Evangelion Live Action Drama Is Not an April Fools Joke

Yahoo Japan announced on April 2nd that a live action TV drama of "Neon Genesis Evangelion" will be produced as a promotion movie of "Rebuild of Evangelion: 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE". An online votes on the cast of the drama was held on April 1st and it was considered to be an April Fool's joke. Yahoo Japan said they will realize the cast as much as possible.

The results of the vote
Ikari Shinji
1. 2,626 Kamiki Ryuunosuke (profile)
2. *,930 Hongo Kanata (official website)
3, *,843 Koike Teppei (offiical website)

Ayanami Rei
1, 2,482 Horikita Maki (official website)
2, *,589 Shida Mirai (official website)
3, *,435 Fukuda Mayuko (profile)

Shikinami Asuka Langley
1, 1,398 Toda Erika (profile)
2, *,670 Inagaki Saki (official blog)
3, *,659 Nakagawa Shoko

Ikari Gendo
1, 2,932 Abe Hiroshi (official website)
2, 1,101 Osugi Ren (profile)
3, *,340 Ogata Ken (official website)

Akagi Ritsuko
1, *,887 Matsuyuki Yasuko (official website)
2, *,398 Maya Miki (official blog)
3, *,364 Ryo (official website)

Katsuragi Misato
1, *,675 Matsushima Nanako (profile)
2, *,600 Shinohara Ryoko (profile)
3, *,396 Ito Misaki (official website)

Source: ITmedia