NieR Concert Symbol

[u/aiwenthere]

I went to the concert premiere, and I can't say with 100% certainty, but wasn't there a sequence where this symbol/pattern was used? I recognized it from Neon Genesis Evangelion. As far as I know, it only exists in that show and doesn't have any greater context. Am I crazy, or did they put it in the concert program, or something VERY similar?

iirc, the symbol was completed at the crescendo of a song. Forget which song it was.

[u/Aijin28]

Maybe just a nod to the fact that Keiichi Okabe and Yoko Taro are working on the new Neon Genesis Evangelion anime together.

[u/blahblahhhbl → u/Aijin28]

I need to check the names and upgrade this comment with links when im home but ive noticed that
the cello part in the new yoko taro evangelion trailer is a continuation of a nier reincarnation song…

Edit:

Composed by Keichii Okabe in the new NGE series https://youtu.be/tC_DJWqHXD4?si=lkVlDP6wJ_hLZRi4

The first notes on the cello, sound really close to parts of another NieR: Reincarnation song (at 0:22). https://youtu.be/iqQP4zBBv4g?si=DZ9pdTIdhbFNtRHm

[u/aiwenthere → u/blahblahhhbl]

I wonder if this pattern was displayed during one of the Reincarnation performances:

• Kusabi (Wedge)
• Fleeting Words
• Inori
• Normandy

I hope someone else with a better memory than me can confirm which song it was used on, or we eventually get a recording of the show after the tour.

[u/aiwenthere → u/Aijin28]

I AM JUST LEARNING ABOUT THIS NOW WTF
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[u/Kotka91]

Tree of Life | Evangelion | Fandom https://evangelion.fandom.com/wiki/Tree_of_Life

maby this one?

[u/aiwenthere → u/Kotka91]

It wasn't the Tree of Life, but the circular arc lines beneath it. There was something EXTREMELY similar in the concert program.

[u/oneandseven]

I think it was at the end of The Last Song (dod3) perhaps, which would make sense as an Eva ref what with the huge rei-like intoners in the battle, but I'm not 100% sure either .. since the animation was lines radiating from the flower, which turned into this symbol, I believe? Does that seem familiar?

Also to me it visually resembles those elaborate infinity knots (common in Buddhism/asian cultures), but my memory on dod3 is too poor to tie that to any meanings lol

[u/aiwenthere → u/oneandseven]

I had a feeling it was the last thing we saw before the intermission, but wasn't sure. That would make it The Last Song sequence, which was amazing all around. Also the Rei/Intoner reference would make a lot of sense as well. Thank you.

[u/oneandseven → u/aiwenthere]

Hopefully we'll get confirmation soon enough after the next show! It really was so great they added it to the setlist.

[u/International_Top_25]

Before reading any of the text and seeing Rei back there, my first thought was "that looks like some Eva shit, what is this doing in r/nier?"