List of Neon Genesis Evangelion media

This is a list of episodes and media based on the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion. The ISBNs given are for the American publications.

Episodes

Main article: List of Neon Genesis Evangelion episodes

Each episode has both a Japanese title (shown at the beginning of each episode) and an English title (displayed in the mid-episode eyecatches). Like the title Neon Genesis Evangelion, the English episode titles were created by Gainax, not the show's English-language dub producer, ADV Films. However, ADV's subtitles provided English translations for the Japanese titles.

Some of the Japanese episode titles were also used as the titles of volumes of the manga by Sadamoto. These include episode 1 (book 1), episode 8 (book 4), episode 17 (book 6), episode 19 (book 7) and episode 23 (book 10).

Releases

The official English translation and dubbed version of the series was produced by ADV Films, and the movies were produced by Manga Entertainment, using most of the same voice actors. These productions were heavily scrutinized by original director Hideaki Anno as well as GAINAX. They were released in Region 1 and 2, North America and Europe, as well as Australia. The translations have a few flaws that, in some cases, are contradictory to the original, making the series more confusing. Some of these lines were re-recorded for the remastered 'Platinum Edition' DVDs in 2004. As a whole, however, the English-language adaptation was and has been primarily well-received by fans around the world, and several of its voice actors (most notably Tiffany Grant, who to this day enthusiastically publicizes her role as Asuka) delivered their career-defining performances in the series. Anime News Network's Theron Martin has stated that he considers Evangelion to be "the pinnacle of achievement in English voice work on an anime title", even stating that he found the Japanese track "uninteresting by comparison".^[1] Several quotes from the series - most famously "I mustn't run away" and "What are you, stupid?!" - have become iconic among English-speaking fans of the series.

In the United States, the television series was released on VHS (in both subtitled and dubbed versions) in 1997 and on DVD in 2000. The series was broadcast, subtitled, on San Francisco Bay Area PBS member station KTEH, and dubbed on ADV's VOD channel The Anime Network. The first two episodes were aired, after heavy editing, on Cartoon Network's Toonami block as part of a special called "Giant Robot Week" in 2003. Beginning October 20, 2005, the entire series was aired on the Adult Swim block. The Adult Swim run was only lightly edited, usually to remove the seven dirty words. However, the slides which reflect the character's feelings (originally in Japanese lettering) were replaced with English slides, with a slight delay to allow easier reading. The two movies, End of Evangelion and Death and Rebirth were never aired on Adult Swim, due to strong language, nudity, extreme graphic violence, and controversial subliminal imaging. It only aired on Starz in the U.S. for 3 years. Due to this, some fans never experienced the films in English, and the DVDs of these movies are uncommon to find at retail stores.

In the United Kingdom, the series and its accompanying films were released on VHS (dub only) and DVD by the British divisions of ADV Films and Manga Entertainment. It aired on the UK's Sci-Fi Channel during the summer of 2002. Although the show itself was unedited, the ending credits of early episodes were sped up in order to preview the next episode alongside the ending theme.

In 1998, Evangelion was the first anime series broadcast by Australia's SBS Television also airing in prime time. News of the broadcast slowly spread, and as a result, there was an upsurge of viewers midway through the season. This led to the unprecedented move of airing the series a second time from the beginning (SBS had acquired a licence to broadcast the series twice over), despite the fact the first airing had not yet completed. The success of Evangelion prompted SBS to gain the rights to several other anime series and the two Evangelion movies, which it later broadcast in their entirety. Australian distribution is handled by Madman Entertainment and licensed and released by Manga Entertainment. The former distributor was Siren Entertainment, who was also the former distributor for Manga Entertainment Australia.

