Eureka Seven Ao

[Funkgun]

Originally Posted by captaincrunch

^Why was the movie bad at all? It was a great film - all the good elements of E7, none of the bad elements, and a new story to boot. I think too many people get pissed off because they don't know it's an alternate universe story - like that isn't obvious from the first few minutes of the anime.




As to this series, well that was pretty amazing 1st episode. I'm stoked now. :)

Although I'm having a hard time seeing how this is 2025, considering the time the original series is set in. I have no idea how that works out.

^I have a feeling it is because they had to condense the alternate story due to movie length, making it hard to digest.

I have no problem with a new adaption to a show, but if your going to change it so completely sometimes you should do a new series, and not a movie OR just dont change it as much.
Characters changed enough personality-wise that many could have just been replaced. Tone was changed from the counterculture vibe, (along with music)

If adaptions of movies come along, and they decide to redo it but keep the general storyline (something like Macross) it was not hard for the average Macross fan to understand. But when a show such as an Escaflowne decided to change things so much that you have a lot less of the original show to draw It had the same outcome.

Probably a reason it is given such a lower score than it's companion show on both Anime Planet and MAL. So It might not just be because of the alternate story.

That said, I enjoyed seeing it, I went to a screening of it as a Fathom event at a nice large theater with a lot of anime fans. But I do think it fell short.

As for the new series I am looking forward to it. ;)

[kargarus]

I enjoyed the Eureka movie. I quite enjoyed that first episode as well! But my memory is also a little hazy of the tv series and the time frame. This has probably been asked before but is Ao

Eureka's child as is implied at the end of the first episode?

Seemed to me that this is set before the original series, but I might be way off. Might go visit Wikipedia to refresh my brain on the details no time re-watch the original series...

[Viduus]

Originally Posted by captaincrunch

^Why was the movie bad at all? It was a great film - all the good elements of E7, none of the bad elements, and a new story to boot. I think too many people get pissed off because they don't know it's an alternate universe story - like that isn't obvious from the first few minutes of the anime.

Actually I just greatly disliked it because it had a terrible plot with terrible characterization, alternate universe or not.

As to this series, well that was pretty amazing 1st episode. I'm stoked now. :)

Although I'm having a hard time seeing how this is 2025, considering the time the original series is set in. I have no idea how that works out.

Yeah no, somehow I don't quite get how this would be a prequel. Between

the mentioning of the turquoise hair girl, the showing of the bracelet which says Eureka on it, and Ao saying Mamma... I dunno, I suppose it could be referring to some other Eureka but seems somewhat unlikely.

Regardless, it's looking good. The lead character doesn't seem like the wimpy little shit they usually are when given a character at that age, and thankfully his voice totally reflects that. Also, man, that girl was not wearing a whole lotta clothing there was she o.O

[truthillusion]

>1 ep
>Avg 4.5
>Rank #18

God damn, talk about jumping the gun on those ratings.

It was a nicely made episode, but I've never been a big fan of the E7 series, so I'm expecting to be let down somewhere in the future.

[captaincrunch]

Originally Posted by Viduus

Actually I just greatly disliked it because it had a terrible plot with terrible characterization, alternate universe or not.

Yeah no, somehow I don't quite get how this would be a prequel. Between

the mentioning of the turquoise hair girl, the showing of the bracelet which says Eureka on it, and Ao saying Mamma... I dunno, I suppose it could be referring to some other Eureka but seems somewhat unlikely.

Regardless, it's looking good. The lead character doesn't seem like the wimpy little shit they usually are when given a character at that age, and thankfully his voice totally reflects that. Also, man, that girl was not wearing a whole lotta clothing there was she o.O

The announcements for the series seemed to indicate it being a sequel.

However, E7 is set

10000 years in the future.

This is set in 2025.

[Don9aldo]

Originally Posted by captaincrunch

The announcements for the series seemed to indicate it being a sequel.

However, E7 is set

10000 years in the future.

This is set in 2025.

Maybe it's a new calendar?
Never mind, watching the first episode now...
Odd...

Perhaps the Eureka they're hinting at now was an earlier messenger form the scub and not the one we all know from the first series? Or perhaps it's the same Eureka but the one referenced in this series is a previous incarnation from the one in the first series?
Either way it definitely seems like a prequel.

Do you think those are trapars the hovercars are riding? I hope they explain how the trapars were discovered this time 'round.

[captaincrunch]

Originally Posted by Don9aldo

Maybe it's a new calendar?
Never mind, watching the first episode now...
Odd...

Perhaps the Eureka they're hinting at now was an earlier messenger form the scub and not the one we all know from the first series? Or perhaps it's the same Eureka but the one referenced in this series is a previous incarnation from the one in the first series?
Either way it definitely seems like a prequel.

Eureka Seven spoiler:

Technically there are two worlds, the one in which Eureka/Renton went to to try and communicate/learn-to-coexist with the scub coral at the end of the series and the one in which the main story takes place. They are essentially both the same world in parallel universes. I had thought that they both existed at the same time (10k years in the future).


However, on second thought after seeing this episode, I think Eureka and Renton may have been sent to the time (in the 2nd universe) when the Scub first started fusing with everything on earth to try and find a way to avoid scub taking over the entire earth and forcing the humans to evacuate.

[Garyuu]

Originally Posted by truthillusion

>1 ep
>Avg 4.5
>Rank #18

God damn, talk about jumping the gun on those ratings.

It was a nicely made episode, but I've never been a big fan of the E7 series, so I'm expecting to be let down somewhere in the future.

That's absolutely normal. Stufff like this happens all the time. If you notice now, it went down to #109. People who have really strong feelings about something usually want to express those feeling right away, so at first you get an inaccurate rating. After a while you will get the opinions of a diverse group.

[Don9aldo]

Originally Posted by captaincrunch

Eureka Seven spoiler:

Technically there are two worlds, the one in which Eureka/Renton went to to try and communicate/learn-to-coexist with the scub coral at the end of the series and the one in which the main story takes place. They are essentially both the same world in parallel universes. I had thought that they both existed at the same time (10k years in the future).


However, on second thought after seeing this episode, I think Eureka and Renton may have been sent to the time (in the 2nd universe) when the Scub first started fusing with everything on earth to try and find a way to avoid scub taking over the entire earth and forcing the humans to evacuate.

Hmm... I suppose that makes sense - god I have to catch up on the original series now to find out exactly what the Scub is to have that sort of power.

Thoughts on the first episode: Loved it!
Animation was pretty damn smooth what with the G-monster and Scub blasts (Keep thinking of them as Seven Swells...).
They appear to have kept up the quality on the soundtrack as well - that music when the G-monster reappears was great! Hopefully they'll start kicking out the techno beats when Ao gets to whizzing about!

Liked the ED song too, which is odd. The only EDs I normally like are the more depressing ones (See E7 - Canvas).

[fumze]

I have been waiting for this sooooo damn long <3