[EVA] First pic of the new Eva Unit-02 in NewType's December issue

[Codename V]

While we did "see" Eva-02 in the preview at the end of Rebuild 1.0, it was
only a fleeting shot with the sun behind it, so we've never gotten a clear
look before.  This is the first "real" pic.

-- V


> I wouldn't say this is the first image.  We saw what it looked like in the
> Rebuild 2.0 preview a bazillion years ago.
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> --Aaron
> EvaMonkey.com
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>> http://www.imagebam.com/image/c3ee1217896857
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>> from the December issue of NewType
>>
>> (I do not understand Japanese well enough to translate this article
>> on-the-spot.)
>>
>> differences:
>>
>> *Eva-02 has gone Elfen Lied on us, and sprouted a pair of horns.  This
>> is
>> the most obvious difference, and indeed the biggest seen so far in an
>> Eva
>> (the Rebuild versions of Eva-01 and Eva-00 are basically repaints of the
>> originals)
>>
>> *The paint job is slightly different; the lower arms are white now
>> instead
>> of orange, and one of the mid-torso armor plates is now white.  This is
>> apparently a new design scheme in Rebuild, having the mid-torso plate be
>> a
>> different color (Eva-00 has a white strip there too, and for Eva-01 its
>> a
>> green stripe)
>>
>> *The body proportions are more like the "theatrical version" Eva-02 from
>> End of Eva; this is in keeping with how Eva-00 and Eva-01 have changed.
>> You see, Evas in the series have exaggerated shoulders and thin
>> wasp-waists.  But for End of Eva, they changed it, making the shoulders
>> smaller, and the waist wider; I have no idea why they did this and most
>> fans I've met don't like it, as it gives them a "guy in a rubber suit"
>> look (a human being could never fit inside the Eva design from the
>> series,
>> it is too angular...which is cool because it makes them look more
>> exotic).
>>  Further, in End of Eva they head proportions are all different;
>> basically
>> its as if you put your hands on the side of Eva-02's head and squashed
>> it
>> between your hands; it's vertically taller and horizontally thinner,
>> proportionately.
>>
>> *Rebuild-Unit-02 now has 8 (eight) nostrils, not four as in the
>> original.
>> In the original series, the Evas usually have four nostrils, often
>> actually above the eyes.  This was most clear on Eva-02 and Eva-03 (it
>> wasn't always animated into every shot for the others)
>>
>> *Those little armor frills at the base of the jaw, have now been
>> incredibly exaggerated to the point that they stick out far away from
>> the
>> head.
>>
>> *The "forearm fins" have been entirely changed.  Normally, all of the
>> Evas
>> (except the MP Evas) have this sort of frill/ridge of armor along their
>> forearm, I guess for protection.  Normally it curves gracesfully and
>> isn't
>> very noticeable (depending on who is animating).  For Rebuild, it is
>> just
>> a large, squared-off blade of armor jutting out conspicuously from the
>> forearm; it doesn't even touch the elbow but extends from the base of
>> the
>> wrist like a straight edge.
>>
>> *Whether you need to speak German in order to make Eva-02 work properly
>> in
>> its "default language interface" mode, remains unknown.
>>
>> *Overall, the horns and everything seem to be an attempt to return to
>> the
>> early design sketches from the series, that present the Evas more like
>> Japanese "Oni" (demons).  These made them look alot like Gundams, etc.
>> so
>> they toned it down for the finished models.
>>
>> -- V
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