Movies

Animated

Title	Release
Title	Japanese	English

Death and Rebirth	March 15, 1997	July 30, 2002
Notes: Death Rebirth
The End of Evangelion	July 19, 1997	July 30, 2002
Notes: 25'. Air (EPISODE 25': Love is destructive.) 26'. まごころを, 君に Magokoro wo, kimi ni; A Pure Heart for You (ONE MORE FINAL: I need you.)
Revival of Evangelion	January 2, 1998	Not released¹
Notes: DEATH(TRUE)² 25'. Air (EPISODE 25': Love is destructive.) 26'. まごころを, 君に Magokoro wo, kimi ni; A Pure Heart for You (ONE MORE FINAL: I need you.) Death & Rebirth and Revival of Evangelion are artifacts of the series' release history. Death & Rebirth consists of two halves: "Death", which is a clip show summarizing the TV series, and then "Rebirth" which is the unfinished first two thirds of The End of Evangelion. Revival of Evangelion is simply "Death" with the full version of The End of Evangelion attached to it, replacing "Rebirth". ¹ The English dub of Death & Rebirth, when released on DVD, contained the edit of "Death", "DEATH(TRUE)²"; Revival of Evangelion was not officially released in English-speaking territories in any Evangelion collection (or on its own) due to the rights to the Evangelion movies belonging to a different distributor than the TV series, unlike in Japan; in the United States, the rights to the TV series belonged to ADV Films (now Section23 Films) and the rights to the films to Manga Entertainment (this license has now lapsed; the English dub rights now belong to no-one).

2. Rebuild of Evangelion (2007–present)

- Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 (September 1, 2007; English dub released on November 17, 2009)
- Rebuild of Evangelion 2.0 (June 27, 2009; English dub released on March 29, 2011, however the film was screened in English-speaking countries at festivals with subtitles prior to this)
- Evangelion: 3.0 (TBA)
- Evangelion: Final (TBA)

(Rebuild of Evangelion is a series of four movies in the Evangelion universe. The first three movies will be alternate versions of TV episodes 1 to 24, while the last movie will be a completely new ending)

Live action

From the announcement and up to now, several incidents have been documented in relation to the making of the movie:

Development of a live-action film version of Neon Genesis Evangelion was announced in May 2003 by the Houston-based anime distributor ADV Films, who holds worldwide rights to the series outside of Asia and Australia, and Universal Studios would be the American distributor. The film will be made by ADV, Gainax, and Weta Workshop Ltd.. Its release is currently projected to occur at any time.

In December 2005, Fortune magazine reported in an article about ADV Films that it had raised "about half of the $100 million to $120 million" needed to produce the film.^[2] It's not completely clear if this money was raised by ADV alone or if part of that amount was contributed by Gainax.

As of November 2008, the project was considered to be in "development hell", as a director had yet to become available or announced officially. In a panel discussion at Tekkoshocon on April 2, 2006 featuring Matt Greenfield and wife Tiffany Grant, many aspects of the project were revealed:^[3]

Greenfield recalled that Weta approached ADV about a live-action Evangelion film after completing work on The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, but the work was delayed by King Kong and The Chronicles of Narnia.
It was revealed that three described "A-list" directors and several celebrities had approached the project, rather than the other way around, and the spec script was written by a writer of several other well-known science fiction films (though this is subject to be rewritten and tailored to the director's vision).
Greenfield also reiterated his belief that they did not want to make the film for profit, because they wanted to do it and have it done right (as with Lord of the Rings), and promised effort toward a trilogy of Evangelion films (as opposed to trying to condense the story into one film and lose vast amounts of material), similar again to the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Several alternative screenplays are being written, and only time will tell which scripts will be used in the final product.

At Anime Expo 2008, ADV founders Matt Greenfield and John Ledford, in response to a question over the progress of the live-action film, revealed they had hired the producer for Appleseed Ex Machina, Joseph Chu, and pitched the idea to other producers such as Jerry Bruckheimer and Steven Spielberg.^[4] They went on to say that interest in the project had been boosted by the success of the 2007 film Transformers.^[5]

In an Evangelion panel at Ohayocon in Columbus, Ohio on January 30, ADV director Matt Greenfield announced that several U.S. studios are competing for final rights to the project, meaning that actual production should begin soon. Matt Greenfield estimates that an official announcement, including naming the studio, the director, and perhaps casting information, would be made within the next 9 months. During the opening ceremony of the Anime Central Convention 2009, when asked about the movie, Matt Greenfield said that it would be made "soon, and I'm not kidding", clarifying that he is unable to give further details as "the closer he gets to sealing the deal the less he can say anything about it".^[6]

Books

Newtype 100% Collection

A 1997 collection of Newtype Japan's NGE coverage, and in particular NGE artwork^[7]

Evangelion: Death & Rebirth theatrical pamphlet

The Evangelion: Death & Rebirth theatrical pamphlet was a limited edition supplementary booklet distributed in Japanese theaters during Evangelion: Death & Rebirth's initial run.

