Since Netflix downplays end credits anyway, thrusting viewers into the next episode and the next, it’s a change that newcomers to the series might not have missed. In Japan, “Fly Me to the Moon” appears intact on Netflix, affirming that rights issues led to the track being dropped from streaming in the States. It’s a dramatic tonal change from the upbeat rhythms of “Fly Me to the Moon” - which itself was often a tonal contrast against the anime’s sometimes dark and depressing cliffhanger endings.

features a portion of Rei’s theme over the closing credits. Netflix’s version of Evangelion - at least in the U.S. Each episode featured a different version of the song, some performed by singer Claire Littley, some by Yoko Takahashi, who also sings the opening-credits banger “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis.” For one, it has a new English-language dub, but it’s also missing its original end-credits song, “Fly Me to the Moon.”Įvery episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion originally ended with an arrangement of “Fly Me to the Moon,” a frequently covered jazz tune written by Bart Howard.

Neon Genesis Evangelion is now available to stream on Netflix, but not without some changes from the version that existing fans are familiar with.

Evangelion intro played on a tiny piano