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Shigeru Aoba (青葉シゲル?) is a fictional character from the Rebuild of Evangelion film series. He hold the ranks of First Liteunant and is one of the three main computer technicians at NERV Headquarters, alongside Makoto Hyuga and Maya Ibuki.
Profile[]
Shigeru is an adult male with shoulder length brown hair that he leaves constantly loose while still shaving his face. As a member of the NERV, he wears the usual male uniform, a beige jacket closed by a blue triangular button with a rigid stand-up collar. There are two orange bands on his shoulders. Underneath his jacket, he wears a dark undershirt. The pants match the jacket color.
Aoba is an avid guitar shredder and is seen carrying a guitar case when in civilian life. After 14 years since Near Third Impact, he grew a goatee, and is more matured compared with the previous movies.
Rebuild of Evangelion[]
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone[]
In the first two Rebuild of Evangelion films, the story of Aoba is the same as the original series.
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance[]
He appears with minor changes in Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance.
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo[]
In Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo Aoba is now a member of WILLE, fighting NERV alongside his colleagues under the command of Misato Katsuragi aboard the AAA Wunder, he manifests a grudge against Shinji the first time he sees him after the fourteen-year timeskip following Near Third Impact.
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time[]
In Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time, he is still a member of WILLE, he prepares himself to Operation Yamato by shaving his goatee and wearing the blue armband used by WILLE members. During the operation, after Asuka injects the angel blood into New Unit-02α, he is the one who confirms that Pattern Blue is detected, having the readings of the Ninth Angel inside NERV HQ. He is also present when Sakura Suzuhara shoots Misato and also stood when Mari left with Shinji aboard Evangelion Unit 08 + 09 went to look for Evangelion 13 in the Minus Space.
He is last seen inside one of the five escape pods inside the AAA Wunder, besides Koji Takao. At last we see the location where the escape pods arrived, near the N109 Tower inside the NERV 2nd Branch ruins, north of Kensuke's cottage.
Voice Actors[]
- Japanese: Takehito Koyasu
- English: Phil ParsonsWP, Jason LeeWP (Amazon)
- French: Tony Joudrier, Jean-Marc Montalto
- Italian: Vittorio Guerrieri
- Portuguese (Brazil): Wellington Lima
- Spanish (Spain): Jordi Nogueras, Daniel Albiac
- Spanish (Latin America): Héctor Moreno (Zima), Santiago Florentín (Amazon)
- Catalan:
- German: Rainer Fritzsche
- Hindi:
- Korean:
- Chinese (Taiwan):
Trivia[]
- His surname comes from the name of the AobaWP class heavy cruiser of the Japanese Imperial Navy.[1]
- Aoba's personal name, "Shigeru", makes his full name the same sound similar to Aoba Shigereru, a film directed by Kihachi Okamoto, which was intentional.
References[]
- ↑ "Evangelion character names". Translation of essay by Hideaki Anno about character name origins; includes a link to the original essay in Japanese. Retrieved on August 19, 2007.