Gigantic 81-foot Evangelion statue goes up in Shanghai
Recreation of anime’s Unit-01 sets very specific Guinness World Record.
Last month, lovers of giant robots everywhere were saddened to hear that Tokyo’s full-scale Gundam statue will no longer be displayed after March 5. But it seems the universe needs to maintain balance, and so another massive recreation of anime machinery has been put up, this time representing the Evangelion franchise.
公開前だけど、タイミングによっては見られるみたいね http://ift.tt/2icIZR8 https://t.co/zRfzBiZykQ
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中国住み (@livein_china) January 04, 2017
While Evangelion is one of the most influential animated series to come out of Japan, this gigantic statue of Evangelion Unit-01 was first displayed at last summer’s ChinaJoy digital entertainment trade show in Shanghai, as part of the promotion for Chinese software developer Heitao’s Evangelion mobile game.
▼ ChinaJoy 2016
これは、去年のChinajoy@上海 の時のエヴァ https://t.co/cKPsy0n6GX
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中国住み (@livein_china) January 03, 2017
Impressive as it was then, the statue is even more towering in stature in its new location elsewhere in the city, since it’s now gripping the Spear of Longinus, the immensely powerful piece of anime weaponry which almost took a real-life trip to the moon.
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中国住み (@livein_china) January 04, 2017
Not only does this create a more dramatic scene, it boosts the total height of the statue. While the top of the Eva’s head is 13,2 meters (43.3 feet) off the ground, the tip of the spear’s shaft is a dizzying 24.8 meters (81.4 feet) above the pavement.
ギネス認定された上海のエヴァ初号機 高さ25m だそうです。 一般公開はまだ 場所は汶水路駅の近くとのこと https://t.co/lYpy2dxRYT
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中国住み (@livein_china) January 03, 2017
中国の巨大エヴァが「最大のアニメフィギュア」とギネスに認定されたもよう←?? http://ift.tt/2jbyp0S @livein_china [via] #eva #エヴァンゲリオン #黒桃互動 https://t.co/yiz5HTllZw
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ホビログ (@Hobby_Log) January 04, 2017
The Evangelion series is infamous for its aversion to making concrete statements about its events and characters, and that vagueness extends to the specs for Unit-01. In the anime, no official height is given for the machine, which prevents us from judging whether this statue is “full-scale” or not. However, the 24.8 meters of the statue qualified it to be officially recognized as the largest Evangelion by the Guinness World Records association, and for that, we think its planners and builders deserve a heartfelt “Congratulations!”
Sources: Jin, Game Watch, Anime News Network/Jennifer Sherman, Minna no Eva Fan
Featured image: Twitter/@Hobby_Log
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