The Evangelion

The Evangelion. A war machine that strikes terror into the hearts of all, even its pilots. There have been many, what some call "Mech Anime" before Evangelion, but none as unique or outstanding. The formal name of Evangelion is "General-purpose Humanoid Decisive Combat Weapon-Artificial Human (Android) Evangelion" [Hanyou Ninkei Kessen Heiki-Jinzou Ningen Evangelion]. 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 humans have to counter the Angels. It takes its power from electricity and without external supply it can maintain nly 5 minuites of activity. Thus usually it takes the electral power it needs throught an Umbilical Cable. (EVA from EVA-05 onwards does not need this cable because it has the S^2 Engine)

Originally EVA does not have a 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 the Bible, and "Evangel", the English for the gospel.

Evangelion Unit-00 {Info Still Pending}

Evangelion Unit-01 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 NERV HQ. Although it contributes 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 ect. It obtained the S^2 Engine directly by defeating and devouring the 14th Angel.

Colouring id 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.

Evangelion Unit-02 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.

Evangelion Mass Production Model 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 SELEE, not NERV. Since they have S^2 Engines 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, SELEE threw them into their battle against NERV, and as a group they destroy EVA-02.

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Thanks to the Red Cross Booklet for some of the descriptions