"Shin seiki evangerion" (1995) TV series 1995-1996

Creator:

Hideaki Anno
(more)

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

4 October 1995 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Plot:

A young boy finds himself recruited as a member of an elite team of teenage giant-robot pilots by his father.

Plot Keywords:

Giant Robot | Mecha | Christian Mythology | Self Deception | Self Hatred

Cast

Spike Spencer	...	Shinji Ikari (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Allison Keith	...	Misato Katsuragi (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Sue Ulu	...	Ritsuko Akagi (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Amanda Winn Lee	...	Rei Ayanami (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Tiffany Grant	...	Asuka Langly Soryu (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Tristan MacAvery	...	Gendo Ikari (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Guil Lunde	...	Kozo Fuyutsuki (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Matt Greenfield	...	Makoto Hyuga (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kendra Benham	...	Maya Ibuki (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jason Lee	...	Shigeru Aoba (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Enrique Cervántes	...	Narrator / ... (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jesús Colín	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Jessie Conde	...	Kozo Fuyutsuki (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Irwin Daayan	...	Kensuke Aida (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Pedro de Aguillón	...	Seele Member (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Norma Echavarría	...	Asuka Langley Soryu (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Enzo Fortuny	...	Makoto Hyuga (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Miguel Ángel Gligliazza	...	Seele Member (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Maru Guerrero	...	Ritsuko Akagi (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Olga Hindey	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Circe Luna	...	Rei Ayanami (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Paco Mauri	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Enrique Mederos	...	Toji Suzuhara (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Arturo Mercado	...	Seele Member (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Marcos Patiño	...	Additional Voices (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Toni Rodríguez	...	Misato Katsuragi (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Esteban Siller	...	Keel Lorenz (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Humberto Solorzano	...	Gendo Ikari (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Sarah Souza	...	Hikari Horaki (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Ricardo Tejedo	...	Shigeru Aoba (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Víctor Ugarte	...	Shinji Ikari (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Alma Wilheleme	...	Maya Ibuki (26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Joe Pisano	...	Toji Suzuhara (18 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kurt Stoll	...	Kensuke Aida (18 episodes, 1995-1996)
Aaron Krohn	...	Ryoji Kaji (17 episodes, 1995-1996)
Carol Amerson	...	Hikari Horaki (17 episodes, 1995-1996)

Series Directed by
Kazuya Tsurumaki		(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Hideaki Anno		(2 episodes, 1996)
Masayuki		(2 episodes, 1996)
Hiroyuki Ishidô		(1 episode, 1995)
Tsuyoshi Kaga		(1 episode, 1995)
Tensai Okamura		(unknown episodes)
Masahiko Ôtsuka		(unknown episodes)
Keiichi Sugiyama		(unknown episodes)

Series Writing credits
Hideaki Anno		(26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Tiffany Grant		(26 episodes, 1995-1996)
Akio Satsukawa		(16 episodes, 1995-1996)
Hiroshi Yamaguchi		(5 episodes, 1996)
Shinji Higuchi		(4 episodes, 1996)
Yoji Enokido		(3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Matt Greenfield		(2 episodes, 1996)

Series Produced by
John Ledford	....	executive producer (21 episodes, 1995-1996)
Mark Williams	....	executive producer (21 episodes, 1995-1996)
Shuuji Uchiyama	....	animation producer (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Motoki Ueda	....	animation producer (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Hiroyuki Yamaga	....	animation producer (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Noriko Kobayashi	....	producer (2 episodes, 1996)
Yutaka Sugiyama	....	producer (2 episodes, 1996)

Series Original Music by
Shirô Sagisu		(2 episodes, 1996)

Series Cinematography by
Yoichi Kurato		(2 episodes, 1996)

Series Film Editing by
Sachiko Miki		(7 episodes, 1995-1996)
David Grundy		(2 episodes, 1996)

