Neon Genesis Evangelion

Name: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Drama
Released: 1995-10-04
Rating: 8.6

★ 8,6 /10 (2,149 Votes)

1995 JA 1 Seasons

Overview

At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.

Stream

First air date

04/10/1995

Votes

2,149

Popularity

30.7

Mankind's greatest fear is mankind itself.

Genres

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Animation Drama

Status

Ended

Type

Scripted

Networks

TV Tokyo

Original title

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン

Language

Last air date

1996-03-27

Episodes

Episode runtime

25 min

Website

evangelion.co.jp

Megumi Ogata

Shinji Ikari (voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Misato Katsuragi (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Rei Ayanami (voice)

Yuko Miyamura

Asuka Langley Soryu (voice)

Yuriko Yamaguchi

Dr. Ritsuko Akagi (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Gendo Ikari (voice)

Motomu Kiyokawa

Kozo Fuyutsuki (voice)

Miki Nagasawa

Maya Ibuki (voice)

Original Soundtrack

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The series starts out with some usual anime tropes: a monomyth, insufferable high school protagonists, mechs vs. kaijus, and hypersexualized 14 year old girls. It tries to be "deep" by mixing some religious mythology and existential questions that keep teens up at night, like "Why am I here?" repeated a million times. Towards the end, the main story is such unsalvageable nonsense that the writers just give up on it completely and try to turn it into some pseudo-intellectual freudian/jungian analysis of a depressed teen. It's been quite a few years since I was a clinically depressed young…

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