Eureka Seven AO: Astral Ocean

[Marik]

The official website for the Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean (Eureka Seven Ao) project announced on Friday in Japan that a television anime version will air starting in April 2012. The anime studio BONES will return to animate the sequel series.

The February issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine is announcing on Monday that Eureka Seven Ao, a manga sequel to the Eureka Seven television anime series, will launch in the next issue on January 26. The "real mecha epic" will center around a boy named Ao who "set 'destiny' in motion again when he held the 'power.'" Artist Yūichi Katō is drawing the manga based on the original story by the anime studio BONES.

Eureka Seven Ao Gets TV Anime in April 2012 (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-12-22/eureka-seven-ao-gets-tv-anime-in-april-2012)

Here's the discussion thread for the first series, Eureka Seven: Psalms of Planets:
http://forums.gotwoot.net/showthread.php/10068-Eureka-Seven-Psalms-of-Planets

[Sapphire]

Yesssss!!!!!!

[Kraco]

I won't object. I hope it'll also sport as cute a romance as the old show...

[Alhuin]

Damnit, I just deleted my E7 OPs and EDs the other day. Now I want to listen to them again.

Looking forward to this sequel. I'm hoping Ao doesn't turn out to be Renton 2.0.

[MFauli]

2012 is shaping up to be the best year for anime in a looooooong, long time.

- Berserk-movie #1
- Neon Genesis Evangelion Rebuild movie #3
- Eureka Seven-sequel

Now we need a continuation of the Claymore-anime, Kaiji season 3 and something like Mushishi, and it´d be a dream come true!

[Sapphire]

OZC Bluray release with default japanese audio and subs (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=search&cats=0_0&filter=0&term=eureka+ozc+seven+remux)

This is their dual audio but english dub is on default: [season 1] (http://www.ozc-anime.com/2011/01/eureka-seven-batch-1-ep-1-25.html) [season 2] (http://www.ozc-anime.com/2011/02/eureka-seven-batch-2-ep-26-50.html)

[Marik]

http://img856.imageshack.us/img856/4595/e7aos.jpg (http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/7661/e7ao.jpg)


The February issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine is presenting the story outline, staff list, and a new piece of art for Eureka Seven Ao, the sequel to Bones' 2005-2006 Eureka Seven television anime series, on Tuesday.

The story is set on Okinawa's isolated island of Iwado, which has seen a growing movement advocating a return to an autonomous government. Ao Fukai, a 13-year-old boy with a missing father, lives on the island with an old doctor named Toshio and is about to enter middle school. Ao's mother was taken away a decade ago by unknown individuals. Naru Arata, Ao's 13-year-old childhood friend and the story's heroine, lives with her father, older sister, and grandmother. She has a "Yuta" power awakened within her due to an incident when she was young.

A mysterious entity called "Secret" suddenly appears and launches an attack on the Scub Coral lifeform on the island. In his fervent desire to protect the island, Ao launches a certain military FP called "Nirvash" aboard a Japanese military transport.

The anime sequels features the return of the original anime's director, several mechanical designers, art director, color stylist, visual effects director, and director of photography. The first anime's character designer Kenichi Yoshida (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1726) and main mechanical designer Shoji Kawamori (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=31) are also credited for "key character designs" and "Nirvash designs," respectively.

Director: Tomoki Kyoda (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=13624)
Key Character Design: Kenichi Yoshida
Character Design: Hiroyuki Oda (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=44959)
Nirvash Design: Shoji Kawamori
Mechanical Design (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=101): Kanetake Ebikawa (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1618), Kimitoshi Yamane (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=125), Takayuki Yanase (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=38526)
Design Development: Shigeto Koyama (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=25111)
Design Works: Shiho Takeuchi (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=4783)
Art: Kazuo Nagai (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=5688)
Color Design: Nobuko Mizuta (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=312)
SF Setting: Mitsuyasu Sakai (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=8126)
VFX Director: Yasushi Muraki (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=13622)
Director of Photography: Shunya Kimura (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=38553)
Animation Production: BONES (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/company.php?id=198)

The new television series will premiere in April, and the story is being adapted in manga form in Kadokaw Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace and Newtype Ace magazines.

