Eureka SeveN, the story of Renton Thurston, a fourteen-year-old boy living in a boring, mundane town where the only thing that brings him joy is Lifting; a combination of surfing and skateboarding that is done on trapar-waves. Trapar-waves are invisable, so Renton claims it's nothing short of 'gliding on air' (Lifters have boards that he throw out and hop on as the trapar-waves pick them up).

Renton's mother died shortly after he was born, and his father, Adrock Thurston was a great hero during 'The Summer of Love'-- which, despite the name, was a time of terror when trapar waves caused communications to be disrupted-- but also died (or 'supposedly died'). He was raised by his sister and his granfather until his sister left home under mysterious circumstances and Renton was left with a boring life of working for his granfather and going to school.

One day, however, a large LFO ('Light Finding Operations', giant robots that Lift on a larger scale by actually detecting trapar-waves instead of assuming they're there like normal Lifters must do) crashes into Renton's life, and the pilot is a mysterious girl named Eureka (pronounced 'Eh-oo-reh-ka') who Renton falls head-over-heels for. She asks for repairs on her LFO, the Nirvash Type Zero, but before Renton can finish, the military attacks Eureka on their own LFOs and she's forced to head out before the repairs can be completed.

She claims Nirvash is 'sleeping' and she'll have trouble without proper repairs and asks Renton to come along with her. He refuses, saying he wants to go but cannot. Eureka finds this strange and leaves without him. Suddenly, Renton realizes his life won't get any more exciting unless he takes chances every once in a while and goes off to find Eureka on his board. Before he can even step out of the garage, his granfather gives him a device called The Amita Drive and tells him to wake up the Nirvash with it.

He catches up with Eureka's LFO and confesses his love for her before 'waking up' the Nirvash with the Amita Drive and defeating the military. After their victory, Renton and Eureka are contacted by non-other than Renton's idol, Holland, founder of the Gekko-state and Lifter extrodinaire. Seeing how renton and Eureka piloted the Nirvash together with fantastic results, Holland invites Renton to join the Gekko-State aboard their ship (The Gekko-Go), and Renton can't help but say yes.

With that, Renton's new life beings among the Gekko-Go (tranlated to 'The Moonlight' in teh Manga) with the 17 members of the Gekko-State. He faces adversity, heartbreak, and chellenging decisions as he discovers things he'd always wanted to know... and things he wish he could just forget.

Seriosuly, Eureka SeveN is funny and interesting, not to mention ROBOT-ASS-KICKING awesome. XD Try to keep up-- the plots moves faster than the LFOs!

Quite an interesting anime, at least for the last couple of episodes. As of the current episodes, it's seeming to get a Neon Genesis Evangelion streak in it, which is probobly why I'm starting to like it some more, in the recent episodes.

One thing I've never understood, though, is how the pronunciation "Elrecca" comes from "Eureka". That and all the technical jargon (though not knowing that probobly comes from the fact that even though the TV was on showing this show during most of the first episodes, I really never paid all that much attention to the program for about half of the episodes I watched, among the first 10).

XD All teh technology is hard to follow if you don't hear the sermon in the first few episodes.

The "Elrecca" pronounciation is a mistake. It's just 'Eh-oo-re-ka' (and Anemone is 'Ah-neh-mo-ney'). It's mostly Talho I hear pronouncing it that way... it might be a Kate Higgins (Talho's voice actress) exclusive mistake. >.O

Never seen it, or heard of it, but if they have it online I'll watch it. :3

Sounds cool. All I really needed to hear was DP compare it to NGE and I'll watch it.

Actually, Eureka SeveN is on Adult Swim every Saturday night at 1:00AM, Sama. :3 I'm sure the episodes that have already aired are online somewhere. There's a manga, too (based on the series and video game). ;o

Well, I'm a known Eureka 7 fan. I'm working on the DVDs and I only have 2 more mangas to own! Eureka Seven airs on Adult Swim currently, and it's almost done, having 3 more episodes to air before the end of the series.

Eureka Seven is a very good Mecha anime. It all started when Eureka crash landed into Renton's home, piloting the legendary LFO: Nirvash Type Zero. Renton gives Eureka repairs for the Nirvash, and they set off on an adventure that changes both of their destinies.

So yeah, does anyone watch it? :heh:

I do not, but I did read some of the first manga.
But, alas, it's not with me anymore.

Heh... Last episode was tonight... And it was such a good ending (just like the rest of the series)...

But I'm pissed off about adult swim airing generic credits instead of the actual credits for that episode (get it while it's hot! and not deleted by youtube!) which actually had action behind them, and made for an even more satisfying complete ending, as well... Stupid adult swim... (and I know that they've aired the correct credits for a series before, because the last s-CRY-ed episode had a credit sequence in the same style, as did YYH; though YYH's ending was in the 5:30AM timeslot, not quite part of adult swim, technically)

EDIT: Just found out that they cut the opening, as well... The Link...

