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Neon Genesis Evangelion is an anime series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production and directed by Hideaki Anno. It began broadcasting in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 4, 1995, and ended on March 27, 1996. Evangelion is an apocalyptic storyline [1] set in the mecha genre.
From Asuka's arrival onward, however, Evangelion features several elements of boys' manga, named shōnen, such as effort, friendship, and victory over enemies. [75] All three of these themes are present in the installment: Asuka and Shinji strive together on synchronicity, solidarity is created between the two, and they win against the Angel.
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Japanese: 新世紀エヴァンゲリオン, Hepburn: Shinseiki Evangerion, lit. ' New Century Evangelion ' in Japanese and lit. ' New Beginning Gospel ' in Greek), also known as Evangelion or Eva, is a Japanese mecha anime television series produced by Gainax, animated by Tatsunoko, and directed by Hideaki Anno.
Teenager Shinji Ikari is the pilot of Evangelion Unit-01, one of several giant cyborgs designed to fight hostile supernatural entities called Angels.Shinji is distraught after having had to kill his friend, Kaworu Nagisa, who revealed himself as an Angel in human form.
Shinji's temporary resignation from Nerv is a tribute to the television series The Prisoner, [71] [72] Junichi Sato compared the third and the fourth episode of Evangelion to Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, [73] while critic Mario Pasqualini likened the scene in which Shinji stops near a Jizō statue to a similar sequence in the film My Neighbor ...
Asuka's pride is wounded by Shinji's achievement and provokes him, Shinji decides to attack the enemy alone but is absorbed with his Evangelion Unit-01 into its shadow. Ritsuko Akagi , head of Nerv's scientific department, determines Leliel exists on a higher dimension of existence, which can only be explained using abstract mathematical concepts.
Elsewhere, Shinji and Misato in a car train descend deep underground into a Geofront. Shinji is taken to the hangar of a giant mecha named Evangelion, where he is shown Unit 01, the first test type of the Eva series, as Gendo appears above. Shinji learns he has been summoned to pilot Unit 01 into battle against the Angel.
In Petit Eva: Evangelion@School, Shinji is portrayed as a boy "frightened by the idea of growing up" but popular among the students of Tokyo-3's Municipal Nerv High School. [94] In Evangelion: Detective Shinji Ikari, Kaji and Kaworu are portrayed as private investigators whom Shinji asks for help and investigates a mysterious case. [95]