Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Neon Genesis Evangelion is a Japanese animated television series that aired from October 4, 1995 to March 27, 1996 on TV Tokyo. WOWOW aired the series again during 2003. It was written and directed by Hideaki Anno and produced by Gainax and Project Eva, which included TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems (NAS). Evangelion is an apocalyptic mecha action series which centers around the efforts by the paramilitary organization Nerv to fight monstrous beings called Angels, primarily using giant mecha called Evangelions which are piloted by select teenagers, one of whom is the primary protagonist. The series was first aired in North America on San Francisco-area PBS member station KTEH in 2000. Later, the first two episodes saw nationwide broadcast on Cartoon Network as part of Toonami''s Giant Robot Week on February 24 25, 2003. Later, the entire series then aired on Cartoon Network''s Adult Swim programming block from October 21, 2005 to April 21, 2006.