Can You Live on Evangelion Merch?
45sOpens a relatable challenge with a popular anime, sparking curiosity and engagement.
▶ Play ClipIn this video, Joey from Trash Taste attempts to live an entire day using only official Evangelion merchandise. From clothing and kitchenware to a full custom PC, he explores the vast and eclectic world of Evangelion merch, ultimately proving that it's possible—though with some caveats.
Joey introduces the challenge: spend 24 hours using only Evangelion merchandise, highlighting the series' massive and diverse merch ecosystem.
He changes into Evangelion-themed clothes: a collab shirt, sweatpants, and even underwear, noting the comfort despite the pants being tight.
Joey uses official Evangelion sushi plates and a soy sauce dish for his supermarket sushi meal, appreciating the themed presentation.
He drinks tea from a metallic Evangelion bottle, completing the meal with themed tableware.
Joey listens to the 'One Last Kiss' EP from Utada Hikaru on an Evangelion LP, noting it's his first listen.
He uses official Evangelion washing detergent (Rei Ayanami themed) to do laundry, calling it bizarre but legitimate.
Joey brushes his teeth with an Evangelion toothbrush labeled 'NERV employees only.'
He uses an Evangelion IC card (with Asuka) and Evangelion headphones for his commute, noting the headphones' sound quality.
Joey's tight Evangelion pants rip on the train, creating a hole in the back, which he finds humorous.
The main challenge: building an ASUS ROG Evangelion-themed PC (sponsored). Joey struggles but eventually completes the build with help from Nai.
After work, Joey enjoys Evangelion wagashi snacks, a Misato-branded sake in an Evangelion champagne glass, and uses Evangelion shampoo/conditioner.
Joey declares the challenge a success, noting that while most daily needs can be met with Evangelion merch, some items (like toilet paper) are hard to find or expensive.
The challenge demonstrates that Evangelion has the widest and most eclectic range of official merchandise of any anime series, making it possible to live a day surrounded by the franchise—though some items are rare or costly.
"Title accurately describes the challenge; the video delivers exactly what it promises."
What anime series does Joey claim has the widest palette of merchandise?
Neon Genesis Evangelion
00:01
What type of Evangelion-themed kitchenware does Joey use for sushi?
Official Evangelion sushi plates and a soy sauce plate
02:15
What Evangelion-themed item does Joey use to do laundry?
Evangelion washing detergent with Rei Ayanami branding
04:45
What brand sponsored the Evangelion PC in the video?
ASUS (ROG)
08:36
What mishap occurs with Joey's Evangelion pants during the challenge?
They rip, creating a hole in the back
08:08
What Evangelion-themed alcoholic beverage does Joey drink at the end?
Misato-branded Japanese sake
19:22
What item does Joey mention is extremely rare or expensive, like Evangelion toilet paper?
Evangelion toilet paper with character quotes
22:31
What does Joey use to wash his body since he couldn't find Evangelion body wash?
Evangelion shampoo
20:57
Evangelion's Merch Diversity
Establishes the core premise that Evangelion has the most extensive merch line of any anime.
00:01Bizarre Collaboration: Laundry Detergent
Highlights the extreme and unexpected range of Evangelion collaborations.
04:45ASUS Evangelion PC Build
Showcases a high-end, fully themed PC build, demonstrating the depth of Evangelion hardware merch.
08:36Rare Items: Toilet Paper and Apartment
Reveals the existence of extremely niche Evangelion products, underscoring the franchise's marketing reach.
