Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance: Makinami Mari Illustrious and Ayanami Rei

At the apparent death of Soryu Asuka Langley, Ikari Shiji left NERV as he disapproved of his father’s actions. It was then that the Tenth Angel attacked, forcing Mari to hijack Unit-02 in an attempt to beat the Angel. However, even after she initiated the berserker mode, she was no match for it. Ayanami Rei then piloted Unit-00, but even with both of them working together, the Angel still remained unscathed.

And I won’t reveal any more than that! If you’d like to know what happened next, you’d best watch the movie yourself… Thanks again to Jamie for sending this!

Technorati Tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, anime, manga, game, series, character, photographer, photo, japan, comiket, 2010, neon, genesis, evangelion, 2.0, you, can, not, advance, makinami, mari, illustrious, ayanami, rei, apparent, death, soryu, asuka, langley, shikinami, ikari, shinji, left, nerv, disapprove, father, gendo, action, tenth, angel, attack, force, hijack, unit-02, attempt, beat, initiate, berserker, mode, match, pilot, unit-00, work, together, remain, unscathe, reveal, more, like, know, happen, next, best, watch, movie, jamie, contribution, email, コスプレ, コスプレイ, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版: 破, ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版, 破, 真希波, マリ, イラストリアス, 綾波, レイ, 惣流, アスカ, ラングレー, 式波, 碇, シンジ, ゲンドウ

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Rei 06

Although Rei is said to be an emotionless character, the latest film known as Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance reveals a more mature Rei with a developed personality. She once attempted to host a dinner party for her fellow pilots and she worked very hard in preparing the food. Her relationship with Ikari Shinji is also shown much more openly than the original series.

So daring! Wasn’t it already cold in Japan during Comiket 2010? And I see possible Takasugi Shinsuke in the background! Thanks again to Jamie for sending this!

del.icio.us Tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, anime, manga, game, series, character, photographer, photo, japan, comiket, 2010, neon, genesis, evangelion, ayanami, rei, say, emotionless, latest, film, 2.0, you, can, not, advance, reveal, mature, develop, personality, attempt, host, dinner, party, fellow, pilot, work, hard, prepare, food, relationship, shinji, ikari, show, open, original, daring, cold, see, possible, takasugi, shinsuke, gintama, background, jamie, contribution, email, コスプレ, コスプレイ, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, 綾波, レイ, 碇, シンジ, 銀魂, 高杉晋助

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance: Makinami Mari Illustrious 03

The beginning of the movie immediately reveals Makinami Mari Illustrious to be a pilot of the Provisional Evangelion Unit-05. She was sent to destroy the resuscitated skeleton of the Third Angel in its attack on NERV’s arctic Bethany Base. Mari was able to successfully defeat the Angel by self-destructing her unit,and ejecting at the last minute to avoid her own death.

I guess Evangelion’s 4-part theatrical remake really made an impact on the con goers this year. Thanks again for the contribution, Quince!

Technorati Tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, anime, manga, game, series, character, photographer, photo, japan, comiket, 2010, neon, genesis, evangelion, 2.0, you, can, not, advance, makinami, mari, illustrious, beginning, movie, immediate, reveal, pilot, provisional, unit-05, unit, 05, send, destroy, resuscitated, skeleton, third, angel, attack, nerv, arctic, bethany, base, success, defeat, self, destruct, eject, last, minute, avoid, death, guess, 4, part, theatrical, remake, impact, con, goer, year, quince, contribution, email, コスプレ, コスプレイ, ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版: 破, ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版, 破, 真希波, マリ, イラストリアス, 新, 世紀, エヴァンゲリオン

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance: Makinami Mari Illustrious 02

The Provisional Evangelion Unit-05 which Mari pilots drastically differs from previous incarnations of the Eva Unit. It has four mechanical ”legs” that end in wheels and a lack of hands which is replaced with a jousting lance and “claw”. This unique design requires Mari to wear a helmet-like contraption in order to pilot Unit-05. Her plugsuit is also equipped with several attachments that connect to tubing that apparently help her in moving her unit.

