BODY: If you have ever wanted your desk to look like it was assembled at NERV's Third Branch, Razer is making it easy. On October 29, the gaming hardware maker announced the Razer | EVANGELION (EVA-01) Collection, a five-piece lineup finished in the purple-and-green color scheme of Evangelion Unit-01 — arguably the single most recognizable mecha silhouette in anime.
The collection covers a full battle station. There's the DeathAdder V4 Pro mouse (¥32,980), the BlackWidow V4 TKL HyperSpeed keyboard (¥35,980), the Gigantus V2 XXL mousepad (¥6,980), the Leviathan V2 X soundbar (¥22,980), and the Iskur V2 X gaming chair (¥69,980). Buy the lot and you're looking at well over ¥160,000 before tax-free quibbling — these are Razer's flagship-tier products with a paint job, not budget novelty items.
This is round two for the partnership. In February 2026, Razer released the EVANGELION (EVA-02) Edition in Asuka's red-and-white colors. Pivoting to Unit-01 for the follow-up is the obvious commercial move: purple and green is the color pair people actually associate with the franchise, and it happens to sit remarkably close to Razer's own neon-green brand identity.
Preorders are already live on Amazon Japan. A general release date has not been announced.
The insider take
Collaboration goods are a load-bearing pillar of the Japanese consumer economy, and Evangelion is the undisputed heavyweight — the franchise has lent its livery to bullet trains, razors, wristwatches, convenience store onigiri, and at least one line of men's suits. What makes the Razer tie-up notable is restraint: rather than plastering Eva imagery across cheap merch, Razer is recoloring genuinely high-end peripherals, which is how you get Akihabara hardware shoppers and anime collectors bidding for the same box. Expect that to matter. Japan-exclusive Evangelion collaborations have a reliable habit of selling through at launch and reappearing on Mercari at a markup, and the EVA-02 wave earlier this year followed exactly that pattern. If you want one, preorder now rather than waiting for the release date.
Originally reported by GAME Watch (Japanese).