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Part 3 : Glossary
Translation by Patrick Yip
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Secondly, the FAQ of "What is RCB?"
THE RED CROSS BOOK (aka RCB) -- the final(?) canon of
Evangelion
translated by Patrick Yip ([email protected])
1997/10/19
The Red Cross Book (referred to as RCB onwards) is the
pamphlet sold
in the cinema to those who came to see the movie
"the End of
Evangelion". It cost 800 yen. The book is A-4 in
size and landscape in
orientation. The cover is pitch black with a red
Georgian cross
superimposed on it, hence the name "Red Cross
Book" On the cross, the
words "THE END OF EVANGELION" was printed, in
thin, match-like manner.
What makes this book particularly special and
meaningful to all EVA
fans is that, for the first time, we hear the voice
from Gainax about
why and how the movies were made. We also know a great
deal about the
answers to some of the most discussed after mysteries
in the anime.
The "commentary" "glossary" and
"production notes" are three parts
that are most informative. I shall strive to translate
these three
sections so that all the EVA fans could know the latest
update of the
"official" answers to the EVA mysteries
(real-life or anime :-)
In the Glossary of the RCB, the words beginning with
English alphabet
come first, followed by words beginning with Japanese
characters, which
are arranged in the conventional order (a,i,u,e,o,ka,ki,ku...and
so on)
GLOSSARY PART I
===============
[A-801]
This is the order sent out by the government of Japan
at Neo-Tokyo-2 in
"Air", ep.25. The order means the
"abolishment of the special legal
protection towards the intelligence organsization NERV,
and the transfer
of its command to the government of Japan". Since
"A-17" was issued when
the 8th Angel was captured, there has been other
"A-" orders. They were
all emergency action orders related to NERV.
[A.T. Field]
Abbreviation of "ABSOLUTE TERROR FIELD". A
physical barrier of absolute
field put out by the Angels and EVA's. It boasts
enormous defensive
power, and it is able to greatly reduce the power of
all attacking
weapons. The ability of EVA to neutralize the A.T.Field
of the Angels is
one major reason why EVA was considered as the only
weapon against the
Angels. However, the same A.T.Field does not exist only
in the Angels or
EVA's. Human also possesses this field. With this
A.T.Field, human is
able to keep seperate from each other, and to stay in
seperate physical
forms. Nagisa Kaworu explained A.T.Field as "a
barrier of heart that
everybody has".
[BC Weapon] (B C HEIKI)
Biological and Chemical Weapon, meaning weapons like
poison gas or
bacteria. "B" and "C" are the first
alphabet of "Biological" and
"Chemical" respectively. In ep.25
"Air", Aoba Shigeru feared that the
Strategic Self Defense Force might deploy the BC
Weapon.
[L.C.L]
The liquid that fills the cockpit of the Entry Plug. It
is sticky and
has the smell like blood. It was discovered that when
its molecular
arrangement is changed by electricity charge, the
liquid can perform
several functions including the mental link between EVA
and her pilot,
supplying oxygen and providing both physical and mental
protection
to the pilot. The liquid that fills the lowest floor of
the Terminal
Dogma where Lilith was located is also L.C.L. "L.C.L."
is the
abbreviation of "Link Connected Liquid".
There are many theories as
to what exactly L.C.L. is, but it seems that in fact it
is what was
called "the soup of life".
[MAGI]
A supercomputer whose foundation theory was completed
by the late
Dr.Akagi Naoko and implemented by her daughter,
Dr.Akagi Ritsuko.
It is said that MAGI is the brain of the secret agency
NERV. It
devises, revises and solves many of its mysteries and
plans. MAGI
is composed of three systems: MELCHIOR-1, BALTHASAR-2
and CASPER-3.
Final decision is made after the conference of these 3
computers.
This computer is similar to human not just in the sense
that
it re-creates on a computer the dilemmas usually held
by human, it
is also similar in the sense that it uses a
personality-transplant-OS
which has the thought logic pattern of human
transplanted to the
computer. The thought logic pattern transplated to MAGI
is that of
Dr.Akagi Naoko. MELCHIOR-1, BALTHASAR-2 and CASPER-3
has the
transplanted thought pattern of Naoko as a scientist, a
mother and
a woman respectively.
By the way, the name of "MAGI" comes from the
name for the three wise
men from the east who prophesized the birth of Jesus (PY's
note: this
seems to be a bit misinforming?) in the New
Testament of Bible.
MELCHIOR, BALTHASAR and CASPER are their respective
names.
At the beginning of movie ep.25 "Air",
started from MAGI #2 at
Matsushiro, the five builds of MAGI from Germany, USA
and China etc.
tried to hack into the original MAGI sitting in the
NERV HQ.
[N^2 Weapon]
A weapon that possesses enormous destructive power and
is owned by
the UN army and the Strategic Self Defence Force. There
are many
variations of this weapon: N^2 mines, N^2 deep water
charge, N^2
air charge, N^2 bombs etc. At ep.25, when Aoba Shigeru
mentioned
his fear that BC Weapon might be deployed, Hyouga
Makoto replied
that N^2 Weapon is equally dangerous.
[S^2 Engine] (S^2 KIKAN)
A power generation system based on the supersolenoid
theory
advocated by Dr.Katsuragi (PY: Misato's father).
When EVA is loaded
with this engine, its active time could be extended to
infinity.
All Angels possess this S^2 Engine, and EVA-01 got it
when it
devoured the 14th Angel. Moreover, all EVA's from
EVA-05 onwards
also possess this engine and thus do not need Umbilical
Cable
any more.
