The story of Neon Genesis Evangelion takes place in the year 2015 in Tokyo. Huge unknown entities called "Angels" are threatening mankinds existence. The United Nations create a special a special agency called NERV which develops the humanoid fighting machines called Evangelions to end the angels threat. For an unknown reason only select 14 year olds can pilot the monstrous Evangelion. The main character in the story is a young boy named Shinji Ikari whose father happens to be the head of NERV. Shinji is called to the fortress that protects the city known as Tokyo-3 to pilot one of the Evangelion. Shinji agrees and so starts a story about fighting, surviving, and ambivalence.
Evangelion was an extremely popular show in Japan, but has died down in recent years. Nonetheless it still has many a fan. Most people who haven't seen Evangelion yet, still think of it as another stupid mecha show about colossal robots destroying their enemy, but Evangelion is far from that. Deeper into the series we start to find out that the true meaning of the show, about what it means to be a human being, as we see Shinji overcome big obstacles in his life. This is a title that definately deserves any anime fans look.
Review by Djinni Guy |
