According to Anno, "as the symbols are mixed together, for the first time something like an interrelationship or a meaning emerges". For the closing theme song, staff decided to use an existing song, " Fly Me to the Moon" by Bart Howard, with original arrangement and interpretation.

The song reached number two on Oricon's weekly charts, [124] and received platinum certification for selling 250,000 physical copies [125] and diamond certification for one million certified digital sales. Ten months prior to the television broadcast of Evangelion, the character designer Yoshiyuki Sadamoto illustrated a manga version of the story, initially a supplement meant to promote the anime series.According to a file on the album Refrain of Evangelion, Misato's theme also has an unusual tune compared to the other soundtracks in the series; however, since Sagisu also participated in the composition of the music for the variety show Waratte iitomo! The End of Evangelion won first place in 1998, [187] making Neon Genesis Evangelion the first anime franchise to win three consecutive first place awards. Japanese critic Manabu Tsuribe considered that Evangelion was "extremely interior and is lacking in sociality, so that it seems to reflect pathology of the times. Following the conclusion of the series' original television broadcast, the public and critical reception to Neon Genesis Evangelion was polarized, [170] particularly with regard to the final two episodes. This equipment was used by both Evangelion Unit-02 (Rebuild) and Evangelion Unit-08 and their individual pods were painted to match the users color.

It features music composed by Shirō Sagisu, edited for film length, as well as the film's theme songs performed by Hikaru Utada and three bonus songs. The original home video releases in Japan included VHS and Laserdisc sets using a release structured around "Genesis 0:(volume number)", with each of the first twelve releases containing two episodes each. Early into the production, he stated his intent to have Evangelion increase the number of anime fans, named otaku in Japanese, and attract interest in the anime medium [29] bringing a breath of fresh air to the mecha genre. Shinji and Nerv's crew must defeat the remaining fourteen Angels to prevent the Third Impact, a global cataclysm that would destroy the world. Without training, Shinji is quickly overwhelmed, causing the Evangelion to go berserk and savagely kill the Angel on its own.

On November 2, 2021, GKIDS released the TV series, Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion on all major digital download services six days ahead of the Standard Blu-ray release. The ninth volume contained Death(true)², while the tenth included End of Evangelion (omitting Rebirth).

In the United States, it debuted at number 111 on the Billboard 200 [253] and number 8 on Top Album Sales with almost 9,000 sales. On 7 September 2018, songs from the two albums were performed by the Tokyo Kosei Wind Orchestra at the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre under the direction of Masamichi Amano. Orin Starchaser of Ex stated that he enjoyed the album's first 22 tracks, such as "The Heady Feeling of Freedom" and "Good, or Don't Be", but as with the previous album, he criticised its repetition and the flatness of the various versions of "Fly Me to the Moon". Outside of Japan, Geneon Entertainment released the album in January 2004 in an edition including all of the original tracks.All music is composed by Shirō Sagisu unless specified Track listing: Neon Genesis Evangelion III (CD3) No.

The series also contains references to philosophical and psychoanalytic concepts, such as the oral stage, introjection, oral personality, ambivalence, [87] and the death drive, [88] including elements of the works of Sigmund Freud, [89] [90] Arthur Schopenhauer, [91] [92] and Søren Kierkegaard. The first release was included inside a special cardboard case and accompanied by previously unreleased official illustrations. Elements of the Judeo-Christian tradition also feature prominently throughout the series, including references to Adam, Lilith, Eve, the Lance of Longinus, [74] the Dead Sea Scrolls, [75] the Kabbalistic concept of Adam Kadmon, and the Tree of Life. You’ve got the groove parts, a big chorus, some french lyrics, a big breakdown, a thrash part and a solo. Anno thought that the original scenario was not suitable for broadcasting, and he feared censorship.However, after Shinji and Rei successfully defeat the Angel Ramiel, she takes a friendly liking to him. All music is composed by Shirō Sagisu unless specified Track listing: Neon Genesis Evangelion II [169] No.