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In the year 2000 of the Western Calendar a massive "asteriod" impacted the East Antarctic ice sheet, vaoprizing it and much of the Antarctic crust beneath it. Not since the dawn of history, the "second impact" brought about unprecented catastrophies. Sea levels rose, the climate and weather of Earth were irrevocably changed. The survivors, humans and nonhumans alike suffered from further natural disasters. For Human Kind, the national econimies collapsed, rioting and internal-regional conflicts ensued. In the first year afterward, Human population fell by one half. After 15 years, mankind though partially recovered was visited by yet another crisis. The "Angels" had arrived. One by one their invasion began. Military combat ensued. The motives and intensions of the Angels were unknown. The whole world was engaged in war with the survival of humanity at stake. In ancient writings the invasion of the "disciples" had been predicted by a "divine messenger" with calamitous results for humanity. The surviving people of the world banded together to use military countermeasures against a common threat. In an early decisive battle, an Angel was captured and turned to use against the remaining invaders. This became the secret EVANGELION Project, administered by the reformulated United Nations, for further military development.
By 2015, 3 EVANGELION units had been fabricated for military defense against the Angels. As part of the development, 3 children, two girls and a boy, were specifically born to be pilots of the EVA units. As it would turn out, the fate of humanity rested on the shoulders of the boy and his friends. Their ability to fight, their life or death would be the life or death of the human race.
Now it begins.