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* Anno revealed in October 2014 that he intended to make a new ''Evangelion'' film following the completion of ''Death and Rebirth'' and ''End of Evangelion''. The proposed project was to take place in an AlternateContinuity and have a overall DarkerAndEdgier and even bleaker tone than the original series; like the story taking place after humanity becoming almost extinct with the few remaining survivors clinging to life in a LastBastion and the Evangelions having much more BodyHorror associated with them (chiefly the idea that the pilot would have to be surgically removed from the Eva after a mission). However, the project was scrapped when ''Death and Rebirth'' went over schedule and caused ''End of Evangelion'' to be delayed, and the intended director of the project was reluctant towards it. Quite a few elements of the story, however, was later reused in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. A certain [[Manga/AttackOnTitan manga about giants]] feels similar to this plot...
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* Anno revealed in October 2014 that he intended to make a new ''Evangelion'' film following the completion of ''Death and Rebirth'' and ''End of Evangelion''. The proposed project was to take place in an AlternateContinuity and have a overall DarkerAndEdgier and even bleaker tone than the original series; like series, capitalizing on the story taking place after humanity becoming almost extinct with the few remaining survivors clinging film format to life in a LastBastion and the Evangelions having much more BodyHorror associated with them (chiefly the idea that the pilot would have to be surgically removed from the Eva after a mission).go all in. However, the project was scrapped when ''Death and Rebirth'' went over schedule and caused ''End of Evangelion'' to be delayed, and the intended director of the project was reluctant towards it. Quite a few elements of the story, however, was were later reused in ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. A certain [[Manga/AttackOnTitan manga about giants]] feels similar ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''.
** Designer Ikuto Yamashita offered a first pitch for the project, which included rival NERV branches fighting each other with their Evangelion units, Shinji fusing with the Unit 01 as a result of a "Deep Stage Incident", an autonomous enemy Evangelion named Fortune, and a wave of mental contamination turning Asuka and a big part of humanity into a sort of "wolf-men", which a rogue Shinji would have taken control of at some point. This was rejected, although the animalistic themes might have influenced the Beast Mode shown by the Evas in ''Rebuild'', as it would do the idea of Shinji going against NERV. Yamashita's later alternate continuity novel ''Evangelion Anima'' also reutilized concepts from here.
** Anno's own pitch was equally bizarre and gory. The story took place after humanity had become almost extinct due to Angel attacks, with the few remaining survivors clinging to life in a LastBastion city protected by an AT field, while Evangelions would have entailed much more BodyHorror, taking more humanoid appearances and requiring the pilots to be surgically connected to them (Anno compared thisplot...premise to ''Manga/AttackOnTitan''). Again, some of these ideas ended up in the latter part of ''Rebuild'', and it would be surprising that they didn't also find their way into ''Anime/DarlingInTheFranxx'' by way of its Gainax connection.
** Designer Ikuto Yamashita offered a first pitch for the project, which included rival NERV branches fighting each other with their Evangelion units, Shinji fusing with the Unit 01 as a result of a "Deep Stage Incident", an autonomous enemy Evangelion named Fortune, and a wave of mental contamination turning Asuka and a big part of humanity into a sort of "wolf-men", which a rogue Shinji would have taken control of at some point. This was rejected, although the animalistic themes might have influenced the Beast Mode shown by the Evas in ''Rebuild'', as it would do the idea of Shinji going against NERV. Yamashita's later alternate continuity novel ''Evangelion Anima'' also reutilized concepts from here.
** Anno's own pitch was equally bizarre and gory. The story took place after humanity had become almost extinct due to Angel attacks, with the few remaining survivors clinging to life in a LastBastion city protected by an AT field, while Evangelions would have entailed much more BodyHorror, taking more humanoid appearances and requiring the pilots to be surgically connected to them (Anno compared this
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** In addition, [[https://twitter.com/spikespencer/status/1433942370630782980?s=21&t=eCEcjfZWao2WHYLvHsN1jQ Spencer revealed on Twitter in 2021]] that he asked for, and was given, the opportunity to audition for ''Gendo'' in that same dub.
