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[Anime]Neon Genesis Evangelion


Other media: Game:NEON GENESIS EVANGELION N64 / Comics:Neon genesis Evangelion [Sadamoto Yoshiyuki]
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Anime total pnts rank=Avg x Eval Rank 16/in 3,703 titles(Total 440/Deviation 108.59) Rank 15<= => Rank 17
Anime avg pnts(minimum:10 evals) Rank 1,146/in 2,044 titles(Average 0.66=Good/667 reviews) Rank 1,145<= => Rank 1,147
Anime total pnts rank of 1995 Rank 2/in 77 titles Rank 1<= => Rank 3

Latest DVD 2011/10/05 ():Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum Box (Eps 01-26) (8 Dvd)
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劇場版 NEON GENESIS EVANGELION - DEATH (TRUE) 2 : Air / まご...

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NEON GENESIS EVANGELION vol.06 [DVD]

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2003/09/26
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Paperback:Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project, V...

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Toy:Revoltech Neon Genesis Evangelion Eva Unit 01 Purple Action ...

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Audio CD:Neon Genesis Evangelion 2

2.20
2004/03/16
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Latest DVD 2011/11/25 ():Project BLUE 亥SOS Blu-ray Box 24,990
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Blu-ray:宴眼<潟蚊蚊恰医雁鐚眼EVANGELION:2.22 YOU CAN (NOT) ...

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2010/05/26
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Blu-ray:宴眼<潟蚊蚊恰医雁:綺 (EVANGELION:1.11) [Blu-ray]

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:祉ょ鎧篏 鴻祉眼<帥 (純潟井)

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<鐚:LMHG 眼<潟蚊喝垽(宴眼<潟蚊蚊恰医雁:) (...

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CD:眼<潟蚊潟祉激4 鐚膊≦痔罐順牙3≪...

1,300
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Statics of evaluation and Ranking
AverageGood(0.66 pnt)
Total Pnts.440.22
AnimeRank by avg. pnt. Rank 1,146(in 2,044 titles)
AnimeRank Rank 16(in 3,703 titles)
Deviation(Total)108.59
Best of the Best4

People16012310987624779
Percentage24.0%18.4%16.3%13.0%9.3%7.0%11.8%
Added percentage24%42.4%58.7%71.7%81%88%100%
Summary58.7%13.0%28.1%
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Voice/Actor1.50(Very good)46
Music1.48(Good)46
Graphic1.46(Good)46
Character/Setting0.96(Good)46
Story0.26(Normal)46
Made me think57%26/46
Scareful52%24/46
Shocked46%21/46
Interesting46%21/46
Sad43%20/46
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Story

As the first episode opens in the year 2015, Tokyo-3 is being attacked by the third Angel. Conventional weapons prove ineffective, largely due to its projected force field called an AT Field. Nerv takes command of the battles, and is able to intercept and defeat the Angels using the Evangelions (Evas), biomechanical mecha previously developed in secret by Gehirn inside the underground Geofront; the Geofront is located underneath Tokyo-3.

Not knowing why his father summoned him, Shinji Ikari, a 14 year old boy arrives to Tokyo-3 just as the Third Angel attacks the city. Shinji reluctantly agrees to join Nerv to pilot Evangelion Unit 01, and begins living with Captain Misato Katsuragi. He and Rei Ayanami battle the successive advances of the Angels together and are later joined by Asuka Langley Soryu, the pilot of Unit 02.

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Each Eva has its own designated pilot (Unit 00–Rei, Unit 01–Shinji, Unit 02–Asuka, and subsequently Unit 03–Toji Suzuhara), and operates by synchronizing the pilot's soul and the human soul inside the Eva via the enigmatic liquid substance known as LCL. (In the context of Evangelion, a "soul" refers to an individual's conscious existence, mental structure and identity, rather than a more conventional "supernatural" entity.) Surrounded by LCL, the pilot's nervous system, mind and body join with the Eva's controls, allowing the Eva to be controlled by the pilot's thoughts and actions. The higher a pilot's synchronization ratio, the better the pilot can control the Eva and fight more adeptly.

