Of course I can never take conversations about PM entirely seriously just because I keep flashing back to that LP where the PC was Gendo Ikari...
BRB scanning LP archive to remind self of Princess Maker 2: A Gainax Production
It's already a Gainax production! So weird to think that they dipped into video games for a bit, even though PM2 predates Evangelion by a couple of years.
"For a bit?", nope lol, Gainax was still making
Princess Maker games themselves up to 2007, so they kept churning them out for 16 years.
You can dress us as NGE or TTGL characters in #5 (In the PS2 version only though). There are 11 total Princess Maker games including main series and spin-offs. Only PM2 was translated, but the American publisher went bankrupt, then the beta version leaked out. After that, nobody has tried to adapt any more to the US market.
Gainax's
Petite Princess Yucie is basically
Princess Maker the Animation:
Petite Princess Yucie follows the adventures of country-girl Yucie as she is admitted by chance to the prestigious Princess Academy, where the daughters of royalty and nobles attend to learn magic, dance, etiquette, defense, art and music....The fragments take the form of Crystal Flowers and are scattered throughout the five worlds; Human, Demon, Heaven, Spirit, and Fairy.
Which is pretty much a Princess Maker game in anime form.
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One theory you hear about Gainax is that Anno was horrified that otakus sexualized their nice, pure Rei from NGE. But consider the evidence:
Gainax has also produced a number of computer games, including a strip mahjong game featuring Evangelion characters
If there was any outrage it was "how dare fans sell NGE porn at Comiket, they're cutting into the sales of offical, Gainax produced NGE porn!"