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** In addition, [[https://twitter.com/spikespencer/status/1433942370630782980?s=21&t=eCEcjfZWao2WHYLvHsN1jQ Spencer revealed on Twitter in 2021]] that he asked for, and was given, the opportunity to audition for ''Gendo'' in that same dub. Ultimately, the role went to Creator/RayChase.
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* First of all, the project that became ''Evangelion'' was originally conceived as a subtle StealthSequel to Gainax's previous success ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' (which had been originally conceived by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki as a sequel to ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'', itself an adaptation of a western novel), as revealed in interviews with the Gainax staff in Mitsunari Oizumi's book ''Anno Hideaki Squizo Evangelion''. The extent of the connections is unknown, but a popular interpretation is that the Angels would be actually Atlantean Adams released by the Red Noah upon being destroyed by Captain Nemo (in the explosion sequence in ''Nadia'', sixteen light spheres are shown being ejected, the number of the Angels sans Lilith and Lilim). However, as ''Nadia'''s rights were held by NHK, Anno and company were forced to develop it as an independent story. Traces of the relationship between the two still remain in the ''Good Luck Nadia'' CD drama, which was released the same year in which ''Evangelion'' entered production and contains the first mentions to Tokyo-2 and a character named Ritsuko.
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* First of all, the project that became ''Evangelion'' was originally conceived as a subtle StealthSequel to Gainax's previous success ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' (which had been originally conceived by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki as a sequel to ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'', itself an adaptation of a western novel), as revealed in interviews with the Gainax staff in Mitsunari Oizumi's book ''Anno Hideaki Squizo Evangelion''. The extent of the connections is are unknown, but a popular interpretation is that the Angels would be actually Atlantean Adams released by the Red Noah upon being destroyed its destruction by Captain Nemo (in the explosion sequence in ''Nadia'', Nemo, as sixteen light spheres are shown being ejected, the (the final number of the Angels sans Lilith and Lilim).Lilim) can be spotted being ejected during the explosion in ''Nadia''. However, as ''Nadia'''s rights were held by NHK, Anno and company were forced to develop it as an independent story. Traces of the relationship between the two still remain in the ''Good Luck Nadia'' CD drama, which was released the same year in which ''Evangelion'' entered production and contains the first mentions to Tokyo-2 and a character named Ritsuko.
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* There are a total of '''28''' Angels; the document uses the same Japanese word as in the series but also includes "Apostolo" in katakana. In order to get the extra twelve/thirteen out of the way quicker, the twelve strongest ones were supposed to have [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs attacked]] '''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill all at once]]''' during the finale, completely erasing America from the map.
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* There are a total of '''28''' Angels; the document uses Angels, although only about half of them, the same Japanese word number as in the series but also includes "Apostolo" in katakana. In order to get final product, would be distinct; the extra twelve/thirteen out of the way quicker, the twelve strongest ones were supposed to have [[AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs attacked]] attack]] '''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill all at once]]''' during the finale, completely erasing America from the map.map. The document also uses the same Japanese word as in the series, ''shito'', but also includes "Apostolo" in katakana.
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* [[BridgeBunnies Hyuga, Ibuki and Aoba]] aren't present and [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness SEELE]] isn't mentioned. There is however mention of a character named Conrad Lawrence; based on the description of him being an old man who set up NERV and put his later nemesis Gendo into position, he might've been the earliest draft of Lorenz Keel.
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* [[BridgeBunnies Hyuga, Ibuki and Aoba]] aren't present and [[OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness SEELE]] isn't mentioned. There is however mention of a character named Conrad Lawrence; based on the description of him being an old man who set up NERV and put his later nemesis Gendo into position, he might've been the earliest draft of Lorenz Keel.Keel Lorenz.
