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Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Season 1

  • 1995
  • 26 episodes
  • 25m

Season 1 of Neon Genesis Evangelion premiered on October 4, 1995 and has 26 episodes, from "Angel Attack" to "Take Care of Yourself.". The last episode aired on March 27, 1996.

Where to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion

In the United States, you can stream Neon Genesis Evangelion on Netflix and Criterion Channel. You can also buy it on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies and Fandango At Home. It is on streaming services in 128 countries.

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Episodes

  1. Episode 1Angel AttackAired October 4, 1995

    Shinji Ikari is summoned to Tokyo-3 by his estranged father Gendo, commander of the special agency NERV, to defend the city from a giant Angel by piloting the only weapon capable of battling the monster: Evangelion Unit-01.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki
    • Written by Hideaki Anno
  2. Episode 2The BeastAired October 11, 1995

    Shinji wakes up in the hospital, with no memory of defeating the Angel the night before. Rejected by his father, Misato decides to take Shinji with her to live in her apartment. Later that night, memories of the battle against the Angel come flooding back to Shinji.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki
    • Written by Yoji Enoto and Yoji Enokido

    Guest stars

  3. Episode 3A TransferAired October 18, 1995

    Shinji begins attending his new school in Tokyo-3, and has a difficult time dealing with the fame of being an Evangelion pilot. Touji Suzuhara, who's little sister was injured in Shinji's fight against the Angel, is angry at Shinji. A new Angel appears, and Shinji must once again pilot EVA-01 to defeat it.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Hiroyuki Ishido
    • Written by Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  4. Episode 4Hedgehog's DilemmaAired October 25, 1995

    Misato is upset with Shinji for ignoring her orders in the last Angel battle, and he is so overcome by the stress of being an EVA pilot that he runs away. After wandering around Tokyo-3 for several days, Shinji is faced with the choice of quitting or staying in his new home.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Tsuyoshi Kaga
    • Written by Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  5. Episode 5Rei IAired November 1, 1995

    EVA-00 is finally repaired, and Shinji tries to get to know its enigmatic pilot, Rei Ayanami, better. However, he is confounded because she is extremely insular, has no friends at all, and the entire record of her past has been erased. In the midst of this, a very powerful Angel, the floating monolith Ramiel, attacks Tokyo-3.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Keiichi Sugiyama
    • Written by Hideaki Anno and Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  6. Episode 6Rei IIAired November 8, 1995

    Continuing from the previous episode, the Angel Ramiel is drilling down into the GeoFront to attack NERV HQ directly. After Shinji barely survived a direct confrontation with it, Misato devises a plan to have EVA-00 and EVA-01 defeat the Angel by sniping it from a distance using a positronic rifle which requires the total electric output of Japan to power up.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Hiroyuki Ishido
    • Written by Hideaki Anno and Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  7. Episode 7A Human WorkAired November 15, 1995

    Ritsuko briefs Shinji on the real nature of Second Impact, the Angels, and the Evangelions' mission to defeat them. Misato and Ritsuko attend the public demonstration of a new Angel-fighting robot, Jet Alone, built by a rival defense contractor to NERV. However, the nuclear-powered robot quickly runs out of control, and Shinji must use EVA Unit 01 to load Misato onto Jet Alone so she can she can enter in its automatic shutdown code, before it melts down in a nuclear explosion.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Keiichi Sugiyama
    • Written by Yoji Enokido

    Guest stars

  8. Episode 8Asuka Strikes!Aired November 22, 1995

    Misato brings Shinji, along with Touji and Kensuke, to a massive UN naval convoy transporting Evangelion Unit-02 and its fiery German pilot, Asuka Langley Souryuu, to Japan. Escorting Asuka is Misato's old boyfriend, Ryouji Kaji. After some awkward introductions and reunions, the fleet is attacked by a massive aquatic Angel. Asuka powers up Eva-02, and decides that she will defeat the Angel by playing "hopscotch"...

    • 23m
    • Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki
    • Written by Yoji Enokido

    Guest stars

  9. Episode 9Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!Aired November 29, 1995

    Asuka joins Shinji’s class at school, and moves in with Misato and him in their apartment. As Asuka adjusts to Japan (or rather, everyone else adapts to her...), a new Angel attacks which is capable of splitting itself into two identical copies. EVA-01 and EVA-02 are defeated, and NERV is publicly humiliated. With the Angel in a week-long regeneration period after an N² Mine attack by the JSSDF, Asuka and Shinji must learn to "synchronize" with each others movements combat, in order to defeat it once and for all.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Seiji Mizushima
    • Written by Hideaki Anno and Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  10. Episode 10Magma DiverAired December 6, 1995

    The EVA pilots are disappointed to find out that they are not allowed to go on their class trip to Okinawa, because they have to stay at Tokyo-3 to stay on-call in case of an Angel attack. Meanwhile, a new Angel is discovered in a chrysalis-like developmental stage deep within the magma of the volcano Mount Asama.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Tsuyoshi Kaga and Hiroyuki Ishido
    • Written by Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  11. Episode 11The Day Tokyo-3 Stood StillAired December 13, 1995

    Tokyo-3 comes to a standstill when sabotage knocks out all power, and the personnel must scramble to launch the EVAs manually when an Angel appears in the middle of the blackout.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Tetsuya Watanabe
    • Written by Yoji Enokido

