Is Neon Genesis Evangelion The End of Evangelion canon?

Is Neon Genesis Evangelion The End of Evangelion canon?

Evangelion has a dozen canons between the show, movies, rebuild, and various manga and games. You could chalk it up to the inconsistencies between different books in a bible or look at it like some sort of time loop. Either way, there isn't one definitive ending.

Is the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga better than the anime?

On paper, Sadamoto's Neon Genesis Evangelion follows the general beats of the anime very closely, almost beat-for-beat. However, subtler differences between the anime and manga are apparent right from the start. The manga adds a moment with Shinji Ikari where he reflects on his life before setting off to meet Misato.

How did Neon Genesis Evangelion end in the manga?

The ending is drastically different, with the beach scene of Shinji and Asuka from EoE replaced with what appears to be a world where the Evangelions only existed long ago, with petrified Mass Production Evas treated as "relics", possibly eons after the events in the manga, or another reality entirely.

When did the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga come out?

• Although the anime series was conceived before the manga, due to production delays the manga was released first, in the third issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace on Decem, to spread public interest in the upcoming TV series while it was still under production.

Who is the character designer for Neon Genesis Evangelion?

• Sadamoto was the original character designer for the anime with Hideaki Anno as the supervisor. His manga versions of the characters and plot often differ in subtle ways from the TV series by Gainax.

Why is everything canon in the Evangelion series?

• Everything. Evangelion is about repetition; the same story is told over and over in different ways with slight differences. Whether it be from episode to episode, chapter to chapter, or character development to character development. So everything is canon.

How old is Mari in Neon Genesis Evangelion?

• Mari appears in the extra chapter of the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga, as a classmate and eventually friend of the young Yui Ikari. Mari is a brilliant student of Fuyutsuki's and is clearly used to being the top of her class until she got to university (at age 16), where she found it difficult to compete with Yui.