Series Art Direction by
Hiroshi Kato		(2 episodes, 1996)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shinji Higuchi	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1996)
Masayuki	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1996)
Kazuya Tsurumaki	....	assistant director (2 episodes, 1996)

Series Art Department
Harumi Takahoshi	....	color setting / color checker / ... (5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Hideaki Anno	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kiichi Hadame	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Masayuki	....	storyboard artist (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kazuya Tsurumaki	....	storyboard artist (2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Yuka Izumisawa	....	color checker (2 episodes, 1995)

Series Sound Department
Matthew Crawford	....	dialogue editor (17 episodes, 1995-1996)
Toru Noguchi	....	sound effects: ANIME Sound (5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Keith Arem	....	sound recordist (2 episodes, 1996)
Hideyuki Tanaka	....	sound (2 episodes, 1996)

Series Special Effects by
Noriyuki Ohta	....	special effects (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kou Yamamoto	....	special effects (2 episodes, 1995)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Naohisa Haijima	....	animation camera operator: Cosmos (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Motoaki Ikegami	....	animation camera operator: Cosmos (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Hiroshi Noguchi	....	animation camera operator: Cosmos (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Noriko Suzuki	....	animation camera operator: Cosmos (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Junji Yaitabashi	....	animation camera operator: Cosmos (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Koichi Furusawa	....	animation camera operator: Cosmos (2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Yuichi Ono	....	animation camera operator: Cosmos (2 episodes, 1995-1996)

