Storyboards from the Evangelion 2.0 movie show a scene in which Asuka was apparently hideously mutilated, having her face peeled off and pierced by “hell’s needles” – thankfully for Asuka fans, the scene was cut in its entirety.
The storyboards in question, published officially with a variety of other production materials:
Fans seem to be divided as to whether the cuts were the right decision – some would have welcomed harsher or even grotesque scenes, whilst others point to a cult of Asuka worshippers who might have been adversely affected by any Asuka mutilation, or simply to fact that such a scene might have been in poor taste.
Not my beautiful Asuka! Noooooo!
Pirate asuka must live.
beyond tasteless
I would of welcomed a horrible mutalation of this bitch,Ive never liked her.
But eh Im bias to Rei
What a pity, it looked like it would have been radical. It’ll still be years or even whole decades before any other female Japanese animation character worthy of such a scene shows up…