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Informationen zum Autor Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, one of the founding members of the animation powerhouse Studio Gainax, is the character designer for THE WINGS OF HONNEAMISE , NADIA , NEON GENESIS EVANGELION the animated series, and many other anime, illustration and art projects. His latest art book, DER MOND , is also available in English translation from VIZ Media. NEON GENESIS EVANGELION is Sadamoto's only full-length manga series. Zusammenfassung Japan's most controversial anime series is over - but not the manga versionof Neon Genesis Evangelion! Not simply a retelling, this manga is animeco-creator Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's personal interpretation of the Evangelioncharacters and story - sure to intrigue new and old fans alike. The human racenearly ended in 2000 A.D. when a top- secret encounter between an Antarcticexpedition and an entity code-named "The Angel" triggered a global catastrophe.Now, in 2015, the Angels have returned, and Shinji Ikari, a fourteen year-oldchild of the new Earth, is summoned to the super-technological city of Tokyo-3by his long-estranged father Gendo, and forced without warning to pilot the monstrous biomechanical weapon called "Evangelion" to match the fearsome powerof the Angels. Beaten unconscious in his first sortie, only to have the Evadefeat the Angel on its own, Shinji attempts to recover from an encounter heneither understands or remembers, still disregarded by the father from whom hedesperately seeks approval. Moving in with his commanding officer, Capt.Katsuragi, Shinji sets out to try and re- start a "normal" life in school... Oneof the founding members of Gainax, Japan's most progressive anime studio,Yoshiyuki Sadamoto was also the character designer for their recent Adult Swimhit FLCL. Neon Genesis Evangelion Vol. 2 contains a special bonus interviewwith Sadamoto himself!
