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''Eureka Seven'' is the collaboration of first-time director [[Tomoki Kyoda]], veteran writer [[Dai Sato]], and Mecha designer [[Shoji Kawamori]].
''Eureka Seven'' is the collaboration of first-time director [[Tomoki Kyoda]], veteran writer [[Dai Sato]], and Mecha designer [[Shoji Kawamori]].

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Mecha designer Tomoki Kyoda designed robots capable of surfing midair with the aid of special particles in the atmosphere called ''trapar''. Trapar waves become a key plot device in the story.


Kyoda wanted story that involved the subculture and music movement of the late 1980s as a backdrop. He also wanted a love story involving the two main characters. The producers wanted transforming robots who fought each other for its target audience.<ref>{{cite web | year=2005| title=Interview with Dai Sato | format=PDF | work=Japan Society | url=http://www.japansociety.org/web_docs/IN_Sato-McGray%20Interview.pdf | accessdate = 2006-03-20}}</ref>
Kyoda wanted story that involved the subculture and music movement of the late 1980s as a backdrop. He also wanted a love story involving the two main characters. The producers wanted transforming robots who fought each other for its target audience.<ref>{{cite web | year=2005| title=Interview with Dai Sato | format=PDF | work=Japan Society | url=http://www.japansociety.org/web_docs/IN_Sato-McGray%20Interview.pdf | accessdate = 2006-03-20}}</ref>


Sato wrote a script set ten thousand years into the future in a distant planet apparently made of coral reefs. The series is centered around Renton Thurston’s journey from childhood to adulthood, his evolving relationship with Eureka, and GekkoState’s fight to save the planet Scab Coral from a corrupt military establishment and its intent to destroy it. There series contain allegories to the [[Second World War]], the [[subculture]] and its music, the [[environmental movement]], and the distrust on government.
Sato wrote a script set ten thousand years into the future in a distant planet apparently made of coral reefs. The series is centered around Renton Thurston’s journey from childhood to adulthood, his evolving relationship with Eureka, and GekkoState’s fight to save the planet Scab Coral from a corrupt military establishment and its intent to destroy it. There series contain allegories to the [[Second World War]], the [[subculture]] and its music, the [[environmental movement]], and the distrust on government.

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Mecha designer Tomoki Kyoda designed robots capable of surfing midair with the aid of special particles in the atmosphere called ''trapar''. Trapar waves become a key plot device in the story.


==Episodes==
==Episodes==

Revision as of 06:27, 29 May 2007

Eureka Seven
File:Eureka7.jpg
Eureka and Renton in front of the Nirvash.
GenreAdventure, Bildungsroman, Drama, Mecha, Romance, Science Fiction, Shonen
Anime
Directed byTomoki Kyoda
StudioBones
Manga
Written byJinsei Kataoka, Kazuma Kondou
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
Manga
Gravity Boys and Lifting Girl
Written byMiki Kizuki
Published byKadokawa Shoten

Eureka Seven, known as Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN (交響詩篇エウレカセブン, Kōkyōshihen Eureka Sebun) in Japan, is a mecha anime TV series by Bones. Eureka Seven tells the story of Renton Thurston and the outlaw group Gekkostate, his relationship with the enigmatic mecha pilot Eureka, and the mystery of the Coralians.

Bandai produced three video games based on Eureka Seven; two of them are based on events prior to the show, while the third is based on the first half of the show. Both the original concept of the anime and the video game Eureka Seven vol.1: New Wave have been adapted into manga series, as well.

Eureka Seven won awards at the 2006 Tokyo Anime Fair for Best Television Series, Screenplay, and Character Design.[2] Anime Insider voted it "Best DVD Series of the Year" in 2006.[3]

Development

The series' origins can be traced to a concept of a mecha anime series Bandai proposed to studio BONES. At first, the studio rejected it, but later reversed its position because it had already planned to create an anime using mecha designs by Shoji Kawamori. With the appointment of director Tomoki Kyoda and writer Dai Sato, Bandai's proposal was more or less scrapped and the current incarnation of Eureka Seven was brought to life.[4] The series was Kyoda's first as chief director for a TV series; earlier, he had directed RahXephon's movie adaption, also for Bones. RahXephon creator and director Yutaka Izubuchi provided additional design works for Eureka Seven, as well.

