[Shell Man]

It takes place in a rebuilt Tokyo after an object from space struck the Earth. The object turned out to actually be some kind of giant alien being. Since then, more of these beings start to appear and attack the city. They are called angels, and each has the name of an angel from Judeo-christian literature. The city's only defense against the angels are these giant bio-mechanoid creatures created from the DNA of the angels themselves. They're called Evangelions. Each "Eva" must be piloted by a young person chosen by when they were born in relation to the first impact. This process isn't as glamourous as in most "giant robot anime," the protagonists constantly encounter problems with the Evas and have to go to extremes to improvise. The story is very deep, theological, psychological themes abound. (For example, the angels have a special force field called an "Absolute Terror field," based on Freud's theory about psychological barriers created by youths who are abandoned by their parents, a theme which ties everything together in this story.