Hideaki Anno and Shiro Sagisu used the "Yamashita" motif (named after Bunta Sugawara's character) from Takayuki Inoue's score for THE MAN WHO STOLE THE SUN (1979) in a Tokyo-3 montage sequence for EVANGELION 2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE (2009). Here is a side-by-side comparison of montage sequences utilizing the same motif (but slightly different arrangements) from each film.

Showa Day is a Japanese national holiday honoring Emperor Hirohito. Following his death in 1989, it was renamed "Greenery Day," but conservatives restored the name "Showa Day" in the 2000s.

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