Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone

The Second Impact, an unprecedented catastrophe that suddenly struck the entire world, killed nearly half of humanity and left traces of massive destruction across the globe. Just when people thought peace had finally returned, fourteen-year-old Shinji Ikari is summoned to Tokyo-3 by his father. While waiting for a pickup, a giant creature suddenly appears before him! This mysterious being, known as an Angel, is engaged in fierce combat with the UN military forces. Caught in the blast wave, Shinji falls into crisis. He is rescued by a woman named Misato Katsuragi. Riding in Misato's car to the headquarters of the special agency NERV, Shinji finally reunites with his father after ten years apart. However, his father, Gendo Ikari, leads him to view the secretly developed giant humanoid weapon and forces him to fight against the Angels. This marks Shinji's encounter with the Evangelion Unit-01. Although Shinji initially resists, seeing the injuries of the female pilot Rei Ayanami causes him to reject the idea of fleeing and resolve to sortie. Untrained, Shinji and Evangelion Unit-01 face off against an Angel for the first time. How will the fourteen-year-old boy entrusted with the fate of the world fight? And what is the truth behind the Human Instrumentality Project hidden within the Second Impact? Gendo Ikari, who holds all the mysteries, simply watches silently as Shinji struggles in battle...