Series Animation Department
Masayuki	....	animator: ending animation / animator / ... (7 episodes, 1995-1996)
Shigeki Sunada	....	key animator / animator (6 episodes, 1995-1996)
You Yoshinari	....	key animator / animator (6 episodes, 1995-1996)
Hidenori Fukuoka	....	key animator / animator (5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Takeshi Honda	....	animator / key animator / ... (5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Naoya Furukawa	....	animator / key animator (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Shinya Hasegawa	....	animator / key animator (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Shirô Kudaka	....	animator / key animator (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kazuya Kuroda	....	animator / key animator (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Hideyuki Morioka	....	animator / key animator (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Noriko Morishima	....	animator / key animator (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Katsuichi Nakayama	....	animator / key animator (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Toshiya Washida	....	animator / key animator (4 episodes, 1995-1996)
Hideaki Anno	....	mecha design / animator / ... (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Yasuhiro Aoki	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Toshiyuki Fujisawa	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Makoto Furuta	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Nobuhiro Hosoi	....	animator / chief animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Taizô Iino	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Isamu Imakake	....	animator / assistant character designer / ... (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Mitsuo Iso	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Keiji Itô	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Takeshi Konakawa	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Akemi Koyama	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kengo Kunieda	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kenji Kuroyanagi	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Shôichi Masuo	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Nobutoshi Ogura	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Shûji Sakamoto	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Ikuo Shimazu	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Keiko Shimizu	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Shinji Sowa	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kôji Sugiura	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Shunji Suzuki	....	animator / chief animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Hiroki Takagi	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Shin'ya Takahashi	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Manabu Tanzawa	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kazuya Tsurumaki	....	animator / assistant character designer (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Akitoshi Yokoyama	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1995-1996)
Yoshitô Asari	....	assistant character designer (3 episodes, 1995)
Tadashi Hiramatsu	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1996)
Kenji Irie	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1996)
Yasuhiro Kamimura	....	animator / key animator (3 episodes, 1996)
Michiko Fujita	....	ink and paint artist / ink and paint artist: Tatsunoko Color Center (2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Eiko Kitazume	....	ink and paint artist / ink and paint artist: Tatsunoko Color Center (2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Kiyoko Momose	....	ink and paint artist / ink and paint artist: Tatsunoko Color Center (2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Chieko Odaka	....	ink and paint artist / ink and paint artist: Tatsunoko Color Center (2 episodes, 1995-1996)
Yuka Izumisawa	....	ink and paint artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Seiji Kio	....	assistant character designer (2 episodes, 1995)
Yasutaka Kondo	....	background artist: Studio Bihou (2 episodes, 1995)
Hikari Mitsuzuka	....	ink and paint artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Jun Okabe	....	background artist: Studio Bihou (2 episodes, 1995)
Yoon Ho Take	....	ink and paint artist (2 episodes, 1995)
Masahiro Andô	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Yoshinobu Aohachi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Mariko Aoki	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Kayoko Dôta	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Keiji Gotoh	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Masaaki Gotô	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Kaoru Haruguchi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Harukazu Hashimoto	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Shirô Hisadaka	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Yoshihito Hishinuma	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Hiroyoshi Iida	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Katsuki Ikeda	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Yuriko Ikehara	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Takeshi Imamura	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Toshiyuki Inoue	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Kôji Itô	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Megumi Kagawa	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Hajime Kamikura	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Hiroshi Kamogi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Takashi Kaneyama	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Shûji Kawakami	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Fumitomo Kizaki	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Yûko Kobayashi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Tomonori Kogawa	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Ken'ichi Konishi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Shinsaku Kôzuma	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Eiichi Kuboyama	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Issei Kume	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Misuzu Kurata	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Mamoru Kurosawa	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Ikuo Kuwana	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Hidenori Matsubara	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Norio Matsumoto	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Tamako Miyanishi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Hiroaki Motoigi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Shinji Munekazu	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Yasushi Muraki	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Kayoko Nabeta	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Akiko Nagashima	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Yutaka Nakamura	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Munehori Nawa	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Miyako Nishida	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Tensai Okamura	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Hiroshi Ôkawa	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Yasuhiro Ôkubo	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Kazuyoshi Onoda	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Manabu Ono	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Takashi Ono	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Atsuko Ôtani	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto	....	character designer (2 episodes, 1996)
Tsunenori Saitô	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Takashi Sano	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Mamoru Sasaki	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Shinsaku Sasaki	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Masahiro Sekiguchi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Tomoaki Seki	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Eriko Shibata	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Kazuko Shibata	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Satoru Shigeta	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Shôhei Sotoyama	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Jûrô Suga	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Shin'ya Tachiyama	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Koichi Taguchi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Hideki Takahashi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Tooru Takahashi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Heita Takaoichi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Kiichi Takaoka	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Yuichi Tanaka	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Kenji Tôjô	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Akira Watanabe	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Hideo Watanabe	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Keisuke Watanabe	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Motoki Yagi	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Akemi Yamada	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Ikuto Yamashita	....	mecha design (2 episodes, 1996)
Atsushi Yamazaki	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Miyako Yatsu	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Himiko Yoshida	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Makoto Yoshida	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Naoya Yoshikawa	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)
Hideaki Yoshio	....	animator (2 episodes, 1996)

Series Music Department
Bart Howard	....	composer: song "Fly Me To The Moon" (2 episodes, 1996)

Series Other crew
Tomoko Takahashi	....	production assistant (5 episodes, 1995-1996)
Ken Andô	....	production coordinator (3 episodes, 1995)
Yudo Ohishi	....	production desk (3 episodes, 1995)
Kuni Kimura	....	script translator (2 episodes, 1996)
Mahiro Maeda	....	creature designer: "angels" / creature designer: Angels (2 episodes, 1996)
Hiroki Sato	....	publicist (2 episodes, 1996)

Production Companies

• Gainax
• NAS
• TV Tokyo
• Tatsunoko Productions Company

Distributors

• King Record Co.
• ADV Films (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Adult Swim (????) (USA) (TV)
• Animax (????) (Japan) (TV)
• Canal Caracol (2000) (Colombia) (TV) (dubbed)
• Cartoon Network (????) (USA) (TV)
• Dybex (????) (France) (TV)
• Dynit (2003) (Italy) (DVD)
• Locomotion (????) (Brazil) (TV)
• MTV Italia (2001) (Italy) (TV)
• Sci-Fi Channel, The (????) (UK) (TV)
• Section 23 Films (2009) (USA) (DVD)
• Selecta Vision