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* Kaworu mentioned without name as a child with a cat. To those who have read the manga, this sounds even weirder. According to interviews with Anno the cat would have made it into the final product had it not been for budget-constrains. The same interviews also reveal that they had at one point considered introducing Kaworu earlier than they eventually did and that Shinji first would have found him playing an abandoned piano in some ruined house; this was incorporated into the manga adaptation, while piano-playing would also be a key character trait in the ''Rebuild'' films.
* Arael was supposed to have engaged the Evas in close aerial combat instead of MindRape, using some sort of vibroweapon on its wingtips. The Evas themselves would've been equipped with flight harnesses in order to fight the Angel. These plot elements both found their way into the third ''Rebuild'' movie.
* Shinji was supposed to have received the MindRape (from an Angel unrelated to Arael), not Asuka. The poor boy was not going to catch a break.
* Arael was supposed to have engaged the Evas in close aerial combat instead of MindRape, using some sort of vibroweapon on its wingtips. The Evas themselves would've been equipped with flight harnesses in order to fight the Angel. These plot elements both found their way into the third ''Rebuild'' movie.
* Shinji was supposed to have received the MindRape (from an Angel unrelated to Arael), not Asuka. The poor boy was not going to catch a break.
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* Kaworu is mentioned without name as a child with a cat. To those who have read the manga, this sounds even weirder. According to interviews with Anno Anno, the cat would have made it into the final product had it not been for budget-constrains. The same interviews also reveal that they had at one point considered introducing Kaworu earlier than they eventually did and that Shinji first would have found him playing an abandoned piano in some ruined house; this was house. Those ideas were incorporated into the manga adaptation, while (where Kaworu infamously mercy-kills a stray cat) and ''Rebuild'' (in which piano-playing would also be a key character trait in the ''Rebuild'' films.
trait).
* Arael was supposed to have engaged the Evas in close aerial combat instead of MindRape, using some sort of vibroweapon on its wingtips. The Evas themselves would've been equipped with flight harnesses in order to fight the Angel.These Again, these plot elements both found their way into the third ''Rebuild'' movie.
* Shinji was supposed to have received the MindRape (from an Angel unrelated toArael), Arael or Leliel), not Asuka. The poor boy was not going to catch a break.
* Arael was supposed to have engaged the Evas in close aerial combat instead of MindRape, using some sort of vibroweapon on its wingtips. The Evas themselves would've been equipped with flight harnesses in order to fight the Angel.
* Shinji was supposed to have received the MindRape (from an Angel unrelated to
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* The leaked original script for episode 25 and 26, which was used for ''The End of Evangelion'', featured two different proposed epilogues, neither of which corresponded completely with the one in film.
** The first one (Last A) was the closest to the final one, [[spoiler:but lacked the BookEnds Lilith/Rei, had the cast's names on the graves Shinji raised, showed Asuka kicking down hers (it is still shown to have been toppled in the final film after she returns from Instrumentality) and has her final line being her signature "idiot!"]].
** The second one (Last B), however, was ''much'' bleaker than the final film. It starts with Shinji laying on the beach holding Rei's hand before [[spoiler:Shinji turn his head to see the BookEnds Lilith/Rei. The camera then pans out to show that Shinji is only clutching the arm Rei lost earlier. His monologue then reveals that he was the only human self-reflective enough to ever return from Instrumentality, meaning he will be spending the rest of his life alone after finally finding the will to live with other people]]. After the credits starts both would have shown scenes revealing that Unit-01 had ended up on the moon, its/her helmet broken and revealing woman's hair.
** The first one (Last A) was the closest to the final one, [[spoiler:but lacked the BookEnds Lilith/Rei, had the cast's names on the graves Shinji raised, showed Asuka kicking down hers (it is still shown to have been toppled in the final film after she returns from Instrumentality) and has her final line being her signature "idiot!"]].
