Neon Genesis Evangelion looks amazing, and you can tell how much work has been put into its visual style. She also has a genetically-enhanced penguin as a pet, named Pen Pen. She has her own reasons for fighting the Angels after her father was killed during what is known as the Second Impact, an extinction-level event that was thought to have been caused by a giant meteor à la the dinosaurs but came about because of the Angels. On the NERV side, Misato spends all of her time coming up with plans for defeating the Angels, liaising with various other government departments about the damage caused and who has jurisdiction, and cutting through the bureaucracy. Much of the show looks at ways to connect them, with Asuka and Shinji having to work together despite being irritated by each other. Simultaneously, the teenagers go through the rigours of growing up amidst their different personality types Shinji is shocked by having to deal with his father’s distance despite requesting him for the job, Asuka tries to act grown up to hide her emotions, while Rei has no friends and seems to like it that way. Together with fellow pilots Asuka and Rei, the Evas go through various trials and tribulations as they try to adapt to the increasing challenges of the Evas. Ikari is mentored by Misato Katsuragi, part of NERV, the government organisation responsible for the Evas, who helps him come to terms with piloting an Eva with no prior training. Thrown in the deep end is Shinji Ikari, a teenager who is recruited to pilot an Eva by his estranged father. The mecha – giant robots that need to be piloted by an individual – in the series are the Evangelion(s) of the title, or Evas for short, which have been built to defend the post-cataclysmic Earth of 2015 from the Angels, a race of rampaging monsters who appear to cause havoc for the city of Tokyo-3. And mecha media is super-popular, with the Japanese institution Mobile Suit Gundam and Hideaki Anno’s legendary anime Neon Genesis Evangelion, the latter of which is now on Blu-ray for a whole new generation to discover. ![]() ![]() ![]() What would we do without giant robots? Whether they’re defending the Earth or tearing it apart looking for Energon, they do a great job of entertaining us with their mechanical exploits, whether they’re autonomous automatons or mecha.
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