How One Man Ruined This 2000's Classic (Eureka Seven)

[@roland2864]

The secret is to pretend it doesn't exist. There was no FLCL followup, there was no promise neverland season 2, there was no Tokyo ghoul season 2.

[@ramens]

so true

[@azel7056]

Just like She-Hulk and the acolyte, they never Existed and never have👀

[@drmwlkr13]

There was no Darker Than Black season 2 either…

[@gerdanbombales]

Nah the FLCL sequels were still aight except Grunge. The OSTs are still peak.

[@michaelikoro7305]

I feel you

[@anmolt3840051]

The lore of Eureka 7 is actually relatively simple, and it is *fully explained within the original series* itself. Basically, Earth was taken over by an alien megafauna coral-type assimilationist organism called the scub-coral, this causes humans to leave the planet and wander in space for 10,000 years. Meanwhile, the megafauna becomes sentient and realizes it is completely alone on the planet with no one to communicate with and enters a dormant state. Eventually, humans return to "Earth" but the elites hide from common people the fact that they have returned to their original home planet, so they believe they have landed on an alien planet, whereas in reality, it's just Earth, but with an extra layer of coralian formation on top of the surface (The original Earth's surface still exists underground). So eventually, the scub-coral figures out that humans have returned and takes a more careful approach towards making contact through the girls like Eureka while Holland's brother finds out the secret history and attempts to destroy the planet because he thinks it is emasculating to coexist with the scub-coral, given that it originally caused humans to exile themselves off their own planet

[@DarkknightChris]

The original anime was easy to understand. I don't know why there's a EVA comparison. Now the sequel and that one AU film, yes. I remember scratching my head right after watching that one AU film. The sequel series got complex in the end with it's in-universe retconning, and rewriting it's happy ending by dumping your kids to other universes due how your home universe has a poison atmosphere to your hybrid kid.

[@Mr_Grunt]

Except for that Anemone is an engineered Human-Corallian Hybrid for the purpose of tagging the main "brain" of the Corallian" to be killed. Otherwise the story is rather straight forward. It's mostly a story about redemption by the main members of Gekkostate (Why Taiho, Holland and Eureka defected from the military), self exploration (Renton's growth through multiple crisis, his inherent childish approach to love for Eureka), the case study of human's hubris (How they tried to claim the planet is new, how they act like they had shit under control when it's more of the Corallian subsiding towards humans in turn for observation etc). It is easy to get dragged in the grandiose of how they present the story in the anime, but it's not trying to be overly edgy (If you want edgy go watch Xam'd no bouen, that shits wild).

[@Krischaos]

I dunno why anyone wouldn't get the original plot, hell Ao wasn't hard to understand either, they're simple stories

[@Atmos_Glitch]

Anemone was artificially made tho right? I mean they tried making more of her too.

[@Yawnz2]

I think I was too young and dumb to realize this. I was 12 when it dropped and im surprised the story was this deep..

[@noirangel6416]

Me: -Watches Eureka 7 - Loved it - Heard of the "sequels" - Saw reviews & comments - Avoided all "sequels" - Leaves Best anime ive ever seen💚 Sue me.

[@RusticRonnie]

Same with FLCL. The sequels literally don’t understand the original.

[@Teekayhuey_TK]

Sequal what sequal. I don't know what you all talking about. The is no second story. Even if you were to wave it in front of my face I am sure I would see nothing.

[@ithamarlowe6158]

I also don’t watch sequels without the reviews.

[@Phantomonum]

I watched it when it came out and to this day after watching hundreds of shows it's still in my top 5. For me the story concluded with the original (I thought the ending was perfect. I'm a sucker for happy endings) and that's why, even though I was tempted, I've never bothered to watch any of the sequels/spinoffs, which turned out to be the correct choice.

[@BrandoidvC]

Eureka seven: AO has a top tier ost it's worth listening to stand alone even if you don't care to watch it

[@raze667]

Though... to be fair the E7 manga is really good. Sadly I just don't think the director gets it. The positive ending of the OG is what makes it worth watching. Hardship, finding yourself, overcoming, and getting rewarded with happiness is what MADE it for me.

[@mikuz210]

Agreed. It's like what is wrong with having a happy ending? All these stories lately just want everybody to be depressed

[@silentecho92able]

@@mikuz210 Seriously if they want to make a depressing story in the World of Eureka 7 why not make there own story. Without involving the original characters from the main series at all. Not every story needs to end like its goddamn Devil Man. Do these people think that making your story dark and depressing mean your story is both "Deep and Mature" . You have to be a complete idiot if you think that's how stories are made all the time. Just look at what happened to what Disney did to Starwars and how that ended.

