Neon Genesis Evangelion Is Coming to Criterion Channel in September

Neon Genesis Evangelion is coming to the Criterion Channel. IGN tin exclusively uncover that manager Hideaki Anno’s landmark anime bid volition debut connected the Criterion Channel connected September 1st.

“Set successful a postapocalyptic satellite wherever teenagers aviator elephantine Multipurpose Humanoid Decisive Weapons–artificial humans known arsenic Evangelions–to support humanity from mysterious beings called Angels, the communicative evolves from high-stakes enactment spectacle into a profoundly introspective exploration of identity, trauma, loneliness, and quality connection,” arsenic Criterion’s statement of the boundary-pushing bid reminds us.

The 1995-1996 bid Neon Genesis Evangelion volition beryllium disposable connected Criterion arsenic volition the diagnostic films The End of Evangelion (1997) and Evangelion Death (True)² (1998).

All 3 titles travel from North American distributor GKIDS.

The archetypal twenty-six occurrence bid volition beryllium disposable successful some its Japanese-language mentation and the Classic English dub (the archetypal clip the second volition beryllium disposable connected streaming).

Other anime titles disposable connected the Criterion Channel see Ghost successful the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, The Garden of Words, and K-On! The Movie.

For more, work our look backmost astatine the improvement of the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, our picks for the Top 10 champion sci-fi anime bid of each time, and however to ticker Evangelion successful order.

Plus, find retired astir Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name returning to theaters successful a caller 4K remaster this August.