Neon Genesis Evangelion: Season 1
Episode Guide
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Angel Attack
Oct 4, 1995 · 23 min
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 o
The Beast
Oct 11, 1995 · 23 min
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. La
A Transfer
Oct 18, 1995 · 23 min
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 S
Hedgehog's Dilemma
Oct 25, 1995 · 23 min
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 To
Rei I
Nov 1, 1995 · 23 min
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
Rei II
Nov 8, 1995 · 23 min
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, M
A Human Work
Nov 15, 1995 · 23 min
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 Ange
Asuka Strikes!
Nov 22, 1995 · 23 min
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. Escort
Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
Nov 29, 1995 · 23 min
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 attack
Magma Diver
Dec 6, 1995 · 23 min
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
The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
Dec 13, 1995 · 23 min
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.
She said, 'Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred.'
Dec 20, 1995 · 23 min
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 chi
Lilliputian Hitcher
Dec 27, 1995 · 23 min
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 threate
Weaving a Story (1)
Jan 3, 1996 · 23 min
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 in
Those Women Longed for the Touch of Others' Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses.
Jan 10, 1996 · 23 min
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, im
Splitting of the Breast
Jan 17, 1996 · 23 min
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
Fourth Children
Jan 24, 1996 · 23 min
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
Ambivalence
Jan 31, 1996 · 23 min
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 An
Introjection
Feb 7, 1996 · 23 min
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 dec
Weaving a Story (2): Oral Stage
Feb 14, 1996 · 23 min
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 Go
He Was Aware that He Was Still a Child.
Feb 21, 1996 · 29 min
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
Don't Be.
Feb 28, 1996 · 29 min
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. An
Rei III
Mar 6, 1996 · 25 min
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 threate
The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'
Mar 13, 1996 · 26 min
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 f
Do You Love Me?
Mar 20, 1996 · 23 min
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 compl
Take Care of Yourself.
Mar 27, 1996 · 23 min
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