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Neon Genesis Evangelion: Season 1

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26 episodes · premiered Oct 4, 1995

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  1. Episode 1: Angel Attack Oct 4, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.4 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 the only weapon capable of…
  2. Episode 2: The Beast Oct 11, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.6 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 live in her apartment. Later that…
  3. Episode 3: A Transfer Oct 18, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.2 Shinji begins attending his new school in Tokyo-3, and has a difficult time dealing with the fame of being an Evangelion pilot. Touji Suzuhara, who's little sister was injured in Shinji's…
  4. Episode 4: Hedgehog's Dilemma Oct 25, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.4 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. After wandering around Tokyo-3…
  5. Episode 5: Rei I Nov 1, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.4 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 insular, has no friends at all, and…
  6. Episode 6: Rei II Nov 8, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.8 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 confrontation with it, Misato…
  7. Episode 7: A Human Work Nov 15, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.3 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 demonstration of a new…
  8. Episode 8: Asuka Strikes! Nov 22, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.4 Misato brings Shinji, along with Touji and Kensuke, to a massive UN naval convoy transporting Evangelion Unit-02 and its fiery German pilot, Asuka Langley Souryuu, to Japan. Escorting…
  9. Episode 9: Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win! Nov 29, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 8.1 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...), a new Angel attacks which…
  10. Episode 10: Magma Diver Dec 6, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.0 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-call in case of an Angel attack…
  11. Episode 11: The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still Dec 13, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.3 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 middle of the blackout.
  12. Episode 12: She said, 'Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred.' Dec 20, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.6 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, leaving her and the children to…
  13. Episode 13: Lilliputian Hitcher Dec 27, 1995 · 23m · TMDB 7.3 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, computer-like angel threatens to…
  14. Episode 14: Weaving a Story (1) Jan 3, 1996 · 23m · TMDB 6.8 In the first half of the episode, a clip show is presented to the Human Instrumentality Committee of Seele, reviewing the attacks of all Angels up to this point. The second part includes a…
  15. Episode 15: Those Women Longed for the Touch of Others' Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses. Jan 10, 1996 · 23m · TMDB 7.3 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 has a date. However, important…
  16. Episode 16: Splitting of the Breast Jan 17, 1996 · 23m · TMDB 8.3 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 sucked into a shadowlike…
  17. Episode 17: Fourth Children Jan 24, 1996 · 23m · TMDB 7.3 A NERV branch in Nevada is obliterated in a catastrophic accident, and NERV headquarters prepares to station a new Evangelion in Japan. The Fourth Child is selected, unbeknownst to Shinji.
  18. Episode 18: Ambivalence Jan 31, 1996 · 23m · TMDB 8.0 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 infected by the Thirteenth Angel. The…
  19. Episode 19: Introjection Feb 7, 1996 · 23m · TMDB 8.3 Enraged over Touji'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 to reconsider that decision…
  20. Episode 20: Weaving a Story (2): Oral Stage Feb 14, 1996 · 23m · TMDB 8.0 Shinji achieved an unprecedented 400% synchronization ratio with EVA-01 during the battle with Zeruel, to horrible effect. With the EVA having ascended to the status of a living God and…
  21. Episode 21: He Was Aware that He Was Still a Child. Feb 21, 1996 · 29m · TMDB 7.8 Kouzou Fuyutsuki is kidnapped and interrogated by Seele, who are horrified over the results of the last encounter with an Angel. He recounts his past, providing flashbacks into the…
  22. Episode 22: Don't Be. Feb 28, 1996 · 29m · TMDB 7.6 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 Ryouji is on the rise. Angrier…
  23. Episode 23: Rei III Mar 6, 1996 · 25m · TMDB 7.8 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 with EVA-00 and threatens to do…
  24. Episode 24: The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door' Mar 13, 1996 · 26m · TMDB 7.7 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. Kaworu's openness and…
  25. Episode 25: Do You Love Me? Mar 20, 1996 · 23m · TMDB 7.0 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 background usually complete…
  26. Episode 26: Take Care of Yourself. Mar 27, 1996 · 23m · TMDB 7.0 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 cannot exist without others to…