[@SpaceDikon]

@@mikuz210the more depressed the population is the easier for the gov to dictate your lifestyle since they( feds) see everything as just a dot on a graph

[@NorseCrusader1]

I have most of that manga.

[@raze667]

@@NorseCrusader1 I do believe it's only like... 4 volumes?

[@STIR-FRIED-SUBWAY-RAT]

This man saw how happy the fanbase was after the original ending and decided hed never have that ever again

[@chibigeek7197]

I wanna thank this KZbinr personally for continuing to mention older anime that I’ve always loved but I feel like I’m the only one who still thinks about them.

[@rawvelli]

trust me we all remember its just the newer generation of anime fans dont or wont care. too many casuals not enough actual anime fans 😢

[@hohrhamikaiolaf464]

@@rawvelli thats normal nothing to worry about. also nothing new. just let them have funn and if you get the chance recomend something.

[@minakifb9682]

trust me NAH I love me a good E7 rewatch every couple of years. Its really SAD to hear the director not like his own work and basically stomp on such a fantastic anime rip

[@Yoyo-r8o]

Me man, this is my favorite anime of all time and I have no one to talk to about it 😭

[@EarlyMorrow3D]

I still think about eureka seven from time to time and watch openings. Also because i kinda have an itch to create 3d fanarts of my childhood favorites

[@CircuitReborn]

Bad part is if you want to see the actual ending to AO you need to find it on youtube because the true ending was on an arcade game...

[@ryugaknight]

Not even an Arcade game, a Pachinko Machine.

[@CircuitReborn]

AO is honestly the show that needed the Hi Evo treatment.

[@MrDibara]

>INSERT HOWIE SCREAM HERE

[@WinterRabbit1]

I’m sorry WHAT?!?! A PACHINKO MACHINE?! 😂

[@menorasendaiba6404]

this make Capcom blush with Asura's Wrath DLC ending

[@Vegadra]

Eureka 7 is the perfect example of it should of stayed as a one entry series.

[@foofoo3344]

Yeah, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

[@Plutoburns]

The manga was WAY darker. Author went on to Deadman Wonderland

[@saswatsethi2739]

What happened in the manga?

[@Atmos_Glitch]

Wait Wtf?! Was made by the same guy??? Damn. Didn't know. Two very different stories, but I guess I see the similarities between them, especially the main characters.

[@Xilibrius]

​@@saswatsethi2739 I think eureka is dead or something and Renton takes care of the kids. I didn't read all of it I just remember looking at the end so I didn't have context

[@Yasviele]

I think it never got fully translated or at least not by fansubs so I lost track

[@fc3sturbogtr]

@@Xilibrius Correct, manga ends with Renton taking care of the kids and hoping he sees Eureka once more. HI-Evo retcons even that “timeline” though

[@ramaluminus]

I honestly stop giving a damn to this series after what they did to AO, also we need more mecha with uplifting, hot blooded and filled with indomitable human spirit like Getter. Edit : Also, I'm just happy someone still remembering this classic series in current year and Eureka OP2 is the best opening ever!

[@KoffeeKiwi]

You're literally describing Gurren Lagaan😂give it a shot of you haven't,it's beautiful 🤌🏾🤌🏾

[@TediousNomenclature]

Same thing happened with me. Adored the original and then watched AO. I was excited when it got announced, too. Then I watched it and it was crap. I watched all of it and can barely remember anything that happened. They took an interesting anime and turned it into some cookie cutter nonsense. Instead of quirky counterculture terrorists out to save the world, you have a paramilitary organization of the blandest characters you don't remember at all, not even their names. All anyone needs to see of the franchise is Eureka Seven. Stay away from sequel series and movies

[@77SilentAssassin77]

And don't forget ED2.

[@Shiro_Sora]

There are actually a decent amount. Gurren Lagann is definitely one of them

[@laalzeboo]

AO sucked, but Seven Swell besed on 'Niji' got me emotional

[@TwodeeTwodimensional]

It's like every so often they look in their dusty box of anime franchises and go like "Ah yea, this was popular at some point" and bring it back up

[@clayandros2038]

Yea pretty much we do the same thing in the west. Look at teen titans go and the plethora of mediocre live action adaptations we've gotten over the years.

[@Blodhelm]

With "how can we ruin this?" added at the end.

