New off topic! was Re: [EVA]...

[Greg Muir]

>
> The same question was raised in japan.anime.evangelion and I
> don't think we
> came up with a good answer.  I can tell you, though, that the shoulder
> pieces do not cover existing biological parts, the shoulder
> pieces are added
> on to fit the Evas for combat.  If you'll notice, the orange
> Unit00 does not
> have them, however, the combat fitted version, Unit00', does have
> them.  The
> shoulder pieces hold the progressive knives.

I think when we get down to it, the *real* reason the white giant had those
pieces was because it was shown in an outline and adding those things to a
human form makes it look EVA-like. Without them it would have just looked
like another giant humanoid angel without necessarally making people think
EVA.