EVA 2.0 opens a.k.a WTF ANNO WTF?!
June 27, 2009 @ 3:26 pm · Filed under Anime, Evangelion
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
Asuka does in her usual way tsundere way express feelings for Shinji, for example feeling lonely and coming to sleep in his room (this is not sleep walking as in the TV series) and confronting Ayanami about her feelings for him (this is after she calls Ayanami a doll in the infamous elevator scene, and it is masterfully played here). She is a compelling character here, maybe even more so than in the original series, and her drive to excel, lack of social skills and loneliness really shine through. She also has some great fan service moments in shimapan and bursting naked from the shower. But instead of pursuing Shinji, she volunteers to test pilot Eva Unit 04 from the United States. Yes, Asuka, not Toji. It is infected by an Angel, Shinji refuses to fight and the dummy plug system takes control of Eva Unit 01, which horribly destroys Unit 04 – and crushes the entry plug containing Asuka in its mouth. Thankfully, the dummy plug system in this theatrical version does not make Shinji watch this.
In that same Angel battle, Ayanami does her suicide attack with the N2 bomb. It fails, and the badass Zeruel bites her Eva in half and swallows it, including her. Shinji quit NERV after the death of Asuka, but snaps out of his funk after seeing the heroics of Mari and the death of Ayanami. He flips out, and goes berserk (very “Gurren Lagann” here). He gains so much power that Eva 01 becomes a god able to rip a hole in the Angel and extract Ayanami. Shinji insists on doing this, even though Ayanami tells him she “has spares,” because he says there is only one Ayanami.
The reborn Ayanami merges with Unit 01 and sets into motion Third Impact. Luckily Kaworu, who has been waiting shirtless on the face of the moon, descends and impales Unit 01, stopping the process. He says he will make “only Shinji find happiness.”
Holy shit wtf Anno?
/r/ camrips!!! (Reminder to self: HOLD ON UNTIL THE BLU-RAY’S ARE OUT!)
Kuruno-logical order Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 3:49 pm
wait what? and where is the supposed new character? :d
neochikara Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 3:56 pm
Well, I guess Anno wasn’t over his mid-life crisis, even after End of Evangelion… Still very excited to see it!
Kaisos Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 4:10 pm
Wow. Uh,
Wow.
And I still suspect this DOES take place after EoE, since Kaworu seems to know Shinji.
GOD DAMN IT, ANNO
Hypernova Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 4:13 pm
Sounds like Anno is about to take us for a ride.
Brizzle Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 4:55 pm
D: WHUUUUUU?!
Must see!
MooMooCow Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 5:19 pm
What….? This is a bigger mind fuck than EoE.
Gargron Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 5:49 pm
Ha?! But in the original, Toji didn’t die! Nah anyways, this is somehow too much. Eva was only good at the beginning.
Zizhou Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 6:27 pm
Wait, wait, wait. Later in that article (the last line) it says
“The trailer for the next film, ‘Quickening,’ offers many intriguing info bites, including the return of all the characters, including [b]Asuka in an eye-patch,[/b] and Unit 08.”
so what does this mean?! Are they going to do a ReTake-esque thing with an “illusory” Asuka? Oh man, I can’t wait to see this!
DrmChsr0 Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 6:55 pm
It’s called Anno loves to fuck with us for his sick pleasure. And fat bank account.
BUT I THINK GAINAX ARE FORCING HIM TO CHANNEL GURREN LAGANN.
Mukizu Said,
June 27, 2009 @ 7:24 pm
@Zizhou,
Asuka doesn’t die here. She is just put into treatment, because it was a possibility than she was infected by an angel.
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Ushee Said,
June 28, 2009 @ 1:37 am
Yeah, we really need a camrip now
I’m anxious to see some of the other scenes in the movie as well, namely naked Asuka 〜３〜
TJ Said,
June 28, 2009 @ 1:54 am
What the…
Damn, can’t wait to see the movie.
Sterling01 Said,
June 28, 2009 @ 1:54 am
Here’s a more detailed summery
http://forum.evageeks.org/viewtopic.php?t=6932&start=460
Just scroll down some
Leon Said,
June 28, 2009 @ 1:57 am
Yeah, I just got home from seeing the movie and all I could think at the end was “Oh Anno is going to get the hatemail now!
TiParker Said,
September 26, 2009 @ 11:22 pm
Anno placed this as a alternative ending. the Eva series is a infinite loop with unlimited possibilities of how that loop activates. so this isn’t after EoE it is more like the same time.