** The second one (Last B), however, was ''much'' bleaker than the final film. It starts with Shinji laying on the beach holding Rei's hand before [[spoiler:Shinji turn his head to see the BookEnds Lilith/Rei. The camera then pans out to show that Shinji is only clutching the arm Rei lost earlier. His monologue then reveals that he was the only human self-reflective enough to ever return from Instrumentality, meaning he will be spending the rest of his life alone after finally finding the will to live with other people]]. After the credits starts both would have shown scenes revealing that Unit-01 had ended up on the moon, its/her helmet broken and revealing woman's hair.
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* The leaked original script for episode 25 and 26, which was used for ''The End of Evangelion'', featured two different proposed epilogues, neither of which corresponded completely with the one in film.
film. They are both much bleaker than the final product.
** The first one (Last A) was the closest to the final one, [[spoiler:butlacked lacks the BookEnds Lilith/Rei, had has the cast's names on the graves Shinji raised, showed shows Asuka kicking down hers (it is still shown to have been toppled in the final film after she returns from Instrumentality) hers, and has her final line being her signature "idiot!"]].
"idiot!"]]. Some of this remains in the final film, as [[spoiler:Asuka's grave is still shown to have been toppled after she returns from Instrumentality.]]
** The second one (Last B), however, was''much'' bleaker than the final film.a supreme DownerEnding. It starts with Shinji laying on the beach holding Rei's hand before [[spoiler:Shinji turn his head to see the BookEnds Lilith/Rei. The camera then pans out to show that Shinji is only clutching the arm Rei lost earlier. His monologue then reveals that he was the only human self-reflective enough to ever return from Instrumentality, meaning he will be spending the rest of his life alone after finally finding the will to live with other people]]. After the credits starts both start, they would have shown scenes revealing that Unit-01 had ended up on the moon, its/her helmet broken and revealing woman's hair.
** The first one (Last A) was the closest to the final one, [[spoiler:but
** The second one (Last B), however, was
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* According to the commentary, Creator/AmandaWinnLee originally wanted to try out for the role of Misato for the ADV dub, before Allison Keith's performance changed her mind.
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* According to the commentary, Creator/AmandaWinnLee originally wanted to try out for the role of Misato for the ADV dub, before Allison Keith's performance changed her mind. ADR director Matt Greenfield also thought casting her as Misato would be too much of a typecast.
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* Being in charge of the Brazillian Portuguese Vox redub for Netflix, Fábio Lucindo thought about giving up the role of Shinji in case he couldn't reach the desired high tone for his voice (he was 15 when he first voiced Shinji for the Locomotion dub and 35 when he directed the Netflix dub). As he commented in an interview with the website [=JBox=], he was considering casting Lipe Volpato as his replacement. However, that didn't happen and Fábio ended up dubbing Shinji in this version too.
* Prime Video gave Dubbing Brothers the option of using a brand new cast for their ''Rebuild'' English dubs, but director Joe Fria chose to bring back the classic English voice cast due to the negative reception of the Netflix dub recasts (despite he himself enjoying the dub). He also suggested that he wanted to bring back more of Funimation's ''Rebuild'' cast, but contract issues prevented that from happening.
* Prime Video gave Dubbing Brothers the option of using a brand new cast for their ''Rebuild'' English dubs, but director Joe Fria chose to bring back the classic English voice cast due to the negative reception of the Netflix dub recasts (despite he himself enjoying the dub). He also suggested that he wanted to bring back more of Funimation's ''Rebuild'' cast, but contract issues prevented that from happening.
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* Being in charge of the Brazillian Portuguese Vox redub for Netflix, Fábio Lucindo thought about giving up the role of Shinji in case he couldn't reach the desired high tone for his voice (he was 15 when he first voiced Shinji for the Locomotion dub and 35 when he directed the Netflix dub). As he commented in an interview with the website [=JBox=], he was considering casting Lipe Volpato as his replacement. However, that didn't happen and Fábio ended up dubbing Shinji in this version too.
* Prime Video gave Dubbing Brothers the option of using a brand new cast for their ''Rebuild'' English dubs, but director Joe Fria chose to bring back the classic English voice cast due to the negative reception of the Netflix dub recasts (despite he himself enjoying the dub). He also suggested that he wanted to bring back more of Funimation's ''Rebuild'' cast, but contract issues prevented that from happening.too.