[Alhuin]

Any idea how many episodes this is going to be?

[MFauli]

Think I heard something about 26 episodes.

[Marik]

First chapter of the Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean manga is out.

[MangaStream] Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean c.01: SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/jd81zc) | MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/?bb9b7x6e55n3r3b) | Online Viewing (http://mangastream.com/read/eureka_seven_ao/71451535/1)
[MangaStream] Eureka Seven: Astral Ocean c.02: SendSpace (http://www.sendspace.com/file/a3aw13) | MediaFire (http://www.mediafire.com/?u36xqy7rz8spult) | Online Viewing (http://mangastream.com/read/eureka_seven_ao/90237727/1)

[Marik]

http://www.wat.tv/video/sm16992734-ao-pv-spec-4v78t_3m0bd_.html


The official website for the Eureka Seven Ao television anime series relaunched on Thursday with the anime's first 90-second promotional video, although the video is restricted to computers linked to Japanese IP addresses. The video features the opening theme song "Escape" by the rock band Hemenway.

BONES' television anime sequel to its first Eureka Seven anime series will premiere this April.

[EpyonNext]

Ao looks so much like Renton. This puts a smile on my face.

[MFauli]

Main character looks likeable. However, the music sounded a bit more generic than I remember the first season´s being. And I don´t like the new design of some of these vehicles. Well, eagerly anticipating this anime nonetheless.

[Kraco]

Characters looked good and promising. The music definitely sucked long noodles compared to the original.

[Alhuin]

Ao looks so much like Renton. This puts a smile on my face.

He looked more like a male Eureka to me. With brown hair.

[Munsu]

Hmm, 20 pages of discussion for the original anime... I'm guessing it would be best to split the thread for the new anime? In any case, I haven't been watching much anime, but I think I'll keep an eye for this one.

[Sapphire]

Split that biatch.

[shinta|hikari]

It has to be split. It's a different show altogether.

[Marik]

[gg] EUREKA SEVEN AO - 01 [946DCCD6].mkv (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=304364)

[MFauli]

Hm ...

Animation quality is top notch and voice actors are fine, too. I don´t like the realistic setting ... actually, I have no idea what´s going on. Wasn´t the first season set in a fantasy world? I guess there was something at the end, but I forgot everything about it. Either way, I hope this becomes more "fantasy" soon. At least the preview of next episode looks promising.

First season had a much stronger first episode, though.

[Kraco]

Yeah, I also don't really know what's going on. If memory serves, the original show ended in revealing the old world below a new crust formed by the scub coral. This, however, shows scub corals as a disastrous and rare happening. A mystery...

I like the characters, though. They make this look very promising. The potential for a similar young romance is also heavy.

[MFauli]

Episode 02 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=306558)

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Yeah, let the sickly girl run around the island for miles by hersef. wat

Whatever. My impression is the same as of the first episode. Production value is top notch, but I don´t like the realistic setting. However, I´m sure they´ll keep introducing new, fantastic elements to the show, like the IFO in this episode. I just hope they don´t spend the whole story on uncovering Ao´s past.

Btw. do we know who the old doctor from the island is? He seems to have seen Renton´s Nirvash in the past.

[LordGardenGnome]

So watched the Recap episode and the original series (again). Still completely lost in how they tie in, at the end of the original..Renton and Eureka "become one". So Renton's grandfather was taking care of the three kids waiting for Renton and Eureka to return.
-The planet went back to being earth I guess?
-What happened to all the cities that were built on the scab "core" (stuff around the planet), they still kinda of exist?
-The nirvash became it's own being and disappeared at the end but now is molded back into an IFO? WTF!

I really hope they clear some of this up soon. Show looks awesome but I'm just so lost.

