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Is comprised of two parts:
Death, a recap of the 26 TV episodes; and Rebirth, which shows us what happened
after the last TV episode. In the year 2015, New Tokyo 3 has become a huge
fortress. Fifteen years prior, a mysterious race of creatures known as "Angels"
appeared, causing mankind to live in fortified cities. A secret defense
organization known as NERV has been organized to combat the terrifying
creatures. From their deep underground military base, NERV has developed a
series of cyborgs, Evangelion, to combat the Angels. The EVAs require pilots,
however -- specifically, pilots who were born exactly nine months after the
"Second Impact," a tremendous explosion in the Antarctic, attributed to a
high-speed meteorite, which devastated the Earth. For only these children can
synchronize with the EVA piloting system...
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