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Critics linked her success to a series of moe traits that proved popular with anime fans, influencing the creation of subsequent female anime characters. Merchandising based on her has also been released, particularly action figures, which became popular. Reviewers have praised Rei's mysterious aura and her role in the story. She has maintained a high ranking in every popularity poll of the series and has also appeared in polls to decide the most popular anime characters in Japan. Rei has been well received by critics and in reviews. Rei is voiced by Megumi Hayashibara in Japanese, and by Amanda Winn-Lee, Brina Palencia and Ryan Bartley in English. Other influences for its creation include earlier works by Gainax staff members, such as Aoki Uru.

He was also influenced by his readings on psychology, in particular on Freudian psychoanalysis, taking inspiration from Freud's theories on the Oedipus complex. Hideaki Anno, director of the animated series, conceived her as a representation of his unconscious. Rei appears in the franchise's animated feature films and related media, video games, the original net animation Petit Eva: the Rebuild of Evangelion films, and the manga adaptation by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto. As the series progresses, she becomes more involved with the people around her, particularly her classmate and fellow Eva pilot, Shinji Ikari. At the beginning of the series, Rei is an enigmatic figure whose unusual behavior astonishes her peers. She is the First Child and pilot of a giant mecha named Evangelion Unit 00. Rei Ayanami ( Japanese: 綾波 レイ, Hepburn: Ayanami Rei) is a fictional character from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, created by Gainax.

Neon Genesis Evangelion chapter 2: "Reunion" (1995)Īmanda Winn-Lee (ADV dub and Rebuild series Prime Video dub)īrina Palencia ( Rebuild series Funimation dub) Rei with her Eva-00 (in the background) as a child (left), as a pilot (center) and as a student (right)
