Jan 07, 2020 The act of watching Neon Genesis Evangelion is a deeply visceral experience. Much like the 14-year-olds at the center of the story, you end up feeling so.
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In fact, the lack of meaning behind seemingly deep pieces of the lore has vexed some fans. However, the use of symbolism throughout the show cannot be ignored. Here is the symbolism behind 10 strange things in the show. NERV is the secretive organization tasked with protecting Earth from the.
Their logo features the company name over a fig leaf.The fig leaf is strongly associated with covering the nakedness of Adam and Eve in Renaissance art. Neither Adam nor Eve felt shame at their nakedness until they'd eaten the Fruit of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The fig leaf is a thin cover, insufficient to hide knowledge of the truth.or of humanity's sinful nature. This is relevant, NERV is an organization who hides knowledge from humanity while committing sinful actions to preserve the Edenic state of life most people enjoy. 9 Magi Computers. The NERV headquarters is run by three supercomputers - Balthazar, Melchior, and Caspar - named after the three Magi who visited the baby Jesus in the New Testament. Each of these was created by Naoko Akagi, who infused a part of her personality into each computer: Giving one her identity as a mother, another her identity as a scientist, and the third her identity as a woman.These computers represent humanity's search for wisdom, both through technological innovations and through the use of faith to try and divine our fate in a hostile universe where angels have turned against humanity.
The trinitarian division also seems to allude to the way people are divided within themselves, which leads to conflict and suffering. The Spear of Longinus is a massive lance that the EVAs use as a weapon in the series. The mysterious item has been described as being and was likely uncovered by the Katsuragi Expedition to Antarctica. It can even rip through AT Fields.RELATED:This weapon is named after the spear a Roman soldier supposedly used to pierce the side of Jesus while he hung on the cross. The Spear of Longinus in Evangelion is a weapon that can cause harm to a god (or in the case of the show, an angel). 7 Stage Lights.
The final two episodes of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime broke from the conventional form of storytelling. In fact, it eschewed any attempt at furthering the story, going on a forty-minute psychological study instead. Each of the characters speaks about their own wants, fears, and traumas in these scenes, often monologuing while a stage light illuminates them.There is no need for animators to draw the effects of from a theater production. This artistic choice highlights both the individuals as they monologue about their identities, but also illustrates the trauma caused by the seeming isolation of being all alone while at the same time covering up psychological needs through performance to hide while in the spotlight of the public eye.
SEELE is a secret organization similar to NERV in that it has influence over the world's governments and is concerned with the Human Instrumentality Project - a massive undertaking that plans to force all human souls to merge into one collective unconscious and bring about the Third Impact.Most striking is the image of the snake wrapped around an apple, emblematic of the serpent in the Garden of Eden who tempted Adam and Eve to eat the Fruit of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Far from being evil, this is tied to the show's Gnostic motifs, for in Gnosticism, the serpent is seen as a teacher, empowering humanity with important knowledge otherwise denied to them. By gaining knowledge of others, humanity will transcend its limitations. 5 Seven Eyes of SEELE. SEELE is a shadowy organization and definitely has been involved in some questionable activities over the years. Despite this, it is practically a miracle that they have remained secretive when one considers their logo is overloaded with secret occult symbolism. Even the name of the group, SEELE, is German for 'soul.'
The most interesting and obscure part of the logo is the group of seven eyes. This is in part a reference to the Biblical importance of the number seven. The number seven is cited repeatedly in the Book of Revelations which describes the predictions of the apocalypse, while when the world ends according to Buddhist teachings. More than all of this, the eyes are a reference to Lilith, who in the series is portrayed as a seven-eyed angel. The EVAs (or Evangelions) are giant clones of angels with cybernetic implants piloted as mech suits in the war against the angels. Beyond helping humanity to fight off the attacking angels, the EVAs were also created to allow humanity to transcend its limitations through the Human Instrumentality Project.RELATED:In The End of Evangelion, a new line of mass-produced EVAs are revealed.
After they are defeated, their crucified corpses are suspended in orbit above the Earth. This imagery echoes the Biblical crucifixion, the death of a godlike being allowing for humanity to achieve a spiritual awakening through rebirth. This is reinforced by the fact that as the EVAs crucify themselves, the people of Earth explode in blood and bursts of cruciform light.
3 Antarctica. After the Second Impact hit Antarctica, the region was reduced to a boiling dead swathe of an ocean. This was the fault of the Katsuragi Expedition, which awakened the angel Adam and began the research essential for groups like NERV and SEELE to emerge and develop the angels.The melted wastes of Antarctica appear to reference the Book of Revelations, in which the seas boiled at the end of the world. Notably, the second of which causes a burning mountain to turn the oceans to blood - which sounds a whole lot like what happened during the Second Impact. Rei Ayanami is one of the children against the angels. As the pilot of EVA Unit 0, she was working for NERV even before Shinji arrived. Eventually, it is revealed that Rei is a clone and that the 'dummy plugs' which can sometimes be inserted into an Evangelion unit to make it operate without a pilot are in fact empty soulless clones of Rei.Humans and angels both have souls.
This is part of what connects them. The lack of souls in the Rei clones represents the distinction between being merely biological slabs of meat and actually being human.
1 Berserker EVA. Toward the end of the series, the Unit 01 EVA goes berserk while Shinji is piloting it against an angel that managed to penetrate the NERV headquarters. This happens after Unit 01 runs out of power, making it vulnerable to attacks from the angel.
The EVA begins to scream and as it kills the angel, proceeds to eat it, hunched over its corpse.The EVA is a clone of an angel. In its berserker rage, it burst free of the armored restraints meant to hold back its power. This scene shows the folly of humanity's hubris in thinking to try and control the divine - as well as the violent consequences of failing to do so.NEXT. Theo Kogod is a freelance writer.
While working as an English teacher in Japan, he helped found the magazine 3 Feet Left as its Resident Writer. Since then, he's written for various online publications, including CBR, Screen Rant, and The Comics Vault.
His published fiction includes the prose superhero story 'Typical Heroes' released by Diabolical Plots and the sci-fi story 'Antediluvian' in the anthology A Flash of Silver-Green. He currently lives in North Carolina with his spouse, two adorable cats, and an ever-growing book-hoard.