[Aoba Shigeru]
An operator of the Central Military Operaton Room in
NERV HQ. His
rank is lieutenant. His responsibilities include
communication, and
data analysis. His hobby is guitar. Birthday is May 5.
Bloodtype A
[Akagi Ritsuko]
A scientist belonging to the first section of the
Techology Bureau of
the Technology Development Department in NERV HQ. She
is responsible
for the E Project and is the daughter of Dr.Akagi
Naoko, who built
the basic system of MAGI. Usually in white coat, she
consumes lots of
coffee and tobacco when she works. She is also a friend
of Katsuragi
Misato since college years. Although like her mother
she engaged in
adultery with Ikari Gendou, she rebelled against him at
the final
stage of the Complementation Plan. As an act of taking
revenge on
him, she destroyed all the copies of Ayanami Rei. As a
result, she
was placed under solitary confinement within NERV HQ.
However, since
she is needed for the self defence of MAGI, she is
released. Birthday
is November 21. Bloodtype B. Age 30.
[The Red Earth Purification Ceremony] (AkiChi
no MISOGI)
A word spoken by the members of Seele in ep.26, when
Geo-Front
reverted itself back into the "Black Moon"
i.e. the Egg of Lilith.
"Misogi" originally means a religious
ceremony in which body is
cleansed through bath in water. As an extension it
means any method
used to purify or sanctify a certain object. While
there is a theory
that the etymology of ADAM, the ancestor of all human,
is red or
earth, its link with the "Red Earth" is
unclear.
[Adam]
The first Angel. The giant of light spotted in
Antartica. The rumour
that Adam was confined deep underground below NERV HQ
turned out to
be false information. The giant underground is in fact
Lilith. The
real Adam is the embryo-looking object brought by Kaji
from Germany.
This object was created by human when they restored
Adam back to the
embryonic state after they woke it up with S^2 Theory.
This process
seemed to be what had caused the Second Impact.
Moreover, it was stated in Genesis of the Old Testament
in Bible that
Adam was the first human created by God based on His
image. There are
many theories as to what the word "Adam"
means. "Earth", "Red" and
"Create" have been put forward as possible
theories.
[Ayanami Rei]
First Children. The dedicated pilot of EVA-00. A young
girl who
apparently lacks emotions. Her body was actually
salvaged from what
was left behind of Yui's body inside EVA, and a lot of
body copies
were later prepared in the Terminal Dogma so that when
one Rei dies
she could be replaced by another. The present Rei is
the third one.
The first was killed by Dr.Akagi Naoko; the second was
killed in her
battle against the 16th Angel. Although the
personalities of these
3 Rei are different from each other, this is due to the
environment.
Their soul is one and the same. Also, it seems that
this soul was
somehow derived from Lilith.
At the final stage of the Complementation Program, she
betrayed
Gendou, returned to Lilith out of her own judgement and
handed the
future to Gendou's son -- Ikari Shinji. Birth date
unknown.
[Umbilical Cable] (Anbirikaru
Keeburu or Dengen Keeburu/Power Cable)
The cable that is used to supply electric power to EVA
from an outside
source because as a weapon EVA has a very short active
time-limit. It
can be said as the weak point of EVA. This is noticed
by the Strategic
Self-Defence Force, when during their attack on NERV
they sent out
instructions concentrating the attack on the Umbilical
Cable (which
they call Power Cable).
Moreover, Umbillical Cable [sic] means the blood
vessels which
extended from baby's navel to the placenta of its
mother's womb.
This is taken to mean that like babies who get their
nutrients through
these blood vessels, EVA's get the electric power
through the
Umbilical Cable.
[Ikari Shinji]
Third Children. The dedicated pilot of EVA-01. Lost his
mother when he
was still young, he spent his life until 14 living
under an
acquaintance of his father. He was summoned by his
father Ikari
Gendou, the chief commander of secret agency NERV, just
when the 3rd
Angel came to attack, and thus became a EVA pilot.
Although afterwards
he stayed in Neo-Tokyo-3, he lives in the apartment of
his superior
Katsuragi Misato because there is a deep communcation
gap between him
and his father, who had been seperated from him for a
long time.
Having an introvert character, he often minds how he is
looked at by
others. And since he is weak at self-expression and
communication with
others, he frequently engages in repetition of avoiding
problems and
disobeying orders. When NERV was attacked by the
Strategic
Self-Defence Force, he was trapped in a state of lost
self. This is
why his counter-attack was procrastinated.
Birthday June 6. Bloodtype A. Age 14
[Ikari Gendou]
The commander of the secret agency NERV. His old
surname was
Rokubungi (PY: it means sextant). He changed
his name after he married
Ikari Yui, whom he knew since student years. He became
the president
of the Research Institue for Artificial Evolution,
which was actually
a front cover for the works of "E Project".
After Yui died, he busied
himself with "Adam Project" and "Human
Complementation Project". He
got the support from SEELE, and managed to realise
things like the
construction of EVA. However, his "honeymoon"
with SEELE lasted only
until the elimination of the last Angel. Afterwards,
their differences
in objectives became apparent and it developed into
violent military
clashes.
Birthday April 29. Bloodtype A.
[Ikari Yui]
Wife of Ikari Gendou. It seems that at the very
beginning she belonged
to SEELE. She was married to Gendou (originally
Rokubungi Gendou), whom
she knew since the Kyoto University years, and gave
birth to Shinji.
After marriage, she worked with Gendou in GEHIRN and
spent a lot of
effort towards the success of "E Project".
Died in an accident during
an experiment in 2004. Nevertheless, her soul stayed on
within EVA-01.
It seems that this accident was actually intended by
her will. Age when
she died: 27.
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