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“Mankind's greatest fear is mankind itself.”

Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)

First aired October 4, 199525m/ep1 season · 26 epsEnded
8.6

2.1K votes

Sci-Fi & FantasyAnimationDrama
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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.

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Megumi Ogata

Megumi Ogata

Shinji Ikari (voice)

Kotono Mitsuishi

Kotono Mitsuishi

Misato Katsuragi (voice)

Megumi Hayashibara

Megumi Hayashibara

Rei Ayanami (voice)

Yuko Miyamura

Yuko Miyamura

Asuka Langley Soryu (voice)

Yuriko Yamaguchi

Yuriko Yamaguchi

Dr. Ritsuko Akagi (voice)

Fumihiko Tachiki

Fumihiko Tachiki

Gendo Ikari (voice)

Motomu Kiyokawa

Motomu Kiyokawa

Kozo Fuyutsuki (voice)

Miki Nagasawa

Miki Nagasawa

Maya Ibuki (voice)

Seasons

Status

Ended

Language

Japanese

Type

Scripted

Last Air Date

March 27, 1996

Networks

TV Tokyo

Production

GAINAXTV TokyoNASTatsunoko Production

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sirdorius

4.0

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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