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新世紀エヴァンゲリオン

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン

The fate of destruction is also the joy of rebirth.

1995Ended2 Seasons36 Episodes7.0TMDB

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.

Created by: Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki, Tensai Okamura, Seiji Mizushima, Masahiko Otsuka, Megumi Ogata, Akira Ishida

Season 1 Episodes

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Episode 1: Angel Attack

Oct 4, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 2: An Unfamiliar Ceiling / The Beast

Oct 11, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 3: The Phone That Never Rings / A Transfer

Oct 18, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 4: Rain, and After Running Away / Hedgehog's Dilemma

Oct 25, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 5: Rei, Beyond the Heart / Rei I

Nov 1, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 6: Decisive Battle in Tokyo-3 / Rei II

Nov 8, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 7: A Human Work

Nov 15, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 8: Asuka's Arrival in Japan / Asuka Strikes!

Nov 22, 1995 · 23m

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"...

Episode 9: Moment and Heart Together / Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!

Nov 29, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 10: Magma Diver / Magmadiver

Dec 6, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 13: An Angel's Invasion / Lilliputian Hitcher

Dec 27, 1995 · 23m

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.

Episode 14: SEELE, the Throne of Souls / Weaving a Story

Jan 3, 1996 · 23m

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.

Episode 16: The Sickness unto Death, and... / Splitting of the Breast

Jan 17, 1996 · 23m

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...

Episode 17: The Fourth Child / Fourth Children

Jan 24, 1996 · 23m

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.

Episode 18: The Choice of Life / Ambivalence

Jan 31, 1996 · 23m

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.

Episode 19: A Man's Battle / Introjection

Feb 7, 1996 · 23m

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...

Episode 21: The Birth of NERV / He Was Aware that He Was Still a Child.

Feb 21, 1996 · 23m

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.

Episode 22: The Birth of NERV / He Was Aware that He Was Still a Child. (Director's Cut)

Feb 21, 1996 · 29m

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.

Episode 23: At Least, Be Human / Don't Be.

Feb 28, 1996 · 23m

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.

Episode 24: At Least, Be Human / Don't Be. (Director's Cut)

Feb 28, 1996 · 28m

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.

Episode 25: Tears / Rei III

Mar 6, 1996 · 23m

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.

Episode 26: Tears / Rei III (Director's Cut)

Mar 6, 1996 · 25m

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.

Episode 29: A World That's Ending / Do You Love Me?

Mar 20, 1996 · 23m

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.

Episode 31: Air / Love is Destructive

Jul 19, 1997 · 45m

NERV headquarters is invaded by the JSSDF, as SEELE makes its final move. Asuka awakens from her despair and battles the Mass Production Eva Series to the death.

Season 1 FAQ

Quick answers about this season's release timeline and episode lineup.

When did 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Season 1 premiere?

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Season 1 premiered on October 4, 1995.

How many episodes are in 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Season 1?

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Season 1 has 32 episodes.

What is the first episode of 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Season 1?

The season opens with Season 1 Episode 1, "Angel Attack". It aired on October 4, 1995.

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