Kotono Mitsuishi
Since the song's initial release, many artists have covered the song. Heavy metal cover bands Animetal and EIZO Japan included the track on their albums "Animetal Marathon V" and "EIZO Japan 2" respectively. Versions by cast members Megumi Hayashibara (Rei Ayanami), Yūko Miyamura (Asuka Langley Soryu), Kotono Mitsuishi (Misato Katsuragi), and Megumi Ogata (Shinji Ikari) exist on various soundtracks and solo albums from the voice actors. Masami Okui included a cover on her cover album "Masami Kobushi", and otaku tarento Shoko Nakagawa has a cover version on her first anime theme cover album "Shoko-tan Cover: Anison ni Koi o Shite". A trance remix is included on the Exit Trance album "Exit Trance Presents R25 Speed Anime Trance Best 2", sung by "MAKI". m.o.v.e also has a cover version of the song in their album "anim.o.v.e 02 ."