Eureka Seven AO: The Flowers of Jungfrau

JJR1971 Jan 20, 2016

9.5

This cute little OVA fits chronologically somewhere in the main narrative as a "side story"; it is pure "fan service" in the broadest sense of the term.  The female pilots tease Ao and make him dress up...like his mother! and Ao in drag is drawn very convincingly like Eureka from the original series.  They even throw in a Ranma 1/2 visual gag for fun.  Basically the trio of mech pilots are on leave and enjoying a brief vacation between missions.  They goof off and have fun with each other.  The animators probably had fun switching between obvious Ao in drag and straight up Eureka in terms of character designs...it really works.  It's a comedic one off and very light in terms of story, but it's just a fun diversion to be enjoyed separately from the main series.