In 2015, the "Angels" have returned, and Shinji Ikari, a fourteen year-old child of the new Earth, is forced by his father Gendo--commander of the secret organization NERV--to pilot the monstrous biomechanical weapon called "Evangelion" to match the Angels' fearsome power...
 
(Source: Viz Media)

If you thought Evangelion's characters have a tough time in the anime, wait until you see what happens when some of Japan's most unhinged manga artists get their ink-stained hands on them! Neon Genesis Evangelion: Comic Tribute is an officially authorized one-shot anthology of parody stories assaulting Evangelion from all directions. 
(Source: Dark Horse Comics) Table of contents: 
1, 15, 16. Neon Genesis Revolutionary Legend Evangelion, by Kawata Yushi and Yukito 
2. Drowning in L.C.L. 
3. Let's Study with NERV!, by Teri Terio 
4. Neon Genesis Tanakagelion, by Tanaka Keiichi 
5. Misato Katsuragi's The Shinji Ikari Raising Project Report 
6, 19. Tony Takezaki's Neon Genesis Evangelion, by Tony Takezaki 
7. <a href="http://myanimelist.net/manga/49859/-/moreinfo">Neon Genesis Evandoglion</a>, by Karasawa Nawoki 
8. Mr.Director Anno 
9. <a href="http://myanimelist.net/manga/49859/-/moreinfo">Shinji and Asuka's Hot Day</a>, by Igarashi Ran 
10. Don't You Dance Like You Want to Win! 
11. In Sickness Unto Sudden Death Overtime 
12. Eva-san 
13. Decisive Battle! Evangelion Online! 
14. Angel Fight 
17. Eternal Fourteen 
18. I Forgave You Long Ago

In the year 2015, the Angels, huge, tremendously powerful, alien war machines, appear in Tokyo for the second time. The only hope for Mankind's survival lies in the Evangelion, a humanoid fighting machine developed by NERV, a special United Nations agency. Capable of withstanding anything the Angels can dish out, the Evangelion's one drawback lies in the limited number of people able to pilot them. Only a handful of teenagers, all born fourteen years ago, nine months after the Angels first appeared, are able to interface with the Evangelion. One such teenager is Shinji Ikari, whose father heads the NERV team that developed and maintains the Evangelion. Thrust into a maelstrom of battle and events that he does not understand, Shinji is forced to plumb the depths of his own inner resources for the courage and strength to not only fight, but to survive, or risk losing everything. 
(Source: AniDB) 
 
 Note: Later releases include edited versions of Episodes 21-24 called the "Director's Cut" with some visual editing and adding extra scenes that appeared in the theatrical recap 'Death'.

In this alternate retelling of Neon Genesis Evangelion everything is different. Shinji and Asuka have grown up together as childhood friends, Rei is the new kid at school, Misato is their teacher, NERV is just beginning to assemble teenagers for their experiments, and the second impact never happened. The story proceeds as a romance rather than an action series, with love triangles a-plenty.
 
(Source: Anime News Network)
 
Note: Include three extras chapters.

Stunning, hotheaded Asuka Langley Soryu has been friends with Shinji Ikari since they were little. And she always sort of assumed they'd stay together-until the day the beautiful, brilliant Rei Ayanami showed up in class! When Shinji starts to get curious about Rei, Asuka needs to figure out if she wants to be just friends with Shinji, or something more. But why are so many people keeping an eye on these relationships-people like homeroom teacher Misato, school nurse Ritsuko, and Shinji's mother-NERV's chief scientist, Yui Ikari...? 
(Source: Dark Horse)

Shinji Ikari’s parents are gone, and he lives with his legal guardian, Ryoji Kaji, while attending the elite private NERV Academy.But no one ever told Shinji about the school’s many secrets . . . or that he’d find his fellow students Kaworu, Rei, and Asuka out on the streets late at night—fighting with sword, spear, and whip against an enemy that looks very human, but that Kaworu insists are beings called the Angels! (Source: Dark Horse)

When even a tough dude like his school pal Toji is getting menaced by gangsters, a nice guy like Shinji Ikari feels obliged to seek out the local private eye, Ryoji Kaji, and his striking young assistant, Kaworu Nagisa. Somehow, though, Shinji gets drafted into solving the case himself, with Kaworu's help&mdash;although Kaworu quickly proves to be a mystery of his own . . . 
(Source: Dark Horse Comics)

The series is the "first official super-deformed series" based on Neon Genesis Evangelion. The Gainax/Khara franchise spinoff spoofs the psychological science fiction drama by reimagining the characters as classmates in Tokyo-3's Nerv School, headed by Principal Gend&#333; Ikari and Misato-sensei. The student body includes three different Rei "sisters," the EVA-01 mobile weapon reimagined as the school bully Evanch&#333;, and the ill-fated Jet Alone robot as JA-ko, a "hidden character" in the form of a shy android girl. 

A gag manga that parodies the Evangelion series.


An alternate universe ending for the legendary anime!
 
What would have happened if the Human Instrumentality Project–from the final two episodes of the original Neon Genesis Evangelion anime–had never reached fruition? This official light novel series explores just that, allowing Shinji Ikari and the pilots around him to age three years and face a different future. This alternate ending began serialization in Japan a decade ago, and remains the only light novel series for the legendary franchise. With the original 1990s anime series having its very first streaming release on Netflix in Spring 2019, these light novels are a perfect expansion for fans new and old.
 
(Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

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