Asuka Strikes!
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"Asuka Strikes!" is the eighth episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. The episode, written by Hideaki Anno and Yōji Enokido and directed
Evangelion Unit-02 (left) and Gaghiel during a battle. "Asuka Strikes!" received positive comments by critics, who praised action elements and the fight against Gaghiel.
Shinji Higuchi drew the storyboard for "Asuka Strikes!"
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman, renamed Over the Rainbow in "Asuka Strikes!"
A Human Work
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"A Human Work", also known by the Japanese title "The Works of Man", is the seventh episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. The episode, w
Eva-01 (right) tries to stop Jet Alone (left). The Jet Alone affair has been described by critics as a deconstruction of the mecha genre and a political satire.
Neon Genesis Evangelion director Hideaki Anno
The SSTO that appears in a scene from "A Human Work" has been compared to a spaceship that appeared in 2001: A Space Odyssey.