Neon Genesis Evangelion

Name: Neon Genesis Evangelion
Genre: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Drama
Rating: 8.3
Cast: Megumi Ogata, Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura, Yuriko Yamaguchi

Mankind's greatest fear is mankind itself.

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン (1995-1996)

Seasons: 1, episodes: 26

Episode runtime: 25 min

Average rating: 8.3/10 207 283

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Actors and characters

Video for the series Neon Genesis Evangelion — Blu-ray Pre-order Trailer

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Premiere

1995-10-04

Last episode

1996-03-27

Status

Ended

Country

Japan

Network

TV Tokyo

Production

TV Tokyo, GAINAX, Tatsunoko Production, NAS

Genre

Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Drama

Website

http://evangelion.co.jp

Creators

Hideaki Anno

Actors

Megumi Ogata, Kotono Mitsuishi, Megumi Hayashibara, Yuko Miyamura, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Fumihiko Tachiki, Motomu Kiyokawa, Miki Nagasawa, Mugihito, Junko Iwao
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Hideaki Anno, Akio Satsukawa

Producer

Toshimichi Otsuki, Yutaka Sugiyama, Noriko Kobayashi

Camera operator

Yoichi Kuroda

Composer

Editing

Sachiko Miki
Whole Team (177)

Short description

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.

Seasons

Season	Episodes	Release date	Rating
Season 1	26	1995-10-04	7.5

What's left behind the scenes

The original title of the series, "Shin Seiki Evangelion," is composed of two parts: the Japanese "Shin Seiki" (new era/age) and the Ancient Greek "Evangerion" (gospel, good messenger, good news—which is etymologically unrelated to the name Eve, which originates from Hebrew).
The series contains many significant names and titles. Many of them are related to military themes, primarily the history of World War II.
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, who disagreed with the series' ending, published a manga in which he proposed a different interpretation of the events.
Since Netflix was unable to acquire the international licenses for several compositions during negotiations with the Japanese copyright holders of "Evangelion," the version of the series on the streaming service differs from the original: the various versions of the song "Fly Me to the Moon," which played at the end of each episode of "Evangelion," were replaced with "Hostility Restrained" (the musical theme of the character Rei Ayanami).
Hideaki Anno has repeatedly made it clear that the series is an expression of his personal struggles, both in his creative work and his family relationships.