Spear of Longinus crowdfunding project now accepting international backers

The crowdfunding campaign to fire a replica of Evangelion‘s “Spear of Longinus” into the Moon is now accepting international backers.

The campaign, in honour of the 20th anniversary of Neon Genesis Evangelion‘s anime debut and to mark 2015 as the year Evangelion is set in, has been set up to pay homage to one of the classic moments in the series, when one of the Evangelion mecha throws a gigantic spear into the Moon. If the project is successful, a 240mm / 9.4 inch spear will be fired from a probe which will be Japan’s first civilian unmanned lunar expedition. 

The project plans to fund ¥100,000,000 (£560,000) by 23.00 JST on 5th April. Currently over ¥40,000,000 (£225,000) has been raised from Japanese backers alone. Now, with one week to go, people from outside Japan can send donations for any of the tiers between ¥5,000 – ¥50,000 (£28 – £280). Donations include certificates, posters, t-shirts, and having your name inscribed on the spear.

Sources: Ready For, Anime News Network.

Ian Wolf

Ian works as an anime and manga critic for Anime UK News, and was also the manga critic for MyM Magazine. His debut book, CLAMPdown, about the manga collective CLAMP, is available now. Outside of anime, he is data specialist for the British Comedy Guide, is QI's most pedantic viewer, has written questions for both The Wall and Richard Osman's House of Games, and has been a contestant on Mastermind.

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