Hawaii International Film Festival Spring Showcase 2009

The first of a planned four features, part one retells roughly the first six episodes of NEON GENESIS EVANGELION, including Shinji Ikari's reunion with his estranged father, Gendo Ikari, and Shinji's introduction to EVA-01, the giant robot he's destined to pilot. Key characters Misato Katsuragi and Rei Ayanami are introduced, and viewers are given their first taste of the series' famously deep storyline, which mixes science fiction, war, psychology, theology, and existentialism into a single compelling work.