Original subtitles

♪ Like a cruel angel ♪

♪ Become a legend, young boy' ♪

♪ When a blue wind Knocks on the door to your heart ♪

♪ You just gaze back at me And smile oh so gently ♪

♪ So eager for something You touch so softly ♪

♪ Those innocent eyes Know nothing of the fate that awaits I

♪ But one day, you will realize That upon your back I

♪ You have wings You can fly to the faraway future ♪

I The cruel angel's thesis I

♪ One day, you'll take off through a window ♪

♪ If your overflowing pathos ♪

♪ Leads you to betray your memories ♪

♪ Then embrace the heavens and shine bright ♪

I Become legend, young boy I

2015 A.D.

(helicopter blades thrumming)

(insects buzzing)

(Squawks)

MAN (over P-A-): Today at 12:30 p.m-,

a state of special emergency

has been declared in the Tokai region

and the surrounding regions of mid-Kanto.

All residents must vacate to the designated

evacuation shelter immediately.

I repeat, today at 12:30 p-m-,

a state of special emergency

has been declared in the Tokai region

and the surrounding regions of mid-Kanto.

All residents must promptly vacate...

MISATO: How could I lose him at a time like this?

(sighs) Just my luck.

OPERATOR: Due to a state of special emergency,

all phone lines are currently disabled.

Please try again later.

(sighs) Seriously?

(telephone beeps)

I shouldn't have come.

(sighs)

There's no way I'll make it on time.

It's not possible.

Might as well head to a shelter. Hmm?

(chirping fades)

-(rumbling) -(gasps)

(wires whipping)

(gasping)

(heavy footsteps echoing)

(shudders)

Unidentified object maintaining advance to headquarters

MAN: We now have visual.

Routing image to main monitors.

(announcements continue indistinctly)

After 15 years...

GENDOH: Yes, there's no doubt.

It's an Angel.

EPISODE 1: ANGEL ATTACK

(missiles whooshing)

(gasps)

PILOT: Direct hit on the target.

(screams)

(Yelps)

(gasps)

(tires squeal)

-(car door opens) -Huh?

Hey there.

Sorry I'm late.

(both gasp)

-(alarm blaring) -MAN: Target unaffected.

Maintaining advance toward Tokyo-3.

WOMAN: The air units are unable to stop its advance.

-(announcements continue) -This is an act of war.

Deploy all units from Atsugi and lruma.

Throw everything at it.

Destroy the target at all costs!

What's going on?!

That was a direct hit!

It wiped out our tank battalion.

Guided munitions, bombs, and artillery

are having no effect.

Damn it!

We need more firepower!

Is that the work of the AT Field?

Yes. Standard weaponry is useless against the Angels.

(telephone rings)

Copy that, sir.

We'll deploy the ordnance according to plan.

(beeping)

I can't believe it.

They're arming an N2 mine! Are they nuts?!

Get down!

(rumbling)

(both yell)

(debris falling)

Got him!

You have my sympathies.

Seems your services weren't warranted.

WOMAN: Shock wave incoming.

(static crackles)

MISATO: Are you all right?

Shinji: Yeah.

My mouth tastes like dirt, though.

MISATO: You'll be fine. Well...

okay, ready?

(both grunting)

(sighs) Couldn't have done it without you.

Thanks for all the help.

Sure. I should thank you as well, Ms. Katsuragi.

Call me Misato, all right?

It's nice to finally meet you...

-Shinji Ikari. -You, too.

OFFICER: What's the status of the target?

WOMAN: Due to EMI, cannot ascertain target.

The blast was massive.

It couldn't survive that.

MAN: Sensors back online.

(beeps)

WOMAN: Energy readings at ground zero!

-What the hell?! -MAN: Visual feed back online.

(officers gasp)

That was our ace in the hole.

-(sighs) -Unbelievable.

Goddamn monster!

(squelching)

(warbling)

(rattling)

MISATO: Yes. Quit worrying.

His safety is my top priority.

Just get the car train ready for us,

and make it a direct line.

That's fine.

Look, I said I'd pick him up,

so it's my responsibility to get him there, okay?

-Bye. -(car phone beeps)

(moans) This is the worst.

I just finished getting this car restored,

and it's banged up already.

It's gonna cost me a fortune to fix it,

and I still have 33 more months before it's paid off.

And my only decent outfit is ruined.

Um, Miss Misato...

I got all decked out today, too. (moans)

Um, Miss Misato...

Hmm? What is it?

Is this okay?

With, you know, those?

Oh, that. (laughs)

Don't worry about it.

I had to get the car moving,

and this is an emergency situation.

I may not look like it,

but I'm an international civil servant,

so this is perfectly A-OK.

Well, that doesn't sound very convincing.

Lighten up, will you?

For someone with such a cute face,

-you sure are uptight. wasps)

Maybe I am.

Huh? What's wrong?

Wait. Are you hurt? (laughs)

Don't want to hurt a young boy's feelings.

Well, Miss Misato, you don't seem to act your age, either.

