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Evangelion Gets Smartphone Game in 2020
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Japanese mobile game developer Mobcast announced on Thursday that it is developing a smartphone game for the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise. Mobcast noted that the game will debut in 2020, and will include material from the Rebuild of Evangelion films. The company will announce more details about the game at a later date.
Netflix began streaming the original Neon Genesis Evangelion television anime series as well as the Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth and Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangelion films on June 21.
The franchise has inspired numerous spinoffs, merchandise, and collaborations. Hideaki Anno, the director of the anime, founded Studio Khara in 2006. He and the studio began producing a new tetralogy of films titled Rebuild of Evangelion, which reinterprets the events in the series. The tetralogy began with Evangelion: 1.0 You Are [Not] Alone in 2007, followed by Evangelion: 2.0 You Can [Not] Advance and Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo in 2009 and 2012, respectively. Shin Evangelion Gekijō-ban :|| (Evangelion: 3.0+1.0), the final film, is currently in production and will open next year. Toei revealed the first 10 minutes of the upcoming film on July 6.
Sources: Mobcast, Anime! Anime! (Chappurin)
