

In episode 47, Necrime unleashes a floating octahedral mech known as "Super-X". He is recruited into the Magna Police, who are dedicated to protecting Neo-Tokyo from the powerful syndicate Necrime. In it, Ryuu Urashima mysteriously time-travels into the future, where he is dubbed the "Urashiman", and told that time travel has given him super powers.
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Yoshiyuki Sadamoto said in an interview published in the Deluxe Edition of Der Mond that both he and Hideaki Anno were influenced by Go Nagai and that they wanted an ending similar to that of Devilman.įuture Police Urashiman is a fifty episode anime series that aired in 1983. Smaller visual details include a naked girl floating in a tube, and a couple of Gendo Poses.ĭevilman, a manga series by Go Nagai, features a similar apocalyptic ending. Early Evangelion designs bear a strong resemblance to Orgun - although it must be noted that similar design features(such as huge shoulders and horn-like protrusions) were present in other late 80s/early 90s mecha anime. The final episode features shamelessly overblown biblical symbolism, most notably in the form of Orgun's Grand Cruciform final attack. The main character Tomoru synchronizes with a sentient alien bio-mecha however, it is later revealed that the "aliens" are, in fact, not aliens at all, but super-evolved humans (a plot point possibly influenced by the original Macross). While it's impossible to tell for certain whether or not it actually influenced the creators of Evangelion, there are a number of similarities that are worth noticing, even if they are entirely coincidental: The cast of Oniisama E also includes characters named "Rei Asaka" aka "Hana no Saint Juste" (Saint Juste of the Flowers), and "Kaworu Orihara" aka "Kaworu no Kimi" (Prince Kaworu).Ī shot of a nearby sandbox, with pail and shovelĭetonator Orgun is a three-episode OAV from 1991. and then a shot of a nearby sandbox including a pail and shovel.

1.10 Visual Motif: Blue Octahedrons (Nadia, Laputa and 2001).1.9 The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (超時空要塞マクロス).

