The BEST episodes written by Hideaki Anno
#1 - Introjection
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 19
Distraught after the battle, Shinji vows to never pilot an Eva again and quits NERV once more. Just as he's about to leave, another Angel attacks.
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#2 - Ambivalence
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 18
Unit 03 arrives from the United States, but Shinji still doesn't know who its pilot is. During testing, NERV learns Unit 03 is possessed by an Angel.
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#3 - Splitting of the Breast
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 16
While in battle, Shinji and Unit 01 are engulfed in the spreading shadow of an Angel. As NERV fears them both lost, Shinji has a strange experience.
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#4 - Rei II
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 6
As the Fifth Angel drills toward NERV, Misato leads Operation Vashima: All of Japan's power will be diverted to take out Ramiel with a positron rifle.
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#5 - Weaving a Story 2: oral stage
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 20
After achieving an unheard of synchronization rate, Shinji merges with Unit 01. While he has an out of body experience, NERV works to salvage him.
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#6 - The Beginning and the End, or "Knockin' on Heaven's Door"
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 24
Kaworu Nagisa, the Fifth Child, comes to NERV to pilot Unit 02 in Asuka's place. He's friendly to Shinji, but he's shrouded in mystery.
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#7 - Rei III
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 23
Despite her struggles, Asuka is ordered to assist Rei in battle against Armisael. When she fails, Rei makes a desperate move in order to save Shinji.
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#8 - The Beast
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 2
After piloting the Eva Unit 01, Shinji wakes up in the hospital with no memory of the battle. Feeling sorry for him, Misato lets him move in with her.
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#9 - Those women longed for the touch of others' lips, and thus invited their kisses.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 15
For the first time in years, Shinji meets his father at his mother's grave. Ritsuko, Misato and Ryoji attend a wedding and Asuka goes on a date.
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#10 - Asuka Strikes!
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 8
Shinji and his friends accompany Misato to meet Eva Unit 02 and its pilot Asuka at sea. Misato's old friend Ryoji Kaji is aboard with his own agenda.
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#11 - Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 9
Asuka and Shinji face another Angel but it gets the upper hand. They now have six days to learn synchronized moves to destroy it completely.
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#12 - He was aware that he was still a child.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 21
Seele kidnaps Fuyutsuki and interrogates him about NERV and Gendo's true intentions, revealing events from the past. Ryoji goes missing.
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#13 - Don't Be.
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 22
Asuka's synchronization ratio continues to drop, undermining her self-confidence. Determined to show her worth, she ignores orders during battle.
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#14 - She said, "Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred."
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 12
With Gendo and Fuyutsuki in Antarctica, a newly promoted Misato is in charge when a new Angel appears about the Earth, aiming to bomb Tokyo-3.
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#15 - The Day Tokyo-3 Stood Still
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 11
Tokyo-3 loses power just as another Angel is detected. The Eva pilots must enter the base from the surface while NERV preps the Units manually.
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#16 - Lilliputian Hitcher
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 13
An Angel infiltrates NERV, quickly taking over the MAGI supercomputer, Ritsuko proposes writing a program to forcibly evolve Ireul to its extinction.
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#17 - Rei I
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 5
Unit 00's pilot Rei Ayanami appears to have recovered, but she has no friends, no records of her past, and no interest in getting to know Shinji.
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#18 - A Transfer
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 3
Word gets around school that Shinji is the Eva pilot; his classmate Toji resents him for it. An Angel appears and Shinji must pilot in combat again.
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#19 - Angel Attack
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 1
In the year 2015, an Angel returns to attack on Tokyo-3. Misato Katsuragi transports Shinji to the NERV base overseen by his estranged father, Gendo.
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#20 - A Human Work
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 7
Ritsuko tells Shinji about the classified true cause of the Second Imapct. Then she and Misato attend the field test for an Eva competitor mecha.
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#21 - Magmadiver
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 10
NERV learns of an Angel in dormant embryonic form inside a volcano. Using equipment designed for magma, Asuka is sent to retrieve it with Unit 02.
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#22 - Fourth Child
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 17
NERV-02 in Nevada vanishes, along with the Eva Unit 04. With Unit 03 on the way, Gendo orders Ritsuko to assign a pilot to it.
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#23 - Weaving a Story
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 14
As Seele reviews NERV and Gendo's actions with the Third through Eleventh Angels, Ritsuko conducts a test in which the Eva pilots switch Units.
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#24 - Take care of yourself
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 26
The Human Instrumentality Project continues. Shinji must decide whether to accept a world alone, or embrace connections with others.
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#25 - Do you love me?
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Season 1 - Episode 25
The Human Instrumentality Project begins, and the souls of humanity merge. The Eva pilots confront the nature of their existence as reality dissolves.
