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Life-Size Evangelion Bust Built Near Foot of Mt. Fuji
posted on by Egan Loo
Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: Japan's Evangelion: World - Life-Size EVA-01 Construction Project" on July 23. The pavilion will house the world's first life-size recreation of the scene where the Evangelion anime's main character Shinji Ikari encounters the Eva-01 unit for the first time. The recreation will have a mockup of the Evangelion unit from the bust up.
The pavilion will also have a life-size cockpit of an Evangelion unit (from where visitors can pay to have their photos taken), a life-size figure of the character Kaworu Nagisa, a video corner, a museum, a studio gallery for taking photographs, and a shop. Fuji-Q Highland's website will present the first interim report of the pavilion's 150-million-yen ($1.6 million) construction on May 26.
Fuji-Q Highland is located near the foot of Mt. Fuji, and it has already surveyed fans on whether they wanted a life-size Evangelion unit constructed — and if so, which Evangelion unit.
A life-size Gundam figure Mitsuteru Yokoyama.
Image © 2010 Khara
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