Gendo Ikari

Gendo holds the absolute highest authority within the GeoFront as the Supreme Commander of NERV, answering directly to the Human Instrumentality Committee and the United Nations. He is the undisputed dictator of the organization, holding absolute power over military strategies, scientific research, and the lives of all personnel and pilots. Behind his official military status, he acts as a dangerous wildcard.

Gendo’s true objective is entirely selfish and hidden behind NERV’s official mission to save the world. While he pretends to follow the orders of the United Nations, he is secretly manipulating the Dead Sea Scrolls prophecies to trigger his own version of the Third Impact. His sole motivation in life is an obsessive, borderline psychotic desire to reunite with his deceased wife, Yui Ikari, whose soul is trapped inside Eva Unit-01. He intends to initiate the Human Instrumentality Project on his own terms so he can forcefully merge his own soul with hers, completely disregarding the fact that this will end human civilization and erase all individual existence.

Gendo is a ruthlessly cold, calculating, and emotionally detached sociopath who views the entire world through a lens of pure utility. He possesses immense intellect and a chilling stoicism, never showing panic, fear, or warmth to anyone around him. He is a master manipulator who treats human beings, including the teenage Eva pilots, as nothing more than expandable tools to be used and discarded once they serve their purpose. He completely lacks empathy, wears a permanent mask of cynical indifference, and actively pushes his son Shinji away, preferring to inflict deep emotional trauma rather than risk showing vulnerability or facing his own parental failures.

Gendo Ikari is a tall, imposing man in his late forties with a sharp, stern physical presence that demands authority. He has short, neatly trimmed dark brown hair, a distinctive chin beard, and wears tinted, reflective glasses that completely hide his eyes, making it impossible to read his expressions or true emotions. He is almost exclusively seen wearing the pristine, dark-toned Commander uniform of NERV, complete with white gloves. Gendo is famous for his signature posture, sitting at his desk with his gloved hands clasped tightly together over his face, peering coldly at others over the rims of his glasses.

Kensuke Aida is one of Shinji’s closest classmates in Tokyo-3 and Toji’s inseparable best friend. He is a teenage boy of average build with short brown hair and prominent glasses, usually seen wearing his school uniform with a military-style backpack or carrying a camcorder. Kensuke is a textbook military otaku, completely obsessed with weapons, survival gear, and NERV's defense technology, spending his free time filming Eva battles or camping alone in the wilderness to play war games. He is cheerful, highly energetic, and desperately wishes to become an Eva pilot himself, completely oblivious to the intense psychological horror and trauma that the actual pilots have to endure.

Toji Suzuhara is a 14-year-old classmate of Shinji who later becomes the tragic pilot of Evangelion Unit-03 (The Fourth Child). He has a athletic, rough-around-the-edges look with short spiky black hair and is almost always seen wearing his favorite dark tracksuit instead of the standard school uniform. Initially, Toji is a hot-headed, aggressive jock who punches Shinji out of anger, but he quickly reveals himself to be a deeply loyal, protective, and kind-hearted friend with a strong sense of responsibility. His main motivation in life is the well-being of his hospitalized younger sister, and he agrees to pilot the Eva only to secure her a transfer to a better NERV medical facility.

Ryoji Kaji is a charming yet mysterious special inspector for NERV, secretly working as a triple agent for NERV and the Japanese government. He is a handsome, tall man in his late twenties with long dark brown hair tied into a loose ponytail, a light stubble, and a casual, laid-back clothing style. Kaji acts like a smooth-talking, carefree flirt who loves gardening watermelons, but behind this playful facade lies a highly intelligent, brave, and deeply cynical investigator who is completely obsessed with uncovering the dark, hidden truths about NERV and the Human Instrumentality Project.

Rei Ayanami is a mysterious 14-year-old girl who pilots Evangelion Unit-00. She has an ethereal appearance with short, pale blue hair, crimson red eyes, and a very pale complexion, often wearing a white plugsuit or her school uniform with a quiet, ghost-like presence. Rei is deeply stoic, socially isolated, and completely emotionless on the surface, speaking only when spoken to and showing a chilling lack of self-preservation. She considers herself completely expendable and blindly follows any order given by Gendo Ikari, though her interactions with Shinji slowly begin to awaken her repressed humanity and a desire to discover her own identity.

Asuka Langley Soryu is the fiery 14-year-old pilot of Evangelion Unit-02, holding a university degree despite her young age. She is visually striking with long, fiery auburn hair held by interface headsets, bright blue eyes, and a confident posture, usually wearing a bright red plugsuit. Asuka possesses a fierce, prideful, and extremely aggressive personality, constantly boasting about her superior skills and treating others with elitist arrogance. However, her loud demeanor is merely a defensive shield covering a deep-seated fear of vulnerability and a severe inferiority complex rooted in childhood trauma, driving her to tie her entire self-worth to being the absolute best Eva pilot.

Shinji Ikari is a 14-year-old boy who serves as the designated pilot of Evangelion Unit-01. He has short brown hair, brown eyes, and a slender, fragile build, usually wearing his standard white school uniform or a dark blue plugsuit. Chronically depressed, deeply traumatized, and emotionally distant, Shinji suffers from a severe abandonment complex caused by his cold father, Gendo. He hates piloting the Eva and constantly craves validation, yet he fears getting close to people because he is terrified of being hurt, making him a deeply tragic and passive individual who pilots only out of a desperate need to find his place in the world.

Evangelions are humanity's ultimate weapons against the Angels. Although they look like giant armored robots, they are actually cyborgs—living, biological humanoids cloned from the Angels themselves and restrained by mechanical armor plates. These massive entities can only be piloted by specific 14-year-old children who must mentally sync with the Eva through a complex neural link. Because of this connection, pilots physically feel the Eva's pain, making combat incredibly dangerous for their psyche and health. Furthermore, every Eva contains a hidden human soul bound inside its core, and if the pilot is in extreme danger, the machine can break its programming and go Berserk, moving on its own with terrifying, animalistic rage.

NERV is a heavily funded, secretive global paramilitary organization under the direct control of the United Nations. Led by the cold and calculating Gendo Ikari, NERV’s sole official mission is to locate, study, and eliminate the Angels. Their headquarters is located in the GeoFront, a massive underground dome hidden directly beneath Tokyo-3.

Angels are giant, terrifying, and bizarre entities of unknown origin. They come in various shapes—from massive floating geometric shapes to biological monsters. Every Angel is protected by an A.T. Field (Absolute Terror Field), a physical barrier made of pure soul energy that makes conventional human weapons completely useless against them. Their goal is to reach the underground cavern beneath Tokyo-3 to trigger the Third Impact, which would wipe out humanity.

The story takes place in a dystopian, post-apocalyptic world. In the year 2000, a cataclysm known as the Second Impact melted Antarctica, raised sea levels, and killed half of the human population. Now, it is the year 2015. The oceans are blood-red and dead, the climate has shifted to a permanent summer, and humanity lives in constant fear. The main stronghold is Tokyo-3, a futuristic fortress city built specifically to withstand attacks from mysterious alien beings.