22:31[00:01] anime man I don't think you need me to say that there is a lot of anime merch becoming more mainstream all over the hands on all sorts of different anime merch from all sorts of different anime
[00:15] series but out of the giant pull of anime merch that exist out there for all sorts of different series new and old which series do you think has the widest palette of anime merch that is available today and if your answer is an noak's
[00:28] legendary anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion then you would be right because it's in the title of this video it's no surprise to say I love Evangelion it's a series that I grew up watching I watched all the movies read
[00:40] all of the spin-offs it's a series that means a lot to me as an anime fan and I've been collecting evangelon merch on and off for a while now figures manga I collection even though I don't have a laser disc player but the Neon Genesis
[00:54] Evangelion merch bubble is so much bigger than most people think and that made me think of an interesting question is it possible to live your day-to-day is it possible to live your day-to-day life using only Evangelion merch so I
[01:07] decided to take that challenge upon myself by spending the next 24 hours myself by spending the next 24 hours using only Evangelion merch Goods this is going to be an interesting one to start off this challenge let's cover the
[01:19] most basic of merchandise and that is of course clothing I don't think I can say I've done an Evangelion only challenge if I'm just wearing my regular clothes as much as uh myand brand nonsense is absolutely fantastic and you should go
[01:32] check it out at nonsense. JP Shameless plus so for now let's get out of these clothes and get into something a little more start off with I am wearing my lovely light and comfy to wear Evangelion colge
[01:48] shirt a couple of times in past videos and trash taste episodes I'm also wearing these pair of Evangelion sweatpants as well that are a little bit tight on me unfortunately just because I've gained a little bit of weight but
[02:01] they are comfy nonetheless and yes in case you guys are wondering I am also wearing Evangelion underwear because that is also a thing but the day has hungry so let's go make some food in the kitchen I went to the supermarket and I
[02:15] got some uh Supermarket Sushi you might think uh this is like lowquality stuff you're probably wondering Joey what's what's evangelon about sushi other than the fact that they both come from Japan well the sushi itself is not Evangelion
[02:28] but the plates that I will be using to eat the sushi are most certainly Evangelion themed these are official Evangelion Sushi plates this one has like a really cool angel on the cover of it right here so this is what I'll be
[02:41] using to put the sushi on and this is an Evangelion soy sauce plate apparently if then you can actually see the uh Eva in the middle so let's give it a go get the sush put it on the plate boom damn look at that it's like we're at a sushi
[02:55] restaurant now hell yeah here we go 3 2 1 I guess you can kind kind of make it out I'm I'm not too sure it's it's it's kind of mediocre but yeah I I I get the message that they were trying to get across that
[03:10] in honestly you can't dog on the supermarket Sushi it still tastes really countries out there and I could just drink my tea out of a regular boring plastic bottle but why do that when I have this this beautiful metallic
[03:26] Evangelion stick bottle hell yeah look at that Evangelion logo all the tea in now this is what I call an Evangelion meal cheers
[03:40] this lovely day with a bit of sush and a bit of tea from my evangelium collection so the one thing I always like to do after a meal after I've relaxed for a little bit is to just chillax and listen to some music before I have to go to
[03:52] have to actually go to the trash taste office to do some work and so during that I could really listen listen to and that's this Evangelion LP right here this is the one last kiss EP from utaru
[04:06] this was actually a track that was used in I believe the final Evangelion movie while ago and I still haven't actually listened to it yet so what better timing to give this a listen and uh yeah give my thoughts on it obviously I won't be
[04:20] will be fast forwarded in this video but if you would like to listen to this album with me in like kind of a listen along party as well as he my thoughts on it then the uncut version is over on my
[04:32] great way to support this Channel and do let's give this a listen before I have to go to work hell yeah before I can go to work though I have to be a responsible adult
[04:45] and do the washing because after this challenge I'm going to be wearing something else other than these Evangelion clothes let's throw the washing in here but Joe you're probably wondering well how are you going to wash
[04:57] your clothes do you have some like even gelon washing detergent or something well that is actually exactly what I have yes that's right a washing detergent company decided to make an Evangelion collab why God Knows Why at
[05:13] favorite character and at the top here there's some kind of like slogan in the Evangelion font that says something along the lines of like destroy the germs eradicate them like the Angels or some [ __ ] I don't know and in case
[05:25] you're wondering right there it says officially liced by evang so this is as legit as it gets but why is the real question why why why have no freaking idea but we're going to be using this laan detergent to clean up