[@slowyourroll1146]

​@@BlodhelmHigurashi especially comes to mind

[@IsItLunchtimeYet-1]

Eureka 7 filled that Treasure Planet "sequel" space for me as a kid. That's because they start off fairly similarly.

[@malcolmdbz]

I love your take on that, cus as a kid i felt the same way. Like both charecters set off on crazy adventures that litterly change their lives forever

[@greg4194]

​@@malcolmdbz That, and also space surfing

[@HuckleisMyHoney]

You'd probably like Takarajima (TMS's take on Treasure Island)

[@thedudeguy242]

How did I never see this connection... treasure planet is my favorite disney movie of all time

[@yothischeetobussin1279]

Eureka Seven is so special to me man, it’s the anime that made me realise that I love mecha anime. Shame the sequels apparently suck, I haven’t watched them but I heard nothing but bad things from them.

[@wittyshenanigans1302]

They literally hate Eureka and Renton being together and happy outside of OG. Oh wait no I forgot in the hi evolution movies they basically created a multiverse where Eureka accidentally killed Renton, had guilt for it and then went on to dream up new “realties” where every installment from the manga to the movies to the light novels are all canon but just dreams she made up. But Renton is dead that’s what they retconned.

[@idealicfool]

I think I watched like 1 ep of AO and noped the hell out. Idk if I even gave it 2. It was like, where is everyone. What is happening. What has happened. Why is the vibe so damn different. This doesnt feel like Eureka 7.

[@mzxa9988]

@@wittyshenanigans1302 wow, so basically they are like fck this OG story now it is actually just a dream by Eureka, so none of it matters. Now I dont feel bad never finishing the OG anime because lack of time back a few years ago. They really hate their own stories

[@wittyshenanigans1302]

@@mzxa9988 I love the OG and refuse to accept the other installments as canon. There is no dreams, there is no retcons, and there is no Queen of England

[@SeuOu]

I feel you, E7 is one of the best shonen anime ever made. I'm normally lukewarm to that genre, too many cringe protagonists, but E7 was special. Even the Kozue Takada ending songs are amazing. Himitsu Kichi still hits hard.

[@trancepeirce3107]

Anemone and Dominic is the only time I cared about a ship.

[@rachetmarvel931]

Which is why i was nad when bith the manga and the Hi-evo films basically butcher their relationship,and also Dominic's character.

[@Mr_Grunt]

AO is really some guy digging out the original docket and wrapping it up with new shit thinking it's going to be a hit. Worse, looking at literally changing the past with time fucking travel is beyond stupid. Many characters are "killed off" for absolutely no reason. The movie is even worse, they just literally turn the same shit from the OG and made it into something absolutely shitting on fans of the OG.

[@spnked9516]

Man, the Eva rebuild movies are so misunderstood. You have to look at the show, EoE, and the Rebuilds as one big meta project. See, the show said it's piece and ended on a pretty positive note with Shinji learning the core messages of the series - you can't close yourself off and you can't run away from your problems. But a lot of people didn't get that - so in comes EoE. Anno is pretty mad at this point. He restates the message, making it even more on the nose. As a sort of retaliation and mirror of the audience, Anno has Shinji learn his lesson much later, consequently making the ending much darker. However, many people still didn't get it. Seething, Anno cooked up a final solution. With the Rebuild films, he first gave Eva fanatics everything they wanted - all the waifu-bait, all the callbacks, everything -, only to rip it all away and cast them into a spiteful unknown that culminates in the literal erasure of Eva's as a concept. It's extremely telling that the last scene of the Rebuilds is salary man Shinji and his girlfriend/wife (who I'm pretty sure was inspired by Anno's own wife - which would make sense since Shinji is a projection of his younger self). I mean, the last shot is literally an aerial view of a real place - it's screaming "go live in the real world now". Unironically spiteful genius.

[@Ovonx]

Thank you for saying this the Eva movies get dunk on so bad

[@ZETA14.88]

You have it backward. Mari (the new waifu) was basically Anno's self insert. Anno's wife (moyoco) was having a terminal depression just like anno. By helping his wife recovering from her own depression, anno also eventually start learn to cope with his own depression In the movie mari was shown to help shinji dealing with his depression a lot and fans mostly mirror it with moyoco helping anno get over his depression. However interview revealed that it was actually the opposite

[@asmodeusguys4472]

I STILL dont get how people dunk on the Eva movies. I don't wanna be pretencious, but SERIOUSLY they DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!

