If someone offered you the chance to buy a _Neon Genesis Evangelion_ NERV-branded phone, you'd jump at it right? After all, there's nothing better than pretending you live under constant threat of alien attack, or that the teenage clone of your dead mother could turn into a giant and... _moving on_. [Sharp][4], [NTT DoCoMo][5] and Gainax teamed up to produce this [SH-O6D][6] with a custom case, new hardware buttons and a (as yet unfinished) skinned version of [Gingerbread][7] that resembles the readouts you're likely to see in the depths of Tokyo-3. See America? This is how you appeal to fans, by making the tiniest amount of extra effort, rather than just [slapping a logo][8] on the bottom of whatever regular handset [you're selling][9].
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[NTT, Sharp, Gainax make a Japan-only Neon Genesis Evangelion phone, get your plane tickets now][3] originally appeared on [Engadget][10] on Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:31:00 EDT. Please see our [terms for use of feeds][11].
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