TOONZONE:
NEON GENESIS EVANGELION

THE STORY:
CHARACTERS BIOS:
TECHNICAL DATA:
Characters' Voice Actors
Guides (TV/OVAs/etc)
Production Notes
CURIOUS NOTES:
CREDITS:
* = Data taken from the Anime Web Turnpike. USED PROVITIONALLY.

 

Cast: (voice keys point to seiyuu index)

  Shinji Ikari ............................... Megumi Ogata  vOgM
  Rei Ayanami .......................... Megumi Hayashibara  vHaM1
  Souryuu Asuka Langrey ..................... Yuko Miyamura  vMiY4
  Kaoru Nagisa ............................... Akira Ishida  vIsA0
  Misato Katsuragi ....................... Kotono Mitsuishi  vMiK4
  Ritsuko Akagi .......................... Yuriko Yamaguchi  vYaY2
  Shigeru Aoba ............................ Takehito Koyasu  vKoT4
  Kensuke Aida ............................ Tetsuya Iwanaga  vIwT
  Ryouji Kaji ............................ Kouichi Yamadera  vYaK1
  Hikari Horaki ................................ Junko Iwao  vIwJ
  Maya Ibuki ................................ Miki Nagasawa  vNaM1
  Touji Suzuhara ............................ Tomokazu Seki  vSeT0
  Gendou Ikari ........................... Fumihiko Tachiki  vTaF0
  Makoto Hyuuga ................................ Hiro Yuuki  vYuH
  girl A .................................... Yuko Miyamura  vMiY4
  announce ................................ Akiko Hiramatsu  vHiA0
  Keel Lorentz ................................... Mugihito  vMUG
  soldier ............................. Tomomichi Nishimura  vNiT1
  soldier .................................. Hidenari Ugaki  vUgH1
  soldier .................................... Hiroshi Naka  vNaH1
  couple in theater ....................... Hirokazu Nagano  vNaH0
  Shirou ................................ Yoshitada Ohtsuka  vOhY2
  O.T.R. Admiral ...................... Tomomichi Nishimura  vNiT1
  nurse ................................. Miyuki Matsushita  vMaM7
  Asuka's father ........................... Toshihiko Seki  vSeT1
  Asuka's mother ........................... Maria Kawamura  vKaM4
  female doctor ............................ Masako Katsuki  vKaM3
  professor ................................. Yutaka Ohyama  vOhY3
  committee member ......................... Ryuuzou Ishino  vIsR1

Description:

  Shinji Ikari arrives in Tokyo-3 to find an empty city.  The 14   
  year old boy doesn't have much time to ponder this before he     
  finds himself in the middle of a battle between the Self Defense 
  Forces and an "Angel".  In the middle of this, his ride arrives  
  in the form of Misato (the girl that Shinji was told to wait     
  for).  Shinji is here because he was summoned by his father..the 
  commander of NERV.  Shinji is the chosen pilot for a great robot 
  called Evangelion.  Thrust into the middle of the battle, the    
  unprepared and frightened Shinji will have to use EVA-01 to      
  defeat the Angel.  This is a series which pulls together such    
  diverse elements as giant robots, secret experiments, child      
  psychology, great monster battles, and the Dead Sea Scrolls,     
  among other things, to create an extraordinarily complex and     
  involving epic story.  Shinji is the "3rd Child", one of a very  
  special group of 14 year olds who are the ONLY ones who can      
  pilot Evangelion.  This aspect is only part of the mystery and   
  helps to illustrate the complexity present in this series.       
  Besides, this series has Misato...a beautiful woman who is the   
  NERV combat commander...*and* she owns a penguin!  :-)           
  NOTE: The word "Angel" is used extensively throughout the series 
    in English, but in Japanese, shito (Disciple) is used (i.e.    
    the Disciples present with Jesus at the Last Supper).          
  NOTE: If you think I got even a tenth of what this series is     
    about in this entry...you have GOT to be kidding :-).  There   
    are many action episodes, but also a lot of important dialogue 
    throughout.  Watching with a script, or a subtitled/dubbed     
    version is highly recommended.                                 

Release Info:

  1996 TV series - 26 episodes.  The last two are particularly     
    introspective and don't provide much of a closure for the      
    series.  They are director Hideaki Anno's personal vision of   
    Evangelion.                                                    
  OAV series - 26 episodes.  This is the video release of the TV   
    series.  Another version of the last two parts (25,26) will    
    replace the original TV episodes.  Created in response to fan  
    disappointment/confusion over the original closing episodes.   
  "Evangelion: DEATH"     movie.  This is an original story.       
  "Evangelion: REBIRTH"   movie.  Original story.                  
  "Evangelion: REBIRTH 2" movie.  Original story.