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Continued from Talk:Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_glossary

I'm not ready to accept with 'absolute certainty' that Sachiel is 'percisely' 40 meters tall. However, I think everyone can accept that Sachiel is < 80 meters tall, and certainly >30 meters tall. Now, 40 meters seems a very reasonable estimate (far more so than 80 meters), given say a quick analysis of the missile stopped by Sachiel's arm was the length of a plane (F22-Raptor 18.2m, B2 bomber 20m), and exceptionally large plane would be different such as the B52 (48m), but I think that last comparision can be discarded. Also a 12-15 meter width corresponds well with the ability to stand on an Aircraft carrier, and also have a bredth as great as a destroyer vessels in the case of the Evangelions which are of comparible size.

In any case, even if there is disagreement on Sachiel's height it would only make a factor of 2x error on the part of the ranges guessed.

This seems pretty pertainent to this discussion -- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_explosions#Summary_of_the_effects

Again a quick glance at a 1 megaton nuke seems to confirm the impossibility of this. For a larger Sachiel it may be relevant to argue as much as a 100 kilotons, but even that would seem a bit of a stretch. --Xylix 09:20, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

Sachiel is about 40 meters tall. All evidence I've found supports this. If you wish to challenge this, you'd be wise to find some counter-evidence. I never said precisely, but with confidence I'll assert that Sachiel is definitely between 30 and 50 meters in height; 80 meters is implausibly tall when viewed against all scenes involving Sachiel. --Obsidian-fox 10:06, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

The use of an exact number such as 40 without placing any ranging implies a certain degree of percision, or at least a strong confidence within a range 5 meters. As of yet, the range of accepted at least here is 40-200 meters! If you wish to tackle the size of the Evangelions you need to approach the Evangelion mecha topic itself. I however, certainly agree that an actual range of 30-50 meters is clearly the most reasonable, and is certainly is supported by the vast majority of evidence. But until you have challenged the height presented on the wikipedia, we must accept that any number within a fairly wide range may be considered valid. Hence, conclusions drawn from any basis of height cannot be used to draw any direct conclusions without giving an absurdly generous range for the corresponding height.

Incorrect. The range for Evangelions was, according to the page, 40-200 meters depending on scene. (That's incorrect when just entertaining the first 24 episodes, anyway.) However, in all measurable scenes involving Sachiel, the angel is only 40 meters. The Evangelion was also roughly 40 meters in those scenes in which it appeared. Further, the measure of 1.5 km is also quite consistent with Misato and Shinji having just driven out from nearly under the heel of Sachiel at most a minute or two before the explosion. One does not need to entertain the notion that the angel was suddenly 200 meters in a scene between the two events, without evidence to support that notion. --Obsidian-fox 19:11, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

However, it is worth noting that even an absurdly generous assumption of height: 80 meters, or even 200 meters still supports < 1 megaton. --Xylix 10:42, 22 February 2006 (UTC)

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I think of the word "Naked" as being an adjective where as "nude" is, at least within the field of art, more usually a noun. I think that in the United States the word Nude may be seen as meaning vile rather than naked. Alec - U.K. 20:53, 9 November 2006 (UTC)