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04/10/1995 Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Animation, Drama 0h 25m
85
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Mankind's greatest fear is mankind itself.

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.

Top billed cast

  1. Megumi Ogata

    Shinji Ikari (voice)

  2. Kotono Mitsuishi

    Misato Katsuragi (voice)

  3. Megumi Hayashibara

    Rei Ayanami (voice)

  4. Yuko Miyamura

    Asuka Langley Soryu (voice)

  5. Yuriko Yamaguchi

    Dr. Ritsuko Akagi (voice)

  6. Fumihiko Tachiki

    Gendo Ikari (voice)

  7. Motomu Kiyokawa

    Kozo Fuyutsuki (voice)

  8. Miki Nagasawa

    Maya Ibuki (voice)

  9. Hiro Yuuki

    Makoto Hyuuga (voice)

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 1

 1995 | 26 Episodes

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Reviews

A review by sirdorius
Written by sirdorius on 2025-11-20
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...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
Japanese

Original Name
新世紀エヴァンゲリオン

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