[@INFERNO95]

​@asmodeusguys4472 They wanted the rebuild movies to be dark, edgy and full of depression like the original. Rebuild ended up being the complete opposite and they can't handle the change so they whine like little entitled brats. Evangelion can be whatever it wants there no rules saying it alway should be what the original anime was. But Evangelion fans are to stubborn to accept that.

[@sirartorix389]

@@asmodeusguys4472 The rebuild just sucks, go watch Aoe, that's a good eva movie

[@aimimoque1155]

Spoiler alert❗: I watched the whole Eureka Seven AO and I hated it. The plot basically goes like this: AO is the son of Eureka and Renton. I don't quite remember, but he gets recruited by some organization to drive a Nirvash because he is the son of Eureka, so he is the only one that can drive it. Eureka disappeared when he was a child and accepts in order to look for his mom. This brat hates Renton because he believes he abandoned Eureka. As the series progresses, we learn that Eureka previously had a still-born child because, since the baby was a hybrid between human and alien, somehow the air killed the baby girl. For that reason, when she got pregnant with AO, Renton and Eureka decided to time travel to the past when the air was not as filled with the substance that makes the machines fly in the air, so that the baby can survive. They get separated, and that is why he was not with Eureka when she had AO, and Renton spent the whole season looking for Eureka in different timelines until he finds AO. What I hate the most about this season is that they made Renton a terrible father. When he finds AO, instead of acting like a confused, but loving father, that somehow finds his son all grow up (more like his character) he absolutely does not care about him. He only cares about finding Eureka and totally ignores his own son. It was almost like he despises AO. Renton even hits AO with a soccer ball in the face (accidentally) and does not even apologize! WTF!? Another aspect is that we never see any of the previous crew member, never and it is disappointing. The ending is even more terrible. AO basically ends up sacrifing himself so that his mother can reunite with Renton and, for some reason I cannot recall, he ends up time travelling infinitely without been able to be reunited with his family ever and probably dies inside the Nirvash, I don't know. In summary, a boring and despicable sequel.

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

wait.. you didn't saw the extended version? he returned back to his home in the end and his friends were waiting to get him.

[@aimimoque1155]

@@cheeseburgersuperior1874 Honestly, I don't remember 😅 I watched it as a teenager, I'm 26 now so I most likely didn't

[@cheeseburgersuperior1874]

@@aimimoque1155 me too. it was so vague but that extended ending is something that i can't just forget.

[@akumaten]

Someone speaking common sense! AO is an utter abomination.

[@shadowdragonlord2295]

Renton does care about Ao but he knew he would try and stop from using that time gun to completely erase the scrub coral from reality or something, which in turn affect / erase everyone who apparently had bits of sc in them like Aos friend Naru. There was also the fact the gun could only be used once more and using it up would leave Eureka trapped in time. .... Damn it's been years since I've seen it and I'm surprised I can remember this much. And I still hate it 😂. I swear there's probably no anime sequel that I actually like.

[@14megasxlr]

Im just happy people still remember this show for that good that there was in it. Everything afer the original series fucked this franchise up worse and worse every time.

[@NickBaysingar]

It is so perplexing to me why anyone thought a sequel to Eureka Seven was ever necessary. The original show does such a good job at conveying its themes, developing its characters, and ending on a satisfying and meaningful note. It's a great self-contained story. The only thing they should have ever done beyond the original show was maybe some spinoffs involving new characters in the same setting and timeline, or perhaps origin stories for some of the Gekkostate members like Holland or something.

[@Haku1201]

I had no idea there were ever "sequels" to this, but to see one of my favorite anime pulling a Sonic '06? Yeeeeeesh. You've earned a sub for this though!

[@zetsubanned4308]

Bones in 2005: *understands the balance perfectly between camera movement and action choreography, less is more until more is more, and not a second before* Modern animators: "hey why don't we put the camera on the back of a drunk bee with a jetpack so it's impossible to even discern what the choreography is, if there even is any"

[@sighswoons]

Eureka 7 the original is my FAV ANIME OF ALL TIME. The sequels I don't remember exist. I saw AO upon release then stopped giving anything a chance.

[@SeuOu]

It's definitely special, I personally think it's the best shonen anime of all time. In any event, it's top tier.

[@jalter.enjoyer]

I remember being so hyped for Ao but god did that series suck. The whole importance of coexistence theme was just thrown out the window for your basic ALIENS BAD bs disposable plot. The the trilogy films were straight up ASS. Pocketful of Rainbows is the only spin off I can forgive. Self contained, cute little spinoff that gave us long haired Eureka.

[@Bluelyre]

"Look, eureka. No hands."

