At the turn of the century, the Angels returned to Earth, seeking to wipe out humanity in an apocalyptic fury. Devastated, mankind's last remnants moved underground to wait for the day when the Angels would come back to finish the job. Fifteen years later, that day has come... but this time, humanity is ready to fight back with terrifying bio-mechanical weapons known as the Evangelions. Watch as Shinji, Rei, Asuka and the rest of the mysterious shadow agency Nerv battle to save earth from total annihilation.

Originally a collection of clips from the Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, Death was created as a precursor to the re-worked ending of the series. Rebirth was intended as that re-worked ending, but after production overruns Rebirth became only the first half of the first part of The End of Evangelion, with some minor differences.

人类社会在名为 "第二次冲击 "的灾难中毁灭，15年后，幸存的人类面临着另一场考验：被称为“使徒”的巨大生物体出现了。没有人知道他们的起源或动机。 为了阻止这一致命威胁，联合国委托秘密组织NERF制造巨型机器人EVA。本片以原电视版内容为基础，重新剪辑、改编的一个约60分钟篇幅的总集篇。

Revival of Evangelion is a re-edit of the Neon Genesis Evangelion films , released in 1998. It consists of Evangelion: Death (which was essentially a clip show that summarized the entire regular series) and The End of Evangelion , re-edited together to make a version that tells the entire story of Evangelion. It is considered to be the final form of the Evangelion films.

TV2003重制版，是为庆祝EVA企业十周年而重置的版本，画面和音效都有提升。在TV95版的基础上重制了21-24四话重制的部分称作“Video”。加上原有的26集，03版共26话，一共30集。这个版本中21与22，23与24，25与26，27与28都是相同的内容。只不过21，23，25，27和原来一样，而22，24，26，28中增添了一些新的东西。
突袭世界的大灾难“第二次冲击”后，世界在废墟之上重建。14岁的少年碇真嗣被父亲碇元渡叫到第3新东京市。本以为能见到父亲迎接的他，却见到名为“ 使徒”的巨大生物与军队交火。危急之下，特务机关NERV的葛成美里将真嗣救下，并将其带往碇元渡所统领的NERV总部。但迎接真嗣的，却是是父亲冷酷地命令：驾驶称为“EVA”的巨大人型机器人与使徒战斗。本已表示拒绝的真嗣，看到重伤的替补驾驶员绫波丽后，决定遵从父亲的命令。就这样，从未受过作战训练的真嗣，准备驾驶EVA初号机迎战使徒。
不断袭来的使徒，身份不明的绫波丽，从德国来的驾驶员惣流·明日香·兰格蕾，14岁的少年要面对远超自己能力的挑战。而碇元渡不动声色地观察一切，一个称为“人类补完计划”的神秘计划正在按照他的计划实现。