Neon Genesis Evangelion

Overview

Neon Genesis Evangelion (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン) is a highly acclaimed TV. Produced by the renowned Tatsunoko Production, this adaptation perfectly blends the Action, Drama, Mecha, Mystery, Psychological, Sci-Fi genres.

Director Hideaki Anno's depression is what led to the dark themes of Shinseiki Evangelion. Budgetary problems and parental complaints about content led to the original ending being scrapped and replaced with an extremely limited-animation ending breaking from the main plot. A movie, Air/Magokoro wo, Kimi ni, was later made based in part on the original planned ending and in part on Anno's increasing frustration with the otaku fanbase. The series' mix of psychoanalysis, religious symbolism, and genre deconstruction proved extremely influential on mature anime in the late '90s onward. The Japan Media Arts Festival in 2006 ranked it as the most popular anime of all time.

With a deeply passionate fanbase, it has secured a global AniList score of 83% and attracted over 39,975 favorites worldwide. It currently holds a massive popularity ranking of #457950 globally, making it a must-read/watch for enthusiasts of the medium.

Synopsis

In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything.

(Source: AniDB)

Note: Later releases include edited versions of Episodes 21-24 called the "Director's Cut" with some visual editing and adding extra scenes that appeared in the theatrical recap 'Death'.

Official Rankings

• #137
  highest rated all time
• #48
  most popular all time
• #1
  highest rated 1995
• #1
  most popular 1995