The Angel The truth is that, the United Nations Research Team found the first Angel (Shito in the japanese original) in Antartica. Here begins the struggle between humanity and the race of beings known only as Angels. The Angel found in Antartica declared that if humanity had not repented themselves in 15 years, the Angels would returned to destroy them. Mankind's enemy: The Angels (Shito) The Angels called "Shito" in japanese (disciple in english)are enemies of mankind which can appeared in several forms. Not much about them is known. No one, except NERV, know the Angels origin. Their arrival was predicted in the Dead Sea Scrolls and plans to stop them have being made. Angels are biological in nature and share 99.89% of their genetic code with humans, even if their contitution is enormously different, it's posible they're the next step in human evolution. An incubating Angel is nearly identical to a human fetus and becomes monstrous only in the last stage of its development. Human's can be considered as the 18th Angel. They can recover from damage. They possesses "Absolute Terror Field" (or AT Field for short) which can neutralize attacks by normal weapons. The only way to destroy them is by neutralizing its AT Field. They appeared for the first time fifteen years ago just before the "Second Impact". After 15 years the third Angel appeared in Tokyo 3 as it was announce by the Angel in Antartica (ADAM). They're given names based on the Angels names found in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Their real aim as far as it's known is to prevent mankind from being evolved to a higher state of existence.