On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Chris Davies wrote:

	That said, the Lancea Longini in Evangelion is the length of an
aircraft carrier, and I somehow don't think it was ever used to stab anyone
in the Roman province of Judaea around AD 30.  Evangelion uses Christian and

Unless Longinus was Adam :)

Judaic imagery and myth to lend weight to its intensive storyline, but its
accuracy should never be taken literally -- any more than the fact that one
of the spells used in the OAV series "Mahou Tsukai Tai" is apparently
calling upon H.P. Lovecraft's Shub-Niggurath should be taken as a serious
sign that those kids are up to no good.

Which spell?


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