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Neon Genesis Evangelion, commonly referred to as Evangelion or Eva, is a Japanese science-fantasy animation series that first aired from October 1995 to March 1996. It was created by the anime studio Gainax and was both directed and written by Hideaki Anno. Evangelion is an apocalyptic anime in the mecha genre. It focuses on a teenage boy recruited by an organization named NERV to control a giant bio-machine called an "Eva" to fight monstrous beings known as Angels. The show takes place largely in a futuristic Tokyo years after a worldwide catastrophe. It also centers around other Evangelion pilots and members of NERV as they try to prevent another catastrophe. The anime is considered a deconstruction of the mecha genre, and throughout it, many Christian religious symbols and terms are used, such as the Christian cross. The series, one of most successful anime of the 1990s, and the most critically acclaimed anime TV series of the decade, influenced many subsequent anime and their commercial policy. It has had record numbers of sales in Japan, and its franchise has made over 150 billion yen.
Movie rating: 8.5 / 10 (97273)
Season: #1 - #unclassified episodes
Directed by: Hideaki Anno
Writer credits: Hideaki Anno
Cast: Spike Spencer - Allison Keith - Sue Ulu - Amanda Winn Lee - Tiffany Grant
AKA: Shin Seiki Evangerion, Evangelion, Shinseiki Evangelion, Neon Genesis Evangelion, New Century Evangelion
