Akira Yamaoka is doing more than handling music, the former Team Silent producer is now the Chief Creative Officer at Grasshopper Manufacture.

“Bandai Namco approached us and said to us – what do you think about Evangelion? And, I thought that’s all?”

The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Blue led last week’s new releases in Japan.

A new trailer for Rebuild of Evangelion: 3nd Impact slipped out showcasing the six games in the Grasshopper Manufacture developed title. They are: Angel Session, AT, HEX, Call of Fourteen, Teardrop, and Number5/Beastie Girl.

Two new gameplay videos of Rebuild of Evangelion: 3nd Impact snuck on the Internet, but they’re missing, perhaps, the most important element – sound.

What are you going to watch? The six games in Rebuild of Evangelion: 3nd Impact. In Apostle Session you attack apostles by hitting notes to the beat.

More information spilled out about Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact. The developer is a bit of a surprise, it’s Grasshopper Manufacture, the studio behind No More Heroes and Shadows of the Damned.

Evangelion games have still been trickling out… it’s just that most of them are pachislot ports. Rebuild of Evangelion: Sound Impact isn’t.