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Is Evangelion Movie 1: Jo good to watch with a friend?

One sitting. Evangelion Movie 1: Jo (Evangelion New Theatrical Version: The Beginning) is a film from Summer 2007 by Studio Khara: 1 episodes, about 1.7 hours in total, finished, 8.06/10 across the listing sites.

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Watching it together: one sitting. It is a film (about 1.7 hours), so the whole thing fits one evening — the easiest kind of anime to agree on. Rule: type MOVIE → one sitting.

This verdict comes from rules over the title's format, length and tags, not from a review — the rule that fired is named above.

The facts

Type
Film
Episodes
1
Episode length
101 min
Total time
about 1.7 hours — one evening
First aired
Summer 2007
Status
Finished
Studio
Studio Khara
Score
8.06/10 across the listing sites
Tags
action, aliens, coming of age, drama, dystopian, gore, monsters, mecha, military, nudity, post-apocalyptic, psychological, robots & AI, school, sci-fi, shounen, supernatural, thriller, tragedy, violence, war

Data from anime-offline-database (ODbL) as of 2026-07-04; the score is the median of the scores the anime listing sites give it, on a 1–10 scale. Also listed as: Evangelion: 1.11 - You Are (Not) Alone; Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone; Rebuild of Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone; Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone.

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More like this: action · aliens · coming of age · drama · dystopian · monsters · mecha · military · post-apocalyptic · psychological · robots & AI · school · sci-fi · shounen · supernatural · thriller · tragedy · war.

Quick answers

How long does it take to watch all of Evangelion Movie 1: Jo?
About 1.7 hours — one sitting.
How many episodes does Evangelion Movie 1: Jo have?
1 episode of 101 min.
Is Evangelion Movie 1: Jo finished?
Yes, Evangelion Movie 1: Jo is finished (1 episodes), so you can watch the whole thing at your own pace.
Is Evangelion Movie 1: Jo good for a group?
Better for two than for a crowd. Evangelion Movie 1: Jo is tagged drama, psychological, tragedy; it rewards paying attention, which a group rarely does.
Where is Evangelion Movie 1: Jo listed?
Evangelion Movie 1: Jo is on AniList (id 2759) and MyAnimeList (id 2759); Queue Up keys it by its AniList id and shows it when it is on either of your lists.

Queue Up is a free tool: enter two AniList usernames and it ranks the anime you both want to watch, rolls one for tonight, runs a bracket to settle it and finds new anime that fit both of you. List data from AniList; title data: anime-offline-database (ODbL), dataset of 2026-07-04; page updated 2026-07-04. Not affiliated with AniList or MyAnimeList. Queue Up is a Somebody Decide program. How it works · Legal & privacy · All lists