Synopsis

Main article: Plot Summary of Eureka Seven

Eureka Seven is the collaboration of first-time director Tomoki Kyoda, veteran writer Dai Sato, and Mecha designer Shoji Kawamori.

Kyoda wanted story that involved the subculture and music movement of the late 1980s as a backdrop. He also wanted a love story involving the two main characters. The producers wanted transforming robots who fought each other for its target audience.[5]

Sato wrote a script set ten thousand years into the future in a distant planet apparently made of coral reefs. The series is centered around Renton Thurston’s journey from childhood to adulthood, his evolving relationship with Eureka, and GekkoState’s fight to save the planet Scab Coral from a corrupt military establishment and its intent to destroy it. There series contain allegories to the Second World War, the subculture and its music, the environmental movement, surfing, and the distrust on government.

Mecha designer Tomoki Kyoda, whose trajectory generated enough support for the series' green light, designed robots capable of surfing midair with the aid of special particles in the atmosphere called trapar. Trapar waves become a key plot device in the story.

Episodes

Main article: List of Eureka Seven episodes

Eureka Seven consists of fifty episodes which aired from April 17, 2005 to April 4, 2006 on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and Tokyo Broadcasting System. Almost all of the show's episodes are named after real songs, composed by Japanese or foreign artists.[6][7]

Setting

Main article: Universe of Eureka Seven

Characters

Main article: List of Eureka Seven characters

Most of the characters of Eureka Seven are part of either Gekkostate or the U.F. Force.

Gekkostate is an anti-government militia and counterculture collective led by Holland, who also pilots the LFO Terminus typeR909. Eureka, an aloof, pale girl, pilots an LFO called the Nirvash typeZERO. After joining Gekkostate early in the series, Renton co-pilots the Nirvash with Eureka. Stoner is a photographer who writes Gekkostate's illegal magazine, ray=out. Talho is the head pilot of Gekkostate's airplane, the Gekko (月光号, Gekkō-gō, lit. moonlight; Moonlight in the English manga). Hap is Holland's childhood friend and the second-in-command of the Gekko. Ken-Goh is the weapons specialist and owner of the Gekko. Jobs and Woz are the ship's engineers. Mischa is the resident doctor. Moondoggie is a secondary pilot and operator of the launch catapult. Hilda and Matthieu are the pilots of the Gekkostate LFOs Terminus typeR808 and Terminus typeR606, respectively. Gidget is the communications operator. Gonzy is a fortuneteller.

The U.F. Force is a military under the command of the Sage Council (or The Council of the Wise), the main authority of the United Federation of Predgio Towers. Serving under the Sage Council is Lieutenant Colonel (promoted to Colonel early in the series) Dewey Novak, who directed a special operations force called the SOF prior to his imprisonment at the beginning of the series. Dominic Sorel is an intelligence officer under Novak and the chief handler of Anemone, who pilots the LFO Nirvash typeTheEND. Template:Endspoiler

Licensing

Distribution of the English version of Eureka Seven is handled by Bandai Entertainment and its affiliates. The US and Canadian distribution of the show is handled by the main branch while Beez Entertainment, Bandai's European branch, handles the show's release in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe. Madman Entertainment handles its release in Australia and New Zealand. The first translated DVD volume of the series was released on April 25, 2006 in the US, while the European version will be released in the summer of the same year, according to Neo Magazine. The English version is produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Burbank, California.

Since the Friday before its premiere on Adult Swim, Eureka Seven has been available for online viewing on the Adult Swim Fix, Adult Swim's online video service. Episodes are shown weekly each Friday, one day before their premiere on Adult Swim proper. The series made its televised debut on Adult Swim on April 15, 2006 and ended April 28, 2007. Beginning with episode 26, Adult Swim began airing an additional parental advisory warning for extreme violence before each episode. In keeping with Adult Swim's practice of making jokes in such warnings, the warnings claim that they would rather air the episodes uncut since they are "American Cowboys." In Canada, it debuted on YTV's Bionix block on September 8, 2006 at 9:30 p.m., and it now airs at 11:00 p.m. YTV will begin airing the second half of the series on June 1, 2007.