After having watched this series through my eyes several consecutive types without getting bored of the massive amount of details put into the show, I can only say one thing: I have not been this hyped up about an anime series for a very, VERY long time. So, it is with greatest pride and regret that I say that I have completed watching the entire 50 episodes of it and found many, many things of interest.

The reason I liked this anime was because of several different reasons. One, it hits close to home to one of the greatest mecha series of all time called Neon Genesis Evangelion, except taking out the emo, heavy-duty hatred and negativity. From the beginning, it began on a rather light note of a boy who live in a place that has nothing, not even good Trapar waves come to Belforest to Ref on. The entire story is filled with plot holes and pseudoscientific descriptions that I, as a heavy-duty mecha fan, crave like Desty Nova craves his flan every morning.

The second point about this anime series that really attracted me was the character development of the main guy. Unlike Naruto (which takes FAR too long to get anywhere and has WAY too many fillers) and some other shows these days, Renton Thurston starts off as quite the strapping lad with a head full of high hopes and dreams... That label him as an utter moron when he comes in contact with realistic situations beyond his control that his moral compass definitely did not point to. Eureka, a purely emotionless shell: Tabula Rasa, learns throughout the anime of many emotions that she has failed to do so in her previous occupation.

The story is another positive, never getting old and running on and on and on about one or another thing. Throughout the story, the viewer's outlook on the world is changed several times, sometimes these changes happening one after another. And with only a few filler episodes to take up time within its 50-episode run, Eureka Seven still holds my eye as one of the best series so far.

And come on. It's giant robots on surfboards, surfing in the air. You can't top that.


Of course, as a critic, I am not without my complaints. Renton, seems to me, keeps switching between a good spokesman who can project his feeling rather correctly, but at the same time blunders and spills out comments that no one, least of all his newest romantic interest, appreciates. Some of the dialogue is bland and somewhat emotionless, and full of feeling at other times, thus providing heavy inconsistency. More graphical mistakes were made than I could possibly count, mistaking red for blue lasers, different glows, and even colors and lights sometime changed. Come on, how the HELL did Renton get that much hair in the LAST 5 EPISODES???

Nevertheless, the anime retains very close ties with Neon Genesis Evangelion, both technology-wise and story-wise, and Eureka "Seven" immediately reminded me of a much-revamped Rei Ayanami. However, the main characters seem to be far more driven and determined than the cast of Evangelion, who were sinking in their own personal demons. When an anime is not as badass as it could be and emo, it loses some of its appeal. Eureka Seven... Just gains a certain level of charm due to its LACK of negativity. Well... A lot of negativity.

And come on. It's GONZY. We all love Gonzy.

As for the last thing I have to say... I am AMAZED. To pull off a religiously different storyline (Vodarek) without having to impugn on my senses of divinity and high might, as well as almost a complete synchronization with a certain book that I hold in rather high regard, simply because of it's philosophical value. The Golden Bough.

And there shall rise the King... In the Forest of Nemi.


PS: Also, am I the only one to catch why the anime was called Eureka Seven of all things? Has anyone else stumbled onto the meaning of the title? Or did the dubbed version actually describe that? I wouldn't know, I always watch subbed.

:D YES.

SPOILERS

And as for the title: Obviously 'Eureka' is for the Coralian herself, and perhaps 'Seven' refers to the Seventh Swell she and Renten caused into the Nirvash with the Amita drive...?

Actually, you're only half-right, Kimi.

MAJOR SPOILERS


There are two particular theories about why the anime was called as such, but the second seems a bit more reliable. The first, "Eureka" for the name of the Coralian, "Seven" for the Seven Swell. This one is the more likely of the two. Also, remember that the first time Eureka caused the Seven Swell was with Adrock Thurston, and the Seven Swell became something entirely different when Renton showed up in the picture. It wasn;t even the Seven Swell anymore, it was a phenomena sompletely different from anything seen before.

However, it is also mentioned that Eureka came from "Squad Seven" from her old days in the Special Operations Force, the SOF. So, in this case, this might refer to her as part of the SOF force, back when she was a dog of the military, following Holland, tagging along for the ride with some others of the Gekko-Go crew. Though I'm not entirely sure about the validity of that particular number and its sources (It was a small magazine read I have done online somewhere), I am pretty sure that is correct judging by the references.

That is a far greater review than I could probobly ever produce.

As for that, my guess would be what Kimiko said (though I don't know if the title "Eureka Seven" was literally explained within the show or not)

EDIT: and again, a post is made before I finish my own post :LOL:

As for that second part, I don't remember specific terminology enough to remember anything about that, so that may be possible as well (though I'd guess that a "Squad Seven" would be named so more because of the title of the show being "Eureka Seven" than the other way around, mostly because the name of part of the SOF isn't as important to the main storyline as the Seven Swell effect {and the stuff relating to that} is). Or possibly, all of that references the importance of "seven" to a lot of stuff within the show...