Ask John: Who Created the Evangelion Hentai Movie?

Question:
I downloaded a short movie (approx. 12 minutes long) of Eva characters having sex under Gendou’s order. It’s in Japanese with Kanji subtitles, so I kinda missed the point. I heard it called “Jinrui Hokan Keikaku” or the “Human Salvation Project.” Anyway, who created this extremely authentic looking movie? And why is the movie which is distributed over the net heavily censored (and I mean heavy)? Are they’re any more Eva hentai movies available on the net beside this one?

Answer:
The Evangelion: Jinrui Hokan Keikaku (literally “Human Instrumentality Project”) hentai movie is more commonly known as the “Human Salvation Project” through its translation by a private anime fan known as “Gendou” and a rare English language fansub. I’ve also heard of this film referred to as the Evangelion “Ani-gan” movie, which may be a reference to its creator. While a translation does exist, no one, including myself, seems to know anything concrete about the origin of this short animation. I’ve always assumed that it’s a Japanese fan production because the spoken dialogue & on-screen text is all Japanese, and the anime simply looks like a Japanese fan production, albeit a surprisingly competent one. The fact that it’s censored, in accordance with standard Japanese custom, also suggests that it’s a Japanese production. Every copy of it that I’ve ever seen has had Chinese subtitles, leading me to speculation that the version of this short movie available on the internet is a version that got distributed in Asia and had Chinese subtitles added to it in Hong Kong or Taiwan.

This is the only Evangelion fan produced hentai anime that I’m aware of. Gainax itself has produced some official hentai model kits and CD-ROM illustrations of Evangelion characters, but no actual ecchi Eva animation. However, there are other similar Japanese fan produced pornographic anime episodes including one impressively produced short parody of Rayearth, and numerous parody shorts focusing on Ranma, Sailormoon, Tenchi Muyo, Maison Ikkoku and other anime characters, all produced by a Japanese fan artist by the name of “Sato-san.” None of these productions are officially sanctioned by the original anime series creators, but as with virtually all doujinshi productions, they are tolerated in the Japanese market and are sold at Japanese doujinshi shops and conventions.