In the year 2000, the Earth faced it's worst catastrophe ever: the Second Impact. Nearly half of the Earth population died. Fifteen years later, in 2015, Mankind must face a new ordeal. Angels, mysterious being of unknown origin, have launch an attack against all humanity. All conventional weapon are ineffective against them, even N2 bombs. Man only hope is NERV a secret organization who's headquarter is hidden under the fortress city of Tokyo-3. NERV's secret weapon: the Evangelion, Man ultimate humanoid fighting machine.

The Evangelions (or EVA) are giant robots secretly built for the sole purpose of defeating the Angels. But in order to fight, an EVA require a human pilot via a neurological link with the robot. For unclear reasons, all pilot most only be 14 year old (in other word, born a few months after the Second Impact). Ikari Shinji is one of these pilot. Called to NERV headquarter by his father, Ikari Gendo, the commanding officer of NERV, Shinji is soon thrown, against his will, in a desperate battle against a terrifying enemy, in an untested EVA, EVA Unit-01. And so begins Mankind ultimate fight for survival.

Neon Genesis Evangelion is a TV series of 26 episodes made by Gainax, available both sub and dub on video by A.D. Vision. Two movies where also made: "Evangelion: Death/Evangelion: Rebirth" and "The end of Evangelion" (numerous reeditions of those movies have been made as well).

Quite frankly, Evangelion is one of the best anime series I've seen (along with Rurouni Kenshin). Eva is not your usual Mecha anime. It's unique. Right from the start, you can feel it's more darker then most other anime. Eva characters are less then perfect. Each of them most fight great inner battles. There are moments where you can fill all the emotions and the pain. Eva is also a huge puzzle. It's a series filled with mysteries up until the end. Not to mention that the artwork is just amazing. And the philosophical aspect of the anime is just appealing. Neon Genesis Evangelion is simply one of the best anime ever made.