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#26 - His Circumstances
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 3
Things have been good between Arima and Yukino for the past few weeks but lately Arima has been acting strange. He's been very distant and it almost seems like he's purposefully ignoring Yukino... what is it that's changed so suddenly?
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#27 - The Subjectivity of Happiness
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 13
Tsubasa decides to go home, but her loathing for her father getting remarried is renewed upon meeting her future stepbrother... a punk-rocker named Kazuma. How could she ever possibly relate to someone so completely different?
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#28 - Her Difficult Problem
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 4
Confessing your love for someone can be very tricky... and it's not any easier for Yukino!
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#29 - The Location of Happiness
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 12
Tsubasa has holed up at Yukino's house and refuses to go home. Tsubasa's father is remarrying and it's been hard for her to come to terms with the idea.
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#30 - Your Voice That Changes Me
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 6
Arima and Yukino lead very similar lives despite their differences... but how will their bond stand against the test of time? While Yukino feels as if she's been liberated of her guise of perfection.
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#31 - Eternal Interspersion
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 16
The Miyazawa family heads off to meet grandpa... an ill-tempered old man who's got it in for Yukino's father!
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#32 - Their Secret
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 2
Yukino's inadvertently made a fool of herself in front of Arima and now he's blackmailing her! Getting her to do his work, act as his slave... she's just about at her wit's end!
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#33 - Her Day
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 8
Arima and Yukino both have the day off from school so they decide to meet up over at Arima's place. But that's not the whole story...
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#34 - Everything Starts Now
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 10
The class has sided with the scheming Maho and they all decide to give Yukino the "silent treatment." As time goes on and it appears that things won't change, Yukino knows that she'll have to confront her saboteur and put an end to the harassment... but how?
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#35 - Their Estrangement
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 7
The newest test scores have been posted and Yukino and Arima's scores weren't up to their typical standard.
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#36 - Atonement for Postponed Debts
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 9
Two jealous rivals emerge to sabotage Yukino! The first girl, Maho, resents her popularity and attempts to unmask Yukino's superficiality to the whole school...
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#37 - At the End of the First Semester
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 11
Summer has arrived and it's a time of separation. Arima is going away for a Kendo tournament while Yukino has made new friends. Even Tsubasa has taken a liking to Yukino, but something's not right... she's grown a little too attached.
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#38 - Progress
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 18
Arima's feelings for Yukino are beginning to build up and he knows now, more than anything, he wants to take their relationship to the next level...
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#39 - Day of Labyrinth
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 5
A new boy has just transferred to Yukino and Arima's school... Asaba. He's pretty handsome and charismatic, so it doesn't take long for him to rise in popularity, but he's got a real problem with Yukino.
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#40 - His Return
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 17
Hearing from her friends that Arima has changed a lot over the summer, Yukino bemoans over the fact that she hasn't changed at all and that she can't seem to get her feelings sorted well when it comes to him.
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#41 - Her Circumstances
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 1
Yukino Miyazawa is the model student and she absolutely craves all the attention and admiration it gets her.
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#42 - 14 Days: Act 4
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 22
After reading the Aya's play, Yukino decides that she'd like to participate in it.
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#43 - 14 Days: Act 3
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 21
Aya has finished her script for the culture fest play, but neither Yukino nor Maho are eager to participate. All the while, Tonami has begun to make his mark on Tsubaki. She begins to suspect who he really is.
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#44 - 14 Days: Act 5
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 23
Yukino's organizational talents shine as the play really starts to come together. Meanwhile, Tonami's plot for revenge against Tsubaki isn't going as well as he'd hoped...
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#45 - A Different Story From So Far
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 24
Yukino has changed a lot since meeting Arima, but Arima still feels that he himself hasn't changed much at all.
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#46 - 14 Days: Act 1
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 19
Yukino isn't all that interested in the culture fest until she finds out that the class that puts on the best show gets the test notes of a student who went on to Tokyo University!
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#47 - 14 Days: Act 2
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 20
Tonami had a tough childhood... he was constantly sick, being bullied, but the worst of it was all Tsubaki's fault. Now he's back and he's determined to throw it back in her face!
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#48 - The Story So Far: Part 2
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 15
Arima's absence has been hard on Yukino, but she's not the only one. Asaba's had it tough as well...
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#49 - The Story So Far: Part 1
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 14
Yukino and Arima's story up to this point is revisited.
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#50 - 14 Days: Act 6
His and Her Circumstances - Season 1 - Episode 26
The final episode. As tensions rise over Arima's jealous and over-protective nature, Tonami begins to realize that his desire to get Tsubaki to notice him was one born out of an emotion different from hate.
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