EVANGELION, certainly one of the most popular, and arguably one of the best animes ever produced, is the rare sci-fi series that actually follows through on the ambitious themes and ideas it presents. The series is set in the year 2015, fifteen years after what was supposedly a meteorite struck Antarctica, wiping out half the earth's population and leaving the rest to contend with rising sea levels and the mystery of what exactly happened. Chief among the mysteries is the arrival of the Angels, an alien race possibly responsible for the subsequent attacks on Tokyo. This second volume contains episodes 5 through 8.