This Yoko Taro man. What a card. By no means know when the following little bit of canonical story goes to drop in a proper recreation, a tv present or a banana sticker. Because the creator of the Nier video games ventures ahead into directing an upcoming run on Neon Genesis Evangelion, he’s going to be preserving followers of the collection on their toes. Throughout his cease in Saitama, Canadian musician The Weeknd debuted a brand new tune devoted to the legendary anime. Holding issues attention-grabbing, the debut was joined by visuals created by Taro himself.
Introduced by YOKO TARO ft. YOKO TAKAHASHI pic.twitter.com/a8wUBHV7k6
— The Weeknd (@theweeknd) September 19, 2026
On Saturday Abel “The Weeknd” Tesfaye debuted a brand new monitor. Unnamed, it takes loads of inspiration from Neon Genesis Evangelion, together with samples from its iconic theme Merciless Angel’s Thesis and a function from its singer Yoko Takahashi. Including to the flashing depth are visuals directed by Yoko Taro, who introduced his Evangelion takeover again in July. Whereas the montage comprises current footage from the anime, it additionally consists of seemingly authentic materials, floating neat questions concerning the anticipated collection.
With related poetic copy throughout the display because the earlier teaser, it raises the chance we simply caught a brand new glimpse of Taro’s upcoming collection in a really unusual method. Properly, unusual for many. Likewise, the video features a nonetheless of Eva Unit-01 staring down Nier: Automata characters 2B and 9S. And whereas I’d prefer to inform you that in all probability doesn’t imply Taro’s idiosyncratic tasks shall be crossing over, you actually, actually by no means know with this man.
If I have been a betting man, I feel it’d be protected to wager that a few of The Weeknd’s music will emerge within the new Evangelion collection. By means of the summer season, Tesfaye has been grinding shoulders with many recreation making legends, together with FromSoft’s Hidetaka Miyazaki, Grasshopper’s Goichi Suda, a non-public demo of Persona 6 and fan artwork from Ultimate Fantasy dream weaver Yoshitaka Amano. Whether or not this marketing campaign of fandom is mounting in the direction of a brand new venture, or merely ardour spilling out of the tube, has but to be seen. Possibly I’m just a bit itchy about it as a result of Tesfaye has even been edging into my weirdo little turf by championing the upcoming About Fishing. Get your individual GOTY, Abel, or it’s again to the Yorkdale American Attire for you!