Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse

新世紀エヴァンゲリオン 学園堕天録

Neon Genesis Evangelion: Gakuen Datenroku

In "Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse," Shinji Ikari longs for excitement to break free from the monotonous routine of his school days at NERV Foundation Academy. His wish comes true when he witnesses a fierce clash between two students and a winged figure. The students turn out to be his classmates, Rei Ayanami, whom he has a crush on, and the new transfer student Kaworu Nagisa. Unintentionally, Shinji triggers a force that seems to defeat the winged being, which later manifests as an EVA, a gun-like weapon emerging from his innate survival instinct. He learns that the creatures his peers fight are called Angels—ephemeral consciousnesses that inhabit human hosts because they lack physical form. Joining forces with Rei, Kaworu, and eventually the international student Asuka Langley Soryu, Shinji commits to defending his town from these Angel threats.

Background

A spin-off of the landmark anime Neon Genesis Evangelion that reimagines Shinji and his companions as vigilante students who spend their nights patrolling for zombie-like versions of the Angels from the original series. The plot remains mostly true to the source material. Neon Genesis Evangelion: Campus Apocalypse was published in English by Dark Horse from September 14, 2010 to July 5, 2011, and in a complete omnibus on April 26, 2016.

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