Dear Mike, you present both a powerful argument, & the proof to back
it up!

I will have to concede your point re size, mainly because I am unable
to produce the 'cast height' illustration I used to found my argument
in the first place.

The cast height illustration in question is from page 111 of the
'Newtype 100% Collection' book of 'Neon Genesis Evangelion'.  It's on
the page that states 'The Official Art of Evangelion' - Complemented
People.

If you can find a copy of this illustration on the Net, good luck!

In the illustration mentioned above, Rei-2 (or 3) stands beside Gendo,
the top of her head does NOT come up to the falloff point of Gendo's
shoulder - by falloff point, I mean the point where the slope of
Gendo's shoulder, suddenly becomes the vertical line of his upper
arm - Rei-2 is shorter than this shoulder fall-off point, & her chin
is a bit above Gendo's belt line.  Going by her head height, the fork
(crotch) of Gendo's pants is *ABOUT*one (Rei-2) head height below her
chin (more like 1 & 1/4 ??)

It was on that 'cast' illustration that I based most of my
comparisons.

In the other scene I used, the TV scene where Rei-1 is first
introduced, Rei-1's head has her chin level with the fork of Gendo's
trousers, & the top of her head would be about where Gendo's belt
would be, going by measuring Gendo's torso & conducting proportional
analysis.

Since the characters in NGE are drawn with the fork of their legs
about the halfway mark of their body size, Rei-1 was at least half
Gendo's height, with another head size on top of that.

Yours, dbmacpherson@INHIBITIONSuq.net.au
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