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I have watched both Neon Genesis Evangelion and RahXephon. Since they have the
same story and the same structure, I think that RahXephon is a copy of Neon
Genesis Evangelion.

What is the actual relationship between Neon Genesis Evangelion and RahXephon?


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What is the relationship between Neon Genesis Evangelion and RahXephon?


The creator of RahXephon, Yutaka Izubuchi, admits to having heavily used Brave
Raideen as the influence for RahXephon. There's a [**really** great interview
of both Izubuchi and Anno (creator of
Evangelion)](http://forum.evageeks.org/post/492098/Anno-interview-about-
RahXephon/#492098) that's really revealing about the influences between the
two. Relevant quote:

> Mr. Izubuchi said before that "Eva" was _Combattler_ [ _Chōdenji Robo
> Combattler V_ ] and _RahXephon_ was _Brave Raideen_ , didn't you?

If you read the entire interview, it never insinuates that there was any
copying of Evangelion in Rahxephon. Instead, these are two contemporaries who
believe they are equals that have both been influenced _by the same shows_ ,
like Mazinger, Combattler V, Tokusatsu, Gowapper 5, etc.

Eventhough they never directly admit it, I'm sure there's some amount of
influence that Evangelion had on Rahxephon, intended or not, simply because
Evangelion was _an incredibly influential show_ , at a time when it seemed
anime in general was stagnating. So everything that came after that, for
better or worse, could have had some influence from Evangelion.

With Rahxephon in particular, your mileage may vary on how similar the shows
really are. If you've seen Brave Raideen, you'll instantly realize that the
show is pretty much a modern spin of that old show, while a lot of that spin
could be argued to be influenced by Evangelion. There's some people who
believe it's a blatant rip-off, but Izubuchi doesn't say that it is, and Anno
doesn't seem to think the similarities are even worth mentioning.


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