While Ritsuko mentions at the series' beginning that the Evas do have some biological components to them, the extent of this is not immediately apparent. Unit 01 is connected to Yui Ikari, Gendo's wife and Shinji's mother, since it absorbed her body and soul in a failed experiment, as shown in episodes 16 and 20. Rei herself is suspected to be a partial clone of Yui, and is known to harbor the soul of Lilith, the second Angel.


The Eva Unit 02 landing on the missile destroyer USS Ramage, while fighting the sixth Angel Gaghiel at sea.It is finally revealed, towards the end of the series, that the Evas are not really "robots" but are actually cloned Angels (Units 00, 02, 03, and 04 are made from Adam, and 01 is made from Lilith) onto which mechanical components are incorporated as a means of restraint and control. This control is not perfect, as various units are shown over the course of the series driving into "berserker" mode, in which they can act of their own will, independent of any artificial power input.

Along with the battles against the Angels, the central characters struggle to overcome their personal issues and personality conflicts, which factor heavily into the events of the series and its eventual conclusion. Throughout the series, many of the main characters constantly have to cope with several social and emotional problems: characters are unwillingly forced to confront socially complex and challenging situations; unresolved sexual tensions grow between numerous characters; injuries, deaths, and defeats cause blows to their psyches; and previously steady relationships begin to falter.

Over the final months of 2015, the characters begin to learn of the true plan of Nerv and Seele, the Human Instrumentality Project. Its purpose is to force the completion of human evolution, and thereby save it from destroying itself. To do so, they plan to break down the AT fields that separate individual humans, and in doing so, reducing all humans to LCL, which is revealed to be the "primordial soup", the fundamental composite of human beings. All LCL would then be united into a supreme being, the next stage of humanity, ending all conflict, loneliness and pain brought about by individual existence. At the end of the series, Seele and Nerv come into direct conflict over the implementation of Instrumentality.

In the last two episodes (the second set in 2016), Gendo and Rei initiate the Human Instrumentality Project, forcing several characters (especially Shinji) to face their doubts and fears and examine their self-worth, with sequences that "suggest animated schizophrenia" This ending was made up of flashbacks, sketchy artwork, and flashing text "over a montage of bleak visuals, that include black and white photos of desolate urban motifs such as a riderless bicycle or vacant park benches interspersed with graphic stills of the devastated Nerv headquarters in which Shinji's colleagues are seen as bloodstained bodies", and a brief interlude depicting an "alternate" Evangelion universe with the same characters but apparently in the high school comedy genre, eventually seems to depict Shinji concluding that life could be worth living and that he did not need to pilot an Eva to justify his existence; he is then surrounded by most of the cast, clapping and congratulating him. The introduction implies that this same process took place for everyone.

This story has the part which was created by referencing Wikipedia, so the licence of GFDL is applied to this story.

