>>4260051I always wonder what it would've been like to see what Anno's original plans for the Rebuilds were before he decided to come up with the time loop of the original story again but with a different ending.
There's one piece of art that always came off as real striking to me which had Toji, Hikari & Kensuke as pilots, and curiously they're numbered as 03, 05 & 06, meaning there was another member from Shinji's class presumably with the 04 designation.
Maybe now that Anno said he wants to leave NGE to the fans we'll see some cool stories spun up with a "B-team" counteracting units 00-02 like the art here suggests.
https://imgur.com/HBDxVJE 