Neon Genesis Evangelion

  • Premiered: Oct 1995
  • Episodes: 30
  • Followers: 752
  • Ended
  • TV Tokyo
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Season 1
1x1
Angel Attack
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 04, 1995
In the year 2015, an Angel returns to attack on Tokyo-3. Misato Katsuragi transports Shinji to the NERV base overseen by his estranged father, Gendo.
1x2
The Beast
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 11, 1995
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.
1x3
A Transfer
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 18, 1995
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.
1x4
Hedgehog's Dilemma
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 25, 1995
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.
1x5
Rei I
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 01, 1995
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.
1x6
Rei II
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 08, 1995
As the Fifth Angel drills toward NERV, Misato leads Operation Vashima: All of Japan's power will be diverted to take out Ramiel with a positron rifle.
1x7
A Human Work
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 15, 1995
Ritsuko tells Shinji about the classified true cause of the Second Imapct. Then she and Misato attend the field test for an Eva competitor mecha.
1x8
Asuka Strikes!
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 22, 1995
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.
1x9
Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 29, 1995
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.
1x10
Magmadiver
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 06, 1995
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.
1x11
The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 13, 1995
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.
1x12
She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred."
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 20, 1995
With Gendo and Fuyutsuki in Antarctica, a newly promoted Misato is in charge when a new Angel appears about the Earth, aiming to bomb Tokyo-3.
1x13
Lilliputian Hitcher
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 27, 1995
An Angel infiltrates NERV, quickly taking over the MAGI supercomputer, Ritsuko proposes writing a program to forcibly evolve Ireul to its extinction.
1x14
Weaving a Story
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 03, 1996
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.
1x15
Those women longed for the touch of others' lips, and thus invited their kisses.
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 10, 1996
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.
1x16
Splitting of the Breast
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 17, 1996
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.
1x17
Fourth Child
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 24, 1996
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.
1x18
Ambivalence
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 31, 1996
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.
1x19
Introjection
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 07, 1996
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.
1x20
Weaving a Story 2: oral stage
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 14, 1996
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.
1x21
He was aware that he was still a child.
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 21, 1996
Seele kidnaps Fuyutsuki and interrogates him about NERV and Gendo's true intentions, revealing events from the past. Ryoji goes missing.
1x22
Don't Be.
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 28, 1996
Asuka's synchronization ratio continues to drop, undermining her self-confidence. Determined to show her worth, she ignores orders during battle.
1x23
Rei III
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 06, 1996
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.
1x24
The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 13, 1996
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.
1x25
Do you love me?
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 20, 1996
The Human Instrumentality Project begins, and the souls of humanity merge. The Eva pilots confront the nature of their existence as reality dissolves.
1x26 Show finale
Take care of yourself
Episode overview
Air date
Mar 27, 1996
The Human Instrumentality Project continues. Shinji must decide whether to accept a world alone, or embrace connections with others.
1x27
He Was Aware That He Was Still a Child (Director's Cut)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 1998
Kozo Fuyutsuki is kidnapped and interrogated by Seele, who are horrified over the results of the last encounter with an Angel. He recounts his past, providing flashbacks into the .. show full overview
1x28
Don't Be (Director's Cut)
Episode overview
Air date
Feb 04, 1998
Asuka's synch rate is on a downward spiral after her defeat at the hands of the Fourteenth Angel, Zeruel, and her frustration with Rei, Shinji, Misato and (unknown to her, dead) Kaji is .. show full overview
1x29
Rei III (Director's Cut)
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 03, 1998
Asuka sinks into deep depression after Arael's mental probing, and is unable to pilot when the new Angel Armisael arrives. Armisael begins physically fusing with Eva-00 and threatens to .. show full overview
1x30 Season finale
The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" (Director's Cut)
Episode overview
Air date
Jul 03, 1998
Too frightened to face Misato or Rei, Shinji runs away yet again, only to meet and strike a friendship with Kaworu Nagisa, the replacement pilot for Eva-02. Kaworu's openness and .. show full overview

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