ADV DVD Volume 1 Bios Panel

Shinji Ikari

As the fourteen-year-old son of the most powerful man in the world, Shinji Ikari is a boy lost in loneliness.  His mother's death and de facto abondonment have left him emotionallu uncertain, insecure, and frightened of himself and his world.  This is the Messiah of the Gospel for the New Age, this is the pilot of Eva 01.

Misato Katsuragi

Misato Katsuragi wages a private war on doubt and terror.  In the awful confusion of the battle against the Angels, she is NERV's unsung weapon.  It is her courage, her sense of duty, and, ultimately, her humanity that holds together the battered minds and souls that defend Mankind.

Kensuke Aida

From giant mecha combat to daring covert operations, the imagination of Kensuke Aida is a playground like no other.  To the outside world though, he's an average boy, perhaps a bit more preceptive than his classmates, but simply average.  With the dramatic arrival of the Angels, the outside world begins to look a lot more like Kensuke's dreams, and piloting an Eva becomes the boy's one desire.

Eva Unit 01

Eva Unit 01 is man's only weapon against the awesome power of the Angels.   Constructed under the top secret E-Plan, Unit 01 employs mysterious technology developed in the wake of the Second Impact.  Only Yui Ikari knows the true nature of the beast within the machine, and with her death, the bio-mechanical giant has taken on the rage of a lost soul.

Angel #3 Sachiel

Appearing with all the devastation of divine wrath in the year 2015, Sachiel is the messenger of destruction.  Hundreds of feet tall, the horrific monstrosity lumbers through the evacuated streets of Tokyo 3 to assault NERV's subterranean headquarters with suspicious accuracy.  Brilliant beams of energy burst from the creature's outstretched palm decimating everything in its path.

Angel #4 Shamshel

With each successive Angel, the danger to mankind takes a new form.  Evolving, adapting, learning from each battle, the next Angel will always be deadlier than his predecessors.  Shamshel is no exception.  Hugging the ground as it approaches, the Angel rears upright in combat.  Its twin luminous tentacles lash out with irresistible force, effortlessly shearing away stone and steel.