Neon Genesis Evangelion is an anime series produced by Gainax and Tatsunoko Production and directed by Hideaki Anno. It began broadcasting in Japan on TV Tokyo on October 4, 1995, and ended on March 27, 1996. Evangelion is an apocalyptic storyline set in the mecha genre. It centers on a teenage boy recruited by a paramilitary organization named Nerv to control a giant cyborg called an Evangelion to fight monstrous beings known as Angels. The show takes place largely in a futuristic Tokyo years after a worldwide catastrophe. Parts of the series also focus on other Evangelion pilots and members of Nerv as they try to prevent another catastrophe. Installments of the show have been through various re-cuts and cosmetic revisions.