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Warriors lurking in Tokyo shoot it out to decide who is the best.
Normally these warriors toil in very different battlefields, as programmers, editors, or artists. But this is one battlefield on which they can stake their collective pride--and do.
In its past two incarnations, this battle has given rise to numerous legends of light.
And now comes the third such battle:
The Third SurviverShot World Championships.

Only a year and a half after the first such event, we have already had our third match, thanks to popular demand, making it seem like a regular event in the Tokyo computer game community. We've managed to get SurviverShot re-issued, showing the intensity of the passion which SurviverShot fans have for their chosen game.
This match took place in the gigantic maze at the Amusing Square theme park in Adachi-ku, Tokyo. Each event has had a different, more grandiose setting, with more participants--some 300 in all this time.
Also, for the first time we invited participants from outside the industry, which contributed to this event being larger than those before it.
In this section we report on the entire event. Enjoy!
The re-issued SurviverShot, available in one-gun and two-gun sets.

Special-Edition SurviverShot--Made to GAINAX Specifications!
One of the main attractions of this event was the Limited Edition GAINAX SurviverShot, courtesy of Tomy. The GAINAX logo is printed on the gun, with an original package by Evangelion Animation Director Suzuki Shunji and Yamaga Office Designer Takahashi Kenji.

EVA BOX--Art by Suzuki Shunji, Design by Tahakashi Kenji
It's an original illustration by the Animation Director himself, of the main Eva cast carrying SurviverShot! When did you last see anime heroines like this on a toy package? Probably never.
When we brought him the layout, Suzuki took one look and spotted the focus: "I see this illustration will be all about Ayanami (Rei)'s rear end.".
For the fourth match, I'd like something more subtle, like Ritsuko,Maya, and the class leader (just kidding).
NERV BOX Designer: Takahashi Kenji
This box was made for those conservative types who who have fixed ideas about what anime characters should be like. No digital cameras here: we went back in time and did like men, from scratch, in Photoshop!
You can't tell from this image, but we drew in numerous scratches and creases, finer than a strand of hair. Thus we report that while there are scratches printed herein, they were drawn that way, meaning that there is nothing wrong with the printing process. Big deal, we know.

EVA Phone Card--Art by Suzuki Shunji, Design by Takahashi Kenji
We made the EVA BOX as a composite from several different illustrations. Of these, we took the most popular, that of Rei, and made it into an entry pass for the event. Not only that, but thanks to Tomy, we're also making it into a telephone card.
So you get the most popular character on a limited-edition numbered telephone card, and an entry pass with your name in indelible ink. Sounds like a pretty terrific entry pass. And they've also been encoded in such a way that if anyone tries to duplicate them, the copies will have dandelions growing out of the character's head.

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Special-Edition SurviverShot--Made to GAINAX Specifications! One of the main attractions of this event was the Limited Edition GAINAX SurviverShot, courtesy of Tomy. The GAINAX logo is printed on the gun, with an original package by Evangelion Animation Director Suzuki Shunji and Yamaga Office Designer Takahashi Kenji.
EVA BOX--Art by Suzuki Shunji, Design by Tahakashi Kenji It's an original illustration by the Animation Director himself, of the main Eva cast carrying SurviverShot! When did you last see anime heroines like this on a toy package? Probably never. When we brought him the layout, Suzuki took one look and spotted the focus: "I see this illustration will be all about Ayanami (Rei)'s rear end.". For the fourth match, I'd like something more subtle, like Ritsuko,Maya, and the class leader (just kidding).	NERV BOX Designer: Takahashi Kenji This box was made for those conservative types who who have fixed ideas about what anime characters should be like. No digital cameras here: we went back in time and did like men, from scratch, in Photoshop! You can't tell from this image, but we drew in numerous scratches and creases, finer than a strand of hair. Thus we report that while there are scratches printed herein, they were drawn that way, meaning that there is nothing wrong with the printing process. Big deal, we know.
EVA Phone Card--Art by Suzuki Shunji, Design by Takahashi Kenji We made the EVA BOX as a composite from several different illustrations. Of these, we took the most popular, that of Rei, and made it into an entry pass for the event. Not only that, but thanks to Tomy, we're also making it into a telephone card. So you get the most popular character on a limited-edition numbered telephone card, and an entry pass with your name in indelible ink. Sounds like a pretty terrific entry pass. And they've also been encoded in such a way that if anyone tries to duplicate them, the copies will have dandelions growing out of the character's head.
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