'(S-putters) '(Screaming)

FUYUTSUKI: As predicted, its body is regenerating.

Of course. Otherwise,

it'd be worthless as a stand-alone weapon.

(radio chatter)

(all gasp)

Wow. Quite exceptional.

It seems to have enhanced its abilities.

GENDOH: And it's become smarter.

FUYUTSUKI: It's only a matter of time before it resumes its advance.

-(alarm blares) -ANNOUNCER: Gate closing.

Please stay clear. The train will...

Shinji: Special agency NERV?

MISATO: Yeah. It's a secret organization

operating under the U .N.

My father works there, doesn't he?

That's right. And do you know what it is your father does?

ANNOUNCER: This shuttle will pass all stations on the way.

A teacher once told me that he has

the admirable job of defending humanity.

(telephone hangs up)

As of this moment, you have command over this operation.

Let's see what you can do.

Understood, sir.

Ikari, it's evident that none of the ordnance

at our disposal has any effect against the target.

But you still believe you can defeat it.

NERV exists for that very reason.

Then don't let us down.

WOMAN: Target status remains unchanged.

Our current intercept capacity is at 7.5%.

It seems the U.N. forces have given up.

What are your intentions?

We'll activate Unit 01.

Use Unit 01?

But there's no pilot for it.

No matter.

Another spare will arrive shortly.

-(train rumbling) -Are we on the way to go see my father right now?

Uh-huh.

At least, I think so.

(shudders)

Shinji: Father.

Oh, I almost forgot.

-Did your father send you any I.D. forms? wasps)

-Yeah. -(zipper unzips)

-Here. -Thanks so much.

Come here! -GENDOH Ikari

Oh, right. Give this a read-through, okay?

Welcome to NERV "NERV"?

My father's work.

Is there something I'm supposed to do at NERV?

I mean, there has to be, right?

Father wouldn't have sent me this letter if there wasn't.

I get it. You're not comfortable around your father, are you?

That makes you just like me.

Huh?

Oh, wow.

An actual Geo-Front!

That's right. And directly below us

is our secret base, NERV Headquarters,

a bastion integral to the restoration of the world

and protector of humanity.

MISATO: Oh, I don't understand.

I'm positive this is the way.

I'm positive this is the way.

This is no place for a lady wearing a skirt. (sighs)

But whatever. I wonder where Ritsuko would go right now.

I'm so sorry. Still not used to this place.

We already passed through here.

(sighs) Don't worry about a thing.

NERV has systems in place exactly for this.

WOMAN (over P-A.): Dr. Ritsuko Akagi.

Dr. Ritsuko Akagi of Technology Division Section 1

and Project E Director,

please contact Captain Misato Katsuragi

of Operations Division Section 1.

Unbelievable.

She's lost, isn't she?

-(motor whirring) -(dial clicking)

(bell dings)

(gasps) Uh, hello, Ritsuko.

-(grunts) -(nervous chuckle)

Stop messing around, Captain Katsuragi.

We're too short on both time and people.

(chuckles) Sorry.

(sighs)

So, is this the boy?

Yep. He's the Third Children,

as reported by the Marduk Institute.

It's a pleasure.

Huh? Oh, hi.

He resembles his father quite a lot,

like not being able to make himself endearing.

I'll leave you in charge.

(lift motor whirs)

Three whole years since they've seen each other.

-(telephone ringing) -MAN: Deputy Commander.

The target has begun moving again.

All right. All personnel to battle stations, condition one.

WOMAN: I repeat,

battle stations, condition one.

Ready ordnance for ground intercept.

MISATO: So they say.

RITSUKO: Seems like a big deal.

MISATO: What's the state of Unit 01?

RITSUKO: It's in type-B configuration while being cooled down.

MISATO: Is that thing even operational? It hasn't worked once, right?

RITSUKO: Success rate is 0.000000001 %.

Somebody already nicknamed it the 0-9 System.

MISATO (chuckles): Cute. So it doesn't work.

RITSUKO: Oh, come now. It's not exactly zero.

MISATO: Sure, numerically, I guess.

(sighs) Well, unfortunately,

we don't have the luxury of accepting failure anymore.

(door whirs)

(Shinji whimpers)

-L-It's so dark. -(light clicks)

(gasps)

A face? Is that a robot?

(grunts)

You won't find any record of it.

-Huh? -The ultimate man-made,

multipurpose, decisive combat weapon,

the artificial human, Evangelion.

This is Unit 01.

Constructed in secrecy,

it's the very last trump card humanity has in the deck.

This is my father's work, isn't it?

-GENDOH: That's correct. -(gasps)

It's been quite a while.

(gasps) Father.

(chuckles)

Launch the Eva.

Launch the Eva? We can't!

Unit 00 is still grounded.

(gasps) Wait.

You aren't talking about Unit 01, are you?

We have no other choice.

And, Rei, she's in no shape to pilot anything.

We don't have any pilots.

One has just arrived.

(gasps) You're crazy.

Shinji Ikari...

-Yes? -You will be its pilot.

Huh?

MISATO: What are you saying?

