Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes ranked
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1.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Sekai no Chuushin de Ai o Sakenda Kemono
(1996)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Takes place in Shinji's mind, where he tries to find ways to feel better about himself and other people, while thinking about a solution to his many problems.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Megumi Hayashibara, Allison Keith-Shipp
Votes: 2,404
Episode 26: The Beast that Shouted 'Love' at the Heart of the World/Take care of yourself
2.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'
(1996)
TV-MA | 24 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A despondent Shinji encounters a kind-hearted boy named Kaworu, who quickly becomes his close friend.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Megumi Hayashibara, Allison Keith-Shipp
Votes: 2,259
Episode 24: The Last Cometh/The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'
3.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Introjection
(1996)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Shinji, furious at his father for the orders given in the previous battle, resigns from NERV. But as an Angel lays waste to the Geo-Front and the other Evangelions, he begins to reconsider his hasty decision.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Masayuki, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Sue Ulu
Votes: 2,713
Episode 19: A Man's Battle/Introjection
4.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Ambivalence
(1996)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
The activation of EVA-03 goes awry when an Angel takes control of the unit. With EVA-03 itself re-designated as an Angel, Shinji is faced with the moral dilemma of terminating the rogue ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Tensai Okamura, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Sue Ulu, Amanda Winn Lee
Votes: 2,470
Episode 18: Life and Death Decisions/Ambivalence
5.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Hedgehog's Dilemma
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Frustrated by his newfound responsibilities, Shinji runs away from Misato and NERV. After being escorted back to the organization by armed officials, Shinji must decide whether he truly wants to abandon his role as a pilot.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,264
Episode 4: Rain, After Running Away/Hedgehog's Dilemma
6.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Don't Be
(1996)
TV-MA | 28 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Asuka, haunted by childhood memories of her mother's suicide and a notion that she "lost" to Shinji in the previous battle, begins to lose her precious self-confidence as a pilot. A new ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Akira Takamura, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,135
Episode 22: Staying Human/Don't Be.
7.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Kessen, Dai 3 Shin Tokyo Shi
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A new Angel invades, striking a critical blow against Shinji. Taking the enemy's abilities into account, Misato crafts a special strategy involving Units 00 and 01 as well as an enormous ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,240
Episode 6: Showdown in Tokyo-3/Rei II
8.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Angel Attack
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Shinji Ikari, a 14-year-old boy in the city of Tokyo-3, is delivered to the secret organization NERV, where he is requested by his enigmatic father to save the city from an invading creature called an Angel.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara
Votes: 2,644
Episode 1: Angel Attack
9.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A quick attack against a new Angel by Asuka and Shinji ends in an embarrassing defeat when the Angel suddenly divides itself. Shinji and Asuka undergo learning a series of synchronized dance movements as per a new team-oriented strategy.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Seiji Mizushima, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,153
Episode 9: Mind, Matching, Moment/Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
10.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Splitting of the Breast
(1996)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A bizarre Angel possessing a spherical shadow in the air and a Dirac sea-type body on the ground absorbs Shinji and EVA-01. While NERV searches for a means of destroying the Angel--even if ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Sue Ulu, Amanda Winn Lee
Votes: 2,328
Episode 16: The sickness unto death, and then.../Splitting of the Breast
11.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Do You Love Me?
(1996)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Shinji, pained by his choice to kill his friend Kaworu, shuts himself off from the world and the people in his life and reflects upon what his true purpose in life is. Instrumentality ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,212
Episode 25: The Ending World/Do you love me?
12.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Asuka Strikes!
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Misato, Shinji, Touji and Kensuke travel to a famous aircraft carrier to collect the new EVA-02 and its prideful pilot, Asuka Langley Souryuu. A seaborne Angel strikes the fleet, and Asuka ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,103
Episode 8: Asuka Arrives in Japan/Asuka Strikes!
13.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A city-wide power outage puts NERV into a crisis as another Angel invades Tokyo-3. Shinji, Rei and Asuka attempt to make their way into the headquarters as NERV personnel ready the Evas for manual deployment.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Tetsuya Watanabe, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,008
Episode 11: In the Still Darkness/The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
14.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Those Women Longed for the Touch of Others' Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses
(1996)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Shinji visits his mother's grave in the company of his father, and Misato reflects upon her bygone romance with Kaji. Soon afterward, Kaji and Misato discover a startling secret within NERV's Terminal Dogma.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Naoyasu Habu, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Sue Ulu, Amanda Winn Lee
Votes: 1,987
Episode 15: Lies and Silence/Those women longed for the touch of others' lips, and thus invited their kisses.
