Also known as: ヱヴァンゲリヲン新劇場版:序, evangelion_shin_gekijouban:_jo
Evangelion: 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone is a 2007 Japanese animated science fiction action film, written and chiefly directed by Anno Hideaki. It is the first installment of the Rebuild Of Evangelion tetralogy, based on Neon Genesis Evangelion. The story, which is set in the futuristic city of Tokyo-3 fifteen years after a planetary catastrophe known as the Second Impact, focuses on Ikari Shinji, a boy who is recruited by the special agency Nerv to pilot a giant mecha known as an Evangelion (Mecha) and fight, along with fellow pilot Ayanami Rei, against a mysterious species named Angel (Evangelion)s. The film features the same cast of voice actors from the original series, including Ogata Megumi as Shinji, Hayashibara Megumi as Rei, and Mitsuishi Kotono as Katsuragi Misato.