EVA-Impact Final Battle Weapon Type Horse
ItemEVA-Impact is a bioengineered racehorse-weapon dreamed up for a 2012 promotional tie-up between the Japan Racing Association and the Rebuild of Evangelion films. Presented as a thoroughbred fused with NERV technology, it is ridden by the legendary real-world jockey Yutaka Take.
Overview
Unveiled in October 2012, EVA-Impact anchors the advertising campaign that joined the Japan Racing Association with the EVANGELION film series. The fiction casts it as a "Final Battle Weapon Type Horse", a humanoid thoroughbred that JRA and NERV built together in secret, with Yutaka Take, one of Japan's most famous jockeys, cast as its rider.
Function
According to the campaign's backstory, engineers spliced NERV science with genetic material drawn from champion racehorses spanning a century and a half of modern racing history. The two organizations moved Unit-01 into the depths of Tokyo Racecourse to run EVA-Impact's final startup experiment, and the Spear of Longinus plunging from the heavens served as the trigger that finally brought the creature to life.
Notable Users
Yutaka Take pilots EVA-Impact within the collaboration's storyline. The full campaign, titled the JRA x Evangelion New Theatrical Edition JRA Instrumentality Project, launched on 09 October 2012 and included an animated commercial narrated by Kotono Mitsuishi that dramatized the premise. A racing prediction minigame called the EVA Ticket Simulator rounded out the promotion.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is EVA-Impact Final Battle Weapon Type Horse?
EVA-Impact is a bioengineered racehorse-weapon created for a 2012 promotional tie-up between the Japan Racing Association and the Rebuild of Evangelion films. The fiction presents it as a humanoid thoroughbred that JRA and NERV built together in secret.
Who rides EVA-Impact?
Yutaka Take, one of Japan's most famous real-world jockeys, pilots EVA-Impact within the collaboration's storyline.
What triggered EVA-Impact's activation in the promotional story?
According to the campaign's backstory, Unit-01 was moved into the depths of Tokyo Racecourse for EVA-Impact's final startup experiment, and the Spear of Longinus plunging from the heavens served as the trigger that finally brought the creature to life.
When did the JRA x Evangelion campaign featuring EVA-Impact launch?
The campaign, titled the JRA x Evangelion New Theatrical Edition JRA Instrumentality Project, launched on October 9, 2012, and included an animated commercial narrated by Kotono Mitsuishi.
What was the EVA Ticket Simulator?
The EVA Ticket Simulator was a racing prediction minigame that rounded out the EVA-Impact promotional campaign.
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