[05:40] my clothes and boom I don't actually know how to use this kind of version here okay so you kind of have to just like push it like that and it comes out from this end here I guess all right let's open this up one oh
[05:54] 2 3 4 five what a weird way to put in washing detergent close that up go and there we go the washing has begun time to leave that spinning for the day off
[06:09] to work well I'm about to head to work now and obviously since I just finished my meal and I'm about to make a public appearance I got to freshen up a little brush my teeth and obviously we're going to be using an Evangelion toothbrush
[06:25] this is probably the one piece of merch that I was the least surprised exist uh but it is pretty cool that they go full in on it and they say that uh this is only used for nerve employees only cuz I am definitely a nerve employee
[06:37] make sure you brush your teeth twice a day well I'm finally ready to go to the trash tast office but in Japan I obviously have to take the train to get into the office or anywhere for that matter and for that you need a train
[06:51] card Joey you have some kind of like Evangelion train card or something Yes actually that's exactly what I have I have an evangelon train card this one's got Oscar on it it almost acts like as an ID of some kind in case I wanted to
[07:04] try and fall someone into the fact that like I'm actually Oscar not to mention one thing I always like to do whenever I'm on my travel or commute or anywhere that I like going to is listening to music and obviously I'm going to be
[07:17] listening to Evangelion music on the way there but why not pair it with a pair of Evangelion headphones as well these are actually really sick because they kind would wear in the show paired with the color and the cas and everything it
[07:30] looks really freaking dope let's see what they look like inside my ears that looks so funny it really just does look like I'm doing some AA cosplay also they're quite soundproof too and the noise is actually uh pretty good
[07:43] bumping some Evangelion Tunes with these headphones using the Evangelion train card to get to the trash T office so I'll see you guys there well I've just made it to the trash test office and
[07:55] it's time to work although I do say that on the way here as I was wearing those really tight evangelium pants something tragic did actually happen this is so goddamn humiliating bro what's up what happed look was that what was that I
[08:08] heard I heard aing sound oh my gosh I there's no wonder yeah I was like sitting down on the train and then the moment I sat down I just heard this and now I have a giant hole in my ass so
[08:22] rest in peace a pants I mean those pants had it coming so it's whatever but the biggest question now lies in I'm here at the office but how do I work as a YouTuber as a content creator there is one crucial piece of equipment that I
[08:36] require in order for me to work and that is of course a computer but the problem is with this challenge I need to be using Evangelion merch and it's not like there's an Evangelion PC just sitting around that's right ladies and gentlemen
[08:50] easily the most expensive Evangelion merch that is out there on the market merch that is out there on the market right now this is asus's Evangelion PC because this video is sponsored by Asus computers who have just so graciously
[09:03] gifted me this Evangelion PC with all the peripheries including the CPU GPU power supply mouse keyboard and everything else that gets a PC running of the PCS and the nitty-gritty details then check out the link down in the
[09:18] description below and you can actually get your hands on this PC today as well description so a big thank you to Asus computers for sponsoring this video and computers for sponsoring this video and giving me this a PC because otherwise I
[09:31] really wouldn't have been able to go through this evangelon 24-hour challenge in the first place however there is one problem and uh as you can see every little component of this PC is not inside of the PC which basically means
[09:44] that I'm going to have to build it but if you guys remember watching the trash taste PC build Special then you might have remembered me saying this line you bu your first PC I am never doing that again and yeah
[09:58] you know I I uh don't really want to back down on my words so uh I don't know what to tell you guys I I really do not want to build this
[10:30] build the sa all right let's show off the different parts I mean I think the first thing we have to uncover is the body let's check it out this is the first time I'm seeing it as well ready
[10:44] time I'm seeing it as well ready go God damn damn dude look at that oh my God that's sick as the front is so cool oh yeah and then if you look over on this side as well with the placey glass screen right here we can already see
[10:57] there's a big actually can we open this up yeah we can oh my God it's so cool oh it's like a little compartment storage for like screwdrivers and stuff oh cool is good cuz that was definitely the biggest pain in the ass uh the first
[11:11] time I built my PC so hopefully with na'vi here to help me it'll be a little bit easier to build all this up here's the thing about this R Asus is literally trying to push for this like DIY PC ecosystem so basically when you when you
[11:24] built in that's that's what they want they want you to actually just like do it yourself a building a PC but for plebs like me exactly so even if you're an absolute Noob at building PCS are people like me then this is perfect for