Information about this title

TV TOKYO Corporation TV Osaka TV SETOUCHI BROADCASTING CO., LTD TVQ KYUSHU BROADCASTING CO.,LTD Television Hokkaido Broadcasting Co.LTD. TV Aichi IWATE BROADCASTING CO.LTD TV-U FUKUSHIMA,INC. Broadcasting System of Niigata Inc. SHIN-ETSU BROADCASTING CO., LTD. UHF TELEVISION YAMANASHI, Inc. TV Yamaguchi Broadcasting Systems CO.,LTD. I-TELEVISION INC. (i-TELEVISION INC.) RKK Kumamoto Broadcasting Oita Broadcasting System, Inc. Miyazaki Broadcasting Co.,Ltd. B.S.NIPPON CORPORATION. Yamagata Broadcasting Co., Ltd. Nihonkai Television Co.,Ltd. JRT Shikoku Broadcasting Co.,Ltd. NIB Sendai Television Broadcasting Corp. Akita Television Co.,Ltd. TOYAMA TELEVISION BROADCASTING Co.,ltd. Ishikawa TV. Fukui-TV (FTB) SHIZUOKA TELECASTING Co.,Ltd. SHINHIROSHIMA TELECASTING Co.,Ltd. Asahi Broadcasting Aomori Kagoshima Broadcasting Corporation Gifu Broadcasting System Mie TV BBC-TV CO.,LTD. NARA TELEVISION CO.,LTD WTV AT-X Kids Station Inc. ANIMAX Broadcast Japan
GAINAX
Monthly Boys Ace Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.,Ltd.
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Hideaki Anno
Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki Katohiroshi Hideyuki Tanaka
Shiro Sagisu TV-Tokyo Music Maki Production TOKYO LABORATORY LTD.
Tatsunoko Productions Hiroyuki Yamaga NIHON AD SYSTEMS, Inc
Yoji Enokido Kichi Hadame Satoshi Sigeta Masahiko Otsuka Shinji Higuchi Seiji Mizushima Shinya Hasegawa
Iso Mitsuo Tensai OKAMURA Kazuchika Kise Katsuichi Nakayama
Hiroshi Yamaguchi Shoichi Masuo
Yoko Takahashi Neko Oikawa Omoritoshiyuki
Megumi Ogata
Hayashibara Megumi
Yuko Miyamura
Maaya Sakamoto
Kotono Mitsuishi
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Fumihiko Tachiki
Motomu Kiyokawa
Miki Nagasawa
Hiro Yuki Hiro Yuki
Takehito Koyasu
Koichi Yamadera
Mugihito
Akira Ishida
Tomokazu Seki
Tetsuya Iwanaga
Junko Iwao
Mika Doi
Maria Kawamura
Houchuu Ootsuka
Eiji Maruyama
Toshihoko seki
Masako Katsuki
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Japan Released:1995/10/04(Wed) TV / End:1996/03/27
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1. http://www.gainax.co.jp/anime/eva/ (Translation)
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2005/09/08 Best(+3 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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This is my all time favorite anime! A very good series it is. One of the best pieces I've ever seen. ^^

2005/07/23 Best(+3 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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This anime changed me as a person, as a human being, it has had the greatest effect on me BY FAR than any other anime I have ever watched, I only wished it could go on... but the ending movies was a perfect finish to the masterpiece that is EVA NGE. This Anime will be immortalized forever for its sheer brilliance, artistic creativity, originality and overall GODLIKENESS!!!!!!!!!!
OMG EVA OWNS YOU!!!!!!!
SO good I LITERALLY CANNOT DESCRIBE WITH WORDS
If you dont like EVA then i dont like you and you should die so just go away and leave Anime to smart people. SUGOI!!!!!!

2005/07/04 Best(+3 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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wow..NGE is the best anime ever..there is no anime that will come close to what i felt about this anime...its so deep that its hard to understand but when u get use to it...then u will pick it up more and more...and it even helped me...it gave me a thing to identify with myself...with shinji and with the other characters..they were not perfect and it was beautiful to see them flawed in the only way humans are..it truly captured what it was to be a human...it really did...^^

2005/06/19 Good(+1 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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This robot animated cartoon was a masterpiece.
The mechanical design of this animated cartoon was very novel.
However, the story of this animated cartoon was not comprehensible.
And, the final episode was incoherent.
If the final episode was not incoherent, this animated cartoon was more wonderful.
I think so.

2005/01/29 Best(+3 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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the best. vfghbghghb hgbvhnghngbhbh hngbhnbvhn vgbhbghn hghcgfh h h gfh ghghgfhb h fgh fghfbhfhhhgh ghb hghngv hhfgvhgh.

2005/01/14 Best(+3 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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This is one of the few Japenese anime that i really liked. It is really hard to find any flaw in the series (beside the last 2 episodes, Gainax seemed to be running out of cash) and the 2 movies are just perfect. The best thing about NG Eva is not its outstanding effect, amazing soundtracks or the awesome voice-acting, but the memorable and touching storyline. I will never forget NG Eva, it is simply the best anime ever made.

