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Early design sketch concept art for Eva Unit-01 from Neon Genesis Evangelion by Hideaki Anno and Ikuto Yamashita

From the liner notes booklet for the Evangelion LD/VT Movie Box from 1999

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Some inside pages from an artbook/doujinshi by Ikuto Yamashita, the mechanical designer for the Yukikaze OVA, as well as the character designer for the Tasukete Mave-chan! OAV.  All images courtesy of this Twitter user.

It is currently available for purchase here. 

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Metaphor: ReFantazio — The Royal Tournament

Japanese version

Official website footage

Metaphor: ReFantazio will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, and PC (Microsoft Store, Steam) in Fall 2024.

Key visual

Latest details

■ Story

This is a story of how people must find unity to elect a new king.

Our story takes place in The United Kingdom of Euchronia, where the assassination of the king brings chaos and unrest to the land.

Then, one fateful day, a magic known only to the king called the Royal Magic is invoked, and the world becomes embroiled in a royal tournament for the throne.

In the midst of this, the protagonist, together with his partner, the fairy Galica, must find a way to break the curse that has been placed on the prince that the kingdom believes to be dead. To do so, they depart on a journey across the vast land.

They will discover that in order to achieve their goal, they must participate in the tournament for the throne, and this great task shall require them to ally with many friends and followers of the various tribes inhabiting the world.

■ Characters

Protagonist (voiced by Natsuki Hanae)

Together with the fairy, Galica, he embarks on a journey to lift the deadly curse placed on his childhood friend, the prince of Euchronia.

He is a boy of the elda tribe, branded as a “tainted” people by the state religion who believe they have inherited dangerous and heretical magic. Being so rare among the populous, they are detested and discriminated against throughout the kingdom.

Gallica (voiced by Sumire Morohoshi)

Not only a traveling companion, Gallica is the guide who helps the protagonist carry out his mission to save the prince. Although she is too small to participate in battles, her knowledge of magic and ability to sense magla is superior to the protagonist due to her fairy nature. She doesn’t mince words, but she is a reassuring ally on his journey.

Strohl (voiced by Kensho Ono)

He is a young man of the clemar tribe who meets the protagonist in the recruitment centre for the State Army. A smart young man with a strong sense of justice, he hails from a noble family. And yet, it seems his circumstances are complicated, as it is rare for a noble to enlist in the army alongside commoners.

Hulkenberg (voiced by Saori Hayami)

A knight of the roussainte tribe and former member of the royal family’s Kingsguard who served by the prince’s side. Despite her young age, she excelled in the use of various weaponry, and was assigned to the personal guard of the prince. But when the prince was attacked, she failed to protect him and set out to wander, carrying the stigma of this failure in her heart.

Heismay (voiced by Akio Ootsuka)

A former knight of the eugief tribe. He has acute perception compared to most others, due in part to the eugief trait of being sensitive to sound.

With an appearance that differs greatly from other tribes, it’s not uncommon for eugiefs to be discriminated against—and it seems Heismay is no exception, his past his own burden to bear.

■ Followers

Meet and bond with your followers.

■ Game Mechanics

Unique battles that combine action and turn-based commands. Party customization offering a high degree of freedom and strategy. An evolution of the realistic day-by-day journey of the Persona series.

■ Staff

Director – Katsura Hashino (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5)

Character Designer – Shigenori Soejima (Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5)

Composer – Shoji Meguro (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5)

Concept Artist – Koda Kazuma (Notable Work: NieR:Automata)

Mechanical Designer – Ikuto Yamashita (Notable Work: Neon Genesis Evangelion)

■ Art and Sound

Journey through a vast and magnificent fantasy world. Explore the game alongside an intuitive and beautiful user interface that elevates the experience. Lend your ear to masterfully crafted music utilizing captivating unique chants.

■ New Screenshots

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Metaphor: ReFantazio launches in fall 2024

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Metaphor: ReFantazio will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, and PC via Steam and Microsoft Store in fall 2024, publisher ATLUS and developer Studio Zero announced.

Get the latest details below.

In the TGA trailer titled, “The Royal Tournament,” ATLUS announced that their highly anticipated fantasy RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio will launch in Fall 2024. The trailer features new gameplay scenes, an introduction to the story and fantasy setting, and notes members of the team:

Director – Katsura Hashino (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5)

Character Designer – Shigenori Soejima (Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5)

Composer – Shoji Meguro (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Persona 3, Persona 4, Persona 5)

Concept Artist – Koda Kazuma (Notable Work: NieR:Automata)

Mechanical Designer – Ikuto Yamashita (Notable Work: Neon Genesis Evangelion)

Additionally, ATLUS will host a special YouTube live broadcast in Japan (Japanese language only) for the game on December 11 at 8:30pm JST / 3:30am PST, that will feature guests from the Japanese VA cast including Natsuki Hanae as Protagonist, Sumire Morohoshi as Gallica, Kensho Ono as Strohl, and Saori Hayami as Hulkenberg.

