyed the Angel on a satellite orbit. However the spear itself
     reached the Moon and became unretrivable. That said, the real use of
     the Spear is not meant to be a weapon. It seems that it is a necessary
     item in the Complementation Plan which uses Lilith.

     By the way, Longinus was the name of the soldier who used his spear to
     pierce Jesus who was being crucified on cross. The spear is stored as
     a relic by the St.Augustine Church in Rome.


     [Spear of Longinus (copy)]

     The fighting weapon used by the mass-production model EVA. It is
     modelled on the Spear of Longinus and its shape and length can change.
     When it penetrates a A.T.Field, the two tips which branch out from the
     spear's end spiral into one and intrude into the field. At ep.25, this
     spear penetrates the A.T.Field of EVA02 and then the still-fighting
     EVA02 itself, and EVA02 stops. This spear cannot be used for
     Complementation which involves Lilith, but as a weapon it has almost
     the same power as the original Spear.



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     [Souryu.Asuka.Langley]

     Second Children. Dedicated pilot of EVA-02. Nationality is USA, despite
     being one fourth Japanese and one fourth German. Having a high degree
of
     intelligence, she graduated from university at 14. At the early stage
of
     real battles, she boasted a higher Synch-rate than Third Children etc.
     The suicide of her mother led her to grow into a character of extreme
     agressiveness. She could only keep her mental balance by making outward
     noises about her own excellence.

     Birthday: December 4. Bloodtype: O. Age: 14
     (PY: happy birthday Asuka!! -- don't want Tom to do it again :-)


     [Souryu.Kyouko.Zeppelin]

     The real mother of Soryu.Asuka.Langley. She fell into mental breakdown
in
     an accident during an experiment. Afterwards, she became a person who
lived
     in her own world, so much so that she committed suicide. Her soul was
used
     as the core of EVA-02.


     [Dummy Plug]

     A virtual Entry Plug which was developed for starting and using EVA
without
     the pilot. Even though it has a copy of the personal pattern of the
     Children, the digitization of the soul is impossible. Thus the Dummy
Plug
     can only serve to simulate the thought pattern. The Dummy Plug prepared
by
     NERV had the copy of the personal pattern of First Children (Ayanami
Rei).
     On the other hand, the Dummy Plug prepared by SEELE used the personal
     pattern of the Fifth Children (Nagisa Kaworu).


     [Neo-Tokyo-2]

     The new capital city of Japan. Built in the old Nagano prefecture to
     replace the old Tokyo. Construction started in 2001 and it acquired all
the


     functionalities suited for a capital in 2003. In 2005 the second
capital
     relocation plan was agreed, and it was planned that the capital would
be
     moved to Neo-Tokyo-3, still under construction then.

     By the way, old Tokyo was annihilated by the new bomb dropped one week
     after the Second Impact. Again, the construction of Neo-Tokyo-2 was
decided

     by the Provisional Government of Japan.

     In ep.25 "Air", when Hyouga mentioned "the second Tokyo", he meant this
     Neo-Tokyo-2 as well as the government of Japan which was located there.


     [Neo-Tokyo-3]

     Although in public it was circulated as the new capital city that would
     replace Neo-Tokyo-2, it is in fact a fortress city for ambushing the
     Angels, which was built with the expectation of Angels coming to attack
it.


     But then the ambush combat force is the EVA. The city mainly serves the
     function of supply and support. Armed buildings -- supporting
facilities
     which are made to look like ordinary buildings -- stood inside the city
     like forests. Inside the buildings are the discharge outlets of EVA,
     electricity supply, replenishment of weapon and ammunition and
supporting
     guns. There are also many ambush weapons installed around the city.

     Spreaded below the city is the wide and big Geo-Front. Located at its
     centre is the headquarter of the Secret Agency NERV.

     In ep.25, the city was first attacked by the Strategic Self-Defence
Force,
     and then EVA-series were thrown into the attack. This annihilated all
the
     combat strength of the city except for EVA-01.


     [Single-Form]  (Tantai)

     The objective of the Human Complementation Plan is the induced
artificial
     evolution of human into "an organism which lives as a total
single-form".
     This "single-form" means a life form which ends as a single individual.
And

     this term is used to distinguish with "community form", which is life
form
     formed by a multiple of individuals.


