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Two years before the series was broadcast, Gainax published a presentation about the series entitled Kikakusho ( 企画書, lit. Satsukawa created a pun with the phoneme shisha, which can mean "messenger" ( 使者) or "dead" ( 死者). The kanji nagisa ( 渚) was chosen for his graphic connection with the katakana shi ( シ) and the kanji sha ( 者), a detail referring to the Japanese title of the episode: "The Final Messenger" ( 最後のシ者, Saigo no shisha). The name Kaworu was not written with the contemporary spelling カオル ( Kaoru) with the katakana オ ( o), but with the archaic character ヲ ( wo). "wave") in the surname of character Rei Ayanami. The choice of a term related to the sea allowed him to connect to the names of other series' characters inspired by Imperial Japanese Navy ships and nami ( 波, lit. Satsukawa opted for the surname Nagisa (Japanese for "shore"), an homage to Japanese director Nagisa Ōshima. Kaworu was originally conceived as a cat-like Angel who possesses a boy.Īkio Satsukawa, a screenwriter who contributed to the writing of "The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door '" (the series' twenty-fourth episode) chose Kaworu's name. Merchandise, particularly action figures, based on Kaworu has been released.
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His role in the Evangelion 3.0 movie also attracted the attention of critics, with reviewers generally appreciating his relationship with Shinji. Some critics disliked his ambiguity, his lack of clarity, and the undertones of his relationship with Shinji others praised his personality, finding him open, affectionate and sociable. After several changes, director Hideaki Anno and screenwriter Akio Satsukawa portrayed him as the last Angel and he was included in the twenty-fourth episode.Īlthough Kaworu only appeared in one episode, the character was popular with audiences and animation enthusiasts and topped popularity polls. The character, originally conceived by Gainax as a cat controlling a boy, was supposed to appear in the series' twenty-second episode. He also has a prominent role in Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, the third film of the Rebuild saga. Kaworu appears in the franchise's animated feature films and related media, video games, the original net animation Petit Eva: the Rebuild of Evangelion films, and the manga adaptation by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. After revealing his nature as an Angel, he asks Shinji to kill him to allow humanity to survive. When he arrives at Nerv, he befriends Eva-01 pilot Shinji Ikari, showing great affection towards him. Kaworu is the seventeenth, and final member of a series of enemies which threaten humanity named Angels. In the series of the same name, he is the pilot of a giant mecha named Evangelion Unit 02 for the special agency Nerv. Kaworu Nagisa ( Japanese: 渚 カヲル, Hepburn: Nagisa Kaoru), real name Tabris ( タブリス, Taburisu), is a fictional character from the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise created by Gainax. Daman Mills ( Rebuild series Prime Video dub).Jerry Jewell ( Rebuild series Funimation dub).Aaron Krohn ( Manga dub of Death & Rebirth and The End of Evangelion).