The pronunciation of Eureka's name in the English dub of the series is based on the Japanese pronunciation /eɯɺ̠eka/ listenⓘ, which is an approximation of the Greek pronunciation of the word "eureka" (Koine: ˈheʷreːka; Modern: ˈevrika), rather than the conventional English pronunciation /juːˈɹiːkə/. The dub pronunciation has variously been described as "ey-ooh-reh-ka," "ay-oo-re-ka," or "el-rekka." However, while the Japanese voice actors pronounce 'Anemone' as it is normally pronounced in Japanese, the English cast say her name as it would be pronounced in English.

Yuri Lowenthal had at one point been contracted by Bandai to provide the English voice for Renton, but after recording thirteen episodes he was replaced by Johnny Yong Bosch because the director of the English dub felt that his voice was too low for the character. All of Renton's lines were subsequently redone for consistency, though Bosch himself admits it took him a while to nail down the voice.[8]

Staff

Music

The music of Eureka Seven is available on three different compilations composed by Naoki Sato and a variety of other artists who composed insert songs used in the series. The third soundtrack, Complete Best, includes the full-length versions of the opening and ending themes for both the series and game, as well as the insert song for the final episode.

Opening and ending themes

Opening themes
  • "Days", by Flow (episodes 1-13)
  • "Shōnen Heart" ("A Young Boy's Heart"), by Home Made Kazoku (episodes 14-26)
  • "Taiyō no Mannaka e" ("To The Center Of the Sun"), by Bivattchee (episodes 27-32, 34-39)
  • "Sakura" ("Cherry Blossom"), by Nirgilis (episodes 40-49)
Ending themes
  • "Himitsu Kichi" ("Secret Base"), by Kozue Takada (episodes 1-13, 26)
  • "Fly Away", by Izawa Asami (episodes 14-25)
  • "Tip Taps Tip", by Halcali (episodes 27-39)
  • "Canvas", by Coolon (episodes 40-49)
Insert songs
Video game theme

Manga

Further information: [[:Differences between the anime and manga]]

A manga adaptation based on the same basic concept and character designs from the anime series began running in Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace, starting from the March 2005 issue and continuing until the January 2007 issue, covering a total of 23 chapters. These chapters were later compiled into six volumes.

Another manga adaptation, called Gravity Boys and Lifting Girl and featuring the protagonists of the video games New Wave and New Vision, ran in Comptiq, another Kadokawa Shoten publication. It is shorter than the main series; collected, it spans only two volumes.

Video games

Eureka Seven has had a total of three video game adaptations. With the exception of Eureka 7 V.1: New Wave, all were released for the PlayStation 2.

Eureka Seven vol.1: New Wave was released in Japan on October 27, 2005. It is set four years before the anime and features a different cast of characters. The theme song, Realize, is sung by FLOW. It was released in North America on October 24, 2006.

Eureka Seven: New Vision is the sequel to TR1: New Wave and takes place two years later. It was released in Japan on May 11, 2006, and is set to be released in North America on April 19, 2007.[9]

Eureka Seven V.2: Psalms of Planets, created for the PlayStation Portable, was released on April 6, 2006, in Japan. This game is based on the events from the first half of the show.

References

  1. ^ Eureka Seven ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia. Accessed 2007-02-06.
  2. ^ "Tokyo Anime Fair: Award Winners". Anime News Network. 2006. Retrieved 2007-02-15.
  3. ^ "Anime Insider Best of the Best". Tokyopop blog entry. 2006. Retrieved 2007-04-07.
  4. ^ Shida, Hidekuni (2006). "Eureka Seven: Catch the wave". Newtype USA. 5 (3): 46. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
  5. ^ "Interview with Dai Sato" (PDF). Japan Society. 2005. Retrieved 2006-03-20.
  6. ^ "Interview with Dai Sato" (PDF). Japan Society. 2005. Retrieved 2006-03-20.
  7. ^ "Eureka seveN "alternative soundtrack"". Retrieved 2006-03-20.
  8. ^ "Post by Johnny Yong Bosch" (HTML). 2006. Retrieved 2006-05-18.
  9. ^ "Namco Bandai Announces Eureka Seven Vol 2 for PS2". 2006-12-14. Retrieved 2007-01-02.

Dai Sato, the screenwriter, speaks about Eureka Seven http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPtFfaqfIBM

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