A new Evangelion series is on the way, and NieR auteur Yoko Taro will be penning it, with that series' composer Keiichi Okabe also providing the music.
The news was announced via the official Evangelion website as part of the iconic anime series' 30th anniversary celebrations. We're using machine translation for the article announcing the Evangelion revival.
Yoko Taro will be scripting the series, with production being handled by CloverWorks and Rebuild of Evangelion outfit Studio Khara. Keiichi Okabe, who's written music not only for NieR but also for its predecessor series Drakengard (as well as Hyrule Warriors and more), will be on composition duties.
Direction will be handled by Rebuild of Evangelion's Kazuya Tsurumaki and Chainsaw Man's Toko Yatabe, but beyond the staffers mentioned, we don't know much else about the new Evangelion series, including whether it'll be a reworked version of the original or an entirely new story.
What we do know, however, is that Yoko Taro has spoken in the past about how Evangelion influenced his work, and it's not hard to see how; like Evangelion, Taro's work combines high-octane action with deep philosophical themes (and, some might say, similarly nonsensical endings).
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