NEON GENESIS EVANGELION

         Hello beautiful people!

Today I bring you an anime series for your delight. While it is an anime dating back to 1995, it has come to life again as its first season was released alongside its movies on Netflix.

Neon Genesis Evangelion (新 世紀 エ ヴ ァ ン ゲ リ オ ン) Shin Seiki Evangerion or known simply as Evangelion, is an anime created by Gainax studio and directed by Hideaki Anno. It was released in 1995 in Japan and has a duration of 25 minutes per chapter.

The story takes place in a futuristic world in which a paramilitary organization called NERV protects humanity from attacks by beings of unknown origin and nature, called the "Angels", using for this purpose humanoid robots called "EVAS". 

It all goes back to 1999 when a cataclysm called "The Second Impact" occurred in Antarctica, as a result of an incident caused by these "Angels". Much of the Earth was devastated by the phenomenon, and half of the population succumbed to the catastrophe, therefore, the NERV organization and its "EVAS" were created, but they have the peculiarity that they only can be piloted by children and each model has a single pilot designed, thus presenting the main characters of this masterpiece:

• Shinji Ikari is the son of the head of NERV, he is a young man who was abandoned when he was little by his father, Gendo Ikari, who left him in the custody of a teacher. Therefore he does not have a good relationship with him, he is the pilot of the Eva-01 unit and throughout the series, he is seen questioning his decisions and analyzing his inner self. Anno describes him as "a boy who shrinks from human contact", and that "he is convinced that he is an absolutely unnecessary person, so much so that he cannot even commit suicide". 
  
  
• Rei Ayanami is the "First Child" designated to pilot the Eva-00 unit. At the beginning of the story, Rei is an enigmatic figure whose unusual behavior confuses everybody. As the plot of the series progresses, she begins to see herself more related to the people around her, Rei will reveal herself as the key factor in the events that conclude the historical plot.
  
  
• The exalted and combat-loving Asuka Langley is the designated pilot for the Eva-02 unit while being named the second child. She is of Japanese and American descent but spent most of her childhood in Germany, her mother participated in a contact experiment with Eva-02, and although she physically survived the test, she was mentally damaged, bringing with it emotional consequences for Asuka that are reflected in the plot.

ORIGIN AND PRODUCTION

Plans to do the series at the Gainax studio began in July 1993, extending production until 1996. Hideaki Anno worked as a director, co-producer, co-designer, and character co-writer with Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, as well as co-director. artistic with Hiroshi Kato. Deputy director Kazuya Tsurumaki, screenwriter Akio Satsugawa and art designer Ikuto Yamashita, who created the EVA designs together with Anno, also participated, while the producers were Noriko Kobayashi and Yutaka Sugiyama. The animations were part of Production I.G and Studio Ghibli studios, as well as Tokyo TV and Tatsunoko.

Hideaki Anno had suffered a severe depression in the period before the production of the series, which greatly influenced its content. Initially, it was proposed that, with Anno's ideas, the production should be attractive enough to increase the number of "otakus" in society and thus remove them from the prevailing isolation that existed in anime fans. For this reason, the plot was conceived as a battle between humans and gods.

The script for the series was developed during the broadcast of the series because only part of the conceptual plot had been approved. Thus, the evolution of Evangelion was influenced by fan comments and Hideaki Anno's rethinking, as well as the lack of time that occurred towards the end of the series.

AWARDS

The series ended with incredible popularity among its fan base. In 1995, the series won the Anime Grand Prix, an award given by Animage magazine after surveying its readers. The series was again awarded this award in 1996, receiving 2,853 votes. The End of Evangelion would win the award again in 1997, making the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise the first anime to win three consecutive awards.

The song "Zankoku na Tenshi no Teeze" (opening of the series) won in 1995 and 1996 the most popular award; Rei Ayanami has proclaimed the most popular female character in 1995 and 1996, just as Shinji Ikari was chosen as the most popular male character.

I can conclude that among the most outstanding we have: The plot, which goes from the simple to the complex, the animation, the mix between the biological and the organic, excellent music, including Beethoven's Hymn to Joy and the sequences of action (vertigo). For me, one of the most complete and highly developed anime that was very close to becoming the greatest milestone of the time, however, in my opinion, Evangelion is one of those series that mark you, that make you think and think, and it appears every so often.

Here you have the list of episodes, and in the end, you can see the links to watch the chapters online, both in Spanish and subtitled in Spanish.

List of episodes:

Episode 1: Angel Attack

Episode 2: An Unknown Roof

Episode 3: The phone that never rings

Episode 4: Rain, after the flight

Episode 5: Rei, on the other side of her heart

Episode 6: The Deciding Battle / New Tokyo District 3 - Rei II

Episode 7: Built by Men

Episode 8: Asuka arrives in Japan

Episode 9: One moment, one mind in unison

Episode 10: Immersed in magma

Episode 11: In the Still Darkness / Beyond the Dark

Episode 12: The Value of a Miracle

Episode 13: The Angel Invasion

Episode 14: Seele, the place of the spirits / Weaving a story

Episode 15: Lies and Silence / Craving for Kisses

Episode 16: On the verge of death and later, deadly disease

Episode 17: Fit to be the chosen room

Episode 18: Choosing a Destination / The Judgment of Life

Episode 19: Boy's Fight / Boy's Fight

Episode 20: The Mirror of the Soul / The Shape of the Mind

Episode 21: The Birth of NERV

Episode 22: At least act like a human

Episode 23: Rei III - Tears

Episode 24: The Last Envoy

Episode 25: A World That Ends

Episode 26: The beast crying out for love from the center of the world

Link N.G.E. Spanish sub HERE

Link N.G.E. Spanish HERE

I hope you like it as much as I do

XOXO Li.