Spear of Longinus crowdfunding project now accepting international backers

Ian Wolf

Ian Wolf

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AUKN Staff
The crowdfunding campaign to fire a replica of <em>Evangelion</em>'s "Spear of Longinus" into the Moon is now accepting international backers.



The campaign, in honour of the 20th anniversary of <em>Neon Genesis Evangelion</em>'s anime debut and to mark 2015 as the year <em>Evangelion </em>is set in, has been set up to pay homage to one of the classic moments in the series, when one of the Evangelion mecha throws a gigantic spear into the Moon. If the project is successful, a 240mm / 9.4 inch spear will be fired from a probe which will be Japan's first civilian unmanned lunar expedition.&nbsp;

The project plans to fund &yen;100,000,000 (&pound;560,000) by 23.00 JST on 5th April. Currently over &yen;40,000,000 (&pound;225,000) has been raised from Japanese backers alone. Now, with one week to go, people from outside Japan can send donations for any of the tiers between &yen;5,000 - &yen;50,000 (&pound;28 - &pound;280). Donations include certificates, posters, t-shirts, and having your name inscribed on the spear.

Sources: Ready For, Anime News Network.
 
Re: Spear of Longinus crowdfunding project now accepting int

Just watch, some person calling himself "Not ADV, for reals, you guys, honest." is going to donate a small country's GDP.
 
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