Eureka Seven: Psalms of Planets

[Yukimura]

Wow, chain watching 7 Eureka seveN episodes in hard on the eyes. Anyway, just having the series complete is an immense relief as I'd been waiting for so damn long like the rest of the faithful. It did throw a few twists in at the end which I liked, such as the weird Dewey necklace thing (which was barely explained, though assumptions could easily be made). All in all I liked these last few eps, though I think I've finally hit the point where anime endings are all pretty similar unless they are just leaps and bounds out of the ordinary.

As for the series it had it's ups and it's downs, a lot of angst, great music, good charachters and plenty of good action. The story might have made a little more sense, but some semblance of an explanation can be gleaned if you payed enough attention.

[X-plicit]

I just finished watching episode 50. It was a great ending but I do have one question.


Eureka and Renton still live on the Earth except they're just not home, right?

[complich8]

I think it's probably best to consider it their honeymoon...

(at least, that's how I interpreted it. They've got the same last name now, and granddad said something to the effect of "Renton's the only member of our family who's ever come back to this town" ... meaning they had to be on Earth at some point after the scabpocalypse)

[Yukimura]

I just finished watching episode 50. It was a great ending but I do have one question.


Eureka and Renton still live on the Earth except they're just not home, right?

See Arcness's post above.

Something else I just realized that was kind of odd...Nirvash was a girl?! But it seems to make sense with the was as she/it tended to work better with him around than with just Eureka. Perhaps Nirvash loved Renton too for some unknown reason. theEND definately seemed to care about Anemone as well so it's not to far of a stretch.

[Kraco]

Finally acquired enough time to finish the series. It was a long wait since the last released episodes before these, but certainly time worth waiting, made even more evident by the fact I didn't even need to check the previous episode to remember exactly where the story had been left before the pause.

Some parts nearing the end of the story were quite ominous, like complich8 said, end I honestly didn't dare make too many guesses how this would end. It looks like a pretty happy ending, or almost as happy as it could get considering all the damage. Personally, I think the ending was very suitable.

And from now on Renton and Eureka can always blink those forehead lights to each other in the dark... Very nice.

[X-plicit]

I've got 3 more questions.

1. What's the 1st Summer of Love?

2. How come whenever Eureka and Renton do the Seventh Swell thing Holland always says "No it's not.."

3. O.o Gonzy was a Corallian?

And I'm pretty sure that's all I need to know. Thanks.

[complich8]

The first Summer of Love was when Eureka and Adrock unleashed an uncontrolled Seven Swell phenomenon in what amounts to the middle of a somewhat populated area. Lots of death, lots of other other negative consequences, including the death of Adrock while stopping it.

I think Holland is very much afraid of what might happen if there's a second instance of the Summer of Love catastrophe. His worst fear is that Renton and Eureka are going to hit another seven swell, lose control of it, and everyone's going to die.

And yeah, Gonzy was. Great revelation there, it was kinda hilarious when he opened his eyes, said goodbye, and they all suddenly realized it.

[X-plicit]

So for question number two. The thing Renton and Eureka does when they pull the amita drive isn't the SEventh Swell but just a weaker version?

[LobsterMagnet]

Yeah, now that everyones caught I can finally go about discussing the end of Eureka Seven

Overall I liked the series but some of the revalations in the end came to quickly and without any sort of explanation.

First of all what was up with Dewy having the compac drive embedded in his chest. Seriously what was the point of that. How was he connected to the scurve coral and how would his death some how kill them off.

What the hell was up with the Nirvash's unexplained last minute make over? It really didn't make sense of how it just transformed for no reason? Was it supposed to be some kind of metaphor for Renten finally coming of age?

What happened in the very end. What did Renten acomplish by going to Eureka who was stuck in that wierd plant thing that had something to do with scurve coral.

In the end what did happen did he and Eureka merge with the scurve coral affecting the planets destiny, seriously what was up with the fairy wings the Eureke grew at the last minute. Those never were really justified.

[EpyonNext]

Wow....just wow. Powerfull, entertaining, intense, emotional, and closed well. I dont think I could have asked for more out of an anime. I'm just simply at a loss for words at how awesome the show was.

PS. Ep. 48 was the best.