So pretty! I really like her choice of setting for this photograph. Thanks to Quince for sending this!

Technorati Tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, anime, manga, game, series, character, photographer, photo, japan, comiket, 2010, neon, genesis, evangelion, 2.0, you, can, not, advance, makinami, mari, illustrious, provisional, unit, 05, unit-05, pilot, drastic, differ, previous, incarnation, eva, four, mechanical, leg, end, wheel, lack, hand, replace, joust, lance, claw, unique, design, require, wear, helmet, like, contraption, order, plugsuit, plug, suitcase, equip, several, attachment, connection, tubing, apparent, help, move, pretty, choice, setting, photograph, quince, contribution, email, コスプレ, コスプレイ, ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版: 破, ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版, 破, 真希波, マリ, イラストリアス, 新, 世紀, エヴァンゲリオン

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Soryu Asuka Langley 03

When she was only 4-years-old, Asuka participated in a contact experiment with Unit 02. Although she physically survives the test, Asuka’s mother, Soryu Kyoko Zeppelin became mentally unstable. She believed that a doll was the real Asuka and referred to her daughter as “that girl over there”. As a scientist of Gehirn's German Branch of the Evangelion Project, she was institutionalized, but she eventually committed suicide by hanging herself. Asuka was the one who found her body when she was going to tell her mother that she has been selected to become an Eva Pilot.

A rather sad childhood for Asuka… Cute cosplay anyway! I love her A10 nerve clips and the color of her hair. Thanks to Mina for sending this in!

Technorati Tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, anime, manga, game, series, character, photographer, neon, genesis, evangelion, soryu, soryuu, asuka, langley, 4, year, old, participate, contact, experiment, unit, 02, physical, survive, test, mother, kyoko, zeppelin, mental, unstable, believe, doll, real, refer, daughter, girl, scientist, gehrin, german, branch, project, institutionalize, eventual, commit, suicide, hang, found, body, tell, select, eva, pilot, sad, childhood, cute, a10, nerve, clip, color, hair, mina, contribution, email, コスプレ, コスプレイ, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, 惣流, 明日化, アスカ, ラングレー, キョウコ, ツェッペリン

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Soryu Asuka Langley 03

When she was only 4-years-old, Asuka participated in a contact experiment with Unit 02. Although she physically survives the test, Asuka’s mother, Soryu Kyoko Zeppelin became mentally unstable. She believed that a doll was the real Asuka and referred to her daughter as “that girl over there”. As a scientist of Gehirn's German Branch of the Evangelion Project, she was institutionalized, but she eventually committed suicide by hanging herself. Asuka was the one who found her body when she was going to tell her mother that she has been selected to become an Eva Pilot.

A rather sad childhood for Asuka… Cute cosplay anyway! I love her A10 nerve clips and the color of her hair. Thanks to Mina for sending this in!

Technorati Tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, anime, manga, game, series, character, photographer, neon, genesis, evangelion, soryu, soryuu, asuka, langley, 4, year, old, participate, contact, experiment, unit, 02, physical, survive, test, mother, kyoko, zeppelin, mental, unstable, believe, doll, real, refer, daughter, girl, scientist, gehrin, german, branch, project, institutionalize, eventual, commit, suicide, hang, found, body, tell, select, eva, pilot, sad, childhood, cute, a10, nerve, clip, color, hair, mina, contribution, email, コスプレ, コスプレイ, 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, 惣流, 明日化, アスカ, ラングレー, キョウコ, ツェッペリン

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance: Makinami Mari Illustrious

The pilot of the Provisional Evangelion Unit-05, very little is known about Mari, and her designation amongst the other Children has yet to be revealed. She has poor eyesight and is shown to have a difficult time locating her glasses when she dropped them from the collision with Ikari Shinji while parachuting. She also seems to have a fetish for LCL, as she appreciates Shiji's "smell of LCL".

