Neon Genesis Evangelion

Editions and box sets

Check the named run as well as the book number; these collections can cover different parts of the story. Each edition has a page listing every book in it, with its ISBN and release date.

Which edition to buy

Start with the collected 3-in-1 Edition 1 and continue through collected book 5. VIZ labels the first four paperbacks 3-in-1 and the final book 2-in-1. The distributor explicitly identifies original volumes 13–14 in that final book. The five-book route is $124.95 at the checked $24.99 US list price per book; retailer prices can differ.

This inventory covers those five collected VIZ paperbacks, not every historical single-volume printing, art book or spinoff. Their spine numbers count collected books: an older single volume with the same number is a different purchase. No chapter boundaries or complete switching map have been verified here.

Sadamoto is credited for the manga’s story and art. The manga is a separate reading route from the television series and films, so this catalogue does not turn an anime episode number into a continuation chapter. Publisher format specifications do not establish paper quality, binding durability or present stock.

Lines from this series

• “I mustn't run away.”

  Shinji Ikari · Neon Genesis Evangelion The case against this line→

• “How could you do this to me!? I thought you didn't want me! Why! Why did you have to call me now father?!”

  Shinji Ikari · Neon Genesis Evangelion What the story had to build→

• “Man fears the darkness, and so he scrapes away at the edges of it with fire.”

  Rei Ayanami · Neon Genesis Evangelion Read against the character's own history→

• “This pain? No, it's different. Loneliness. Yes. Loneliness.”

  Rei Ayanami · Neon Genesis Evangelion What the line costs later→

• “Hmm, sounds like you don't get along with your dad. Uh, you sound just like me.”

  Misato Katsuragi · Neon Genesis Evangelion Read against the character's own history→

• “Because I have a use for you.”

  Gendo Ikari · Neon Genesis Evangelion The contrarian read→

Every Neon Genesis Evangelion quote

Guides for this series

• Evangelion Manga Buying Guide: Five Collections, Fourteen Volumes
• Evangelion Watch Order
• Neon Genesis Evangelion's Ending, Explained
• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Sub or Dub?
• Did Gendo Really Say “Get in the Robot, Shinji”?
• Did Shinji Really Say “I Mustn’t Run Away”?

All guides