[Yukimura]

@LobsterMagnet: Here are my personal opinions about your questions

1) The Compac drive in his chest was somehow the trigger for the collars around the necks of Anemone and Eureka. While i'm not sure of the details of how it was to work, the overall intent was to either to stop them from becoming new command clusters to replace the one Dewey destroyed or force them to become a command cluster and send a kill yourself signal to all the Scab.

2) Nirvash, I think, returned to it's original organic form sheding the mechanical components the humans had added on. It was trying to become a new command cluster and thus needed to be in its original organic state to do so.

3) Renton went to Eureka to keep her from becoming the new command cluster, either so as to not lose her or to stop the Dewey 'virus' thing. In the end he got to her and she did not become the new command cluster (the Nirvash did). The flashing lights were their individual wills, Eureka's was fading as she was becoming the Command Cluster, but Renton's will called to her and she was able to separate herself.

As for the wings...she was a Coralian with a Human form, but it's likely that she couldn't hold a fully human form for so long and started reverting to a more Coralian appearance.

[Board of Command]

Some elements felt rushed, like Dewey's compac drive and the collar thing. But all in all, it was a pretty well-done series from start to finish.

[Munsu]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news...in-newtype-mag

The May issue (on sale on April 10) of Kadokawa Shoten's Newtype magazine will officially anounce that an Eureka Seven movie has been greenlit for production. Director Tomoki Kyoda (RahXephon movie), character designer Kenichi Yoshida (Overman King Gainer), and special effects director Yasushi Muraki (Ah! My Goddess: The Movie, The Skull Man) will reportedly return to animate with new mechanical designs, as well as a new form of storytelling that differs how the BONES anime studio produced the RahXephon movie. Although the creators are promising a new Eureka Seven "mythos," it will still feature the Renton and Eureka characters that starred in the original television version. Bandai Entertainment released both the original anime television series and the manga spinoff in North America. The Adult Swim television network ran the program in the United States.

I don't know about you guys, but this "new mythos" thing has me a bit worried... what do you guys think? Should we be excited about this? Or do we fear they'll ruin what was one of the greatest animes of all time? Some sort of retelling? A sequel but with a different storytelling style? Just what is this?

[Kraco]

Nah, I'm not worried. I wouldn't mind seeing Renton and Eureka again, especially if this takes place when they are already more comfortable in each other's company. The story of the series was pretty much concluded so it's not feasible to continue it in any manner, probably, so they could either make something totally new or somehow work on parts of what already transpired. In either case, it's not like it would overwrite anything you already experienced while watching the series.

Movies are movies, and movies somehow related to series are inferior to the actual show. Just take it as an extra piece of entertainment. Don't paint devils on the walls, like the saying goes here in Finland (don't know how you say it in English). It's not fated to be bad.

[animus]

I never got around to finishing it, I believe i only hit episode 10 then dropped it from boredom. Maybe I'll pick it up again.

[Sapphire]

The series is awesome, you should definitely pick it back up.

[Ryllharu]

As Kraco pointed out, it's just a movie version of a series with an alternate retelling. They just about all suck (I can't think of a good one off the top of my head). They don't really break canon because they weren't intended to be a continuation, just a fun retelling.

Other notable series that had alternate reality versions or recaps that everyone ignored:
- AIR
- RahXephon (mentioned in the clip Munsu posted)
- Vandread
- Kiddy Grade

I wouldn't be too concerned about it.

[tnynyn]

Nah, I'm not worried. I wouldn't mind seeing Renton and Eureka again, especially if this takes place when they are already more comfortable in each other's company. The story of the series was pretty much concluded so it's not feasible to continue it in any manner, probably, so they could either make something totally new or somehow work on parts of what already transpired. In either case, it's not like it would overwrite anything you already experienced while watching the series.

Movies are movies, and movies somehow related to series are inferior to the actual show. Just take it as an extra piece of entertainment. Don't paint devils on the walls, like the saying goes here in Finland (don't know how you say it in English). It's not fated to be bad.

well they couldve continued on something liek 10 years later after teh ending??

[Kraco]

Technically yes (and financially) but not artistically. I wouldn't count it to be anymore in the same plot and thus it wouldn't be a continuation. It would affect even less anything that happened in the series than a movie that takes place ambiguously somewhere during the greater story.

[masamuneehs]

i'm slightly annoyed, but i'll surely take a look at it.

i really despise the practice of boiling a full show down to a short little movie...