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Apostle XX: Evangelion 10th Anniversary Project
Date: 9/23/2005
First announced July 26th with a color page teaser in the September issue of Shonen ACE, GAINAX has released further details on the first element of their "Evangelion Tenth Anniversary Project". Apostle XX (ShitoXX) is initialy a new line of of PVC pre-painted action figures designed by Mine Yoshizaki of Sergent Keroro fame and manufactured by Japanese toy factory WAVE. GAINAX has released close to zero background information on what the Apostles represent in EVA universe besides the fact that they are combination of MAGI and angel. Look closely and you can see the apostle's costume is actually composed of the angel they are named after. Shipping in mid-late December 2005, the figures are non-scale but measure 14cm tall. The two apostles are: (A) Evangelion Apostle XX Sachiel A-03 (The Third Angel) and (B) Evangelion Apostle XX Zuruel A-14 (The Fourteen Angel) Pricing is set at 2500 Yen apiece. Wave has only released artistic renditions of the figures thus far but this changes from this weekend when 2 finished versions will exhibited for the first time at the the company's booth in the All Japan Plamodel Radiocon Show 2005 occuring at Tokyo BigSight
Source: Anime News Service