[@narutofox361]

Storywriter still gives me goosebumps.

[@danielmartin7547]

its a pity that if you look for the band and all their Cds the music sounds all the same. It´s like listening "storywriter" for 2 hs

[@narutofox361]

@@danielmartin7547 hmmm yeah but hey at least it's a great 2 hour song.

[@TimeofRagnarok]

An older looking eureka doesn't make a lick of sense, she was born in that form and remained in that form for all the years of her life. She doesn't age, she's not human.

[@ktomcruz]

I had the Eureka Seven OST on repeat on my MP3 player back in the day, Sakura, Tiger Track, and storywriter. That was my jam!

[@ThePoetzy]

luv me sky surfing, luv me dance music, luv me robots. simple as.

[@alwyngulzar522]

Dude! You hit the nail dead centre on the freakin head! The franchise has totally gone to crap! Ever since the first movie, "Pocket full of Rainbows", it was downhill from that point. The studio needs to listen to their fans, figure out what made if a success and expand on that. This was a solid good review you did! Well done! Keep making more of these! Nothing beats a good honest review.

[@heyimurchin6575]

Storywriter and Niji is peak!

[@williamcooper8024]

My favorite part is when any of the couples are falling from high up enough that they get to relax and cuddle, I literally cry every single time and the only sequel Im aware of is the Princess Tutu crossover so it's a spinny dancy falling ducky love fest and Im getting goose bumps...

[@thesneekione7983]

"Imagine Malcolm X's Black Panthers, except they skateboard" that does go hard, you're right

[@ArchDeusAirsoftNC]

Thanks for covering this show, I'm driven mad by how little Eureka Seven is talked about. I watched the original airing back in 05 (was 11) and it stuck with me forever. No one I knew talked about it and it was my favorite show.

[@Chocula]

Holy shit this video warmed my heart. I was 15 in 2005 and stayed up to catch this on adultswim, one of my best friends was in a college band called Gekkostate, lol. Everyone will tell you to pretend the second season never happened. My only gripe is that we never got to see Holland and Talho's kid at the end. The third ED song of the series is goated. You got incredible taste.

[@xlrbossshorts]

Likewise

[@Atmos_Glitch]

Eureka Seven in the wild, nice! Also we don't talk about what happens after the first smh... _Taboo._

[@Soulnado]

Had good memories of the first Eureka 7. It stole 3/4 of the plot of the first Gundam, but surfing robots are cool. But after Darker than Black S2 and Xam'd I had no more faith in Bones original works. Watching the first 2 episodes of AO I instantly dropped it, because I knew it was gonna be the same boring shitfest.

[@Yawnz2]

Damn, I almost forgot about Darker than Black S2....what a DAMN shame..

[@randalljolla]

Eureka 7 and Gundam plots aren’t even alike. I’m 100% with you with Bones original animes suck after Eureka 7

[@dango2917]

@@Yawnz2 Darker than black season 2 still hurts. but at least the music banged

[@INFERNO95]

Bones is obsessed whit dark and edgy animes.

[@ItzSath]

eureka seven had some of the best songs in anime. i for sure wanted to watch more of the show because of the music.

[@SeuOu]

Himitsu Kichi is an absolute mood.

[@Tahu33446]

I love Get it by your hands, that song is a journey and it fits its purpose for the scene its introduced in. Its so good i dont listen to it often to keep it special

[@hello_MeNutty]

I can still sing shonen heart and sakura to this day. Im not Japanese.

[@cococolonel]

I can watch an Itano Circus (the swish swish pew pew missle things) compilation all day.

[@oldspookylolly]

I adore this series and its so cool to find how many others were into it! One of my favorite parts of Eureka seven was the curly hair representation, as goofy as that sounds. I know it was mostly "wavy" then turned just messy as the show went on, but it affected me as an artist at a young age. I always struggled to draw curls and waves in hair and seeing how Eureka Seven's artists handled it helped a lot!

[@lookalivebrett]

Himitsu Kichi was the superior ending, but the whole OST was solid. Eureka Seven is my favorite piece of media ever. For you to post about how all of the follow ups were straight trash is super validating. Shout out to the Itano Circus.

[@SeuOu]

Himitsu Kichi is classic...actually, all of Takada Kozue's work is well worth a listen.

[@DJDrLandWhaleOfficial]

“Don’t beg for things. Do it yourself or else you won’t get anything”. This and NGE will always be my favorite anime of all time.

