
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Platinum Edition (Renewal of Evangelion)
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1.Episode 01: Angel Attack
04-10-199526 minShinji Ikari is summoned to NERV by his cold father, Gendo Ikari, who tells him he has a use for him. At the same time, a giant being known as an "Angel" also arrives in New Tokyo-...

2.Episode 02: The Beast
11-10-199526 minThe city is saved and clean up and rebuilding begins. Now needing a place to stay, Shinji is taken in by the beautiful Misato Katsuragi who has presided over him since his arrival....

3.Episode 03: A Transfer
18-10-199526 minA heavy regimen of training inside Unit-01 begins, and more secrets about "Second Impact" and the Angels are revealed. Shinji starts his first day at a new school and meets two cla...

4.Episode 04: Hedgehog's Dilemma
25-10-199526 minShinji runs away from Misato and NERV after hurting each other in their attempt to be closer. Their relationship is described as the "hedgehog's dilemma," wherein the closer they b...

5.Episode 05: Rei I
01-11-199526 minRei Ayanami begins the second activation experiment with Unit-00 after a disastrous activation 22 days previously. Much like Gendo, she displays little emotion, even after being se...

6.Episode 06: Rei II
08-11-199526 minEva-01's first encounter with the fifth Angel goes badly. While Shinji heals, Misato displays her tactfulness by organizing Operation Yashima, which involves utilizing all the elec...

7.Episode 07: A Human Work
15-11-199526 minThe mystery around Second Impact and the Evas is partially revealed. Misato and Ritsuko head off to see the activation of the pilot-less robot Jet Alone. However, the giant nuclear...

8.Episode 08: Asuka Strikes!
22-11-199526 minMisato along with Shinji and his classmates Toji and Aida fly to a navy battle group, which is transporting the newly assigned production model Eva-02. The group meets the new pilo...

9.Episode 09: Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
29-11-199526 minAsuka and Shinji face off against the seventh Angel, which ends up being able to split into two halves. Their only way to defeat it is by vigorously training to perform a perfectly...

10.Episode 10: Magma Diver
06-12-199526 minThe three Children take time off at a NERV pool, where Asuka teaches Shinji about thermal expansion. Inside the volcano Mt. Asama, the eighth Angel is discovered in its larval form...

11.Episode 11: The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
13-12-199526 minThe day starts off with everyone doing normal chores, but things are cut short when the power mysteriously goes out in Tokyo-3. The three Children must find their way back to headq...

12.Episode 12: She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred."
20-12-199526 minA flashback to the Second Impact shows a young Misato being placed into an escape capsule as the area is decimated. Back in the present, Misato is promoted to Major, which prompts...

13.Episode 13: Lilliputian Hitcher
27-12-199526 minRitsuko begins running a series of diagnostics on the three MAGI supercomputers, afterwhich she tests the Eva pilots who must be nude inside simulation Evas. Some corrosion is dete...

14.Episode 14: Weaving a Story
03-01-199626 minThe members of SEELE hold a meeting to go over the events that have happened so far, recapping the encounters with each Angel. They give Gendo a warning about following their plans...

15.Episode 15: Those Women Longed For the Touch of Others' Lips, and Thus Invited Their Kisses
10-01-199626 minKaji makes a trip to Kyoto for a secret meeting, as Asuka goes out on a blind date and Shinji and Rei stay after class to clean up. The next day Shinji visits the grave of his moth...

16.Episode 16: Splitting of the Beast
17-01-199626 minWhile going through another series of synchronization tests, all three Eva's are launched when the 12th Angel makes its appearance. Conventional weapons prove useless as Unit-01 si...

17.Episode 17: Fourth CHILD
24-01-199626 minMisato is interrogated by SEELE about the latest encounter with the Angels. It is learned the second branch of NERV in Nevada has vanished when a prototype S2 engine was installed...

18.Episode 18: Ambivalence
31-01-199626 minAs Eva Unit-03 is flown into Japan, Misato and Ritsuko await its arrival. Kaji is left to take care of Shinji and a distraught Asuka while Misato is away. With the reluctant Fourth...

19.Episode 19: Introjection
07-02-199626 minAfter the traumatic events within the thirteen Angel, Shinji refuses to leave Unit-01, forcing Gendo to render him unconscious. Vowing to never pilot again and facing criminal char...

20.Episode 20: Weaving a Story 2: oral stage
14-02-199626 minThe aftermath of the last Angel attack has left NERV and the Evas completely disabled to the dismay of SEELE. But while Rei and Asuka are safe, Shinji has disappeared inside his Ev...

21.Episode 21: He was aware that he was still a child
21-02-199626 minVice-Commander Fuyutsuki has gone missing, and Misato is held captive with Kaji as the prime suspect. Fuyutsuki is being questioned by SEELE, who recounts his first involvement wit...

22.Episode 22: Don't Be
28-02-199626 minA flashback shows Asuka as a child and the death of her mother. In the present her synch ratio is falling to the concern of Ritsuko and Misato. She takes out her frustration on Rei...

23.Episode 23: Rei III
06-03-199626 minAs Misato mourns the loss of Kaji, Asuka becomes more withdrawn from the world. The sixteenth Angel shows up and Rei is launched to fight it, but when Shinji arrives to help, she m...

24.Episode 24: The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
13-03-199626 minShinji is depressed over the ruin of Tokyo-3 and all his friends who have left. A boy appears nearby who reveals himself to be Kaworu, the fifth Child. They become close friends as...

25.Episode 25: Do you love me?
20-03-199626 minWith the final Angel destroyed, Shinji struggles with his decision to kill Kaworu. He ponders why he pilots Eva; is it for the sake of mankind or simply to receive sympathy from ot...

26.Episode 26: Take care of yourself.
27-03-199626 minAs Instrumentality continues, Shinji feels he can disappear from existence because he is unwanted. Without piloting Eva, he is useless, without an identifier. Now in a world of not...

27.Episode 21 (Directors' Cut) He was aware that he was still a child.
22-10-200326 minVice-Commander Fuyutsuki has gone missing, and Misato is held captive with Kaji as the prime suspect. Fuyutsuki is being questioned by SEELE, who recounts his first involvement wit...

28.Episode 22 (Directors' Cut): Don't Be
22-10-200326 minA flashback shows Asuka as a child and the death of her mother. In the present her synch ratio is falling to the concern of Ritsuko and Misato. She takes out her frustation on Rei...

29.Episode 23 (Directors' Cut): Rei III
22-10-200326 minAs Misato mourns the loss of Kaji, Asuka becomes more withdrawn from the world. The sixteenth Angel shows up and Rei is launched to fight it, but when Shinji arrives to help, she m...

30.Episode 24 (Directors' Cut): The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
22-10-200326 minShinji is depressed over the ruin of Tokyo-3 and all his friends who have left. A boy appears nearby who reveals himself to be Kaworu, the fifth Child. They become close friends as...
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