[11:38] you so RG Asus you're doing God's work everything else we do have to build ourselves so uh let's just jump right into it all right we also have the uh what the hell is this oh this is the power supply why is it in like a why is
[11:53] power supply why is it in like a why is it in like a a CIA like case like this I got a fantastic deal for you you want a power supply o God damn all right well the packaging is super on point we also have here the motherboard with uh osca
[12:08] on it cuz obviously this is the O2 model what's up oh damn all right oh my love perfectly themed not just with the coloring and everything but also with all the logos and everything like that that's actually so cool we also have the
[12:24] graphics card obviously we have the GeForce RTX 4090 I'm going to be playing this baby God damn boy look at the size of
[12:36] ascar on the back here the nerve logo the O2 logo man this thing is so goddamn expensive in my hands right now and I'm down before I break it and of course with every PC we need to have a water
[12:51] cooling system so we have water cooler right here oh dude the water cooler has a little uh LED screen on it as well so I assume some like Graphics are going to very nice I love how they're sticking with all the color themes and everything
[13:05] other peripheries and stuff like that as well but we'll show you all of that once we've actually successfully built this PC but without further Ado let's do my building a PC it's time for the best moment of any PC build pey fans this is
[13:19] moment of any PC build pey fans this is for
[13:45] damn God damn dude this is heavy bro like that's that's oh that is very heavy oh my Lord that is a heavy mother that is a beautiful [Music] motherboard oh god oh
[13:59] uh yeah that never gets old that's great all right cool I'm going to leave this up part up to Nai because uh I don't want to be responsible for breaking this all right
[14:13] it in correctly na'vi [Music] okay did you do it hold I can't see through these classs there you go very good this is the SSD let me try that Jo
[14:30] what are you doing oh sorry I'm just uh working out right now with my Evangelion I'm letting you do your thing right now yeah your form is terrible by the way yeah your form is terrible by the way tiny peely
[14:45] water cooler God this is a Goliath of a PSU Jesus Christ God PSU Jesus Christ God damn all right time to put the GPU in oh God this AA screwdriver is too thick all right time s like this we should use the
[14:59] AA screwdriver that it comes with nice for there you for there you [Music] [Music] go that was it oh my God Jesus Christ
[15:12] okay we figured out the GPU finally we thought something was stuck and we were like all right let's take off all these like front Parts here let's like move this around no it was this thing all along this thing was right underneath
[15:25] here and it was blocking our way so all I have to do is just shove it out of the way and it went in smoothly all right so now all we have to do is uh put in the PSU do some cable work and then we'll be done so we will skip to the final result
[15:39] okay well after all of that pain and suffering we've built the AA we've built suffering we've built the AA we've built the Asus AA computer it looks absolutely beautiful we did a little bit of cable management so this is probably the best
[15:53] is going to look we've plugged it up over there to that monitor so now it's thing turns on if I'm getting oh wait it's already loading up the light okay so that's good that's already working oh my God looks
[16:12] so glad to see you oh my God everything works beautifully all of the LEDs all the screens the colors everything looks absolutely freaking awesome it comes with a bunch of peripheries as well for example we have this huge keyboard and
[16:27] absolutely massive we also have the Evangelion Mouse right here feels good also check out this Evangelion keyboard as well this is probably the sexiest periphery right here damn look at that I love the little nods to Evangelion with
[16:41] obviously the color as well the escape button is the AA O2 which is very escape button is the AA O2 which is very on brand feels good too oh I think I Maniacs were talking about and obviously
[16:56] bring some of my my work stuff other and it's not part of the Asus brand but I did actually buy an Evangelion officially branded USB this has all of my work stuff for today so once we plug it in we are ready to go this is like
[17:11] Evangelion like she like Oscar is sitting inside of this thing right now anony you it's in we're in boys thank you very
[17:27] much again to Asis and RG for sponsoring this video again guys if you would like yourself then make sure to click the link down description below but now that we got all of this working I can finally do my work for today so I'm going to do
[17:42] and finish all of my work and then I'll see you guys back at home well I'm finally back from work the AA PC worked out really really well thank God it didn't break or explode but it's time to wind down for the end of the night and
[17:56] there's only a few more things I have left to do before I go to bed wake up in but you know I've had a long hard day videos for you guys like this one as well as other projects on the side so I
[18:11] figured I will give myself a little bit of a reward so on the way home I actually stopped over at the Evangelion store in eaba there's actually a massive permanently where you can buy all sorts of clothes obviously but also a bunch of
[18:25] other goods and stuff like that and I found a couple of pretty cool items there which I think would be a great way to uh give myself a little motivation boost for when this video inevitably ends so for one I found uh this little