    Guest stars

  12. Episode 12She said, 'Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred.'Aired December 20, 1995

    Misato has been promoted to Major, but the celebration does not last long. A monstrous Angel appears in Earth orbit right when Gendo and Fuyutsuki are away, leaving her and the children to deal with a colossal kamikaze threatening to drop itself right on top of Tokyo-3.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Hiroyuki Ishido
    • Written by Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  13. Episode 13Lilliputian HitcherAired December 27, 1995

    A routine test involving the EVA pilots turns into a struggle for survival when a wholly new type of Angel appears and spreads inside NERV HQ. This new, computer-like angel threatens to set off the self-destruct for the entire facility, leaving Dr. Ritsuko Akagi in a race against time to save the GeoFront and destroy the Angel.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Tensai Okamura
    • Written by Mitsuo Iso, Hideaki Anno and Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  14. Episode 14Weaving a Story (1)Aired January 3, 1996

    In the first half of the episode, a clip show is presented to the Human Instrumentality Committee of Seele, reviewing the attacks of all Angels up to this point. The second part includes a poem in which Rei contemplates her own existence, and a cross-compatibility test between Rei's and Shinji's EVAs.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Masahiko Otsuka and Ken Ando
    • Written by Hideaki Anno

    Guest stars

  15. Episode 15Those Women Longed for the Touch of Others' Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses.Aired January 10, 1996

    It seems like it's an important day for nearly everyone at NERV. Misato and Ritsuko are going to a wedding; Shinji and Gendo are visiting Yui's grave; Asuka has a date. However, important things will spring from these seemingly mundane events.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Naoyasu Habu
    • Written by Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  16. Episode 16Splitting of the BreastAired January 17, 1996

    Shinji beats Asuka in a synch test, much to her annoyance. Not too long after, the EVAs are dispatched to deal with a mysterious apparition, and EVA-01 is sucked into a shadowlike blackness that materializes out of nothingness from under it. While an emergency operation to rescue the captured EVA is concocted, Shinji goes on a trip into the depths of his own consciousness...

    • 23m
    • Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki
    • Written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi

    Guest stars

  17. Episode 17Fourth ChildrenAired January 24, 1996

    A NERV branch in Nevada is obliterated in a catastrophic accident, and NERV headquarters prepares to station a new Evangelion in Japan. The Fourth Child is selected, unbeknownst to Shinji.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Minoru Ohara
    • Written by Shinji Higuchi

    Guest stars

  18. Episode 18AmbivalenceAired January 31, 1996

    Evangelion Unit-03 arrives from the United States. However, its activation experiment brings out NERV's worst nightmare when it turns out to have been infected by the Thirteenth Angel. The other EVAs are dispatched to battle the Angel-infected abomination... even at the risk of killing its helpless pilot.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Tensai Okamura
    • Written by Shinji Higuchi

    Guest stars

  19. Episode 19IntrojectionAired February 7, 1996

    Enraged over Touji's near-death at the hands of his own EVA, Shinji refuses to pilot an Evangelion again and prepares to leave Tokyo-3 for good. He is forced to reconsider that decision when an immensely destructive new Angel attacks just as he is about to leave...

    • 23m
    • Directed by Masayuki
    • Written by Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  20. Episode 20Weaving a Story (2): Oral StageAired February 14, 1996

    Shinji achieved an unprecedented 400% synchronization ratio with EVA-01 during the battle with Zeruel, to horrible effect. With the EVA having ascended to the status of a living God and Shinji absorbed inside it, Ritsuko unsuccessfully attempts to recover him.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Masahiko Otsuka
    • Written by Hideaki Anno

    Guest stars

  21. Episode 21He Was Aware that He Was Still a Child.Aired February 21, 1996

    Kouzou 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 creation of Nerv. The pasts of Misato Katsuragi, Ritsuko Akagi, Rei Ayanami and Yui Ikari are also revealed. Ryouji Kaji, meanwhile, decides to find out the truth, no matter the cost.

    • 29m
    • Directed by Hiroyuki Ishido
    • Written by Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

    • Koichi Yamadera Ryouji Kaji (voice)
    • Mika Doi Naoko Akagi (voice)
  22. Episode 22Don't Be.Aired February 28, 1996

    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 Ryouji is on the rise. Angrier and more disturbed than ever, she is forced to relive her dark, traumatic past during the encounter with the Fifteenth Angel, Arael.

    • 29m
    • Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki and Akira Takamura
    • Written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi

    Guest stars

  23. Episode 23Rei IIIAired March 6, 1996

    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 do the same to EVA-01, prompting Rei to sacrifice herself to save Shinji, only to appear alive soon afterwards.

    • 25m
    • Directed by Hideaki Anno and Shoichi Masuo
    • Written by Hiroshi Yamaguchi

    Guest stars

  24. Episode 24The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'Aired March 13, 1996

    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 friendliness provide much-needed comfort for the disturbed Shinji. However, suspicions abound over Kaworu's incredible synchronization abilities.

    • 26m
    • Directed by Masayuki
    • Written by Akio Satsukawa

    Guest stars

  25. Episode 25Do You Love Me?Aired March 20, 1996

    Instrumentality has begun, and now its inner process, the joining of all souls into one, will be depicted. The episode is primarily driven by dialogue, the background usually complete darkness. White text often appears on a black screen, an omniscient voice questioning the characters.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki
    • Written by Hideaki Anno

    Guest stars

  26. Episode 26Take Care of Yourself.Aired March 27, 1996

    Instrumentality continues. The focus is primarily on Shinji now, as he learns to accept the individual’s ability to shape their world, and how the self cannot exist without others to define it.

    • 23m
    • Directed by Masayuki and Kazuya Tsurumaki
    • Written by Hideaki Anno

    Guest stars

Season cast