Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection | Hideaki Anno | 1997 | ACMI collection

Set in 2015, in a post-holocaust world, with half the population annihilated, this made for television animated series mixes science fiction, action, mystery and adventure with humour. Evangelion is the name of the most powerful combat weapon ever made by man, but one that requires a young human pilot to manipulate it. As the human race cowers in subterranean cities, a deadly war is raged between survivors and the mysterious beings known as Angels. As the Angels and the Evangelions engage in deadly battle, the mystery of why the earth was attacked remains unsolved.

Works in this group

Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:1. Eps. 01-04

Japan, 1997

Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:2. Eps. 05-08

Japan, 1997

Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:3. Eps. 09-11

Japan, 1997

Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:4. Eps 12-14

Japan, 1997

Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:5. Eps. 15-17

Japan, 1997

Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:6 Eps. 18-20

Japan, 1997

Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:7 Eps. 21-23

Japan, 1997

Neon Genesis Evangelion Collection 0:8 Eps. 24-26

Japan, 1997

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Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

co-producer

Noriko Kobayashi

Yutaka Sugiyama

director

Hideaki Anno

production company

Gainax

Project EVA

TV Tokyo

Production places

Japan

Production dates

1997

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

S01470

Languages

English

Japanese

Audience classification

PG

Subject categories

Adaptations

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Manga

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television - Japan

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television series

Animation

Animation → Anime

Animation → Manga

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Adventure and adventurers

Crafts & Visual Arts → Comic books, strips, etc.

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Adolescence

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Dystopias

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adolescence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children

Fantasy & Science Fiction

Fantasy & Science Fiction → Extraterrestrial beings

Fantasy & Science Fiction → Fantasy

Foreign language films

History → Adventure and adventurers

Literature → Comic books, strips, etc.

Literature → Japanese literature - Film and video adaptations

Literature → Science fiction

Magic, Occult & Supernatural → Dystopias

Magic, Occult & Supernatural → Fantasy

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Extraterrestrial beings

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Robots

Television

Television → Television - Japan

Television → Television series

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

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