     [Fruit of Wisdom]  (CHIE no MI)

     The "thing" that is held by human. The product of this wisdom seems to
be
     "Science", which is praised by Gendou as "the power of human" but
ridiculed
     by Fuyutsuki as what "caused the Second Impact". Both EVA and the Human
     Complementation Plan are all the products of this wisdom.

     From Genesis of the Old Testament of Bible, it was said that at the
centre
     of the Garden of Eden beside the Tree of Life, there was a Tree of
Wisdom
     -- a Tree that knows good and evil. Human disobeyed the order of God
and
     ate its fruit. As a result God banished human from the Garden of Eden
and
     imposed many constraints of freedom on human. If that is the case, does
it
     mean that human got wisdom in exchange for banishment from the Garden?


     [Children]

     The persons picked by Marduk, the consultative body directly under the
     Human Complementation Committee, (in fact NERV is Marduk) who can pilot
     EVA. According to the order of being chosen, the persons are called
First,
     Second, Third etc. What is common to all of them is that they are all
young

     boys and girls who do not have mothers.

     By the way, the candidates of Children are grouped in Class 2-A of the
     First Municipal Junior High of Neo-Tokyo-3.


     [Rite of Passage]  (TSUUKAGIREI)

     A ritual ceremony performed when a person changes his identity in the
     society and acquires new responsibilites. It is a declaration to
outside
     about the personal change in a social sense. It is also a prayer for
safe
     and peace to come with the change. In ep.25 "Air", members of SEELE
comment

     that the Human Complementation Plan is "the Rite of Passage aimed to
bring
     new vigour to human which has become blocked-out"


     [Destrado]

     In ep.26, when Hyouga checks on the status of EVA-01, he confirms that
the
     Destrado of the pilot -- Ikari Shinji -- is getting physical (PY: or
     un-metaphysical, material).

     Destrado is, according to the theory advocated by E.Weiss, the energy
of
     the self-destructive impulse. It is the antonym of Libido. Its meaning
is
     different from the energy of "Instinct of Death", advocated by
P.Federn,
     the master of Moltedor-Weiss.


     [Secret Agency NERV]  (TOKUMUKIKAN NERV)

     An extra-legel organisation which aims at pushing the Human
Complementation

     Plan. It was organised by moving the whole GEHIRN, the investigation
body
     for the same plan, into this new body. The headquarter is located at
     Neo-Tokyo-3. It is also an international body with branches in Germany
and
     USA etc. Although to outsiders it is an organisation directly under UN,
in
     fact UN has absolutely no influence over it. It is under the command of
     SEELE. Holding several Evangelion, the General-Purpose Humanoid
     Decisive-Battle Weapon, it possesses the only combat force capable to
     counter the Angels. However, its vulnerability to anti-personnel combat
was

     fully exposed when it received attacks from the Strategic Self-Defence
     Force in ep.25 "Air".


     [Nagisa Kaworu]

     Fifth Children, who was sent by SEELE to NERV. However, his real
identity
     was the 17th Angel. Perhaps he was an Angel which was captured by SEELE
at
     his embryo stage. Different from other Angels, he has a mind quite
close to
     human's. On documents his birth-date is AD2000 September 13th. In human
     form he made contact with Third Children (Ikari Shinji). Although he
had
     good feelings towards Shinji, he was strangled and killed by EVA-01
piloted
     by Shinji. It was he who said "Life and Death are equivalent" and "Only
one
     life-form could be chosen to be given the future".


     [EVA-02]  (NIGOKI)

     EVA-02 PRODUCTION MODEL. The first EVA in the world to be built for
real
     battles. Design and manufacture of components were done by Japan. The
final
     assembly and start-up experiment were done in Germany. It went through
a
     real battle when it battled with the 6th Angel which suddenly appeared
     during its delivery to Japan. Afterwards, it joined in the defence of
     Neo-Tokyo-3 and assumed the responsibility of ambushing the Angels.
     Colouring is red. Dedicated pilot is Second Children --
     Souryu.Asuka.Langley. Inside EVA-02 lived the soul of Asuka's mother --
     Souryu.Kyouko.Langley.
