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Three tees, a pinned 6-panel, a silver keychain. ¥7,480 on the shirts and hat. ¥3,465 on the chain. HUF stores and hufworldwide.jp. Saturday 10:00 Japan.
HUF and EVANGELION opened a small collision on Saturday, 19 September 2026, 10:00 Japan time, at HUF stores and hufworldwide.jp. TSI Holdings posted the Japanese release. Five named SKUs in that notice. Three graphic tees and a 6-panel hat at ¥7,480. Triple Triangle keychain at ¥3,465. White Triple Triangle tee. Black Unit-01 tee. White Rei Ayanami tee. Black 6-panel with pin. Silver Triple Triangle chain.
House copy talks about Eva’s industrial look and HUF’s street energy. That is press language. The objects are cotton, a cap, and a piece of metal that already belongs to HUF’s logo system.
Signal. What happened: HUF x Evangelion dropped in Japan 19 Sept at 10:00. Exact product: three tees, pinned hat, keychain. When and where: HUF stores, hufworldwide.jp. Source: TSI / HUF release. Why it matters: Eva graphics on the triangle that already lives on HUF hardware. Earlier DRIFT: none.
Neon Requiem: A Study in Two Silhouettes
stir
HUF X EVANGELION TRIPLE TRIANGLE TEE, white, ¥7,480. The house mark stays. Eva enters as graphic weather around it.
HUF X EVANGELION UNIT-01 TEE, black, ¥7,480. The purple unit is the one that reads at ten meters. Black cotton is the night shirt of this set.
HUF X EVANGELION REI AYANAMI TEE, white, ¥7,480. Character as front print. White shows the line work. It will also show wear first.
HUF X EVANGELION 6 PANEL HAT, black, ¥7,480. Pin included in the release lang. A cap is the piece that leaves the house without needing a size debate beyond head.
HUF X EVANGELION TRIPLE TRIANGLE KEY CHAIN, silver, ¥3,465. Smallest ticket. Logo object. It will outsell the hat if the register is the usual skate-shop mix.
WWD counted six types. The PR name five. Believe the named SKUs. If a sixth show on the Saturday page, it is extra, not a ghost.
Neon Genesis Evangelion is the 1995 GAINAX series that never left merch. HUF is the San Francisco skate shop that became a triangle. The collision is prints, not a film.
skate
HUF has spent 2026 colliding with other catalogs (Alien, Pro Club in recent Japan notes). Eva is the anime that already saturates every other street rack. The risk is a Unit-01 tee that looks like every other Unit-01 tee. The difference, if there is one, is the Triple Triangle sitting in the same frame as Rei or the unit. That is a logo problem, not a lore problem.
Industrial aesthetic in the press note is NERV green and caution stripes in most Eva drops. Look at the actual print before assuming caution tape. Character tees sell because faces sell. Logo tees sell because HUF customers already wear the triangle. The cap is the hybrid: headwear plus a pin that can leave the hat.
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10:00 at hufworldwide.jp and HUF stores. No need to invent a global SNKRS. Rei white and Unit-01 black leave first if the pattern of every other Eva rack holds. The triangle tee is for people who already own HUF. The chain is the leftover that still photographs.
Sizes on tees follow HUF’s usual chart. The hat is one size with a pin. Confirm the pin is attached or bagged.
HUF x Evangelion. Five named pieces. Saturday 10:00 Japan. Triangle still the house. Eva still the print.