Story

Our story takes place in The United Kingdom of Euchronia, where the assassination of the king brings chaos and unrest to the land. Then, one fateful day, a magic known only to the king called the Royal Magic is invoked, and the world becomes embroiled in a royal tournament for the throne. In the midst of this, the protagonist, together with his partner, the fairy Galica, must find a way to break the curse that has been placed on the prince that the kingdom believes to be dead. To do so, they depart on a journey across the vast land. They will discover that in order to achieve their goal, they must participate in the tournament for the throne, and this great task shall require them to ally with many friends and followers of the various tribes inhabiting the world.

Protagonist

Together with the fairy, Galica, he embarks on a journey to lift the deadly curse placed on his childhood friend, the prince of Euchronia. He is a boy of the elda tribe, branded as a “”tainted”” people by the state religion who believe they have inherited dangerous and heretical magic. Being so rare among the populous, they are detested and discriminated against throughout the kingdom.”

Gallica

Not only a traveling companion, Gallica is the guide who helps the protagonist carry out his mission to save the prince. Although she is too small to participate in battles, her knowledge of magic and ability to sense magla is superior to the protagonist due to her fairy nature. She doesn’t mince words, but she is a reassuring ally on his journey.

Strohl

He is a young man of the clemar tribe who meets the protagonist in the recruitment centre for the State Army. A smart young man with a strong sense of justice, he hails from a noble family. And yet, it seems his circumstances are complicated, as it is rare for a noble to enlist in the army alongside commoners.

Hulkenberg

A knight of the roussainte tribe and former member of the royal family’s Kingsguard who served by the prince’s side. Despite her young age, she excelled in the use of various weaponry, and was assigned to the personal guard of the prince. But when the prince was attacked, she failed to protect him and set out to wander, carrying the stigma of this failure in her heart.

Heismay

A former knight of the eugief tribe. He has acute perception compared to most others, due in part to the eugief trait of being sensitive to sound. With an appearance that differs greatly from other tribes, it’s not uncommon for eugiefs to be discriminated against—and it seems Heismay is no exception, his past his own burden to bear.

New Concept Art

Journey through a vast and magnificent fantasy world. Explore the game alongside an intuitive and beautiful UI that elevates the experience. (Get an exciting sneak peek of the look of Metaphor: ReFantazio with new concept art pieces).

Watch the latest trailer below.

The Royal Tournament Trailer

English

Japanese

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What are your top favorite mecha designs?

And, if you could make a project with all your own content (anything) what would it be?

Oh my goddd i'm gonna have to pass on the second question just because it's such an enormous thing for me to consider and I have like 50 things I wanna do i'd have to laboriously list lol but uh as far as favourite mechs goes -

This isn't exhaustive by any means but some recent "favourite" mechs among an enormous number and their designers would include:

The MAN-010 G-3 Ge Drei by Kazuhisa Kondo

The MSN-04 II Nightingale by Yutaka Izubuchi

The AMX-004 Qubeley by Mamoru Nagano

Justice's "mech" form from Guilty Gear by Daisuke Ishiwatari (?)

The RX-105 Ξ Gundam (Xi Gundam) by Hajime Katoki

Almost too many to list from Evangelion alone but specific mentions go to the Mark 6 and .07 13's Awakened (the white) form, the MP Evas from EOE and both Armaros and the Heurtebise from Evangelion Anima, almost all of which belong to Ikuto Yamashita

Idk! I could keep listing mechs for hours - the Skullma and Zwarth from Dunbine, the Guyver Gigantic if that counts, it goes on forever. Mechs have an incredibly important place in my understanding of design.

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Hey uh Metaphor soldiers you might want to be looking out for this. This is a really big deal ( mostly just to me ) !!!

Archipel is hands-down my favorite documentary channel, and for good reason ! They have astounding quality in visuals and audio, and their interviews are fantastic with great tone and pacing. They're focused on japanese creators in a good range of creative fields, and they've covered Persona, Catherine, Hashino-san and Soejima-san before ! ( though for some reason i never even entertained the notion of them doing one on Metaphor, and I AM GOING INSANE YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW )

And best of all : their documentaries are available for free on youtube !! I highly recommend them, they're very inspiring !

