toma i can’t take this anymore you need to tell me how to watch nge i need to see them please
OH??? I'M SO GLAD YOU ASKED KJGHJGH UM i assume you mean like a watch order, in which case here you go!!!
First of all there's the original series:
Neon Genesis Evangelion (26 episodes)
End of Evangelion (movie finale)
And for the og series that's it! If you just wanna witness Evangelion you can watch that and call it a day.
There's a couple recap movies (Evangelion: Death and Death and Rebirth) with scenes from the series presented in a different order, which can be cool to check out, but neither are immediately necessary to watch unless you want a recap.
And then there's the Rebuild of Evangelion movie series:
Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone
Evangelion: 2.0 You Can (Not) Advance
Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo
Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time
They're like an alternate retelling of the series! The first two initially are mostly like a freshly animated recap of the og series that slowly drifts into canon divergence, and goes completely off the rails from the original storywise from the ending of 2.0 onwards.
They're pretty cool to check out if you liked the og and want more! Imo they're like Complimentary to the anime? There's things I like and dislike about them, but ultimately I enjoyed how they wrapped up the series and I love that they gave Kaworu a bigger role :]
ON THAT NOTE because Kaworu is like The Main Guy i post about, i feel obligated to point out that his appearance in the og anime is only near the end and pretty brief. Impactful! But brief. I'd feel bad not mentioning it bc it'd feel like false advertising KJASFHJ he's one of the main characters in 3.0 though!
And YEAH that's it for the most part!! Beyond that there's like several spinoffs and such, but you don't have to worry about them unless you get in too deep and want more.
I'm only gonna mention the main manga bc it's more well known and also a spinoff i personally enjoy:
The main manga (also named Neon Genesis Evangelion) is by the anime's character designer and iirc started being published alongside the anime! i haven't read all of it yet but to my knowledge it mostly follows the same base story but with some differences along the way. The main one that i know of is Kaworu shows up a little earlier so he's around for slightly longer, and he has a pretty different characterization. He's very funny
Campus Apocalypse is like an au where they have magicy weapons instead of giant robots to fight angels (who are kinda different from the angels in the main series). The plot is kinda average and the ending is very rushed but I loove this one bc there's a lot of Friendship between the kids and also bc Kaworu is a main character and around from the beginning. His and Shinji's relationship isn't as Officially romantic as in the main canon but the way it's developed drives me bonkers
Okay now that's it!! Hope this helps and that you have a fun time with it if you watch it!!! :D
