- 7.5/1027 votes
#1 - Rei I
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 11/1/1995
EVA-00 is finally repaired, and Shinji tries to get to know its enigmatic pilot, Rei Ayanami, better. However, he is confounded because she is extremely insular, has no friends at all, and the entire record of her past has been erased. In the midst of this, a very powerful Angel, the floating monolith Ramiel, attacks Tokyo-3.
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
Writer: Akio Satsukawa
- 7.2/1024 votes
#2 - A Human Work
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/15/1995
Ritsuko briefs Shinji on the real nature of Second Impact, the Angels, and the Evangelions' mission to defeat them. Misato and Ritsuko attend the public demonstration of a new Angel-fighting robot, Jet Alone, built by a rival defense contractor to NERV. However, the nuclear-powered robot quickly runs out of control, and Shinji must use EVA Unit 01 to load Misato onto Jet Alone so she can she can enter in its automatic shutdown code, before it melts down in a nuclear explosion.
Director: Keiichi Sugiyama
Writer: Yoji Enokido