[MFauli]

gg - Episode 03 (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=308856)

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Ugh, I hope they don´t spend all 24 episodes on uncovering past events. All the talk about what happened in the past is getting on my nerves. I want a story that plays in the present, that drives things further!

Also, I´m totally lost as to what the timeline is supposed to look like. Ao´s mother is Eureka, right? And Renton and Eureka kind of broke the shell of the earth/the outer layer at the end of the first anime. So, how comes that Japan, China, America and so on exist? Does this mean our normal earth was always there, right to the feet of Renton´s and Eureka´s world, or did something magical change reality?

So far, the plot is really disappointing, which sucks even more since everything other than the plot is top notch, highest quality. Good animation, great sound, well-written characters. Now give me something interesting to look forward to, please

[Kraco]

Episode 4 - gg (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=311213)




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The giant g-monster seemed to die pretty easily, but otherwise this was a fine ep for me. I especially liked how in the occupied city the woman was instantly ready to sell out for a bit of money, even in front of her brother.

I hope the girl pilots will tease Ao a lot (but not bully). He has suffered alienation all his life, so it'd be good if he found a place to belong in that organization.

[shinta|hikari]

I have a feeling that Ao will build a pseudo, if not true harem, by the middle of this series.

[MFauli]

Well, let´s hope that not :/

Btw. was it explained already why only kids can pilot these robots now? The original anime didn´t have such restrictions.

[Konohamaru!]

So watched the Recap episode and the original series (again). Still completely lost in how they tie in, at the end of the original..Renton and Eureka "become one". So Renton's grandfather was taking care of the three kids waiting for Renton and Eureka to return.
-The planet went back to being earth I guess?
-What happened to all the cities that were built on the scab "core" (stuff around the planet), they still kinda of exist?
-The nirvash became it's own being and disappeared at the end but now is molded back into an IFO? WTF!

I really hope they clear some of this up soon. Show looks awesome but I'm just so lost.
Well they sure left quite a bit of confusion with respect to tying together the first series and this one. First off, we aren't sure just how much/many of the Scub Corals left when Type Zero Nirvash finally was able to complete it's collection and evolve. I guess it's possible that part of the Scub Coral on the planet left at that time. We've seen remnants of past destruction already in the series, so at least part of the outer Scub Coral Crust still exists, or the destruction that they showed was that of the buildings and outer crust after crashing down to Earth's surface.

As for Nirvash though, there were multiple Nirvashs that existed in the first series. Type Zero and The End were both Nirvashs so I'm assuming Nirvash is just the name used for the organism under the armor. I would say they have kids piloting the LFOs simply to hit demographic purposes or for the better of the story. I doubt that adults are incapable of piloting them, but I can see far better interaction between Ao and the young girls than Ao and some old farts piloting.

As for Renton and Eureka, they didn't need to 'become one' in the sense that they were planning. They were both talking about giving up what they were(race and life) in order to save the Planet and everyone else they care about from Limit of Questions which was threatening to tear open the universe. Due to their selflessness and love causeing the Nirvash's evolution and completion... Renton and Eureka were able to stay themselves and be together. From the point where they fell from the sky though, there was over a year that went by at the end of the first series. The dates written into their Family Registry Book was a year after the Second Summer of Love event, and everyone's ages show it as well. Therefore, the kids, Eureka, and Renton all went back home and saw Grandpa, and registered the family before Renton and Eureka apparently went off again for a year. I have not found any information depicting why they left for a year or what they were doing.

From what we've seen in this series though, obviously something happened which caused Renton and Eureka to be split apart and not too long before Eureka gave birth to Ao. I'm enjoying the characters quite a bit so far, however I have such an attachment to Renton and Eureka from the first series that I will be upset if they don't make Ao finding out what happened to them a big part of this series. Another thing I'm really hoping for is that they make this series as long as the first. The more story the better I say! =)

[Kraco]

Episode 5 - gg (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=313294)




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They weren't exactly welcoming, that's for sure. I wonder if Pied Piper lost its original third member and that's why Elena and Fleur aren't too thrilled about Ao joining the team. They are also somewhat arrogant in a childish way in asking him if he has any reason to be there; they are all kids, after all. I suppose they could be envious, as well, after Ao's performance back in Okinawa, and perhaps feeling protective of their protocols and methods they have grown accustomed to. Somebody thinking out of the box (having only lived outside of it), is sure to receive derision.