[18:39] snack box looking thing this is a little wagashi collection by Evangelion oh this is so cute oh my God there's these cute little Evangelion themed wagashi with like the nerve logo and like the Evangelion Angel head and stuff like
[18:53] an angel head M very well gosh it's mostly like a flavored sugar type of thing which is very common type of wagashi here in Japan but it's like not too sweet it'd be good with like a really nice glass of
[19:07] tea or something oh by the way um it's a little bit cold right now because it is actually wearing my lovely evangelon jacket right here which again I've worn normally I would pair this with something like a green tea or something
[19:22] but you know I'm an adult sake this is really cool this is a collaborated Nishi Japanese sake bottle and it's the end of a challenge video so
[19:34] we're going to do it in style I have right here an Evangelion collaboration champagne glass yes this is a real thing this one's got colored D on the face of it I know it's kind of hard to see like here but what better way to finish off
[19:48] an Evangelion themed 24-hour challenge then with a bottle of Mis branded then with a bottle of Mis branded Japanese sake in a c branded champagne glass I'll just do a little bit like that there we go yeah this is a sippy
[20:01] would say that was a very successful day and a very successful challenge as not too like heavy uh on the aftertaste it's quite easy to drink and it was a
[20:16] good idea that I actually left this uh in the fridge as well to chill out out but of course there's a few things left to know before the night ends and the most obvious answer is of course taking a shower obviously because I've
[20:30] about I'm a little bit sticky and sweaty but of course even though we're close to the end we are still in the midst of the Evangelion challenge so I had to grab these this is a brand of shampoo and
[20:42] yeah laugh it up in the comments and of course it is Evangelion collaborated as well with 01 and the0 model respectively the shampoo is uh strong oily uh probably the worst way you could have
[20:57] called that and the conditioner is pack what does that mean I don't know and you're probably thinking Joey where's the body wash well there was a body wash collection of Evangelion in the past but I looked everywhere on the internet and
[21:09] it just seems like it's not available anymore so the best I can do is to just use some shampoo to wash my body because as Blasphemous as that sounds that is an hair today anyway so this is a perfect opportunity let's see how good scalp D
[21:23] opportunity let's see how good scalp D is for my scalp and D I can't believe I just said well now that my shower is over my scalp and my D are clean I think according to my Evangelion uh diary right here it
[21:37] seems like it is now the next day which means that the challenge the Evangelion merch only 24-hour challenge is officially over I did it guys I did it clap it out there was a lot that was going on in this video so let's review
[21:52] to answer the question of is it possible to survive 24 hours using only Evangelion merch well I think we have figured out from this video that the answer is yes probably I'm personally inclined to
[22:05] put a big asterisk on that yes just because there were a lot of items that I did want to get my hands on and show you guys in this video that I could have used throughout this challenge but a lot of the items that I wanted to get my
[22:18] hands on and a lot of the items that I saw throughout my research were just not available anywhere or they were only available for extremely high prices that I not afford because I do not have Mr Beast level of expendable income for
[22:31] example one of the weirdest items that I found was this official collaboration of Evangelion with toilet paper yes that's right some toilet paper company decided it was a good idea to do a collaboration with Evangelion so that you can wipe
[22:45] your ass after a [ __ ] with a bunch of quotes from all of the Evangelion characters on it but as far as my research show there was no viable option surprisingly there were actually quite
[22:58] get my hands on no matter what like if you look at more of the famous examples there was an Evangelion officially collaborated vehicle that one could buy as well as an entire apartment building that was themed around Evangelion but
[23:13] again as as much as I hate to admit I'm not that big of a fan of Evangelion I me wrong and I had a lot of fun doing this challenge but I don't love it that much but I think overall I was able to fulfill I guess the point of this
[23:28] challenge was to show you guys the fact that yes out of all of the different there in the world Evangelion most certainly has the largest and definitely most eclectic array of official merch out there and I'm sure there was a ton
[23:42] missed out on so if I did miss any please let me know down in the comments sponsoring this video and if you click the link down in the description Rog is doing the giveaway of some of the parts of the Evangelion PC I showed in today's
[23:55] video the giveaway ends November the 6 23 so if you'd like to get your hands on 23 so if you'd like to get your hands on the slick and sick Eva PC then again description below but now it is back for me to live my day-to-day life without
[24:08] being consumed by the almighty un no so thank you guys for watching leave a like if you enjoyed and I'll see you all in the next one the next one [Music]
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