End of Evangelion theatrical pamphlet

The End of Evangelion theatrical pamphlet (nicknamed the "Red Cross Book" by overseas fans) was a limited edition supplementary booklet distributed in Japanese theaters during The End of Evangelion's initial run. The contents of the book described many areas of the Evangelion storyline that the series left unclear. It is GAINAX-sanctioned, and thus considered canon.

Der Mond and Die Sterne

These are art books published by Gainax through Kadokawa Shoten. They include various artwork, although only a few are cells from the original animation. The titles are in German and respectively translate to "The Moon" and "The Stars".

Der Mond is dedicated to art by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and features many renditions of Evangelion characters as well as concept artworks and character designs and notes from Sadamoto about the art. It also features artwork from other Sadamoto projects. Die Sterne has a more broad focus, including a variety of Evangelion-themed artwork that appeared in other media or on various products such as model kit boxes or calendars. Many of the images that are not promotional art for the anime are pieces of artwork from other popular Japanese animators and manga artists that were created following the series' success, and other works by Sadamoto (such as Nadia, or Fatal Fury 2).^[8] It includes a section of art by Sadamoto and has been rereleased as Die Sterne Ver. 2.0.

2015//The Last Year of Ryohji Kaji

Published in 1997 through Newtype, this rare combination photo/text book profiles Ryōji Kaji via 16 "documents" left by him. These letters, notes, and poems provide some additional insight into Kaji's character. The photographic portion is meant to represent pictures taken by Kaji during his mission, and features digitally-altered pictures, which include the EVAs, Angels, and other series-related objects. The text is written by TV series screenwriter Hiroshi Yamaguchi, and the photographs were taken by Ichiro Kamei. Despite being a limited edition Japan-only publication, some of the text is in English.

Manga

Main article: List of Neon Genesis Evangelion manga volumes

Videos

Genesis 0:0

In The Beginning
The Light From The Darkness

Soundtracks and music

For all soundtracks and music in detail, see Music of Neon Genesis Evangelion.

CD albums

Album	Release
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION	October 22, 1995
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION II	February 16, 1996
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION III	May 22, 1996
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION ADDITION (Limited/regular edition)	December 21, 1996
EVANGELION:DEATH	June 11, 1997
Evangelion Symphony (エヴァンゲリオン交響楽, Evangerion Kōkyōgaku^?)	July 6, 1997
THE END OF EVANGELION	September 26, 1997
エヴァンゲリオン·クラシック-1 (EVANGELION CLASSIC)	October 22, 1997
~refrain~ The songs were inspired by Evangelion"	November 6, 1997
EVANGELION-VOX	December 3, 1997
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION:S² WORKS	December 4, 1998
EVANGELION-THE DAY OF SECOND IMPACT-	September 13, 2000
Evangelion: The Birthday of Rei Ayanami	March 30, 2001
Refrain of Evangelion	July 24, 2003
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION DECADE	October 26, 2005
Music from "Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone"	September 26, 2007
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Original Soundtrack	May 21, 2008
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance Original Sound Track	July 8, 2009

CD singles

Album	Release
残酷な天使のテーゼ (Zankoku na tenshi no te-ze)	October 25, 1995
FLY ME TO THE MOON	October 25, 1995
魂のルフラン (Tamashii no rufuran)	February 21, 1997
THANATOS-If I can't be yours-	August 1, 1997
残酷な天使のテーゼ/FLY ME TO THE MOON	March 26, 2003
魂のルフラン/THANATOS-If I can't be yours-	May 24, 2006

DVD-Audio albums

NEON GENESIS EVANGELION (December 22, 2004)
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION II (December 22, 2004)
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION III (December 22, 2004)
EVANGELION:DEATH (December 22, 2004)
THE END OF EVANGELION (December 22, 2004)

Video games

Neon Genesis Evangelion has spawned a number of computer games. Aspects of Evangelion have made numerous appearances in the Super Robot Wars series by Banpresto. First included in Super Robot Wars F Final, characters and mecha from Evangelion have since become extremely popular parts of the series, and have appeared in Super Robot Wars Alpha, Alpha 3, MX, and other releases. None of the Neon Genesis Evangelion video games were released in English.