I wish that all will be behind in few eps. Ao doesn't deserve another place where he isn't welcome.

[MFauli]

This episode was terrible.

I understand that we might have to wait for longer until certain foggy stuff is revealed, but that doesn´t excuse that they turned Eureka Seven into an embarrassing copy of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Only children can pilot those smaller vehicel. The Generation Blue-hq looks like NERV´s hq. The skin tight suits. Heck, even that red haired woman reminds me of Misato. Then the sloth in the shower tub, together with the girl. It´s not like we didn´t have a scene with Penpen and Misato. The low point of the episode probably was the introduction of an 11-year old girl as a pilot. Yeah, effing bullshit.

Production value of this anime is very high, it´s a pleasure for the eyes. But as someone who LOVED the first "season" of Eureka Seven, the story so far is one huge letdown. Why did they feel the need to rip off NGE? Why have the story take place on a realistic earth, why not keep the interesting fantasy world? There´ve been made a lot of strange, seemingly disadvantageous decisions and I´m kinda sad that it makes me not enjoy this anime as much as I hoped it would.

Of course, I´ll keep watching. If only for the animation and music. And who knows, maybe the plot picks up.

[Kraco]

Episode 6 - gg (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=315074)




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This got considerably stranger with that metamorphic... thing. Or is it even a single thing or some sort of an organization of similar things. Who knows. I hope there's a bloody good explanation for it, in any case, with all those super powers and whatnot.

I'm a little sad Ao so single-handedly solved this Secret case, even though the way he did it had plenty of style.

[LordGardenGnome]

This episode was terrible.

I understand that we might have to wait for longer until certain foggy stuff is revealed, but that doesn´t excuse that they turned Eureka Seven into an embarrassing copy of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Only children can pilot those smaller vehicel. The Generation Blue-hq looks like NERV´s hq. The skin tight suits. Heck, even that red haired woman reminds me of Misato. Then the sloth in the shower tub, together with the girl. It´s not like we didn´t have a scene with Penpen and Misato. The low point of the episode probably was the introduction of an 11-year old girl as a pilot. Yeah, effing bullshit.

Production value of this anime is very high, it´s a pleasure for the eyes. But as someone who LOVED the first "season" of Eureka Seven, the story so far is one huge letdown. Why did they feel the need to rip off NGE? Why have the story take place on a realistic earth, why not keep the interesting fantasy world? There´ve been made a lot of strange, seemingly disadvantageous decisions and I´m kinda sad that it makes me not enjoy this anime as much as I hoped it would.

Of course, I´ll keep watching. If only for the animation and music. And who knows, maybe the plot picks up.

I'm getting the same feeling about this series, it just seem so copy cat and not sticking to it's roots. There are still SO MANY gaps in the story, so much that doesn't make sense. It really feel's like I watching NGE with a less depressing attitude.

[Kraco]

Episode 7 - gg (http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=download&tid=317051)





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What on Earth is going on in this show? It seems like the Truth dude is obeying totally different physical laws than the rest of them. Kind of like somebody who hacks into a game trying to simulate reality but activates the god mode for himself. Or judging by his word's, he is running the normal mode and the rest are running a handicapped mode. Are all these people actually sleeping inside scub coral, or something, and this Truth guy is awake but managed to invade their sleep Matrix like? I don't really know what to think of this anymore. But it would certainly explain why they are now living in a world so much resembling ours whereas in the past they lived in the weird world (in the original show). But to be honest I just don't know what to think of it all.

[LordGardenGnome]

Re-boot bump, so decided to keep up with this show. Seems some things are starting to make sense-ish, the last two episodes make mentions of leaving "this world" and that it's not the "real world". Also with the intro of Eureka in the last one hopefully there are answers in the next episode.

