Neon Genesis Evangelion Season 1

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Angel Attack
4.3
44 votes
1x01 Angel Attack aired Oct 04, 1995

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 th... read more

The Beast
4.4
43 votes
1x02 The Beast aired Oct 11, 1995

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 li... read more

A Transfer
4.5
40 votes
1x03 A Transfer aired Oct 18, 1995

Shinji begins attending his new school in Tokyo-3, and has a difficult time dealing with the fame of being an Evangelion pilot. Toji Suzuhara, who's little s... read more

Hedgehog's Dilemma
4.4
42 votes
1x04 Hedgehog's Dilemma aired Oct 25, 1995

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. Af... read more

Rei I
4.5
40 votes
1x05 Rei I aired Nov 01, 1995

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 insu... read more

Rei II
4.5
39 votes
1x06 Rei II aired Nov 08, 1995

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 c... read more

A Human Work
4.5
37 votes
1x07 A Human Work aired Nov 15, 1995

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 demo... read more

Asuka Strikes!
4.6
38 votes
1x08 Asuka Strikes! aired Nov 22, 1995

Misato brings Shinji, along with Toji and Kensuke, to a massive UN naval convoy transporting Evangelion Unit-02 and its fiery German pilot, Asuka Langley Sor... read more

Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
4.6
40 votes
1x09 Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win! aired Nov 29, 1995

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.... read more

Magmadiver
4.3
41 votes
1x10 Magmadiver aired Dec 06, 1995

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-c... read more

The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
4.5
41 votes
1x11 The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still aired Dec 13, 1995

Tokyo-3 comes to a standstill when sabotage knocks out all power, and the personnel must scramble to launch the Evas manually when an Angel appears in the mi... read more

She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred."
4.6
41 votes
1x12 She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred." aired Dec 20, 1995

Misato has been promoted to Major, but the celebration does not last long. A monstrous Angel appears in Earth orbit right when Gendo and Fuyutsuki are away, ... read more

Lilliputian Hitcher
4.5
40 votes
1x13 Lilliputian Hitcher aired Dec 27, 1995

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, comp... read more

Weaving a Story
4.3
38 votes
1x14 Weaving a Story aired Jan 03, 1996

This episode is in two parts: The first part being a clip show presented to the Human Instrumentality Committee of Seele, reviewing the attacks of all Angels... read more

Those women longed for the touch of others' lips, and thus invited their kisses.
4.6
40 votes
1x15 Those women longed for the touch of others' lips, and thus invited their kisses. aired Jan 10, 1996

It seems like it's an important day for nearly everyone at Nerv. Misato and Ritsuko are going to a wedding; Shinji and Gendo are visiting Yui's grave; Asuka ... read more

Splitting of the Breast
4.8
41 votes
1x16 Splitting of the Breast aired Jan 17, 1996

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 su... read more

Fourth Child
4.5
40 votes
1x17 Fourth Child aired Jan 24, 1996

A Nerv branch in Nevada is obliterated in a catastrophic accident, and Nerv headquarters prepares to station a new Evangelion in Japan. The Fourth Children(C... read more

Ambivalence
4.8
43 votes
1x18 Ambivalence aired Jan 31, 1996

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 infect... read more

Introjection
4.8
43 votes
1x19 Introjection aired Feb 07, 1996

Enraged over Toji'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 ... read more

Weaving a Story 2: oral stage
4.6
41 votes
1x20 Weaving a Story 2: oral stage aired Feb 14, 1996

Shinji achieved an unprecedented 400% synchronization ratio with Eva-01 during the battle with Zeruel, to horrible effect. With the Eva having ascended to th... read more

He was aware that he was still a child.
4.7
40 votes
1x21 He was aware that he was still a child. aired Feb 21, 1996

Kozo Fuyutsuki is kidnapped and interrogated by Seele, who are horrified over the results of the last encounter with an Angel. He recounts his past, providin... read more

Don't Be.
4.7
40 votes
1x22 Don't Be. aired Feb 28, 1996

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 (u... read more

Rei III
4.7
41 votes
1x23 Rei III aired Mar 06, 1996

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 ... read more

The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
4.6
40 votes
1x24 The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" aired Mar 13, 1996

Too frightened to face Misato or Rei, Shinji runs away yet again, only to meet and strike a friendship with Kaworu Nagisa, the replacement pilot for Eva-02. ... read more

Do you love me?
3.6
17 votes
1x25 Do you love me? aired Mar 20, 1996

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 b... read more

Take care of yourself
3.7
18 votes
1x26 Take care of yourself aired Mar 27, 1996

Instrumentality continues. The focus is primarily on Shinji now, as he learns to accept the individual’s ability to shape their world, and how the self canno... read more

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