The Original · Continuity A
Neon Genesis Evangelion
EssentialSeries1995
Twenty-six episodes. A boy is told to pilot a machine to save the world, and the show slowly stops being about that at all.
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Can you skip Neon Genesis Evangelion?
No. It carries part of the main Evangelion throughline, and what comes after it assumes you have seen it. See the full Evangelion order.
Evangelion guides
Where it sits in the Evangelion order
- Release order
- #1 of 7
- Chronological order
- #1 of 7
- Released
- 4 October 1995
- In-universe era
- The Original Telling
What to watch next
In release order
First in this order
Evangelion: Death & RebirthIn chronological order
First in this order
Evangelion: Death & RebirthMore from The Original
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