Neon Genesis Evangelion Is Coming to Criterion Channel in September

Neon Genesis Evangelion is coming to the Criterion Channel. IGN can exclusively reveal that director Hideaki Anno’s landmark anime series will debut on the Criterion Channel on September 1st.

“Set in a postapocalyptic world where teenagers pilot giant Multipurpose Humanoid Decisive Weapons–artificial humans known as Evangelions–to defend humanity from mysterious beings called Angels, the story evolves from high-stakes action spectacle into a deeply introspective exploration of identity, trauma, loneliness, and human connection,” as Criterion’s description of the boundary-pushing series reminds us.

The 1995-1996 series Neon Genesis Evangelion will be available on Criterion as will the feature films The End of Evangelion (1997) and Evangelion Death (True)² (1998).

All three titles come from North American distributor GKIDS.

The original twenty-six episode series will be available in both its Japanese-language version and the Classic English dub (the first time the latter will be available on streaming).

Other anime titles available on the Criterion Channel include Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, The Garden of Words, and K-On! The Movie.

For more, read our look back at the evolution of the Neon Genesis Evangelion franchise, our picks for the Top 10 best sci-fi anime series of all time, and how to watch Evangelion in order.

Plus, find out about Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name returning to theaters in a new 4K remaster this August.