These works were done by Ikuto Yamashita, Takeru Kageyama, and Hiroyuki Utatane as it gives us a light novel series exploring an alternate ending one of the defining anime works out there.
This alternate ending began serialization in Japan a decade ago, and remains the only light novel series for the legendary franchise.
Seven Seas Entertainment has picked up a really neat license with the print and digital version of the Neon Genesis Evangelion: ANIMA light novels.
This official light novel series explores just that, allowing Shinji Ikari and the pilots around him to age three years and face a different future.