Fifteen years after a cataclysmic event known as the known as the Mt. Markham Incident, the world is slowly beginning to unravel. Mankind is polarized and distrustful more than ever, unknowingly manipulated at the whims of puppet masters with plans to remake society in their image. One of the few hopes for a free humanity rests in the hands of the Artifical Evolution Laboratory, led by the cold Gendou Ikari and his wife Yui. They have been developing humanoid mechs they brand as the "Evangelions" to help humanity rebuild from the disasters of the past.
Years after being neglected by his parents, Shinji Ikari, Gendou and Yui’s 14-year-old son, returns to Tokyo-3. Shinji is in a perpetual internal battle against the deeply buried feelings of inadequacy and anxiety. Reluctant to open himself up to another, Shinji's life and world is forever changed when he learns the real reason he was summoned, to serve as a test pilot for Evangelion Test Unit-01.
