What order should I watch Evangelion in?

FloatsBoats said:
TV series then Death and Rebirth then End of Evangelion first.

yazio said:
+1.
After that, they are all in order:

Evangelion: 1.0
Evangelion: 2.0
Evangelion: 3.0

ElPysCongroo said:
DO NOT WATCH DEATH AND REBIRTH. It is completely pointless, it does a very poor recap of the series and then proceeds to have 30 mins of the beginning of EoE for no reason other than to waste your time.

yazio said:
It explains/set ups a lot of the metastory of the series, and the reason it has 30 mins of the beginning of End of Evangelion is because it came out 4 months before it and that part was later used to make the movie.

jayss said:
Episodes 25 and 26 don't matter.

Kolnikov said:


LOL, the original ending is much better than EoE. Either way, watch the TV series (if I'm not wrong, there's a ''renewal''), skip Death and Rebirth and go for The End of Evangelion. Watch the Rebuilds if you want crap (just kidding, but that's not Evangelion, they just called that way for money).

ex_necross said:


Because they are meaningless with End of Evangelion, as it replaces them. Episode 26 is a literal slideshow.

I actually like the episodes, but for most people watching those 2 episodes will only worsen their Evangelion experience.

Nicoreos said:
ITT: "If you didn't get Evangelion, you're a mentally retarded abortion and deserve to die off the face of the Earth."

Kolnikov said:


It does not replace the original ending, they're different. Watch again.

Nicoreos said:
ITT: "If you didn't get Evangelion, you're a mentally retarded abortion and deserve to die off the face of the Earth."

Because 2 years later this still seeps after I've been told that.

PS: The chick wasn't trolling. She was doing it to others too, not just me. Thank God she's not active anymore.

Negative-Travis said:
Start with Death and Rebirth, then watch the TV series backwards from episode 24 until you get to episode 12. Then watch 1, 4, 5, 9, 6, 2, 10, 3, 11, 7, and finally 8. Episodes 25 and 26 don't matter.
After you finish the TV series, watch The End of Evangelion in reverse.

Disregard the Rebuild movies, they're a scam perpetrated by the accountant that did the budgeting for the original show to cash in on the latent popularity of the franchise.

It definitely provides an alternative ending

Kolnikov said:
Really, how can you say they're the same if both have different perspectives, angles, aesthetics, and approach? What's wrong with watching both endings for God's sake? Of course the endings aren't unrelated, but they're different. Saying it's the same thing doesn't comput.

cupc said:
Well, we seem to have a different idea of what different means. Yes, they are visually very different. But both endings eventually arrive to the same conclusion, if I remember correctly. Although I think the movie does it way better.

Kolnikov said:


I wouldn't say that

cupc said:


Really? I should probably re-watch the series at some point then. I still remember EoE clearly, having seen the ending multiple times in YouTube, but all I remember from the episode 26 slideshow is the legendary omedetou.

Swaprin said:
I'm am very lost, I'm trying to buy evangelion DVDs and I don't know where to start I mean I under stand rebuild is different from the original series and that rebuild is a quadtrilogy but the original series is so complicated there's 26 episode and d and r and eoe but I just found out about renewed and revival and death(true) and death(true)2 and resurrection genesis reborn and some laserdics collection that has a Asuka and Tojo parallel relationship. Can some one please help me understand all of this stuff about the original series please.

jayss said:
Start with Death and Rebirth, then watch the TV series backwards from episode 24 until you get to episode 12. Then watch 1, 4, 5, 9, 6, 2, 10, 3, 11, 7, and finally 8. Episodes 25 and 26 don't matter.
After you finish the TV series, watch The End of Evangelion in reverse.

Disregard the Rebuild movies, they're a scam perpetrated by the accountant that did the budgeting for the original show to cash in on the latent popularity of the franchise.

evebathowsai said:
Watch Ep 1-26.
Skip Death and Rebirth
Watch EOE
Then watch the Movies if you want more.

For me ep 26 is awesome.
In the end Shinji simply chooses hope. Where as EOE he chooses... ^^

BoyHime732 said:
1.0 covers episodes 1-6, 2.0 covers episodes 8-19 (7 is filler), and 3.0 covers episodes 21-24 with some 25-26' tendencies. 1.0+3.0 (AKA Final AKA 4.0) will probably be some sort of parody of End of Evangelion.

Swagernator said:


There is no such thing as "filler" in NGE anime because its original work.

Second, Rebuilds are not a remakes or "remasters" they are completely different story.

And last Anno himself said that 4.0 will have completely different and original ending.

BoyHime732 said:
And the post 3.0 trailer has so there's at least some sort of resemblance to EoE that's going to happen. It's certainly not a movie you can go into without seeing EoE first.

Swagernator said:

I must argue with that, Rebuilds were made precisely for those who won't or didnt want to watch the original series + movie. Anyone can watch rebuilds series without knowledge of original story, that's point of Rebuilds.

Kokko said:

Finally someone who liked the original ending more. I like you.

woodenotaku said:

The original ending might be deeper for displaying Shinji's psychological status but it pretty much ignores so many other important plot points that need to be resolved. It ignores all other important characters and shows them through Shinji's POV and keeps the HIP very vague showing shinji as a part of it but not explaining what the heck actually happened to him.
So, one can watch 25,26 for the mind fucks but they must watch EoE for a decent conclusion. The way EoE ends is still not very comprehensive.