2004/08/16 Bad(-1 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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I can't say I like this series. Like reviewer Karl P stated, the plot was really meaningless and the ending wasn't really concluded. Shinji is an incredibly weak character whom some say "is the strongest" (obviously he's the strongest, but his personality and stress-intake is weak), Asuka is the most annoying character (loud, obnoxious, claiming she's so superior but really has no sense of leadership...this is why she and Shinji are so good together), and Rei is the most likable but had to be in this series. The only credit I'll give this series is probably having nice mech designs and being one of the revolutionary series to involve mechas with human compatiblity. But, that's about it.

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i dont really like asuka though..... she was so unpleasent in the series..... untill neer the end... GOOOOOOOOOD ANIME THOUGH

2004/05/10 Best(+3 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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I was raised with this anime i have allways loved it and have wathched it since i was very young. Now i love anime and evangellion! I also love rei.... very deep character......

2003/05/16 Best(+3 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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this is the definitive anime. it goes above and beyond all others, and anyone who thinks is sux can kiss my #$%%. the end is the best ending i have seen anywhere, live action or anime, and the two movies add to the experience. the best way to view it is to watch End of Evangelion before episodes 25-26.

2003/02/27 Good(+1 pnt) [Edit/Delete/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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While not an outright bad series, Evangelion is not the best thing since sliced bread. With incredibly disjointed plotting and tone, this is less a coherent series than the ramblings of a frustrated middle-aged man in the guise of a teenager. Where it succeeds in shock value, it sometimes fails to consider its audience's mentality. The galling thing is the obsession with Ayanami Rei, who is one of the least developed characters in anime history (and for good reason). With a pathetically spineless lead, and a cast of psychotic characters, it's no wonder the series ended as it did. Granted, there are moments of sheer genius in there ... but the finished product, while memorable and influential, is not "the mother of all anime". Not by a long shot.

2002/12/03 Bad(-1 pnt) [Unable to delete by yourself/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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As "good" (sarcasm) as "cowboy bebop" but without the artistic sense... however this anime tries to get you into some real moody dark feeling... It succeeded... However, it also gives a bonus feeling of frustration for me. So... "Bad". lets consider it better than bebop in the sense that it has a pathetic storyline at least but not as good in artistic terms. so same rating as the cowboy ...."bad"

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America tudo filho d puta

2002/11/14 Normal(+0 pnt) [Unable to delete by yourself/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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EVANGELIO

2002/11/02 Good(+1 pnt) [Unable to delete by yourself/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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Actually, the only characters that really appealed to me in this anime were... Penpen. O_O Yeah. I don't like Rei. Or Asuka. Or Shinji. Or--- WAIT! Toji! YEAH! TOJI IS COOL!!!!! And so is Kaworu! *Huggles Kaworu. Then gets scared and runs away.* Evangelion is so original, and... German... O_O ....^_^

2002/07/22 Best(+3 pnt) [Unable to delete by yourself/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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I think that NG Evangelion is one of the best anime of all time, if not the best. It is very emotional and very deep, but it isn't for everyone. Let me just say that I have seen a lot of anime and NGE is not for people that have never seen any anime. You first have to get accustomed with watching other series and then watch NGE to enjoy it to it's full extent. Remember that even in Japan NGE was met with some dislike because it wasn't like other anime. Remember:
"Think Different"

2002/07/14 Best(+3 pnt) [Unable to delete by yourself/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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Total cool!!! one of my FAV!!! its different and more interesting then other anime!!!

2002/07/10 Best(+3 pnt) [Unable to delete by yourself/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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I LOVE IT I MAY BE 14 but i am the bigggest anime fan out there in the world!!!! I am gunna move 2 japan when i turn 18 with my friend it will be awsome!!! We really need to start up anime sites again plz look at my comment i dont want it to just sit here!

2002/07/04 Best(+3 pnt) [Unable to delete by yourself/Suggest to delete/Show only this review or post sympathy comment/]
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The best ever! (Asuka, yeah! Without her, where would Evangelion be? ^-~

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no offence but it wasn't really my thing.
I think it was a little to erotic and I really don't like BL stuff..................

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