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Neon Genesis Evangelion

Drama, Action, Anime, Science-Fiction · 1995 · Rated 7.9/10

Last aired: S1 E26, Take Care of Yourself · 1996-03-27

The year is 2015, and half of the Earth's population is dead, victims of the disaster called Second Impact! Answering a summons from his enigmatic father, 14-year-old Shinji Ikari arrives in the rebuilt city of New Tokyo-3 just as a gigantic creature identified as an "Angel" attacks! Forced into the cockpit of a giant bio-mechanical construct known as an Evangelion, Shinji must defend the city from the rampaging Angel or die trying!

Cast

Season 1

E1 Angel Attack 1995-10-04 · 25 min In the year 2015, an Angel returns to attack Tokyo-3. Misato Katsuragi transports Shinji to the NERV base overseen by his estranged father, Gendo.
E2 The Beast 1995-10-11 · 25 min After piloting the Eva Unit 01, Shinji wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the battle. Feeling sorry for him, Misato lets him move in with her.
E3 A Transfer 1995-10-18 · 25 min Word gets around school that Shinji is the Eva pilot; his classmate Toji resents him for it. An Angel appears and Shinji must pilot in combat again.
E4 Hedgehog's Dilemma 1995-10-25 · 25 min Stressed out following his last battle, Shinji runs away from home and meets Kensuke. After NERV brings him back in, Misato offers him a choice.
E5 Rei I 1995-11-01 · 25 min Unit 00's pilot Rei Ayanami appears to have recovered, but she has no friends, no records of her past, and no interest in getting to know Shinji.
E6 Rei II 1995-11-08 · 25 min As the Fifth Angel drills toward NERV, Misato leads Operation Yashima: All of Japan's power will be diverted to take out Ramiel with a positron rifle.
E7 A Human Work 1995-11-15 · 25 min Ritsuko tells Shinji about the classified true cause of the Second Impact. Then she and Misato attend the field test for an Eva competitor mecha.
E8 Asuka Strikes! 1995-11-22 · 25 min Shinji and his friends accompany Misato to meet Eva Unit 02 and its pilot Asuka at sea. Misato's old friend Ryoji Kaji is aboard with his own agenda.
E9 Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win! 1995-11-29 · 25 min Asuka and Shinji face another Angel but it gets the upper hand. They now have six days to learn synchronized moves to destroy it completely.
E10 Magma Diver 1995-12-06 · 25 min NERV learns of an Angel in dormant embryonic form inside a volcano. Using equipment designed for magma, Asuka is sent to retrieve it with Unit 02.
E11 The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still 1995-12-13 · 25 min Tokyo-3 loses power just as another Angel is detected. The Eva pilots must enter the base from the surface while NERV preps the Units manually.
E12 She said, "Don't Make Others Suffer for Your Personal Hatred" 1995-12-20 · 25 min With Gendo and Fuyutsuki in Antarctica, a newly promoted Misato is in charge when a new Angel appears above the Earth, aiming to bomb Tokyo-3.
E13 Lilliputian Hitcher 1995-12-27 · 25 min An Angel infiltrates NERV, quickly taking over the MAGI supercomputer. Ritsuko proposes writing a program to forcibly evolve Ireul to its extinction.
E14 Weaving a Story 1996-01-03 · 25 min As Seele reviews NERV and Gendo's actions with the Third through Eleventh Angels, Ritsuko conducts a test in which the Eva pilots switch Units.
E15 Those Women Longed for the Touch of Others' Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses 1996-01-10 · 25 min For the first time in years, Shinji meets his father at his mother's grave. Ritsuko, Misato and Ryoji attend a wedding and Asuka goes on a date.
E16 Splitting of the Breast 1996-01-17 · 25 min While in battle, Shinji and Unit 01 are engulfed in the spreading shadow of an Angel. As NERV fears them both lost, Shinji has a strange experience.
E17 Fourth Children 1996-01-24 · 25 min NERV-02 in Nevada vanishes, along with the Eva Unit 04. With Unit 03 on the way, Gendo orders Ritsuko to assign a pilot to it.
E18 Ambivalence 1996-01-31 · 25 min Unit 03 arrives from the United States, but Shinji still doesn't know who its pilot is. During testing, NERV learns Unit 03 is possessed by an Angel.
E19 Introjection 1996-02-07 · 25 min Distraught after the battle, Shinji vows to never pilot an Eva again and quits NERV once more. Just as he's about to leave, another Angel attacks.
E20 Weaving a Story II: Oral Stage 1996-02-14 · 25 min After achieving an unheard of synchronization rate, Shinji merges with Unit 01. While he has an out of body experience, NERV works to salvage him.
E21 He Was Aware That He Was Still a Child 1996-02-21 · 25 min Seele kidnaps Fuyutsuki and interrogates him about NERV and Gendo's true intentions, revealing events from the past. Ryoji goes missing.
E22 Don't Be 1996-02-28 · 25 min Asuka's synchronization ratio continues to drop, undermining her self-confidence. Determined to show her worth, she ignores orders during battle.
E23 Rei III 1996-03-06 · 25 min Despite her struggles, Asuka is ordered to assist Rei in battle against Armisael. When she fails, Rei makes a desperate move in order to save Shinji.
E24 The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" 1996-03-13 · 25 min Kaworu Nagisa, the Fifth Child, comes to NERV to pilot Unit 02 in Asuka's place. He's friendly to Shinji, but he's shrouded in mystery.
E25 Do You Love Me? 1996-03-20 · 25 min The Human Instrumentality Project begins, and the souls of humanity merge. The Eva pilots confront the nature of their existence as reality dissolves.
E26 Take Care of Yourself 1996-03-27 · 25 min The Human Instrumentality Project continues. Shinji must decide whether to accept a world alone, or embrace connections with others.

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