* Prime Video gave Dubbing Brothers the option of using a brand new cast for their ''Rebuild'' English dubs, but director Joe Fria chose to bring back the classic English voice cast due to the negative reception of the Netflix dub recasts (despite he himself enjoying the dub). He also suggested that he wanted to bring back more of Funimation's ''Rebuild'' cast, but contract issues prevented that from happening.
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* Creator/SpikeSpencer, Creator/AmandaWinnLee and Creator/TiffanyGrant all auditioned to [[RoleReprise reprise the respective voices]] of Shinji, Rei and Asuka for the Netflix English dub, which was recorded at VSI Los Angeles. However, the roles instead [[TheOtherDarrin went to]] Casey Mongillo (Shinji), Creator/RyanBartley (Rei) and Stephanie [=McKeon=] (Asuka). Before the Netflix release, however, Spencer and Grant did get to respectively reprise Shinji and Asuka in the first three ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' films.
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* Creator/SpikeSpencer, Creator/AmandaWinnLee and Creator/TiffanyGrant all auditioned to [[RoleReprise reprise the respective voices]] of Shinji, Rei and Asuka for the Netflix English dub, which was recorded at VSI Los Angeles. However, the roles instead [[TheOtherDarrin went to]] Casey Mongillo (Shinji), Creator/RyanBartley (Rei) and Stephanie [=McKeon=] (Asuka). Before the Netflix release, however, Spencer and Grant did get to respectively reprise Shinji and Asuka in the first three ''Rebuild of Evangelion'' films.
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* ADV considered redubbing the entire series from scratch in 2004 for the Platinum remastered release, but instead settled on remixing their original 1996-1998 dub with minimal changes. Matt Greenfield believed that fans were too familiar and attached to the dub, and said redoing it from scratch would be too reminiscent of the ''Star Wars'' special editions.
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* Being in charge of the Brazillian Portuguese Vox redub for Netflix, Fábio Lucindo thought about giving up the role of Shinji in case he couldn't reach the desired high tone for his voice (he was 15 when he first voiced Shinji for the Locomotion dub and 35 when he directed the Netflix dub). As he commented in an interview with the website [=JBox=], he was considering casting Lipe Volpato as his replacement. However, that didn't happen and Fábio ended up dubbing Shinji in this version too.
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* Being in charge of the Brazillian Portuguese Vox redub for Netflix, Fábio Lucindo thought about giving up the role of Shinji in case he couldn't reach the desired high tone for his voice (he was 15 when he first voiced Shinji for the Locomotion dub and 35 when he directed the Netflix dub). As he commented in an interview with the website [=JBox=], he was considering casting Lipe Volpato as his replacement. However, that didn't happen and Fábio ended up dubbing Shinji in this version too.too.
* Prime Video gave Dubbing Brothers the option of using a brand new cast for their ''Rebuild'' English dubs, but director Joe Fria chose to bring back the classic English voice cast due to the negative reception of the Netflix dub recasts (despite he himself enjoying the dub). He also suggested that he wanted to bring back more of Funimation's ''Rebuild'' cast, but contract issues prevented that from happening.
* Prime Video gave Dubbing Brothers the option of using a brand new cast for their ''Rebuild'' English dubs, but director Joe Fria chose to bring back the classic English voice cast due to the negative reception of the Netflix dub recasts (despite he himself enjoying the dub). He also suggested that he wanted to bring back more of Funimation's ''Rebuild'' cast, but contract issues prevented that from happening.
