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Mankind's greatest fear is mankind itself.
At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.
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Episode 1
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 battling the monster: Evangelion Unit-01.
Directed by Kazuya TsurumakiWritten by Hideaki Anno
Episode 2
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 night, memories of the battle against the Angel come flooding back to Shinji.
Directed by Kazuya TsurumakiWritten by Yoji Enoto, Yoji EnokidoGuest stars Mugihito
Episode 3
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 fight against the Angel, is angry at Shinji. A new Angel appears, and Shinji must once again pilot EVA-01 to defeat it.
Directed by Hiroyuki IshidoWritten by Akio SatsukawaGuest stars Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Takehito Koyasu
Episode 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 for several days, Shinji is faced with the choice of quitting or staying in his new home.
Directed by Tsuyoshi KagaWritten by Akio SatsukawaGuest stars Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga
Episode 5
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 the entire record of her past has been erased. In the midst of this, a very powerful Angel, the floating monolith Ramiel, attacks Tokyo-3.
Directed by Keiichi SugiyamaWritten by Akio Satsukawa, Hideaki AnnoGuest stars Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga
Episode 6
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 devises a plan to have EVA-00 and EVA-01 defeat the Angel by sniping it from a distance using a positronic rifle which requires the total electric output of Japan to power up.
Directed by Hiroyuki IshidoWritten by Akio Satsukawa, Hideaki AnnoGuest stars Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki
Episode 7
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 Angel-fighting robot, Jet Alone, built by a rival defense contractor to NERV. However, the nuclear-powered robot quickly runs out of control, and Shinji must use EVA Unit 01 to load Misato onto Jet Alone so she can she can enter in its automatic shutdown code, before it melts down in a nuclear explosion.
Directed by Keiichi SugiyamaWritten by Yoji EnokidoGuest stars Hiro Yuuki
Episode 8
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 Asuka is Misato's old boyfriend, Ryouji Kaji. After some awkward introductions and reunions, the fleet is attacked by a massive aquatic Angel. Asuka powers up Eva-02, and decides that she will defeat the Angel by playing "hopscotch"...
Directed by Kazuya TsurumakiWritten by Yoji EnokidoGuest stars Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 9
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 is capable of splitting itself into two identical copies. EVA-01 and EVA-02 are defeated, and NERV is publicly humiliated. With the Angel in a week-long regeneration period after an N² Mine attack by the JSSDF, Asuka and Shinji must learn to "synchronize" with each others movements combat, in order to defeat it once and for all.
Directed by Seiji MizushimaWritten by Akio Satsukawa, Hideaki AnnoGuest stars Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 10
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. Meanwhile, a new Angel is discovered in a chrysalis-like developmental stage deep within the magma of the volcano Mount Asama.
Directed by Tsuyoshi Kaga, Hiroyuki IshidoWritten by Akio SatsukawaGuest stars Mugihito, Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 11
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.
Directed by Tetsuya WatanabeWritten by Yoji EnokidoGuest stars Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 12
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 deal with a colossal kamikaze threatening to drop itself right on top of Tokyo-3.
Directed by Hiroyuki IshidoWritten by Akio SatsukawaGuest stars Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 13
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 set off the self-destruct for the entire facility, leaving Dr. Ritsuko Akagi in a race against time to save the GeoFront and destroy the Angel.
Directed by Tensai OkamuraWritten by Akio Satsukawa, Hideaki Anno, Mitsuo IsoGuest stars Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera, Takehito Koyasu
Episode 14
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 poem in which Rei contemplates her own existence, and a cross-compatibility test between Rei's and Shinji's EVAs.
Directed by Masahiko Otsuka, Ken AndoWritten by Hideaki AnnoGuest stars Mugihito, Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Hiro Yuuki
Episode 15
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 things will spring from these seemingly mundane events.
Directed by Naoyasu HabuWritten by Akio SatsukawaGuest stars Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 16
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 blackness that materializes out of nothingness from under it. While an emergency operation to rescue the captured EVA is concocted, Shinji goes on a trip into the depths of his own consciousness...
Directed by Kazuya TsurumakiWritten by Hiroshi YamaguchiGuest stars Tomokazu Seki
Episode 17
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.
Directed by Minoru OharaWritten by Shinji HiguchiGuest stars Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 18
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 other EVAs are dispatched to battle the Angel-infected abomination... even at the risk of killing its helpless pilot.
Directed by Tensai OkamuraWritten by Shinji HiguchiGuest stars Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 19
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 when an immensely destructive new Angel attacks just as he is about to leave...
Directed by MasayukiWritten by Akio SatsukawaGuest stars Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 20
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 Shinji absorbed inside it, Ritsuko unsuccessfully attempts to recover him.
Directed by Masahiko OtsukaWritten by Hideaki AnnoGuest stars Mugihito, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 21
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 creation of Nerv. The pasts of Misato Katsuragi, Ritsuko Akagi, Rei Ayanami and Yui Ikari are also revealed. Ryouji Kaji, meanwhile, decides to find out the truth, no matter the cost.
Directed by Hiroyuki IshidoWritten by Akio SatsukawaGuest stars Koichi Yamadera, Mika Doi
Episode 22
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 and more disturbed than ever, she is forced to relive her dark, traumatic past during the encounter with the Fifteenth Angel, Arael.
Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, Akira TakamuraWritten by Hiroshi YamaguchiGuest stars Junko Iwao, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode 23
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 the same to EVA-01, prompting Rei to sacrifice herself to save Shinji, only to appear alive soon afterwards.
Directed by Hideaki Anno, Shoichi MasuoWritten by Hiroshi YamaguchiGuest stars Junko Iwao, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki
Episode 24
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 friendliness provide much-needed comfort for the disturbed Shinji. However, suspicions abound over Kaworu's incredible synchronization abilities.
Directed by MasayukiWritten by Akio SatsukawaGuest stars Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Akira Ishida
Episode 25
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 darkness. White text often appears on a black screen, an omniscient voice questioning the characters.
Directed by Kazuya TsurumakiWritten by Hideaki AnnoGuest stars Takehito Koyasu, Koichi Yamadera, Hiro Yuuki
Episode 26
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 define it.
Directed by Kazuya Tsurumaki, MasayukiWritten by Hideaki AnnoGuest stars Junko Iwao, Tomokazu Seki, Tetsuya Iwanaga, Takehito Koyasu, Hiro Yuuki, Koichi Yamadera
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Megumi OgataShinji Ikari (voice)
Kotono MitsuishiMisato Katsuragi (voice)
Megumi HayashibaraRei Ayanami (voice)
Yuko MiyamuraAsuka Langley Soryu (voice)
Yuriko YamaguchiDr. Ritsuko Akagi (voice)
Fumihiko TachikiGendo Ikari (voice)
Motomu KiyokawaKozo Fuyutsuki (voice)
Miki NagasawaMaya Ibuki (voice)
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