It took Rei Ayanami seven months

before she would synchronize with an Eva.

He just got here. How could he do it?

All I'm asking is that he simply sit in the cockpit.

-You can't. -Our number one priority is defeating the Angels.

For that reason, any pilot even remotely capable

of synchronizing with the Evas must try,

no matter their experience.

You should understand that, Captain Katsuragi.

(sighs)

MISATO: Yes.

Father, why did you send for me?

We just told you why.

So then I'm supposed to jump inside

and fight whatever I saw out there?!

Correct.

No! I don't want to!

After all this time, why now?!

You left me because I was no use to you, right?

A need arose, so I sent for you.

But why? Why me?

Because this task would be impossible for others.

It's impossible for me, too.

I've never even heard of this thing until now,

and you want me to fight in it?!

They will explain how.

explain?

It's all too much.

I cannot pilot this thing!

Stop wasting time.

Either get in the Eva, or get out.

(rumbling)

The bastard. It knows where we are.

(energy surges)

WOMAN: Layer one's armor plating 08

has been destroyed.

Shinji, we are out of time.

MAN: Layers have broken down

in numerous locations in Block T.

-Emergency lockdown... -(gasps)

Get in the Eva.

No, I can't.

Besides, I just got here.

Why do I have to do this?

Shinji, tell me...

why did you come all the way here?

Don't run away now,

not from your father and especially not from yourself.

I know, but...

I can't! I can't do this!

(machinery beeping)

Fuyutsuki.

Wake up Rei.

In her condition?

She's not dead.

Very well, then.

-Rei. -REI: Yes?

The backup isn't working out.

-I need you again. -Yes.

Recalibrate Unit 01's system to Rei's configuration.

-Reactivate. -WOMAN: Roger.

Suspending all current tasks and reinitializing.

Shinji: I knew it.

No one wants me.

(wheels rattling)

(gasps)

(groans)

(panting)

(all gasping)

Ikari!

(Ikari yelps)

(debris splashing)

MAN: Eva! It moved!

MAN 2 (gasps): But how?

MAN 3: Its right arm broke the restraints.

What? That's impossible.

The Eva's entry plug isn't even inserted right now.

It can't move without it.

It just reacted without an interface connection.

Wait. Could it be trying to...

protect him?

Okay-

(Shinji gasps)

(groans)

(shuddering)

Shinji: Don't run away now.

Don't run away.

Don't run away. Don't run away.

Don't run away.

I'll do it.

I'll be its pilot.

MAN: Cooling cycle complete.

MAN 2: Right arm reattachment complete.

MAN 3: All gear in the cage

-is in the dock position. -Roger.

Shut down signal plug.

Status, extraction complete.

MAN: Roger. Inserting entry plug.

WOMAN: Unlocking spinal conduit system.

Prepare connection.

MAN: Plug locked in position.

MAN 2: Initiating level-one connection.

MAYA: Entry plug flooding.

(gasps) Wait. What is this?

(gasps)

Relax, Shinji. Allow the liquid to completely fill your lungs.

Oxygen will transfer directly into your blood stream.

-You'll get used to it. {grunting

(gags)

Eh, this is so gross.

Just deal with it!

-Come on! Be a big boy! -(groans)

MAN: Primary power connecting.

-MAN 2: Power to all circuits established. -WOMAN: Roger.

MAYA: Initiating level-two contact.

-Huh? -MAYA: A- 10 nerve connection achieved.

Status green.

WOMAN: LCL ionization levels normal.

WOMAN 2: Set linguistic default for cognitive interface.

Initial contact.

All statuses green.

MAYA: Bilateral network established.

Synchronization rate at 41.3%.

That's amazing.

Harmonic levels are showing all green.

No signs of system runaway.

It's gonna work.

Unit 01, prepare launch!

MAN: Unit 01, prepare launch.

MAN 2: Release lockdown bolt number one.

MAN 3: Release confirmed.

MAN 4: Initiating umbilical bridge retraction.

(alarm blaring)

MAN 2: Release lockdown bolt number two.

MAN 5: Retracting primary restraint frame.

Retracting secondary restraint frame as well.

MAN 6: Disengaging safety systems 1 through 15.

WOMAN: Disengagement confirmed.

Unit 01 is cleared for deployment.

MAN 7: Internal power source, full charge.

MAN 8: External power source connector, status green.

Rogen

Transport Eva Unit 01 to launch bay.

Launch tube clear. All green.

WOMAN: Preparations complete.

Roger that.

Do I have your consent?

GENDOH: Absolutely.

Our future depends on defeating the Angels.

Ikari, are you really sure about all of this?

Launch Eva!

- (beeping)

(heavy footsteps echoing)

(alarm blaring)

MISATO: Shinji, please don't die.

TO BE CONTINUED

(piano music playing)

I')

NEXT EPISODE

The Eva defeats the Angel,

but that was just the beginning.

Shinji runs away from his father.

Misato's arrogance makes her decide to try and save him.

Next episode: "Unfamiliar Ceilings."

Tune in next time for lots more fan service.