[@tonyt1680]

Get it by your hands 👏

[@michaelmaguire4147]

0:20 I'm right there with ya

[@fullmetalfangirl342]

I ended up watching EUREKA in theaters when they brought it to the states back in 2022 and even though the plot was literally everywhere, I still cried when I saw Renton and Eureka on screen again. The last time I saw them on screen was back when Goodnight, Sleep tight, young lovers (or Pocketful of Rainbows) was shown in theaters in the US in 2009. Regardless of how the series has turned out to be, it will always be one of my favorite anime's of all time. Your video made me so happy because it truly feels like we are such a small community who still loves this anime and breathes life back into it whenever it's mentioned. Major shoutout to the Eureka Seven subreddit who keeps the community alive!

[@RumBuDum]

I fucking bawled when watching this video, man. Bruh, how could this happen? How could they do this to my most loved shit from the 2000s?

[@knightshade6232]

tHE ANIME WAS TOITALLY AHEAD of its time, it has more black cast, Latino & people of Color, exploring political, religious & adult theme in the lense of a 14 yrs old ....beter than disney 100% times .... high recommended... watching this is like reaching the skys

[@SeuOu]

That's a good point, E7 is actually the first anime I can think of where the non-asian, non-white characters didn't feel like parodies. It's just really well done all the way around.

[@knightshade6232]

@@SeuOu sooo true as a people of color i love how most past anime value diversity & inclusivity without w0k3 ag3nda to mee they did it beter when they didn't try.

[@OrangeAveng3r]

Whaaaaaaat? Actual representation instead of shoehorning people in or just gender swapping with no explanation. You jest sir.

[@avioracrown6967]

Peak fantasy of my childhood

[@Danihelmanart]

One of the things that wasn’t mentioned in the video is that the sequels to eureka seven don’t have satou Dai around as head of series composition Guy also worked on ergo proxy , ghost in the shell SAC and wolf’s rain among others. He’s definately a key figure in the production and imho one of the things that made OG E7 work

[@meteorfromspace]

You’re right! Good catch!

[@DarkknightChris]

I seen the original and it's sequel as well as that one AU movie but I never heard this trilogy till today. Gosh, this franchise went downhill after the original series. EVA Rebuild series felt like a better conclusion of the series since the original anime gave us that weird ending with no budget while the movie had Shinji's emoness blows up all life on Earth. E7 on the otherhand ended perfectly and didn't need to be reworked.

[@INFERNO95]

Funny how things have changed over the years.

[@maineman5757]

I remember watching the Eureka 7 sequel series and being so bored I actually forgot it existed.

[@ZaNeCuDdEr]

mech anime get confusing half the time because either chooses the political route (gundam) or the phillisiopical route(eva) and nothing in between (unless its a comedy)

[@PrincessNine]

I mean, calling it ur reek ah 7 is correct. Unfortunately Japan cant say words and the dub was told to follow that shit. Dont worry, there totally isnt a episode at the dead end of the show where Eureka tells the story of rentons dad finding her and based on his discovery he named her...thatd be dumb. Because it would reveal that theyve been saying the shows name wrong or something since it indirectly implies his dad had a "eureka moment" and named her accordingly. Thatd be silly, straight goofy. This is why you should wait for a show to finish before dubbing it.

[@Worsteverything]

Honestly I think it’s the fault of Bones localization team. Generally there is communication back and forth during translation and localization, and the NA team probably asked a couple times “How should they pronounce “Eureka”?” and likely got the JP team going “Uh… like Eureka?” I think it was a miscommunication, which would make sense because some of the English VAs do pronounce Eureka the English way- like Matthew’s VA.

[@PrincessNine]

@@Worsteverything if I remember correctly the dub was handled by Bandai. If so. That explains everything. I swear I've seen multiple dubs with the Bandai label that had me like "this is a tad....faithfully sounding". Either way that dub was most likely a fucking train wreck because the first handful of episodes, JYB's Renton is terrible sounding because they demanded he go higher in pitch despite him pointing out how bad it was. Thankfully that dub was done in the dvd Era so reviews for the early dvds repeated his exact points (of him sounding whiny) and suddenly the team changed their minds 🙄 .

[@davidsoto7549]

thank you so much for talking about this show I recently rewatched this show haven't heard anyone talking about this show in a while.

[@arcanask]

0:18 There is nothing on this Earth, in this life, or even in the next that will make me call it anything but how you were saying it. That's how that word is pronounced.

[@ChrisMortJr.]

