Evangelion Anima. Volume 1. 3rd edition. Yamasita I., Kasihara Ya.

After the disruption of the project to improve humanity, the world continued to live its usual life. Despite the reigned calm, the NERV special agency, now reorganized and renamed Nerv JPN, did not believe that the angels disappeared forever. Under the leadership of the Supreme Commander Misato Katsuragi, seventeen -year -old pilots continue to actively prepare for the new coming of the enemy. However, the danger crept in from where they did not expect it at all. One of the three simultaneous clones of Ray Ayanami, which are part of the “global network of searching and destroying angels”, suddenly loses control of himself. Eve-01 is sent to suppress the uprising, but Shinji Ikari does not cope with the mission and risks perish from the beam of enemy Gazer.