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三新东京市。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。

William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a Native American man called Nobody, who guides him on a journey to the spiritual world.

In the year 2035, convict James Cole reluctantly volunteers to be sent back in time to discover the origin of a deadly virus that wiped out nearly all of the earth's population and forced the survivors into underground communities. But when Cole is mistakenly sent to 1990 instead of 1996, he's arrested and locked up in a mental hospital. There he meets psychiatrist Dr. Kathryn Railly, and patient Jeffrey Goines, the son of a famous virus expert, who may hold the key to the mysterious rogue group, the Army of the 12 Monkeys, thought to be responsible for unleashing the killer disease.

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and Saïd, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

A scientist in a surrealist society kidnaps children to steal their dreams, hoping that they slow his aging process.