Neon Genesis Evangelion
1995 • Gainax
- Format
- TV
- Aired
- 1995
- Episodes
- 26
- Status
- Finished
- Studio
- Gainax · TV Tokyo · ADV Films · Kadokawa Shoten
- Genres
- Action · Drama · Mecha · Mystery
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.
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Neon Genesis Evangelion was produced by Gainax and directed by Hideaki Anno, premiering in Japan in 1995. The series emerged from a period of profound personal struggle for Anno, who sought to translate his experiences with clinical depression into an unconventional deconstruction of the mecha anime genre. By blending giant robot action with heavy psychological, religious, and existentialist themes, the production challenged the tropes that had dominated the medium throughout the 1980s.
The character and mechanical designs were handled by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Ikuto Yamashita, respectively. Their work was intended to emphasize the raw, precarious nature of human vulnerability rather than the traditional heroism of the genre. Upon its release, the series became a cultural phenomenon, polarizing its initial audience while eventually being recognized as a pivotal work of animation that fundamentally altered the landscape of Japanese storytelling.
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