In the wake of the Second Impact, Tokyo-3's fate lies with 14-year-old Shinji Ikari and his ability to pilot the Evangelion -- a fighting machine designed by his father -- against a merciless army of alien invaders known as Angels. The film is the first installment of a trilogy inspired by a saga that began on television in 1995 with "Neon Genesis Evangelion" and concluded with the 1997 big-screen feature The End of Evangelion.