RPG/Adventure

Game	Release	Platform
Game
Neon Genesis Evangelion: 1st Impression		Sega Saturn
Notes: This was the first Evangelion video game, produced for the Sega Saturn shortly after the TV series and released in 1996. Set after ASUKA STRIKES!, Shinji is badly injured by an Angel which appears only in 1st Impression and suffers amnesia. After attempting to regain his memory by sparring with Asuka in Unit 02, he must defeat the Angel. It features RPG elements and FMV clips for combat; most of the animation is original to 1st Impression, with the voices of the original Evangelion seiyū as well as content recycled from the TV series.^[9]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: 2nd Impression	1997	Sega Saturn
Notes: A Sega Saturn game that focuses mainly on Shinji and Mayumi, featuring RPG-style gaming and combat with the structure of an episode.^[10]
Girlfriend of Steel	1998	Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PC
Notes: also known as Iron Maiden A game released by Gainax as an extra 'episode' in the series, positing a further development along the lines of a set of manned Jet Alone robots. It focuses mainly on Shinji and Mana.
Neon Genesis Evangelion 64	1999	Nintendo 64
Notes: A game for the Nintendo 64, released by Bandai in 1999, covering the entire span of the TV series and movies as a combat and RPG game. It features the main fights from the original anime and uses multiple voice clips and images from the original series.
Neon Genesis Evangelion 2	2003	PlayStation 2
Notes: A Bandai/Alfa System game for PlayStation 2 based on the entire run of the TV series and movies, featuring RPG style story interaction and combat. It includes things such as F-Type equipment and a new version of the Jet Alone project.
Shinji Ikari Raising Project (碇シンジ育成計画, Ikari Shinji Ikusei Keikaku^?)	2004	PC)
Notes:
Girlfriend of Steel 2	2005	PlayStation 2, PC
Notes: also known as Iron Maiden the 2nd Released by Gainax, the game is based on the 'normal life' section of the dreams of Shinji Ikari in the final episode of NGE. Unlike Girlfriend of Steel, it takes place in a complete alternate universe. This game inspired a manga series, which set most of the Evangelion characters in a "normal" schoolyard romantic comedy/drama series.
Secret of Evangelion	21 December 2006; PlayStation 2 2007; PSP	PlayStation 2, PSP
Notes: An RPG/adventure game which retells the end of the Evangelion plotline, introducing the new characters of NERV investigator Kenzaki Kyouya and dummy-plug research scientist Kaga Hitomi.^[11]
Detective Evangelion	January 18, 2007	PlayStation 2
Notes: BROCCOLI originally planned to release the game on November 22, 2006, but delayed the release till January 18, 2007 (with early orders coming with picture puzzles as a result). This non-canonical game combines mecha fights with a whodunit murder mystery.^[12] The game fully introduced the Evangelion First-Type and Evangelion Second-Type and was the first to use both Evangelion Unit 01 and Shinji Ikari to battle the enemies. A comic based on the game was serialized in Shōnen Ace starting in December 2006^[13]
Evangelion: Battle Orchestra	June 28, 2007
Notes: a fighting game produced by Broccoli.

Mahjong Games

Game	Release	Platform
Game
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Eva and Good Friends The Stripping Project! (新世紀エヴァンゲリオン - エヴァと愉快な仲間たち : 脱衣補完計画^?)	1999	Windows)^[14]
Notes: strip mahjong game
Neon Genesis Evangelion Mahjong Hokan Keikaku	2000	Game Boy Color
Notes:
The Stripping Project Complement / Eva and Good Friends: CDROM (脱衣補完計画/シンジと愉快な仲間たちセレクトCD-ROM^?)	2000	Windows & Macintosh^[15]
Notes: A strip mahjong game.
The Stripping Project Complement / Eva and Good Friends: CDROM2 (脱衣補完計画/シンジと愉快な仲間たちセレクトCD-ROM2^?)	2001	Windows & Macintosh^[16]
Notes: A strip mahjong game.

Card games

Game	Release	Platform
Game
Shinji and Good Friends	1999	PC
Notes: A series of computer card games.
Neon Genesis Evangelion Digital Card Library	1997	Sega Saturn
Notes:
Daifugo (シンジと愉快な仲間たち爆烈大富豪^?, Eva and Good Friends) ^[17]
Notes:

