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Evangelion is a Japanese anime franchise created by Hideaki Anno. It began with the 1995 anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was followed by the 1997 film The End of Evangelion. The franchise also includes numerous manga, light novels, video games, and other media. Evangelion has been critically acclaimed for its complex psychological themes and philosophical concepts, and has been credited with helping to popularize anime in the West.