Neon Genesis Evangelion

Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japanese: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン Shin Seiki Evangerion) is an anime television series, begun in 1995, directed and written by Hideaki Anno, and produced by Gainax. It takes place in 2015 AD, fifteen years after the catastrophic Second Impact, reportedly caused by a meteor strike, which wiped out half of Earth's population and tilted its axis. Just as humanity finished its recovery from this disaster, Tokyo-3 began suffering attacks by strange monsters referred to as Angels. Conventional weapons are useless against the Angels, and the only known defense against them are the biomechanical mechas created by the paramilitary organization NERV, the Evangelions (Evas).

Composition

Evangelion consists of 26 television episodes which were first aired on TV Tokyo from October 4, 1995, to March 27, 1996, and was followed by two movies: ' and The End of Evangelion, each first screened in 1997. Death and Rebirth is essentially a highly condensed re-edit of the series (Death) plus the first half of The End of Evangelion (Rebirth), while The End of Evangelion is a fully developed extension to the end of the series. The two movies were subsequently re-edited and re-released as a single movie, Revival of Evangelion (1998).

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TV Tokyo - October 4 - 1995 - March 27 - 1996 - The End of Evangelion - 1997 - Revival of Evangelion - 1998

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In the United States, the television series is distributed on DVD by ADV Films, while the movies are distributed by Manga Entertainment. Most of the voice actors used in the English dubbed versions are the same in each version. The series was one of a small number of anime to have the honor of being broadcast on San Francisco Bay Area PBS member station KTEH, and has also been broadcast on The Anime Network. Two episodes were aired on Cartoon Network's Toonami block as part of a special called "Giant Robot Week", and it was recently announced that the entire series will be aired on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim block Thursday nights at 12:30 starting October 20, 2005.

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United States - ADV Films - Manga Entertainment - Dubbed - San Francisco Bay Area - PBS - KTEH - The Anime Network - Cartoon Network - Toonami - Giant Robot - Adult Swim

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