Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)

★ 8.6 0h 25m 1 Seasons 2,037 votes IMDb

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.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

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Cast

Megumi Ogata
Megumi Ogata as Shinji Ikari (voice) Age 60 · Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan Megumi Ogata is a Japanese voice actress and singer from the Greater Tokyo Area. As a singer, she goes by the name em:óu. She attended Tokai University, but left due to lack of interest.
Kotono Mitsuishi
Kotono Mitsuishi as Misato Katsuragi (voice) Age 58 · Toda, Saitama, Japan Kotono Mitsuishi is a Japanese voice actress and narrator from Toda, Saitama. She was affiliated with Arts Vision and Lasley Arrow. As a young girl, Mitsuishi lived in Nagareyama, Chiba.
Megumi Hayashibara
Megumi Hayashibara as Rei Ayanami (voice) Age 59 · Tokyo, Japan Megumi Hayashibara (林原 めぐみ, Hayashibara Megumi, born March 30, 1967) is a Japanese voice actress, singer, radio personality, and lyricist from Tokyo. She is currently affiliated with Aksent. Her nick...
Yuko Miyamura
Yuko Miyamura as Asuka Langley Soryu (voice) Age 53 · Kobe, Hyogo, Japan Yuko Miyamura is a Japanese actress, voice actress, singer and sound director. Her nickname is Miyamū. She played Kazuha Toyama in Detective Conan and Asuka Langley Soryu in Neon Genesis Evangelion..
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Yuriko Yamaguchi as Dr. Ritsuko Akagi (voice) Age 60 · Osaka, Japan Yamaguchi Yuriko was born November 21, 1965 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan. She is a voice actress (seiyuu). Yuriko was initially part of 81 Produce, but went freelance, then joined Vi-Vo.
Fumihiko Tachiki
Fumihiko Tachiki as Gendo Ikari (voice) Age 64 · Nagasaki, Japan Fumihiko Tachiki is a Japanese voice actor and narrator. He belong to the Osawa office. Nicknames "Bun-chan and Fumin" He is best known for his role as Kenpachi Zaraki from Bleach and Akainu from One...

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sirdorius 4/10 Nov 20, 2025
The series starts out with some usual anime tropes: a monomyth, insufferable high school protagonists, mechs vs. kaijus, and hypersexualized 14 year old girls. It tries to be "deep" by mixing some religious mythology and existential questions that keep teens up at night, like "Why am I here?" repeated a million times.

Towards the end, the main story is such unsalvageable nonsense that the writers just give up on it completely and try to turn it into some pseudo-intellectual freudian/jungian analysis of a depressed teen.

It's been quite a few years since I was a clinically depressed young adult, so I can't really relate now; but the theme is way too complex to fit in between shots of naked schoolgirls and incredibly poor dialogue. If you want a real exploration of the topic, check out Bojack Horseman instead.

Against my better judgement, I watched it to the end because a lot of anime reviewers seem to praise Evangelion's story. That doesn't speak favorably to the quality of the show, but more about the embarrassingly low bar for story writing in animes.

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