THE LIBRARY

Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's own formula: Ideon plus Devilman, divided by two.

Bart Howard's standard in a new arrangement almost every week, more than thirty versions, under Shiro Sagisu's classical threaded score.

The 1995 Gainax television series that reset mecha anime: giant robots, teenage pilots, and an ending that split its audience in two.

The 1997 film that gave the television series a second, far harsher ending, and why both endings still coexist.

Four films, one familiar opening, and a story that quietly walks away from the original. What actually changes, film by film.

Release order, the two endings, and where the Rebuild films fit. A plain viewing route for first time watchers and returning ones.

Hideaki Anno, Gainax, and the small team whose personal and financial pressures became part of the work itself.

The character designer's own retelling, started before the anime aired and finished eighteen years later. How it is collected in Japan and English.

Same Angels, different Shinji. The concrete changes Sadamoto made, from the opening chapter to the final volume.

The alternate school life manga spun out of a two minute sequence in the final television episode, explained for collectors sorting the spinoffs.

Raising Project, Campus Apocalypse, Shinji Ikari Detective Diary and more. A map of the licensed spinoffs and which ones reached English.

The Genesis 0 volumes, rental and retail tapes, and why the Japanese LaserDiscs became the franchise's first deluxe objects.

From ADV's VHS tapes to the Ultimate Edition Blu-ray box. A field guide to the main English language releases and their Japanese counterparts.

The 2019 worldwide streaming debut brought a new translation, a new dub, and a missing end theme. What was altered and why fans noticed.

Saturn dating sims, a Nintendo 64 action game, PlayStation adventures and rhythm and pachinko machines. The Japanese game line, mapped.

The 1999 Bandai game that turned the Angel battles into duels, and why it is the one Evangelion game Western collectors chase.

Der Mond, Die Sterne, the Groundwork volumes and the Newtype collections. The art book shelf, organised by what each book actually contains.

Sadamoto's ordinary teenagers against Yamashita's restrained giants. How the two design languages create the show's central tension.

From Sachiel to Kaworu: what the Angels are, why they arrive one at a time, and how their designs break the monster tradition.

The series that turned the giant robot inward. Its concrete effects on budgets, character writing, and the next decade of anime.

Shiro Sagisu's score, the classical borrowings, A Cruel Angel's Thesis, and the end theme that licensing made famous.

Catalogue numbers, credit blocks, obi strips and version numbers. A practical identification guide for Japanese and English Evangelion media.

A starter shelf that covers all three continuities without chasing rarities: the series box, the film, the manga, and one art book.

Thrice Upon a Time closed a 26 year story in 2021. What the final Rebuild film resolves, and how its ending differs in spirit from 1997.

The franchise that never left: pachinko machines, convenience store campaigns, and a merchandise economy that kept Evangelion current for three decades.