Criterion Channel Adds Evangelion Anime and Films on September 1
The streaming addition brings the influential original series and films to a new platform after years of limited availability in North America.
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Criterion Channel will add the Neon Genesis Evangelion television anime and the Evangelion: Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion films on September 1. GKIDS licensed the titles in 2020. The original anime and films had long been out of print in North America.
The Criterion Channel announced the September 1 addition of the 1995 Neon Genesis Evangelion anime and the two films, Evangelion: Death (True)² and The End of Evangelion. GKIDS licensed the original series and both films in 2020 and recently screened the two films in theaters on July 21 and 22.
The original anime and films had long remained out of print and unavailable in North America. ADV Films last released the anime as the Platinum Edition DVDs in 2004 and 2005 before the company shut down in 2009. Netflix began streaming the 1995 television anime in June 2019.
The Criterion Channel began adding anime to the service in August 2025, with titles including Gunbuster: The Movie, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Gatchaman The Movie, and the K-ON! film.
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