This article is about the Evangelion from the Rebuild of Evangelion film series. For the Evangelion from Neon Genesis Evangelion, see Evangelion Unit-04.
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Evangelion Next Gen Testbed-04 (エヴァンゲリオン 次世代試験 4号機, Evangerion Jisedai Shiken Yongōki?) is an Evangelion unit in the Rebuild of Evangelion film series. It is only mentioned in Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.
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- Official name
- Evangelion Next Gen Testbed-04 (汎用ヒト型決戦兵器 人造人間エヴァンゲリオン 次世代試験 4号機, Hanyō Hitogata Kessen Heiki Jinzō Ningen Evangerion Jisedai Shiken Yongōki?, lit. "General-Purpose Humanoid Battle Weapon Android Evangelion Next-Generation Test Unit Four")
Evangelion Next Gen Testbed-04 was an Evangelion unit that was developed in the United States, it was destroyed along with the facility that it was developing the unit due to an accident with the S² engine.
Features[]
Virtually nothing is known about the precise features of the Evangelion Next Gen Testbed-04, since the details of its design were never specified in any publication like Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance Complete Records Collection. One known major feature of the unit, though, if its engine was completed and fully operational, it would have given the Evangelion an extended operational time.
History[]
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance[]
Evangelion Unit-04 was a test subject for the installation of an experimental engine at the second branch of NERV, in the southwest regions of Canada. This would have lead to extend the amount of operating time for the upcoming Evangelions. Unfortunately, a mysterious accident involving the engine occurred, which caused Unit-04, the second branch of NERV, as well as everything within an over 80-kilometer diameter to be obliterated in a massive explosion similar, but in lower scale, to the Second Impact, revealing a large energy cross rising from the sky to outer space.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time[]
In the scene where Gendo destroys all of the Evangelion Units with the Spear of Gaius by piercing Unit-01 and Evangelion 13 to remove everything related to Evangelion, no design is shown representing the Evangelion Next Gen Testbed-04.
Development[]
Evangelion Next Gen Testbed-04 role is very much similar as its TV series counterpart. However, in the Rebuild of Evangelion film series, it is not named a "Production Model", like in the the TV series. It is described as a "Next Gen Testbed" (much like in the Neon Genesis Evangelion Proposal, in which the Unit-04 was labelled as a "Test Type" unit).
Trivia[]
- In Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time, all Evangelion units in the film series are shown, except Evangelion Next Gen Testbed-04 and Evangelion Unit 8+2, which overall design remains unknown.
- On 16 May 2023, Studio khara posted a screenshot on Twitter of an early CG layout for the 'Neon Genesis' scene in Evangelion 3.0+1.0. This screenshot reveals that both Unit-04 and all variations of Unit-08 (including Unit 8+2) were originally considered for the scene, though none of the Mark.04 or Mark.44 series outside of Evangelion Mark.04A were included. In this screenshot, Unit-04 appears to be a silver recolor of Unit-03, much like it is in the original series. This design also seems to match both the 2017 Revoltech figure and the 2022 Bandai RG model. [1]
- In 2017, the Revoltech EVANGELION EVOLUTION EV-006 Evangelion Unit-04 figure was released, it was sculpted by Yamaguchi Katsuhisa and published by Kaiyodo. It was a recolor of the previous Unit-03 figure, and was given the phantom status just like Evangelion Unit 8+2, that appears in merchandising but not in the actual contents of the movie or published material. This release would contain 1 Spear of Longinus, 1 Pallet Rifle, 1 Progressive Knife, 1 umbilical cord and 12 optional hands.[2]
- In 2022, Bandai's RG Evangelion Unit-04 was release as part of the Premium Bandai. It was a recolor of the previous Unit-03 plastic model. This release contain 1 transparent shield, 1 Pallet Rifle, 4 Progressive Knife (2 Storage on shoulder pylons), 1 umbilical cord, 1 entry plug and 16 optional hands.[3]
- The release of this plastic model isn't the official design of the Evangelion unit. just like the Revoltech's EVANGELION EVOLUTION's figure. The name of the model isn't the same as the one used in Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance Complete Records Collection. being RG 汎用ヒト型決戦兵器 人造人間エヴァンゲリオン4号機 in the model, when the official name is 汎用ヒト型決戦兵器 人造人間エヴァンゲリオン 次世代試験4号機.[4]
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