The plot follows the story of Shinji, a boy recruited by his father as a soldier in the mysterious organization, Nerv, to pilot the titular Evangelion mechas against an alien invasion.
The plot follows the story of Shinji, a boy recruited by his father as a soldier in the mysterious organization, Nerv, to pilot the titular Evangelion mechas against an alien invasion. It isn't typical mecha anime fanfare, as the series deconstructs it to tell a complex exploration of moral ambiguity, the human psyche, and the effects of depression.