Neon Genesis Evangelion
Übersicht
Evangelion, auch kurz NGE oder EVA ist eine international erfolgreiche Anime-Fernsehserie aus dem Jahr 1995. Sie bildet die Grundlage für mehrere später erschienene Filme, Mangas und Videospiele und gilt als eine der bedeutendsten Anime-Produktionen. Das Werk nimmt Bezug auf viele ältere Filme, Serien und Bücher und hatte großen Einfluss auf nachfolgende Produktionen. NGE erschloss dem Medium Anime in Japan und international ein neues Publikum.
Die Serie handelt vom Kampf gegen „Engel“ genannte Kreaturen unbekannter Herkunft, die die Menschheit angreifen. Ihnen werden von Jugendlichen gesteuerte Kampfmaschinen entgegengesetzt, die Evangelions. Mit fortschreitender Handlung werden zunehmend auch die psychischen Probleme der Charaktere thematisiert. Der Anime ist in die Genres Science-Fiction, Action und Mecha einzuordnen und enthält verschiedene Elemente aus Philosophie und Psychologie.
seasons
E1
Angel Attack
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 pilo...
E2
The Beast
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 he...
E3
A Transfer
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 ...
E4
Hedgehog's Dilemma
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 a...
E5
Rei I
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 extreme...
E6
Rei II
Continuing from the previous episode, the Angel Ramiel is drilling down into the GeoFront to attack NERV HQ directly. After Shinji barely survived a d...
E7
A Human Work
Ritsuko briefs Shinji on the real nature of Second Impact, the Angels, and the Evangelions' mission to defeat them. Misato and Ritsuko attend the publ...
E8
Asuka Strikes!
Misato brings Shinji, along with Touji and Kensuke, to a massive UN naval convoy transporting Evangelion Unit-02 and its fiery German pilot, Asuka Lan...
E9
Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
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 ...
E10
Magma Diver
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 st...
E11
The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
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...
E12
She said, 'Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred.'
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...
E13
Lilliputian Hitcher
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 ne...
E14
Weaving a Story (1)
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 ...
E15
Those Women Longed for the Touch of Others' Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses.
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;...
E16
Splitting of the Breast
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-0...
E17
Fourth Children
A NERV branch in Nevada is obliterated in a catastrophic accident, and NERV headquarters prepares to station a new Evangelion in Japan. The Fourth Chi...
E18
Ambivalence
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...
E19
Introjection
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...
E20
Weaving a Story (2): Oral Stage
Shinji achieved an unprecedented 400% synchronization ratio with EVA-01 during the battle with Zeruel, to horrible effect. With the EVA having ascende...
E21
He Was Aware that He Was Still a Child.
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,...
E22
Don't Be.
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...
E23
Rei III
Asuka sinks into deep depression after Arael's mental probing, and is unable to pilot when the new Angel Armisael arrives. Armisael begins physically ...
E24
The Beginning and the End, or 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door'
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 E...
E25
Do You Love Me?
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...
E26
Take Care of Yourself.
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 sel...
