Evangelion Unit-04

''This article is about the Evangelion from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series. For the Evangelion from Rebuild of Evangelion movie series, see Evangelion Unit-04 (Rebuild).''

Evangelion Unit-04 (エヴァンゲリオン 4号機) was an Evangelion model developed in the United States. While Unit-04 is never seen in the series, promotional materials and other appearances make it appear to be a silver or chrome version of Evangelion Unit-03.

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Unit-04 was a test subject for installing an S² Engine into an ordinary Evangelion, likely by using the one recovered from Shamshel. Unfortunately, there was an accident involving the S² Engine which caused Unit-04, the facility it was in, and everything within an over 80-kilometer diameter to be consumed by a Dirac Sea. While the S² Engine experiment was a failure, use of an S² Engine was later perfected for the Mass Production Evangelions.

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Like in the anime, Kensuke Aida passingly mentions that unit-04 was lost.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA
In art pages Unit-04 is depicted as the same as Evangelion Unit-03 but using an external S² engine attached on its back. It is illustrated by Ryota Magaki.

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Angelic Days
NERV develops five Evangelions to fight the Angels. Six pilots from the Tokyo-3 school are chosen to pilot them. Among them, Kensuke Aida is designated as the pilot of Evangelion Unit-04.

When several Angels appear in Tokyo-3, NERV decides to deploy all Evangelion units. However, before Kensuke embarks on Unit-04, Kaworu Nagisa knocks the boy out and takes his place without permission. Kaworu seek to protect Shinji during this battle, explaining his gesture. However, Unit-04 is not illustrated.

Neon Genesis Evangelion 2
Alternate routes can be unlocked once certain conditions have been fulfilled. In one of these, Shinji does not kill Kaworu and instead convinces him to live. Kaworu will retrieve the Unit-04 from the Dirac Sea and eventually become its pilot.

In the PSP version of the game, Kaworu piloting the Unit-04 can take Shinji's place during the battle against Leliel. As in the anime, after the internal psycho-analysis, Unit-04 will then go berserk and tear apart the Angel.

Battle Orchestra
Unit-04 is piloted by Kensuke Aida. He's the final boss of Tōji's story mode and specializes in using guns mostly.

Secret of Evangelion
Kyoya Kenzaki discovers that the story around Unit-04's S² Engine was fabricated and that the Evangelion has been brought to NERV Headquarters.

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