by Hideaki Anno / Gainax
In a devastated world still reeling from Second Impact, mysterious beings called Angels attack humanity. The only defense: the Evangelions, towering biomechanical constructs piloted by traumatized teenagers. Shinji Ikari, summoned by his estranged father Gendo, must pilot Unit-01 in battles that blur the line between saving humanity and destroying it. Behind the Angels and the EVAs lies a conspiracy reaching back to the Dead Sea Scrolls — and the truth about what humanity really is.