List of Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes
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Neon Genesis Evangelion is an anime series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production and directed by Hideaki Anno. It began broadcasting in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 4, 1995, and ended on March 27, 1996. Evangelion is an apocalyptic storyline set in the mecha genre. It centers on a teenage boy recruited by a paramilitary organization named Nerv to control a giant cyborg called an Evangelion to fight monstrous beings known as Angels. The show takes place largely in a futuristic Tokyo years after a worldwide catastrophe. Parts of the series also focus on other Evangelion pilots and members of Nerv as they try to prevent another catastrophe. Installments of the show have been through various re-cuts and cosmetic revisions.
Broadcast history
After several episodes were produced, the first episode aired on October 4, 1995, long after originally planned. Initially ignored (although received positively by those Gainax fans invited to early screenings), viewership grew slowly and largely through word of mouth.
The 16th episode marked a distinct shift to a more introspective, less action-focused tone that would come to characterize the second half of Evangelion.
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