While no Rebuild movies were released, or even scheduled in 2015, it was still a big year for Evangelion. The original Neon Genesis TV series celebrated its 20th anniversary, marked with a Blu-ray release, bullet train decorations and more (Universal Studios attraction, crowdfunding attempt to send a Spear of Longinus replica to the moon, Unit 01 colored Shaun the Sheep statue).

The year's calendar also tracked the events of the series, back to June 22, 2015, the date in which, in the first episode, the third Angel attacks and Shinji has to get in the robot!

Well, in the series' timeline, December 31, 2015 is Third Impact!

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