, 1h41 Directed byHideaki Anno GenresDrama, Science fiction, Action, Animation ThemesPolitical films, Dystopian films ActorsMegumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi, Yūko Miyamura, Yuriko Yamaguchi, Fumihiko Tachiki Rating75% In 2015, fifteen years after a global cataclysm known as the Second Impact, Shinji Ikari is summoned to Tokyo-3 by his estranged father Gendo, the commander of the mysterious NERV organization. Shinji is caught in the crossfire between UN forces and an angel, an alien lifeform, colonel Misato Katsuragi rescues him and brings him to NERV headquarters. Gendo demands Shinji pilot Evangelion Unit 01, a giant mecha cyborg, against the angel. Shinji concedes when Gendo threatens to send Rei Ayanami, a wounded Evangelion pilot, into battle instead. Shinji and wins the fight after Unit 01 goes berserk and destroys the Angel.