15.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Namida
(1996)
TV-MA | 25 min | Animation, Action, Drama
When an Angel resembling a coil of light arrives, Rei and Shinji are sent to battle it, but the assimilating ability of the foe prompts Rei to self-destruct the EVA-00 in order to kill it ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Shôichi Masuo, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,045
Episode 23: Tears/Rei III
16.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Rei I
(1995)
TV-PG | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Rei Ayanami, the pilot of Evangelion Unit 00, is scheduled to undergo another activation test following a horrible accident nearly a month earlier. Shinji makes attempts to understand Rei and her close relationship with his father.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Keiichi Sugiyama, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,159
Episode 5: Rei, Beyond the Heart/Rei I
17.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
The Beast
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
In the wake of the previous battle, Misato hastily decides to let Shinji have a room in her apartment, where he discovers just what an irresponsible person his new guardian is. Shinji is ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Fumihiko Tachiki
Votes: 2,473
Episode 2: Unfamiliar Ceiling/The Beast
18.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
She Said, 'Don't Make Others Suffer for Your Personal Hatred'
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Misato is promoted to the rank of Major, but she reveals her long-buried sentiments concerning her work at NERV. A massive Angel appears in Earth's stratosphere, and all three Evangelions are deployed to stop it.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Sue Ulu
Votes: 1,953
Episode 12: A Miracle's Worth/She said, 'Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred.'
19.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
A Transfer
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Shinji transfers into a new school within Tokyo-3, catching the fascination of his classmates - and igniting the ire of one student whose sister was injured in the EVA's last battle. Meanwhile, a second Angel makes its way into the city.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Megumi Hayashibara
Votes: 2,293
Episode 3: The Silent Phone/A Transfer
20.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
He Was Aware That He Was Still a Child
(1996)
TV-MA | 29 min | Animation, Action, Drama
As Kouzou is interrogated by SEELE, he reminisces about the history of NERV, its parent company GEHIRN, Yui and Gendou Ikari, and Ritsuko's mother Naoko Akagi. At the same time, a horrible ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Sue Ulu
Votes: 2,084
Episode 21: The Birth of NERV/He was aware he was still a child
21.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Weaving a Story 2: Oral Stage
(1996)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
His physical form absorbed by EVA-01, Shinji drifts through an introspective state, again contemplating his "mission" and role as a pilot. Meanwhile, Ritsuko and NERV desperately attempt to recover him.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Masahiko Ôtsuka, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,126
Episode 20: Of the Shape of Hearts and Humans/Weaving a Story 2: oral stage
22.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Lilliputian Hitcher
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
During a simulation plug experiment, an Angel with the ability to mimic computer circuitry manages to invade the MAGI supercomputer system and trigger a self-destruct sequence. Ritsuko ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Tensai Okamura, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Sue Ulu, Amanda Winn Lee
Votes: 1,963
Episode 13: Angel Infiltration/Lilliputian Hitcher
23.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Fourth Children
(1996)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
As EVA-04, the planned testbed for the S² engine, disappears under mysterious circumstances, NERV quickly prepares the testing of EVA-03 and the selection of its pilot. Shinji and Touji ... See full summary »
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Minoru Ôhara, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 1,910
Episode 17: The Fourth to be Qualified/Fourth Child
24.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Weaving a Story
(1996)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
The Human Instrumentality Committee recollects the past Angel encounters and battles while Gendou conceals the matter of the recently discovered virus-like Angel. Rei and Shinji undergo ... See full summary »
Directors: Ken Andô, Hideaki Anno, Masahiko Ôtsuka, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Sue Ulu, Amanda Winn Lee
Votes: 1,954
Episode 14: SEELE, the Seat of the Soul/Weaving a Story
25.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
A Human Work
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
A new nuclear-powered military robot, Jet Alone, goes out of control during a demonstration ceremony and heads toward an almost certain meltdown. With the help of Shinji and EVA-01, Misato takes it upon herself to stop its rampage.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Keiichi Sugiyama, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,081
Episode 7: The Works of Man/A Human Work
26.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995–1996)
Episode:
Magmadiver
(1995)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Action, Drama
Banned by Misato from going on a class trip to Okinawa, Shinji and Asuka catch up on their studies. An embryonic Angel is found inside a volcano, and Asuka volunteers to carry out the perilous task of retrieving the creature.
Directors: Hideaki Anno, Hiroyuki Ishidô, Tsuyoshi Kaga, Kazuya Tsurumaki | Stars: Megumi Ogata, Spike Spencer, Allison Keith-Shipp, Kotono Mitsuishi
Votes: 2,003
Episode 10: Magmadiver
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