In 1993, Gainax published a presentation document for Neon Genesis Evangelion entitled , containing the initial synopsis of "The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still". In the authors' initial plan, the tenth episode would have seen Nerv headquarters stranded by an electrical blackout, while the eleventh would have involved an attempt to capture an Angel in the magma chamber of an active volcano. During the course of the work, however, the episodes were reversed in order, so the capture attempt was moved to "Magmadiver".
In 1993, Gainax published a document for Neon Genesis Evangelion titled , which included the initial synopsis of "The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still". Initially, the tenth episode would have had Nerv headquarters under an electrical blackout, and the eleventh would involve capturing an Angel in a volcano's magma chamber. During production, however, these episodes were switched so that the capture attempt was placed in "Magmadiver".