[Anime]EVANGELION:2.0 YOU CAN (NOT) ADVANCE

Continuing where the previous film, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, left off, the movie opens with a new EVA pilot, Mari Illustrious Makinami, launched with EVA Provisional Unit 05 to destroy the Third Angel which is attacking the arctic Bethany Base of NERV. She successfully defeats the Angel by self-destructing Unit 05, safely ejecting at the last moment.

The film cuts to Shinji and Gendo visiting Yui's grave and NERV Chief Inspector Ryoji Kaji is later revealed to arrive and hand Gendo a suitcase containing an object referred to as the 'Key of Nebuchadnezzar'. When the Seventh Angel attacks, EVA Unit 02 and its pilot Captain Asuka Langley Shikinami arrive in Japan via air transport and quickly destroy the Angel.

Meanwhile, Gendo and Fuyutsuki visit the Tabgha Base on the Moon to view SEELE's progress with the new and cryptic "Mark. 06" EVA Unit, and--while access to the base is denied by SEELE--they confirm that Mark. 06's construction method is fundamentally different from that of other EVAs and manage to spot Kaworu Nagisa sitting at the finger of the EVA.

Back on Earth, Shinji is forced to learn to live with Asuka, who has just moved in with both him and Misato. As the movie progresses we see Kaji taking the children on a field trip to an aquarium and all three EVA Units engaging the Eighth Angel, showing a teamwork that had previously been lacking. The following day, Shinji decides to cook an extra meal for Rei, a gesture that drives her to invite everyone over for a self-cooked meal during the following week. Meanwhile, Mari arrives secretly in Tokyo-3 by parachute but accidentally lands on top of Shinji at his school.

Soon after, NERV's U.S. branch is destroyed when an experimental new engine test goes wrong and Unit 03 is delivered to Tokyo-03. Asuka is chosen for the activation test, taking place on the very day of the party. The activation of Unit 03 goes awry as it is revealed to be infected by the Ninth Angel, forcing Shinji to be dispatched with Unit 01 to intervene. Knowing who the pilot is, he refuses to fight back against Unit 03 out of fear of killing Asuka, whose entry plug couldn't be ejected. Gendo orders the activation of EVA 01's Dummy System and Unit 01 savagely dispatches the Angel/Unit 03, finally destroying Asuka's entry plug. Shinji is disgusted with his father's actions and decides to quit NERV. Asuka, who was thought to be dead, is revealed to be alive but badly wounded.

Hideaki Anno
Masayuki Kazuya Tsurumaki
Yoshiyuki Sadamoto Matsuharahidenori
Shoichi Masuo
Katsuichi Nakayama
Katohiroshi
Hikaru Utada
Shiro Sagisu
KLOCK WORX
Megumi Ogata
Hayashibara Megumi
Yuko Miyamura
Maaya Sakamoto
Kotono Mitsuishi
Yuriko Yamaguchi
Koichi Yamadera
Akira Ishida
Fumihiko Tachiki
Motomu Kiyokawa
Miki Nagasawa
Takehito Koyasu
Hiro Yuki
Tomokazu Seki
Tetsuya Iwanaga
Junko Iwao
Mugihito