Neon Genesis Evangelion
Existential dreadMortality and meaninglessness confronted head-on.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10ExperimentalFormally adventurous television that breaks the rules.This show: 9/10Mental healthPsychological struggle treated with real seriousness.This show: 9/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 9/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 9/10Psychological horrorFear that comes from the mind: paranoia, sanity, perception.This show: 8/10Distinctive scoreMusic inseparable from the show's identity.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Megumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraKotono MitsuishiYuriko YamaguchiYûko MiyamuraFumihiko Tachiki
Written by
Hideaki Anno
Starring
Megumi OgataMegumi HayashibaraKotono MitsuishiYuriko YamaguchiYûko MiyamuraFumihiko Tachiki
Written by
Hideaki Anno
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Neon Genesis Evangelion Episode Ratings Heatmap
| Avg | E1 | E2 | E3 | E4 | E5 | E6 | E7 | E8 | E9 | E10 | E11 | E12 | E13 | E14 | E15 | E16 | E17 | E18 | E19 | E20 | E21 | E22 | E23 | E24 | E25 | E26 | ||
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| S1 | 8.2 | 7.7 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 7.4 | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 8.9 | 7.6 | 9.1 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.3 |
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About
"Giant robots as a delivery system for despair"
Teenagers are conscripted to pilot giant bio-mechanical robots called Evas, defending a rebuilt Tokyo from mysterious creatures known as Angels. It starts as fairly conventional mecha spectacle, then steadily turns inward, becoming less about battles and more about the pilots' trauma, isolation, and fractured family ties. The pacing is uneven and the visuals occasionally cut corners, but the atmosphere is dense and unsettling, building toward a finale that abandons plot for pure psychological abstraction. It rewards patience and tolerance for ambiguity over conventional payoff.
Watch it for
the way it dismantles the mecha genre from the inside to examine depression and loneliness.
Maybe skip if
you need concrete answers and a tidy, action-driven resolution.
Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.
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Season 11995
8.2105K2610h 12m
| Ep | Title | Rating | Yours | Votes | Runtime | |
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| ▶ | 1 | Angel Attack | 7.7 | 5K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 2 | The Beast | 8.0 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 3 | A Transfer | 7.7 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 4 | Hedgehog's Dilemma | 7.7 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 5 | Rei I | 7.7 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 6 | Rei II | 8.3 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 7 | A Human Work | 7.5 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 8 | Asuka Strikes! | 7.8 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 9 | Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win! | 8.2 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 10 | Magmadiver | 7.4 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 11 | The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still | 7.8 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 12 | She Said, 'Don't Make Others Suffer for Your Personal Hatred' | 7.9 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 13 | Lilliputian Hitcher | 7.6 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 14 | Weaving a Story | 7.1 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 15 | Those Women Longed for the Touch of Others' Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses | 8.2 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 16 | Splitting of the Breast | 8.9 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 17 | Fourth Children | 7.6 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 18 | Ambivalence | 9.1 | 5K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 19 | Introjection | 9.4 | 5K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 20 | Weaving a Story 2: Oral Stage | 8.7 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 21 | He Was Aware That He Was Still a Child | 8.7 | 4K | 29 min | |
| ▶ | 22 | Don't Be | 8.8 | 4K | 28 min | |
| ▶ | 23 | Rei III | 8.8 | 4K | 25 min | |
| ▶ | 24 | The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' | 8.8 | 4K | 24 min | |
| ▶ | 25 | Do You Love Me? | 8.0 | 4K | 23 min | |
| ▶ | 26 | Take care of yourself | 8.3 | 5K | 23 min |
Full Cast & Crew
Cast
Megumi Ogata Shinji Ikari, Ship-wide Announcement, Yukina Kurimoto
Megumi Hayashibara Rei Ayanami, Pen Pen, Woman
Kotono Mitsuishi Misato Katsuragi, Dog on TV Drama, Girl B
Yuriko Yamaguchi Ritsuko Akagi, Female Announcement, Female Speaker
Yûko Miyamura Asuka Langley Sôryû, Female Announcer, Girl A
Fumihiko Tachiki Gendô Ikari, Station Announcer (Station Attendant - Middle-Aged Male - Center), Station Announcer (Station Attendant - Middle-Aged Male)
Hiro Yuki Makoto Hyûga, Announcer, Boy A
Miki Nagasawa Maya Ibuki, Announcer, Announcer A
Takehito Koyasu Shigeru Aoba, Committee Member D, Extra Schoolboy A
Tetsuya Iwanaga Kensuke Aida, Assistant A, Control Staffer A
Crew
Hideaki Anno
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