Weird hill to die on

[@Light14Lilium]

I remember watching a mecha anime which explain the overall setting quite simply. Giant robots made for construction (buildings, other big projects) criminals started using them to be bad...so they made robots for the police to fight them. And thats it.

[@erbenwerben93]

Isn't that Patlabor?

[@CorporalCookie]

​@@erbenwerben93First thought I had as well. Masamune Shirow wrote some fun stuff.

[@Light14Lilium]

@@erbenwerben93 Yeah! I think it was

[@Light14Lilium]

@@erbenwerben93 If the MC robot's name was Alphonse then yeah

[@erbenwerben93]

@@Light14Lilium Checked the wiki and is the MC's name Noa?

[@RayOfTruth]

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, Rebuild of Evangelion, Final Fantasy VII Remake, I'm tired of remakes that are secretly shallow time travel sequels that think they're more clever than they actually are.

[@bigbigbigbigbigman]

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off was good.

[@Rheinguard]

I remember playing the PS2 game after watching all of Eureka 7 and realizing that I really have no idea whats going on.

[@JuliusKingsleyXIII]

I never watched Eureka, outside of like 1 episode that I sort of remember on AS as a kid which is why I clicked. But from what you are saying, it sounds like this series is/was doing exactly what Code Geass is doing right now with Roze of the Recapture. Bland rehashing for more money.

[@THIRTYNINEX]

It's so hard being a fan of mecha anime because it's so rare that a new, refreshing and genuinely good concept gets introduced in that genre, so everyone jumps to rehash the old classics that DID bring something unique to the table. In the process of trying to emulate that greatness, they just embarrass themselves and ruin the magic of the original media. The Code Geass remake movies are so offensive to me that I simply refuse to acknowledge their existence most days, the rebuild of Evangelion is essentially a well-animated joke, and then there's Eureka Seven, my childhood favorite, getting dragged through the mud every few years by a guy who refuses to let it die. The OG series is still in my top 10 anime so it saddens me to know that its creator will never truly be happy with it. Great video, you summarized my feelings extremely well (and kept it funny too!)

[@Krawbs]

To be fair I would be interested in a Gendo movie.

[@ChefSpinney]

Bust out some SDF: Macross! Second episode has one of the best choreographed scenes in any medium: anime, live action, CG, TV, feature film, Broadway musicals, etc. Set the standard for Anime for decades after it release and still stands with any modern production in terms of plotline and production quality. An absolute masterwork.

[@jovanni1676]

PEAK!!! One of my favorite animes ever, W vid. Its great to see E7 recognition in 2024

[@lookalivebrett]

Love to see it. 🤝

[@philliphansen9096]

a gendo movie would be like an otakus version of joker, i'd buy it

[@Xilibrius]

Didnt they make a movie where Holland and them where kids in adult bodies?

[@fc3sturbogtr]

Good night, Sleep tight, Young lovers. Also retconned by the HI-Evo films 😂😂

[@kitelanford]

@@fc3sturbogtrclose, Hi-Evo is more the truth of the franchise, namely these histories were heading somewhere to the madness

[@AxelScratchy]

Why has KZbin finally given me suggestions I'm interested in. Eureka Seven is my favorite anime of all time, and after not looking it up for a while, YT recommends an Eureka Seven video. I am eating good!

[@ldane1991]

How are you mispronouncing ALL the names?! Eureka, Renton, Holland?!?!?!?!?!

[@SeuOu]

Haha, yeah...I think it's a telephone game where the names are meant to be pronounced in normal English, but some of the JP VA's could only do the engrish version, and people then began to think this was intended cannon.

[@altresan]

This man gets it, what a good video! 3:45 FYI this animation trope is known as the "Itano Circus" developed by Ichirō Itano while working on Ideon and of course Macross.

[@masonfason8925]

3:48 this type of shot is called an itano circus or circus storm. first done by ichiro itano

[@michaelmaguire4147]

5:45 That's kinda just how scifi anime used to be. That tends to be the most philosophy heavy genre in anime, especially pre-2010s. So yea, you're right they are pulling from actual textbooks.

[@FloopytheStinker]

at 7:08 they all looks like fucking pokemon ruby and sapphire characters with the damn ken sugimori ass art 😭

[@Itsuomi-Io]

❤😇I agree with this WHOLE video and I love that someone has FINALLY addressed this issue with one of the few 10/10 anime in fiction, BUT IS HE PRONOUNCING THISE NAMES DIFFERENT FROM HOW THE ACTUAL ANIME SAID THEM ON PURPOSE?!?!😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@dyingmoonshine]

Eureka Seven ended in Wish Upon a Star, Dragonball ended in DBGT's final, and Star Wars in Episode 6

[@DragoonCenten]

Way to have Dragon Ball end on a bad note.

