The Tokyo Comic Convention Center was packed with people.
Reporter: Anno, today is the 20th anniversary of EVA. I grew up watching it, too. May I ask you a question I've wanted to ask for more than ten years?
Hideaki Anno smiled slightly. Sure, go ahead.
Reporter: Does Unit-01 really exist?
Hideaki Anno was taken aback, then smiled. Unit-01 is just a character in the anime EVA. How could it possibly exist in real life?
The reporter knew the question sounded a little silly. He'd just been curious about it for more than ten years, so he couldn't help asking.
But as he laughed, the smile on his face suddenly froze. His mouth fell open wider and wider.
Because in the distance behind Hideaki Anno, the enormous purple robot, built to full scale and standing 80 meters tall, was slowly lowering its head, its glowing white eyes fixed on them.
