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Shinseiki Evangelion / Neon Genesis Evangelion

Misato's worried

Rei's ready for battle

Eva-01 goes berserk

Bridging the gap between man and God didn't work so well for Victor Frankenstein, but that won't stop the folks at NERV in GAINAX's Shinseiki Evangelion (or here in the US, Neon Genesis Evangelion) from trying their hand at it.

Story Intro

Commander Ikari and his defense-department corporation NERV lead a battle against invading aliens with large robots controlled by teens. Rei (quiet and unemotional), Shinji (Ikari's shy son), and Asuka (spoiled rotten) pilot these huge "Eva" bio-mechanical robots, at the command and care of Misato and Ritsuko, among others. While the show has plenty of action in each episode, the relationships between the various characters and the feelings brought out by battle and unknown forces really takes the center stage.

The show follows Shinji Ikari as he arrives in Tokyo-3, the third incarnation of Tokyo since the "Angel" aliens had started their attacks and destroyed the previous two. Misato narrowly saves him during an attack and rushes him to NERV, where his father has suddenly called him to pilot an "Eva" after years of having no contact.

Rather than let an obviously-wounded Rei take control of a new Eva, Shinji reluctantly agrees to pilot it against an Angel, even though he hasn't any training yet. When the Angel appears to win the battle, Shinji blacks out while the Eva takes control of itself and finishes off the alien.

And that's just the first of twenty-six episodes.

Other Notes

Two movies, Death and Rebirth and End of Evangelion, theatrical replacements for the final two episodes were released as well.

During a bit of a trial-run when anime DVD's were first becoming popular, ADV ran the first disk through a different authoring house than the latter disks in the series; when the box set was released for the full collection, the first disk was re-printed with the same authoring house as the others. Then tack on a couple volumes of "Director's Cut" versions, and a full re-release as "Platinum".

Neon Genesis Evangelion (26-episode TV)

Evangelion: Death and Rebirth (Movie)

End of Evangelion (Movie)

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