7.8/1020 votes#1 - He Was Aware that He Was Still a Child.
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/21/1996
Kouzou Fuyutsuki is kidnapped and interrogated by Seele, who are horrified over the results of the last encounter with an Angel. He recounts his past, providing flashbacks into the creation of Nerv. The pasts of Misato Katsuragi, Ritsuko Akagi, Rei Ayanami and Yui Ikari are also revealed. Ryouji Kaji, meanwhile, decides to find out the truth, no matter the cost.
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Akio Satsukawa
7.6/1025 votes#2 - Rei II
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/8/1995
Continuing from the previous episode, the Angel Ramiel is drilling down into the GeoFront to attack NERV HQ directly. After Shinji barely survived a direct confrontation with it, Misato devises a plan to have EVA-00 and EVA-01 defeat the Angel by sniping it from a distance using a positronic rifle which requires the total electric output of Japan to power up.
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: N/A
7.5/102 votes#3 - Requiem from the Dead – Elise
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 11/19/2000
While in the old schoolhouse, Satsuki hears a haunting melody drifting through the halls. The only trouble is the lack of a pianist! It seems that if Satsuki hears the melody a total of four times, she'll die. The gang saddles up to put the ghostly piano to sleep.
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
7.4/1021 votes#4 - She said, 'Don't make others suffer for your personal hatred.'
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 12/20/1995
Misato has been promoted to Major, but the celebration does not last long. A monstrous Angel appears in Earth orbit right when Gendo and Fuyutsuki are away, leaving her and the children to deal with a colossal kamikaze threatening to drop itself right on top of Tokyo-3.
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Akio Satsukawa
7.2/1027 votes#5 - A Transfer
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/18/1995
Shinji begins attending his new school in Tokyo-3, and has a difficult time dealing with the fame of being an Evangelion pilot. Touji Suzuhara, who's little sister was injured in Shinji's fight against the Angel, is angry at Shinji. A new Angel appears, and Shinji must once again pilot EVA-01 to defeat it.
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Akio Satsukawa
7.2/106 votes#6 - The Great Sacrifice
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 12/12/1999
On the day of the nationwide mock exam, Onizuka, who accidentally witnessed the kidnapping of Mrs. Ota's daughter Hidemi, heads for rescue after the exam. The purpose of the kidnappers was to take a behind-the-scenes video of Hidemi to put pressure on the public works projects of her father, a member of parliament. At that time, Fuyutsuki and Murai were screaming at Onizuka, who never appeared at school.
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
7.1/107 votes#7 - Conspiracies All Around
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/25/1999
Uehara's mother, the PTA chairman of Seirin Gakuen, boarded the school. Uehara, who was terrified by the revenge of the Yoshikawa bullying, told his mother, who is also an education critic. Onizuka, in a crisis of desperation, Yoshikawa, who is usually weak, makes a decision after worrying that "Is it because of me that Onizuka was in a pinch?"
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
7.0/101 votes#8 - The Devil's Spell – Rite of Darkness
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/18/2001
Satsuki falls in with a bad crowd, or it might be better to say coven. Several girls at her school conspire to cast spells together, and she reluctantly joins in. But when one of them goes missing, and no one seems to remember the girl's very existence, Satsuki knows this isn't just any ordinary fad!
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Akatsuki Yamatoya
6.9/1024 votes#9 - Magma Diver
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/6/1995
The EVA pilots are disappointed to find out that they are not allowed to go on their class trip to Okinawa, because they have to stay at Tokyo-3 to stay on-call in case of an Angel attack. Meanwhile, a new Angel is discovered in a chrysalis-like developmental stage deep within the magma of the volcano Mount Asama.
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Akio Satsukawa
6.8/106 votes#10 - Studies in High Finance
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/23/2000
One day, "Fujiyoshi Koji" is asked by the grade chief, Mr. Sakurada, to collect money from the forest school. The total amount of money collected is 1.12 million yen. I know that the money was entrusted to me by everyone in the class, but Fujiyoshi, who had a watch he really wanted, used up the money. However, on the way back, he loses the rest of the money somewhere. Around that time, for some reason, the same amount of money that Fujiyoshi lost was 1.12 million yen from Onizuka's jacket.
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Yoshiyuki Suga
5.5/102 votes#11 - 14 Days: Act 5
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 3/5/1999
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...
Director: Hiroyuki Ishido
Writer: Hideaki Anno
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"He Was Aware that He Was Still a Child." is the best rated episode directed by Hiroyuki Ishido. It scored 7.8/10 based on 20 votes. It was written by Akio Satsukawa. It aired on 2/21/1996 and is rated 0.2 points higher than their second-best episode, "Rei II".