“Evangelion and Japanese Swords” Exhibition At Ueno Royal Museum In Japan

“Evangelion and Japanese Swords” exhibition which spectacularly started from Okayama prefecture’s Bizen Osafune Japanese sword museum, home of Japanese swords, will hold its final exhibition at Tokyo’s Ueno Royal Museum after exhibiting throughout the nation.

This exhibition is a collaborated project by Zennihon Tousyoukai (All Japan Swords Association) and movie “EVANGELION:3.0 YOU CAN (NOT) REDO.” Swordsmiths throughout Japan trained new swords such as “Lanse of Longinus” based on Evangelion’s worldview by their traditional skills.

You can enjoy new world of Japanese sword through “Progressive knife”, one of the basic Evangelion’s weapons which enabled direct attack to angels in close combats, “Evangelion Unit 1’s headpiece” inspired by Evangelion Unit 1’s thick head-armor, or “Lanse of Longinus” made by Damascus steel.

Japanese swords are introduced besides these collaborated works. Special shop will be selling various original goods, as well as plate-engraving service booth and photograph corner for your memory for visiting. Voice guidance rental will be available as well which is casted by Kotono Mitsuishi, famous for Misato Katsuragi (500yen).

Entrance fee is 1,000yen for adults, 800yen for university and high school students, 600yen for elementary and junior-high school students. Presale tickets are 200yen cheaper than walk-up tickets. Exhibition in Ueno Royal Museum’s is from 23rd November to 23rd December.

Source : Yattarnews.com