The “Evangelion:30+; 30th Anniversary of Evangelion” festival ended on Monday with a surprise video and a live cello and choral performance to announce a brand-new series.
The project was teased as the franchise’s “Next Genesis” from series script supervisor and scriptwriter Yokō Tarō (NieR:Automata game and anime franchise, SINoALICE, KamiErabi GOD.app), directors Kazuya Tsurumaki (Rebuild of Evangelion, Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX) and Tōko Yatabe (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0: Thrice Upon A Time assistant director, Chainsaw Man storyboarder/episode director, The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe character designer/chief animation director), musical composer Keiichi Okabe (NieR game and anime franchise, Nisemonogatari, Yuki Yuna Is a Hero), and Studio Khara and CloverWorks as the production studios.
You know, I should’ve figured that the Rebirth movies weren’t going to be the last official word on all things Eva, but I can’t say I expected this.
Now, you may be asking: who is Yoko Tarō?
He is the lead creative behind the cult-favorite NieR games, noted for their dark, depressing writing, looking to understand the nature of man and why we kill…which means he’s gonna be perfect for this.
More crucially, however, is that he hates press, so he wears a mask in all publicity photos and public appearances.
Yep. That’s our guy.
There’s no expected release date just yet, just a brief promo shown for those in attendance at the festival event. Stay tuned for more.