Evangelion Phone: You Can (Not) Buy One

I love my iPhone, really I do. It lets me read Wikipedia in bed, check the status of the J-List servers from anywhere, practice my Japanese calligraphy, send my random thoughts via Twitter and engage in impromptu lightsaber battles with other iPhone users. Still, there are times when the more traditional keitai (cell phones) sold in Japan tempt me. Today Japan’s #2 cell phone maker “au by KDDI” announced 19 (!) new models for the coming summer season, including a solar-powered phone that can be recharged by leaving it in the sun, a phone with a Kindle-like “e-paper” display that shows information such as weather reports, and a model designed by Giorgio Armani. But the most geek-tastic new phone is from Docomo: the limited-edition tie-in with the upcoming Evangelion 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance movie, designed by Gainax and director Hideaki Anno.

Docomo’s new Evangelion phone is nerdgasm-inducing.