Special Effects

• Anime Sound (sound effects)

Other Companies

• Anime Sound Production  sound effects
• Audio Tanaka  sound production
• Gainax Shop  computer graphics production
• Gainax  planning
• Green  background art
• Maki Production  titles
• Marasa Production  secondary animation
• Marasa  cel painting
• Production I.G.  animation
• Project Eva  created by
• Star Child Recording  music production
• Studio ArgoShip  secondary animation
• Studio Bihou Art Design  background art
• Studio Cosmos  photography
• Studio DEEN  secondary animation
• Studio Ghibli  animation
• Studio Jungle Gym  secondary animation
• Tatsunoko Color Center  cel painting
• Tatsunoko Color Center  ink and paint
• Tavac Studio  recording
• Tokyo Laboratory Co. Ltd.  film processing

Also Known As:

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japan: English title) (USA) (video title)
Evangelion (International: English title) (short title)
New Century Evangelion (literal English title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Italy:VM14 (DVD rating) | USA:TV-14 | USA:TV-MA (some episodes) | South Korea:15 | Peru:14 | Argentina:16 | Denmark:16 (DVD rating) | Argentina:18 | Colombia:18 | Mexico:B (some scenes can shock) | Australia:MA (episodes 24-26) | Australia:M (episodes 1-23) | Canada:14A | Spain:13 | UK:18 (some episodes) | UK:15 | Germany:16 (DVD rating)

Company:

Gainax

Trivia:

The kanji used in Shinji and Gendou's last name (Ikari) means "Anchor".

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: It is impossible to tell where the Evas are housed and launched from. Launch shafts can be seen in several episodes - mostly straight, but with several angled sections - which imply that it must be somewhere between the Earth's surface and the ceiling of the GeoFront. However, in episode 19, it is shown that Eva cages are at the HQ level (at the bottom of the GeoFront). Moreover, it takes only a minor amount of time for the characters to travel from HQ to the Eva cages (as in episodes 1 and 6).

Quotes:

Kaworu Nagisa: [to Shinji] You must seize the future. It is what you live for!

Movie Connections:

Remade as Evangelion 3 (2010)

Soundtrack:

Zankoku na Tenshi no Têze

Despite its flaws, this is a great series

Although Eva begins like almost any mech anime series, it quickly transcends the traditional bounds typical of such anime and becomes a fascinating piece of character study in an apocalyptic setting. While the action is sometimes excessive and often takes away from the psychological aspect, the premise itself is quite fascinating.

Eva heavily borrows from various religious dogma, and that is one of the reason it has a mystical, albeit often nonsensical atmosphere (Lance of Longinus is an example of religious allegory which misfired). Lots of time is spent on various pseudo-technological scenes, the only good thing about that being that it nicely contrasts with the religious thematics. "Fan Service" was also mostly unnecessary.

Overall, Eva is a fascinating anime but does not fulfill all of its potential. The characters, although are fascinating and have great interaction, are static (although the writers try to make them seem dynamic) and their emotional makeup sometimes does not smoothly flow from episodes to episodes.

Nonetheless, despite its flaws, this is a great series. It grabs onto the viewer like few others, and only later can be analyzed without bias. Saying that it is thought-provoking would be an understatement. Everyday life is beautifully juxtaposed with the apocalyptic motifs, creating a nostalgic feel (which is especially worthy of praise because the anime takes place in the future). It is vague yet involving, impressionist in the sense that it affects the viewer like no other. Great musical score raises it above many others. Although a detailed unbiased analysis may show multiple flaws in various areas, as a whole Evangelion is amazing. Recommended to anyone who can appreciate art as a whole without looking too much into specific details, and is involving even after multiple viewings.

9/10