[Alhuin]

So I forgot this show was airing, and decided I wanted to catch up, but apparently there's a problem with the first and third episode's torrents from GG. I've checked on it over the past couple hours and I just keep getting an "invalid" error. Anyone have an idea what's up?

Of course, judging from the discussion, it looks like this one was underwhelming, so maybe I'm better off waiting to marathon it.

[LaZie]

I just finished watching the series and while I did enjoy seeing adult Eureka and Renton, the ending left me with a big WTF. The show didn't have one ounce of charm the original did and it went all Gundam/Evangelion as it kept going. Where was the romance that made the original so memorable? I was disappointed with how they went about with Naru and Fleur at the end.

Just my little rant, but I did enjoy it even if it was disappointing.

[Munsu]

Well, just began watching this series and am 8 episodes in.

Overall it's enough to be entertaining, but not much beyond that... so far it's been a disappointment overall. Thankfully I don't recall much of the details from the first series, which I loved watching, so at least I can take what they give me at face value without over-thinking the potential inconsistencies (if any).

Anyways, hoping this becomes better. It's only 24 episodes, so not much of an investment to make. But considering that I loved the first series, I wanted more out of this. Biggest problem really is the cast, the first one had a lot of charm and overall great. This one I'm not caring for much of anyone, and AO is dull.

Other than LaZie, anyone else managed to finish this one?

[MFauli]

I still havent watched this completely. Somewhere around 6-7-8 episodes in or so. As you said, it´s just somewhat dull. Not captivating. Hoping for a major twist soon.

[Munsu]

I still havent watched this completely. Somewhere around 6-7-8 episodes in or so. As you said, it´s just somewhat dull. Not captivating. Hoping for a major twist soon.

Right now I'll settle for entertaining and a somewhat coherent plot.

[Munsu]

I still havent watched this completely. Somewhere around 6-7-8 episodes in or so. As you said, it´s just somewhat dull. Not captivating. Hoping for a major twist soon.

I'm on episode 13 now, and things are starting to make a bit more sense now... recent reveals are making it easier to connect the dots, in particular with the connection this series has with the original series.

So, if you're still interested, I'd say keep on watching until episode 13-14 since story-wise it might clear some things up for you.

[MFauli]

This anime might be one of the worst let downs ever. I´m currently trying to FINALLY finish watching it. I´m at episode 17. Dear holy lord, this is sooo hard and tiresome to watch. The original anime was so full of creative, fantastical designs, like a classic JRPG world. And we had deep, meaningful character interaction and development. Meanwhile, Astral Ocean says "screw all that!" and gives us a chock boring realistic world. It gives us shallow characters. And worst of all, 90% of the time you spend listening to politics. BOOOOOOOOORING politics. Seriously, NOBODY watches Eureka to learn more about the relationships between Japan, the USA and other nations. Do we have any objective numbers to learn how successful this show was? I cannot imagine it was very popular.

[Munsu]

This anime might be one of the worst let downs ever. I´m currently trying to FINALLY finish watching it. I´m at episode 17. Dear holy lord, this is sooo hard and tiresome to watch. The original anime was so full of creative, fantastical designs, like a classic JRPG world. And we had deep, meaningful character interaction and development. Meanwhile, Astral Ocean says "screw all that!" and gives us a chock boring realistic world. It gives us shallow characters. And worst of all, 90% of the time you spend listening to politics. BOOOOOOOOORING politics. Seriously, NOBODY watches Eureka to learn more about the relationships between Japan, the USA and other nations. Do we have any objective numbers to learn how successful this show was? I cannot imagine it was very popular.

Haven't managed to finish it myself. I think I'm around episode 17 as well.

But yeah, the series was a disappointment. Such a shame.

[MFauli]

I finished it yesterday. The last 3 episodes were actually somewhat fine. Had they put those in the first six episodes and then presented an adventure from there, this could have been a quality follow-up.