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Hilton Genesis Evangelion?


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Some of you weren’t impressed with yesterday’s Super Terrific Japanese Thing, so allow me to try again — behold the official Evangelion hotel room. It’s not actually part of a Hilton (sorry, I just succumbed to my desire for horrible wordplay) but it’ll be offered by the Highland Resort Hotel & Spa beginning on March 1, inside the Fuji-Q Highland amusement park. From Anime News Network:

The hotel
will feature an entry plug-shaped bed where guests can watch DVDs while
lying on their backs. Guests can also wake up to a morning call
exclusively recorded with the character Rei Ayanami’s voice, and an
interactive “voice touch panel” and telephone will emit comments in
Rei’s voice. Lines of dialogue and graphics will appear on the walls
with the use of black light lamps, and there will be a statue of Rei as
well as replicas of original Evangelion artwork and other features. Guests will receive exclusive amenities and a badge as presents during their stay. The hotel will begin accepting reservations for its only Evangelion room for 370,000 yen (about US$450) a night (subject to seasonal price changes).

$450? Shit. For $450, I’d expect a comatose 14-year-old German girl in the bed that I can jerk off to, and a 14-year-old boy sobbing “I mustn’t run away” repeatedly in the corner.