Angel Attack
Tokyo-3, in the year 2015, is under attack by a giant creature, an Angel. Shinji Ikari, a teenage boy, is summoned by his father. Captain Misato Katsuragi picks up Shinji from where he has been living and transports him to Toyko-23. His father wants Shinji to pilot a giant robot (Evangelion) whose purpose is to destroy the Angel.
Shinji's father runs Nerv, a United Nations organization, that has been looking for a way to deal with the Angels, which last showed up 15 years earlier. Shinji has some sort of mental bond with Evagelion 001. He is resistant at first to piloting the Evangelion but changes his mind after he sees Rei, the girl who they are planning to send up in his place. She is badly injured but willing to go.
The episode ends with Shinji launching the Evangelion and getting ready to do battle with the Angel.
It feels like there is some backstory missing at this point. I don't get the impression that Shinji's relationship with his father hasn't been great up to the point where the story begins. Who is Rei? Is Shinji meeting her for the first time in this episode?
I tried watching this show a couple times before. I've never gotten more than 2-3 episodes in before giving up. Maybe this time will be different. I wasn't turned off by the first episode this time around but I am still unsure at this point if I will stick with it or not.
There are a number of Neon Genesis Evangelion movies. They were all made after the TV show had aired. I have not seen any of the movies.
06/18/24
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