#SHINJI AND ASUKA LISTENING TO MUSIC GIF SERIES#

The episode's first broadcast scored a 7.1% audience share on Japanese television, and was well-received by audiences and critics.

#SHINJI AND ASUKA LISTENING TO MUSIC GIF SERIES#

The installment contains cultural references to history, religion, films, series and previous works by the Gainax studio. Shinji Higuchi, who worked with Anno on Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water and is known for his work's humor, drew the storyboards, giving the story a comedic tone. The episode follows two Nerv mecha pilots, Asuka Langley Soryu and Shinji, who must defeat an Angel capable of splitting into two individuals, Israfel.Īnno conceived the episode to lighten the tone of the series after the previous episodes, which were characterized by an introspective, psychological mood. The series' protagonist is Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy who is recruited by his father Gendo to the organization Nerv to pilot a gigantic, bio-mechanical mecha named Evangelion into combat with beings called Angels. The series is set fifteen years after a worldwide cataclysm and is mostly set in the futuristic, fortified city Tokyo-3. The episode, written by Hideaki Anno and Akio Satsukawa and directed by Seiji Mizushima, was first broadcast on TV Tokyo on November 29, 1995. ' Both of You, Dance Like You Want to Win!' is the ninth episode of the Japanese anime television series Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by Gainax. The episode's final battle, in which the two Evas fight in unison and act as one, received praise from critics.

Shinji and asuka listening to music gif