Megane Complex sent this in and tells me this is another photo from Winter Comiket 2009 that I have yet to feature. Honestly, I wouldn't even know which anime she's from if it wasn't for the contributor. Thanks again for the email!

Technorati tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, anime, manga, game, neon, genesis, evangelion, 2.0, you, can, not, advance, makinami, mari, illustrious, pilot, provisional, unit, 05, designation, children, reveal, poor, eyesight, difficult, locate, glasses, drop, collision, ikari, shinji, parachute, fetish, lcl, smell, megane, complex, winter, comiket, 2009, feature, email, コスプレ, コスプレイ, ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版: 破, 真希波, マリ, イラストリアス, 碇, シンジ

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance: Makinami Mari Illustrious

The pilot of the Provisional Evangelion Unit-05, very little is known about Mari, and her designation amongst the other Children has yet to be revealed. She has poor eyesight and is shown to have a difficult time locating her glasses when she dropped them from the collision with Ikari Shinji while parachuting. She also seems to have a fetish for LCL, as she appreciates Shiji's "smell of LCL".

Megane Complex sent this in and tells me this is another photo from Winter Comiket 2009 that I have yet to feature. Honestly, I wouldn't even know which anime she's from if it wasn't for the contributor. Thanks again for the email!

Technorati tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, anime, manga, game, neon, genesis, evangelion, 2.0, you, can, not, advance, makinami, mari, illustrious, pilot, provisional, unit, 05, designation, children, reveal, poor, eyesight, difficult, locate, glasses, drop, collision, ikari, shinji, parachute, fetish, lcl, smell, megane, complex, winter, comiket, 2009, feature, email, コスプレ, コスプレイ, ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版: 破, 真希波, マリ, イラストリアス, 碇, シンジ

Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance: Makinami Mari Illustrious

The pilot of the Provisional Evangelion Unit-05, very little is known about Mari, and her designation amongst the other Children has yet to be revealed. She has poor eyesight and is shown to have a difficult time locating her glasses when she dropped them from the collision with Ikari Shinji while parachuting. She also seems to have a fetish for LCL, as she appreciates Shiji's "smell of LCL".

Megane Complex sent this in and tells me this is another photo from Winter Comiket 2009 that I have yet to feature. Honestly, I wouldn't even know which anime she's from if it wasn't for the contributor. Thanks again for the email!

Technorati tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, anime, manga, game, neon, genesis, evangelion, 2.0, you, can, not, advance, makinami, mari, illustrious, pilot, provisional, unit, 05, designation, children, reveal, poor, eyesight, difficult, locate, glasses, drop, collision, ikari, shinji, parachute, fetish, lcl, smell, megane, complex, winter, comiket, 2009, feature, email, コスプレ, コスプレイ, ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版: 破, 真希波, マリ, イラストリアス, 碇, シンジ

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Soryu Asuka Langley 02

Born and raised in Germany, Soryu Asuka Langley is said to be a half-Japanese, half-German girl, but her nationality is technically American. She is considered to be a child prodigy, earning a University degree when she is still a teenager and easily becoming fluent in Japanese. She is European in appearance thanks to her father's lineage.

Comiket sure has a lot of great cosplayers. Cosplay Holic reader Mikan gave me a link to Moeyo showing a vast collection of different cosplayers she thought I might like to feature. This Asuka is definitely quite amazing. Thanks Mikan! And thanks to Moeyo for the awesome photography!

Technorati tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, neon, genesis, evangelion, soryu, asuka, langley, germany, japanese, german, american, child, prodigy, university, degree, teenager, fluent, european, father, lineage, comiket, japan, 2009. reader, mikan, moeyo, feature, photography, コスプレ, コスプレイ, 新, 世紀, エヴァンゲリオン, 惣流, アスカ, ラングレー

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Soryu Asuka Langley 02

Born and raised in Germany, Soryu Asuka Langley is said to be a half-Japanese, half-German girl, but her nationality is technically American. She is considered to be a child prodigy, earning a University degree when she is still a teenager and easily becoming fluent in Japanese. She is European in appearance thanks to her father's lineage.

