Evangelion - giant humanoid being of near-godlike power

Evangelion

(エヴァンゲリオン[?])

is a giant humanoid being of near-godlike power, created by NERV from samples of the First Angel, Adam (although Unit-01 might be an exception). Evangelions were supposedly created to combat the Angel threat, although their most important function (and one of their greatest secrets) is to initiate Third Impact to evolve humanity further.

Despite being giant humans (in the series' broader definition of the term "human"), Evangelions are often mistaken for giant robots. As early as Episode 02, Evangelion Unit-01 is seen without its helmet on, revealing that Evangelions are clearly not robots, but cyborgs, living organic creatures with cybernetic machine and computer components grafted onto them. They are also covered from head to toe in restraining metal plates that hide their true organic form and serve to keep them under NERV's control, and in part because they have pilots who sit in the cockpit-like Entry Plug.

Each Evangelion has been imbued with the soul of the pilot's mother, with the exception of Unit-00 and possibly the Mass Production Evas.

The Evangelions were designed after a specific type of Japanese monster called "Oni", commonly translated into "demon" or "ogre".

Evangelions do not have a fixed size in the show and vary in size as the situation demands, going from 40 meters to a towering 200 meters in height (they all have a height of approximately 80 meters in the Rebuild continuity, with Eva-13 being slightly larger). Created from the Seed of Life Adam (with the seeming exception of Unit-01), their massive bodies are formed of Particle-Wave Matter, but their shape appears to be determined genetically rather than through their A.T. Fields since they were born without souls, having their soul inserted in a Contact Experiment with a human being. Evangelions are also incapable of generating an S² Engine, although Unit-01 later acquires one and Mass Production Evangelions are all equipped with them.

Like the original Adam, an Eva has essentially the same physical form as a normal human, albeit with exaggerated torso/waist proportions and varying head forms. The limbs are identical to human limbs in structure, down to the point of the fingers having fingernails (Episode 03) and the feet having toes (seen in End of Evangelion).

Skull shape and features vary from Evangelion to Evangelion. Some of the failed Prototype Evangelions have a skull shape almost identical to that of a human, while the Mass Production Evangelions have no eyes and a vaguely cetacean head form. Production model Evangelions vary in head shape, as well as in the number of eyes and nostril position.

Evangelions have internal organs including a complete digestive tract, as evidenced by display monitors and Unit-01's attack on Zeruel, and visually seen during the dismemberment of Unit-02. With the exception of Unit-02, which has blue-purple blood (In Rebuild, Unit-02's blood has been switched to red), all Evangelions have red blood, which sprays out of wounds in spectacular fashion.

Evangelions seem to be created from a sort of asexual amoeba-like fission process with either Adam or Lilith, in which the torso of the Eva is 'pulled' out of the Seed

The Mark series is an exclusive Evangelion batch created by NERV (in 3.0 and 3.0+1.0), or presumably, SEELE. This Evangelion series vary from the standard Evangelion types created by former NERV (in 1.0 and 2.0). The naming system from Mark.06 onwards (except Evangelion 13) incorporates 'Mark'.

An Evangelion is imbued with the soul of its pilot's mother. Whether the soul or the pilot is chosen first is unknown. A pilot can easily sync only with a compatible soul. Synchronization depends upon the pilot's psychological condition. Synchronization rate and performance can be pulled down when the pilot is emotionally distressed and increase under duress or anger, reaching a high sync rate when in battle rage. In 2.0, Shinji is able to achieve a whopping 400% synchronization rate with the awakened Evangelion Unit 01.

List of Evangelions

In Neon Genesis Evangelion

Evangelion Unit-00

Evangelion Unit-01

Evangelion Unit-02

Evangelion Unit-03

Evangelion Unit-04

Mass Production Evangelion

In Rebuild of Evangelion
Evangelion Unit 00' (Rebuild)

Evangelion Unit 01 (Rebuild)

Evangelion Unit-03 (Rebuild)

Eva-04 Disappearance (Rebuild)

Evangelion Provisional Unit-05

Evangelion Unit-08

Evangelion Mark.04A

Evangelion Mark.04B

Evangelion Mark.04C

Evangelion Mark.06

Evangelion Mark.09

Evangelion 13

Evangelion Mark.44A

Evangelion Mark.44B

Evangelion Mark.4444C

Evangelion Mark.07

Evangelion Mark.09-A

Evangelion Mark.10

Evangelion Mark.11

Evangelion Mark.12

Evangelion Imaginary

In Neon Genesis Evangelion -ANIMA

Evangelion Unit-01 Type F

Evangelion Unit-01 Stage 2 Specification

Super Evangelion

Evangelion Unit-00 Type F

Evangelion Unit-00 Type-F Allegorica

Evangelion Unit-0.0
Evangelion Unit-0-0 Quatre (QR Signum)
Evangelion Unit-0.0 Mutant

Evangelion Unit-02 Type II
Evangelion Unit-02 Type II Allegorica

Crimson A1

Evangelion EURO-II Heurtebise
US Evangelion Wolfpac

Angel Carrier Type-1

Angel Carrier Type-2

Armaros

Torwart
Torwartα1

In Evangelion: Another Impact

Another Number - Unit Null

In Video Games

Evangelion Unit-α

Evangelion Type β

Pseudo EVA Surtr

Pseudo DMS 13 <Y>

Evangelions

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Unit-00 • Unit-01 • Unit-02 • Unit-03 • Unit-04 • Mass Production Evangelion (Unit-05 ~ 13)

Rebuild of Evangelion

Unit-00 • Unit-01 • Unit-02 • Unit-03 • Unit-04 • Mark.04A • Mark.04B • Mark.04C • Mark.44A • Mark.44B • Mark.4444C • Provisional Unit-05 • Mark.06 • Mark.07 • Unit-08 • Mark.09(-A) • Mark.10 • Mark.11 • Mark.12 • 13 • Imaginary

Evangelion: ANIMA

Unit-0.0 • Unit-0.0 Mutant • Unit-00 Type F • Unit-01 Type F • Unit-01 Type CQB • Unit-01 Stage 2 Specification • Super Evangelion • Evangelion Final Model • Unit-02 Type F • Unit-02 Type II • Unit-02 Type II Allegorica • Crimson A1 • Torwartα1 • Evangelion EURO-II Heurtebise • US Evangelion/Wolfpac • Angel Carrier Type-1 • Angel Carrier Type-2 • Angel Carrier Type-3 • Armaros • Victor

Battle Orchestra

Evangelion Unit-α • Evangelion Type β

Other

Failed Evangelion Prototypes • Simulation Bodies • Another Number - Unit Null • Evangelion Unit-04 (Rapidborer Equipment)

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