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“Three years post-Third Impact, NERV faces a rogue orbital EVA and mysterious Angel Carrier assaulting Tokyo-3.”
Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA
エヴァンゲリオン ANIMA
7.3
5,270 rank · 4,183 readers · 55 favorites
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Synopsis
Three years post-Third Impact, NERV faces a rogue orbital EVA and mysterious Angel Carrier assaulting Tokyo-3.
Three years after Shinji Ikari prevented Third Impact during the Battle at NERV HQ, the Earth is at peace once more. NERV has been reorganized under the command of Misato Katsuragi, and Shinji leads the EVA team with the help of his friends Asuka Langley Souryuu and Rei Ayanami. Advancements in technology have led the organization to upgrade its Evangelions, and three Series-0.0 units have been placed into low Earth orbit to watch over the planet. Just as NERV is on the verge of upgrading Shinji's Unit-01 Type-F, one of the Unit-0.0s goes out of control and crashes near Tokyo-3. Soon after, NERV is attacked by a mysterious Angel Carrier—an oddly modified Mass Production Evangelion. It is now up to Shinji, Asuka, and Rei to stop this attack and identify their mysterious new enemy.
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Community consensus
Derived from 5 sampled reviews
7.6
/10
What 5 readers settled on.
100%
recommend
Score distribution
median 8
mode 8
σ 1.02
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σ 1.02 · scores cluster tight
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Not enough recommend signal yet
Score over time
↓ 1.40
Running avg · Apr 2021 → Dec 2023
Snap verdicts
· shortest highly-rated reviews
- 9 “This is my first review written so if its a little bad thats why. I got this book series for Christmas of 2020 and it tbh was a really good read for evangelion fans i wish this had all the stats on...”
- 8 “If your favourite part of Evangelion was the religious imagery and lore, then you're in luck, because Anima certainly delivers in that aspect. Due to being in a novel format, Anima has the freedom...”
- 8 “This light novel series was supervised and penned by Khara's mechanical designer, Ikuto Yamashita, and I must say... it is really nice to see a lot of shelved "conceptual" ideas breathing new life...”
Verbosity
Short · 20%
Medium · 40%
Long · 40%
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A Novel Publication
- Format 45 × 5 ch × vol
- Total read 6h 00m approx
- Published Nov 2007 – Feb 2013
- Source Novel media type
- Ref. BS-M15810 catalog