Hideaki Anno (chief) Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki
Produced by
Toshimichi Otsuki Hideaki Anno
Written by
Hideaki Anno
Starring
Megumi Ogata Megumi Hayashibara Yuko
MiyamuraMari Illustrious Makinami, a new Evangelion pilot, is launched in Provisional Unit-05 to destroy the resuscitated skeleton of the Third Angel in its attack on NERV's arctic Bethany Base. She successfully defeats the Angel by self-destructing Unit-05, safely ejecting at the last moment. Meanwhile, Shinji Ikari and his father Gendo visit Yui's grave, with the Seventh Angel attacking shortly after, though it is dispatched by the newly arrived Unit-02 and its headstrong pilot, Asuka Langley Shikinami. Chief Inspector Ryoji Kaji, present at the battle with Unit-05 and arriving alongside Unit-02, delivers a suitcase to Gendo containing an object referred to as the "Key of Nebuchadnezzar" and notes that the destruction of Unit-05 went as planned. Later Shinji, Asuka, and Rei engage the Eighth Angel, showing a previously lacking teamwork. In the battle, both Unit-00 and Unit-01 are damaged, but SEELE orders only the latter be repaired, as the former is no longer needed. Gendo and Kozo Fuyutsuki visit Tabgha Base on the Moon to view SEELE's progress on the mysterious "Evangelion Mark.06." Though they are denied landing, they confirm that Mark.06's construction is different from the other Evangelions and briefly see Kaworu Nagisa sitting on its finger. On Earth, Shinji decides to cook an extra lunch for Rei. Inspired, Rei asks Gendo for permission to host a dinner party (which he initially refuses before remembering Yui's request to take care of Shinji). Rei invites everyone to her home for a home-cooked meal, with the intention of helping repair Gendo and Shinji's relationship. Mari arrives in Tokyo-3 by parachute, rather than in the covert manner she intended, landing on Shinji in the process. Soon after, Evangelion Unit-04 and NERV's U.S. branch are destroyed during a test of an experimental engine, causing the U.S. government to send the completed Unit-03 to Tokyo-3. In accordance with the "Vatican Treaty", where no nation is allowed to possess more than three functioning Evangelions at a time, Unit-02 is sealed off. Rei is initially chosen to pilot the new Eva, which is to be tested on the same day as her planned dinner, but when Asuka realizes how Rei feels about Shinji, she volunteers to take her place. The activation of Unit-03, however, goes terribly wrong and it is possessed by the Ninth Angel. As NERV's only functional Evangelion, Unit-01 is sent against it, but Shinji refuses to fight for fear of harming Asuka, who is still trapped inside. Gendo orders the activation of Unit-01's dummy plug system and the now autonomous Evangelion savagely dismembers the Angel, crushing the entry plug in its teeth. Shinji is distraught over his father's actions and decides to quit NERV. Asuka survives, but is grievously injured and placed in quarantine for fear of mental contamination by the Angel. After Shinji says his goodbyes and boards a train headed out of the city, the Tenth Angel attacks. Gendo attempts to send out Unit-01 in the dummy system, but it refuses. Mari hijacks Unit-02 and heads out to fight the Angel, activating a "berserker" mode that removes the unit's restraints. Rei emerges in a damaged Unit-00 and the two work together to penetrate the Angel's AT-Field and damage it with an N² mine-armed missile, but this fails to destroy it.
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