The Evangelion franchise is set to continue with a new series, which was first announced on the second day of the EVANGELION:30+； 30th ANNIVERSARY OF EVANGELION event.
The untitled project will have series composition and scripts by Yoko Taro, who is known for his involvement in games like NieR:Automata (director), Drakengard 3 (creative director), and SINoALICE (creator and creative director).
Directing are Kazuya Tsurumaki (Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX and FLCL; Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time co-director; Neon Genesis Evangelion co-assistant director) and Toko Yatabe (Evangelion: 3.0 (-46h), Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time co-assistant director, The Birth of Kitaro: The Mystery of GeGeGe character designer).
It was also announced that Keiichi Okabe (NieR: Automata co-composer) is composing the series’ music, while Studio khara will co-produce with CloverWorks.
The original Neon Genesis Evangelion TV anime, which was created and directed by Hideaki Anno, debuted on Japanese television in 1995. The premise sees teenager Shinji Ikari being forced by his father to pilot one of the titular Evangelions to battle giant, monstrous beings called Angels. It was followed by the movie Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth (largely a recap of the series with some new content) and The End of Evangelion (an alternate ending to the series), and also spawned other media like manga, video games, and a novel series.
2007 saw the release of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, the first installment of a new movie tetralogy that began with strong similarities to Neon Genesis Evangelion but diverged further and further with each new entry. The last movie, Evangelion: 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon A Time, was released in 2021, almost a decade after the premiere of Evangelion: 3.0 You Can (Not) Redo, and is the 49th highest-grossing film in Japan.
The 90s Evangelion entries were produced at Gainax, which filed for bankruptcy in 2024 and met its end in 2025. The later movies were produced by Studio khara, which was formed in 2006 for that purpose.
Neon Genesis Evangelion, Evangelion: Death (True)² (an updated version of Evangelion: Death & Rebirth‘s recap content), and The End of Evangelion can be found on Netflix. The newer Evangelion movies are available on Prime Video.
Source: Evangelion website (via Anime News Network)