Miscellaneous

Game	Release	Platform
Game
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Collector's Disk Series
Notes: A 3-disk collection of ~550 NGE official artwork, advertisements, cels from the TV series & OP animation, sound clips, a screen saver etc.^[18]
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Typing Project-E	1999	Dreamcast, PlayStation 2
Notes:
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Shito Ikusei	1999	Bandai Wonderswan
Notes:
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Typing Hokan Keikaku	2001	Dreamcast
Notes:
Ayanami Raising Project (綾波育成計画, Neon Genesis Evangelion:Ayanami Rei Ikusei^?)	2001	PC & Dreamcast
Notes:
Ayanami Raising Project with Asuka Complement Project (綾波育成計画 withアスカ補完計画, Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku with Asuka Hokan Keikaku^?)	2003	PlayStation 2
Notes: Similar in style to the Princess Maker game series, the player is tasked with looking after Rei or Asuka. Decisions made by the player affect their personality and development, thus affecting the story of Evangelion and even changing the conclusion.
Misato Katsuragi's Reporting Plan	2009	PlayStation 3
Notes: A strategy/puzzle game^[19]
Evangelion MAGI Angel Attack	2010	iPhone/iPod Touch
Notes: A NGE themed memory game

GAINAX is planning to release a game for mobile phones and has begun a contest for designing a new character that will be introduced in the game.^[20]
A web browser game, Browser Evangelion Shin Gekijōban , based on the Rebuild movies was announced in October 2011 for a 2012 release^[21]; it will be free but supported by microtransactions^[22].
Grasshopper Manufacture, 2011; the PSP game Evangelion 3nd Impact (a Japanese pun^[23])

Pachinko

There are Evangelion themed pachinko (pinball gambling machine) and pachisuro (pachinko-like slot machine) offered at pachinko parlors.

CR Neon Genesis Evangelion (Pachinko)^[24]
CR Neon Genesis Evangelion Second Impact (Pachinko)^[25]
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Pachisuro)
CR Neon Genesis Evangelion —Kiseki no Kachi wa— (Pachinko)^[26]
Evangelion: Locus of the Soul on PSP and Nintendo DS^[27]
Easy Victory Pachinko * Pachi-Slot Walkthrough Series Portable Vol. 1: Neon Genesis Evangelion (6th in console sales in 6 June 2010)^[28]

Records in Japan

Around the time the first movies were going to be released, the popularity of the series in Japan was exceptionally high. So called "Evangelion boom" was spread beyond the small niche of anime fans, making the title record breaking in many aspects. As of 2007, the total sales volume of an article concerned exceeded 150,000,000,000 yen.^[29] Below are some of the records in Japan.

Contents	Records	Notes
Evangelion: Death and Rebirth, movie	¥ 1,100,000,000	Distributor's revenue.
The End of Evangelion, movie	¥ 1,450,000,000	Distributor's revenue.
Zankoku na Tenshi no These, CD single	1,000,000 copies	Total of 2 versions.
Refrain of Soul, CD single	800,000 copies
Neon Genesis Evangelion OST	No.1 on Oricon chart	The third anime soundtrack in history to hold the No.1 place.
Rei; Asuka; Shinji; Kaworu, Neon Genesis Evangelion library photobooks	2,000,000 copies	Total of 4 books.
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Newtype 100% collection	250,000 copies
eve, Goddesses of 2015, Neon Genesis Evangelion photo file	170,000 copies
Nerv Hakusho, Neon Genesis Evangelion RPG (book)	70,000 copies
Neon Genesis Evangelion, the manga series	15,000,000 copies	Current total of 11 volumes.
CR Neon Genesis Evangelion, pachinko	100,000 machines at 11,000 parlors
CR Neon Genesis Evangelion Second Impact, pachinko	130,000 machines at 12,600 parlors

**As of July, 1997:**
Contents	Records	Notes
VHSs and LDs	2,560,000 copies	Total of 10 volumes.
Filmbooks (graphical episode guides)	3,600,000 copies	Total of 9 volumes.
Model kits	1,520,000 boxes
Video games	1,000,000 copies	Total of 2 titles.
Trading cards	90,000,000 cards

References

External links

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Franchise	Anime episodes Manga chapters Angelic Days Petit Eva: Evangelion@School Campus Apocalypse

Films	Death and Rebirth The End of Evangelion Rebuild of Evangelion 1.0 2.0 3.0

Video games	Ayanami Raising Project Shinji Ikari Raising Project Girlfriend of Steel 2nd Neon Genesis Evangelion 2 Shinji and Good Friends Battle Orchestra Misato Katsuragi's Reporting Plan

Characters	Shinji Ikari Rei Ayanami Asuka Langley Soryu Misato Katsuragi Gendo Ikari Kaworu Nagisa

Other	Evangelions Angels Music "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" "Fly Me to the Moon" "Beautiful World"