貞本義行
The first manga from the series is entitled simply "Neon Genesis Evangelion", written and illustrated by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, who also worked in the character designs from the anime. The manga closely follows the anime story with few changes made to the characters or certain events. The series was serialized in "Shōnen Ace" from Kadokawa Shoten starting in 1995, but it was put on hiatus until July 2009 when it resumed in the first issue of Kadokawa's "Young Ace". The series finally concluded with its 95th chapter in June 2013.