The "and more" part has me really excited... It would be great for them to speak to Kazuma Koda ( from Nier ) and Ikuto Yamashita ( from Neon Genesis EVANGELION ) ! They could even get a cheeky comment from Yoko Taro ( who they've worked with before as well ! ) just for the sake of it !!

Ohhhhhhh it's gonna be so good !!! ^ normal feelings about a 10 to 40 minutes-long documentary that will not be released for many months yet to come

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Holy cannoli UA Mixed Course Classes 1-X and 1-Y! It's your one (1) year anniversary! Well it would be if I didn't procrastinate working on this so much,,, But on a more serious note, KNHA has probably been one of the best things I've ever had the pleasure of working on, and I owe a lot to it and all the people involved in helping me get out of my shell a little bit and had helped me improve my art a lot! And I'm glad I've had the chance to have interacted with a lot of really cool people, and I hope we can work on some more cool stuff with them in the future.

Anyways the oc credits are under the read more, so go check out the other creators blogs!

Class 1-X Osamu Sato (@dantelionwishes) Moa Fuwa (@you-may-call-me-meme) Akihiko Arakan (@akihiko-arakan) Hibiki Manami (@3080-manami-hibiki) Burai Banzai (@buraibanzai) Amorette Valentia (@amorette-valentina) Michiko Watanabe (@residentquirksupport) Makoto Shiba (@dantelionwishes) Jiro Yukimura (@zer0-10) Jetsam Kisa (@jetsam-kisa) Aito Takao (@korissideblog) Hiroharu Aki (@compoundhero) Rin Tsukikage (@kamiart) Sumiye Gemu (@smol-hibiscus) Taishiro Watanabe (@tai-watanabe-class-1x) Tamashi Yoken (@tamashi-yoken) Carlos Cordova (@pokeracer93) Ayume Hikkido (@ayume-hikkido) Tsutsumi Natsumi (@glitchviper) Kiku Miyagawa (@cryptidanaphafsi) Jimin Kim (@artpocalypse) Class 1-Y Pro Hero Miss Me (@dantelionwishes) Mitsumi Togan (I couldn't find their blog,,) Momo Neko (@lintulady) Mao Amai (@greyciees) Evan Satoru (@no1-horror-hero) Boni Kazai (@boni-kazai-1y) Konekomaru Yoshino (@you-may-call-me-meme) Ikuto Maekawa (@nicosbrainrot) Tokiya Iori (@skiduffle) Kabane Higanbana (@imminent-soup) Yori Hayashi (@beetrootbot) Hina Mumei (@plutoeater) Kiyoko Hagane (@cosmic-goof) Jaye Rokuto (@zer0-10) Doku Heiwa (@doku-kisa) Kurumi Yamashita (@nightseeye) Tano Hoshizawa (@tano-hoshiz-1y) Naga Murasaki (@murasaki-naga) Murasaki Nendo (@genuinefauxthought) Hikari Kamino (@dantelionwishes) Tsuki Hashimoto (@allestories)

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Revoltech EVA 01 Yamashita Ikuto version By Kaiyodo

Taken by nuo2x2 with Panasonic Lumix G7

eh, maybe just another one... 

and this might be the stranger and lesser known one, since it’s a concept art from the mechanical designer of the iconic EVAs model... cool combination between the purple and clear purple parts, plus those racing stripes and various decals, just lovely... quite the grail 

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have you seen the Evangelion Anima mecha designs, they're awesome and kind of crazy (the US Wolfpack and Euro Evangelion 02 are a couple of my faves)

the anima designs are actually some of my favorite mecha design work in general! yamashita ikuto really went all out on them, especially with the non-bipedal ones

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Various animators x Odio 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Neon Genesis Evangelion 1.Hidenori Fukuoka 2.Hiroyuki Kanbe 3.Yoh Yosanari 4.Shigeki Sunada 5.Ikuto Yamashita c o l o r f u l ©️ Khara ©️ Odioart Artist Note* There will be one more special Evangelion drop next week. A new format that I have been wanting to do for a long time. Other than that I will now focus on other things until spring. This year I will mark each season with a new Evangelion series of work to celebrate the new film and it’s 25th year. This concludes the winter season. Thank you for your support.  _Wolfgang Artist shill* If you would like to support my work, and help odioart become more self sustaining, you may do so @ patreon.com/odioart you can also follow me on twitter @odioart and @odio_sensei on Instagram for “almost” daily updates. Thank you.

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Unit 01 by Ikuto Yamashita

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Shin Evangelion by Ikuto Yamashita