Comiket sure has a lot of great cosplayers. Cosplay Holic reader Mikan gave me a link to Moeyo showing a vast collection of different cosplayers she thought I might like to feature. This Asuka is definitely quite amazing. Thanks Mikan! And thanks to Moeyo for the awesome photography!

Technorati tags: cosplay, cosplayer, holic, role, play, roleplay, costume, neon, genesis, evangelion, soryu, asuka, langley, germany, japanese, german, american, child, prodigy, university, degree, teenager, fluent, european, father, lineage, comiket, japan, 2009. reader, mikan, moeyo, feature, photography, コスプレ, コスプレイ, 新, 世紀, エヴァンゲリオン, 惣流, アスカ, ラングレー

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Rei 05

Actually, I’m not sure whether this is intended to be a cosplay of Ayanami Rei or Ikari Yui.

You see, Rei is only a human vessel, something created in order to contain a soul. She was created by Gendo who had lots his wife during a test experiment on an Eva Unit. Yui disappeared, and it is said her soul resides in Eva.

With such a hair color, this cosplayer appears to be more like Yui than Rei, but I don’t recall Yui wearing a plug suit, so I think Rei would be more suitable. Beautiful cosplay!

Technorati Tags: nanao, cosplay, research, neon, genesis, evangelion, ayanami, rei, yui, ikari, cosplayer, human, vessel, contain, soul, gendo, wife, experiment, test, eva, unit, hair, plug, suit, beautiful

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Rei 05

Actually, I’m not sure whether this is intended to be a cosplay of Ayanami Rei or Ikari Yui.

You see, Rei is only a human vessel, something created in order to contain a soul. She was created by Gendo who had lots his wife during a test experiment on an Eva Unit. Yui disappeared, and it is said her soul resides in Eva.

With such a hair color, this cosplayer appears to be more like Yui than Rei, but I don’t recall Yui wearing a plug suit, so I think Rei would be more suitable. Beautiful cosplay!

Technorati Tags: nanao, cosplay, research, neon, 

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Rei 04

Did you ever wonder what the creator thinks about his own character?

I found this quote from Wikipedia:

"An emotional change causes certain muscles in the face to tense, producing an "expression". Rei is expressionless but is it that she doesn’t feel emotion, or that she is merely unable to express it?"

- Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, character designer and mangaka of Neon Genesis Evangelion

Zoe is the 4th Ayanami Rei cosplayer I’ve posted so far, and all 4 of them are fantastic! Do you have a favorite?

Technorati Tags: nanao, research, cosplay, cosplayer, ayanami, rei, creator, author, mangaka, artist, wikipedia, zoe, yam, emotion, muscle, expression, expressionless, express, yoshiyuki, sadamoto, designer, neon, genesis, evangelion, favorite

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Rei 03

The child who’s origins are purposefully left a mystery, Ayanami Rei is a quiet girl who often keeps to herself. She resembles Ikari Shinji’s mother, Ikari Yui, and often acts motherly towards him, despite being (or "appearing to be") the same age. It is stated in the Red Cross Book that Rei was actually created from the salvaged remains of Yui after she was absorbed into the Unit 01 in 2004.

I’m not sure if Sanriotown moderators will mind posting a picture like this, but in case there is a problem, do let me know so I can take this down? I don’t want to make any trouble… But she makes a really impressive Rei!

Technorati Tags: nanao, cosplay, research, cosplayer, neon, genesis, evangelion, rei, ayanami, origin, mystery, unknown, ikari, shinji, mother, yui, age, red cross, book, remains, salvage, soul, unit, 01, 2004, sanriotown, moderators