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* First of all, the project that became ''Evangelion'' was originally conceived as a subtle StealthSequel to Gainax's previous success ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' (which had been originally conceived by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki as a sequel to ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'', itself an adaptation of a western novel), as revealed in interviews with the Gainax staff in Mitsunari Oizumi's book ''Anno Hideaki Squizo Evangelion''. The extent of the connections are unknown, but a popular interpretation is that the Angels would be actually the Atlantean Adams released by the Red Noah upon being destroyed by Captain Nemo, something that can actually be seen in the explosion sequence in ''Nadia'' (sixteen light spheres are shown being ejected, the number of the Angels sans Lilith and Lilim). However, as ''Nadia'''s rights were held by NHK, Anno and company were forced to develop it as an independent story. Traces of the relationship between the two still remain in the ''Good Luck Nadia'' CD drama, which was released the same year in which ''Evangelion'' entered production and contains the first mentions to Tokyo-2 and a character named Ritsuko.
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* First of all, the project that became ''Evangelion'' was originally conceived as a subtle StealthSequel to Gainax's previous success ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' (which had been originally conceived by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki as a sequel to ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'', itself an adaptation of a western novel), as revealed in interviews with the Gainax staff in Mitsunari Oizumi's book ''Anno Hideaki Squizo Evangelion''. The extent of the connections are is unknown, but a popular interpretation is that the Angels would be actually the Atlantean Adams released by the Red Noah upon being destroyed by Captain Nemo, something that can actually be seen in Nemo (in the explosion sequence in ''Nadia'' (sixteen ''Nadia'', sixteen light spheres are shown being ejected, the number of the Angels sans Lilith and Lilim). However, as ''Nadia'''s rights were held by NHK, Anno and company were forced to develop it as an independent story. Traces of the relationship between the two still remain in the ''Good Luck Nadia'' CD drama, which was released the same year in which ''Evangelion'' entered production and contains the first mentions to Tokyo-2 and a character named Ritsuko.
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Apparently the book is not so detailed in the connections. I've certainly found Japanese fans noting the explosion thing, but it is not outright stated there.
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* First of all, ''Evangelion'' was originally conceived as a subtle StealthSequel to Gainax's previous success ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' (which had been originally conceived by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki as a sequel to ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'', itself an adaptation of a western novel), as revealed in interviews with the Gainax staff in Mitsunari Oizumi's book ''Anno Hideaki Squizo Evangelion''. In this version of the story, the Gehirn organization was a secret remnant of Neo-Atlantis, the Second Impact was an event similar to Gargoyle's death by turning into salt, and the Angels (sans Lilith and Lilim) were actually sixteen Atlantean Adams released by the Red Noah upon being destroyed by Captain Nemo (something that can actually be seen in the explosion sequence in ''Nadia'', represented as sixteen light spheres, as a SequelHook). However, as ''Nadia'''s rights were held by NHK, Anno and company were forced to develop it as an independent story. Traces of the relationship between the two still remain in the ''Nadia'' CD dramas and the video game ''VideoGame/NeonGenesisEvangelion2''.
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* First of all, the project that became ''Evangelion'' was originally conceived as a subtle StealthSequel to Gainax's previous success ''Anime/NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWater'' (which had been originally conceived by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki as a sequel to ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'', itself an adaptation of a western novel), as revealed in interviews with the Gainax staff in Mitsunari Oizumi's book ''Anno Hideaki Squizo Evangelion''. In this version The extent of the story, the Gehirn organization was connections are unknown, but a secret remnant of Neo-Atlantis, the Second Impact was an event similar to Gargoyle's death by turning into salt, and popular interpretation is that the Angels (sans Lilith and Lilim) were would be actually sixteen the Atlantean Adams released by the Red Noah upon being destroyed by Captain Nemo (something Nemo, something that can actually be seen in the explosion sequence in ''Nadia'', represented as sixteen ''Nadia'' (sixteen light spheres, as a SequelHook).spheres are shown being ejected, the number of the Angels sans Lilith and Lilim). However, as ''Nadia'''s rights were held by NHK, Anno and company were forced to develop it as an independent story. Traces of the relationship between the two still remain in the ''Nadia'' ''Good Luck Nadia'' CD dramas drama, which was released the same year in which ''Evangelion'' entered production and contains the video game ''VideoGame/NeonGenesisEvangelion2''.first mentions to Tokyo-2 and a character named Ritsuko.
