Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project #1 - First Appearance of Rei Ayanami, Printings and Contents

Identification plate

Series: Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project (Dark Horse, 2009 series)
Issue: #1
Publication date: July 2009
Key date: July 2009
On-sale date: July 8, 2009
Indicia publisher: Dark Horse Manga
Price: $9.95
Pages: 188
Barcode: 9781595823212
ISBN: 978-1-59582-321-2

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Why this issue matters

First appearance (reprint) of Rei Ayanami - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Misato Katsuragi - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Yui Ikari - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Toji Suzuhara - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Gendo Ikari - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Hikari Horaki - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Kensuke Aida - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Ritsuko Akagi - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Ryoji Kaji - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Kouzou Fuyutsuki - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

First appearance (reprint) of Zeruel - the earliest appearance on record is a reprinted story; the original printing may be indexed elsewhere and predate this.

The evidence

Claims here come from the story records for this issue, listed under Sources at the bottom of the file. Character hubs with full evidence tables are coming to this site.

Seq	Story	Type	Pages	Credits	Characters
0	-	cover	1	pencils: Osamu Takahashi; inks: Osamu Takahashi; colors: Osamu Takahashi	Rei Ayanami First, Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley Soryu
1	Stage 01	comic story	30	script: Osamu Takahashi, Michael Gombos, Carl Gustav Horn; pencils: Osamu Takahashi; inks: Osamu Takahashi, John Clark; colors: Osamu Takahashi; letters: John Clark	Kensuke Aida First, Rei Ayanami First, Hikari Horaki First, Gendo Ikari First, Shinji Ikari, Yui Ikari First, Misato Katsuragi First, Asuka Langley Soryu, Toji Suzuhara First
2	Stage 02	comic story	26	script: Osamu Takahashi, Michael Gombos, Carl Gustav Horn; pencils: Osamu Takahashi; inks: Osamu Takahashi, John Clark; letters: John Clark	Kensuke Aida First, Ritsuko Akagi First, Rei Ayanami First, Hikari Horaki First, Shinji Ikari, Ryoji Kaji First, Asuka Langley Soryu, Toji Suzuhara First
3	Stage 03	comic story	24	script: Osamu Takahashi, Michael Gombos, Carl Gustav Horn; pencils: Osamu Takahashi; inks: Osamu Takahashi, John Clark; letters: John Clark	Kensuke Aida First, Rei Ayanami First, Hikari Horaki First, Gendo Ikari First, Shinji Ikari, Yui Ikari First, Misato Katsuragi First, Asuka Langley Soryu, Toji Suzuhara First
4	Stage 04	comic story	24	script: Osamu Takahashi, Michael Gombos, Carl Gustav Horn; pencils: Osamu Takahashi; inks: Osamu Takahashi, John Clark; letters: John Clark	Kensuke Aida First, Ritsuko Akagi First, Rei Ayanami First, Hikari Horaki First, Shinji Ikari, Misato Katsuragi First, Asuka Langley Soryu, Toji Suzuhara First
5	Stage 05	comic story	24	script: Osamu Takahashi, Michael Gombos, Carl Gustav Horn; pencils: Osamu Takahashi; inks: Osamu Takahashi, John Clark; letters: John Clark	Kensuke Aida First, Rei Ayanami First, Hikari Horaki First, Shinji Ikari, Asuka Langley Soryu, Toji Suzuhara First
6	Stage 06	comic story	24	script: Osamu Takahashi, Michael Gombos, Carl Gustav Horn; pencils: Osamu Takahashi; inks: Osamu Takahashi, John Clark; letters: John Clark	Kensuke Aida First, Rei Ayanami First, Kouzou Fuyutsuki First, Hikari Horaki First, Gendo Ikari First, Shinji Ikari, Yui Ikari First, Misato Katsuragi First, Asuka Langley Soryu, Toji Suzuhara First
7	Stage 07	comic story	22	script: Osamu Takahashi, Michael Gombos, Carl Gustav Horn; pencils: Osamu Takahashi; inks: Osamu Takahashi, John Clark; letters: John Clark	Rei Ayanami First, Gendo Ikari First, Shinji Ikari, Yui Ikari First, Misato Katsuragi First, Asuka Langley Soryu
8	Bonus Pages	comic story	3	script: Osamu Takahashi, Michael Gombos, Carl Gustav Horn; pencils: Osamu Takahashi; inks: Osamu Takahashi, John Clark; letters: John Clark	Rei Ayanami First, Evangelion Unit-01, Asuka Langley Soryu, Zeruel First
9	Evangelion Merchandising	text article	7	script: Carl Gustav Horn

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Sources

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