[@INFERNO95]

DBGT is not canon kid.

[@dyingmoonshine]

@@INFERNO95 Jajajaja I know, but it's still way better than super

[@dyingmoonshine]

Plus, is as cannon as the movies. Just different parallel timelines

[@LordNanfoodle]

@@dyingmoonshine And even if GT was canon, Super takes place before GT would anyhow. Hell, Super takes place before the end of Z.

[@motusnaturalis]

Thanks for saving me time. I'm not touching the movies. I gave up on AO when it came out. You gotta remember that writer Dai Sato, writer of Cowboy Bebop, was part of the original series. I've started watching the series again and I'm already hooked. The art is unique in so many leves and the reason you compared it to One Piece, as I compare One Piece to Dragon Ball, is the fact that the art style is stylistically grounded and unique compared to the mass production cookie cutter blob that is anime design. It just stands out.

[@sozaj]

That's how I always thought it was pronounced.

[@Phantomonum]

After watching over 700-800 shows, this anime is still in my top 5 and I'm not even a mecha fan in particular. I loved everything about this show, amazing characters, amazing music, great story and pacing, amazing animation and the perfect ending. It was the whole package, and yet I've seen soooooooo few people talk about this show over the years. Maybe the botched follow-up series (which I've never bothered to watch) just did an irreparable damage to it, but the original was and is an amazing show.

[@xc0msoldier566]

Yo I haven’t heard or seen anyone talk about this anime for like 10 years! Thank you for taking me back to my childhood

[@purplecyanblack3805]

I learned something a long time ago from the Terminator franchise: if a sequel sucks enough, or has a really stupid retcon, it's non-canon.

[@RyanBell-n1p]

I love this rant! This is the same reason I can't get into Eva, SSS Dynazenon or what the F it is, etc. They should take notes from AoT on how to write some deep lore.

[@cheesepuffsthings]

Adored the original, enjoyed the New Wave games, and loved Pocket Full of Rainbows. AO was where things started to crack, but I still managed to come out of with a positive outlook (so long as you include the extended ending that came out a while later). Hi-Evolution just left me feeling dead inside.

[@firestingerx]

No joke... I'm STILL listening to the OST for Eureka seven and Eureka seven AO today (11 years after I watched them) - and the whole OSTs are on KZbin!

[@kayskreed]

Eureka Seven was the first mecha Anime I ever liked back in the 2000s. It lives rent free in my head probably more so than any other Anime since. The characters, story, music and animation really did it for me.

[@jinxnohara]

lol I spent 10+ years trying to understand EVA and finally got to a point where I was satisfied with my understanding of the story only a couple of months ago. Good luck 👍🏽

[@porkchowlame9734]

MAAAAN, I'm glad this popped up in my recs, I was behind and ready to get back into E7 for the Hi-EVO films ... and now I'm glad I didn't waste my time, I'll just rewatch the OG. Thank you for this 🤙

[@MrRemmington]

Eureka Seven is quite literally my favorite anime of all time. Anything else beyond the one and only original series I don't consider to even exist.

[@Endmonaut]

Eureka Seven is my favorite anime of all time, full stop. Bro you cooked so insanely hard with this video. Had me furiously nodding and shit at like every point. Though I will say, as a show detached from the original, I actually enjoyed AO for what it was. I also enjoyed Hi-Evolution 3, but I do still agree with you. As Eureka Seven installments they fail. But genuinely I have never seen someone mirror all the shit I tell my friends about this show even though I just be yappin at them because I'm the only one who really cares about this IP and I never have anyone who's really been a fan of the series let alone shared my specific opinions on most of the core elements. Jesus Christ bro you have no idea how much I needed this video. Also, SHOUNEN HEART MY BELOVED HOLY SHIT WHAT A BANGER I FUCKING LOVE THAT OPENING MY GOD HOMEMADE KAZOKU WAS GASSED UP WHEN THEY COOKED THAT

[@Fullmetal1291985]

I remember watching the original anime and then going and playing the Eureka 7 games for PS2

[@Born_Stellar]

Eureka 7 was my first subbed anime and still one of my favorite anime. I didn't even know it had a sequel.

[@ArchDeusAirsoftNC]

My favorite thing is that a lot of scenes in the ads for Hi-evolution didn't even happen like they just threw away the script, especially for the second one

[@Manny-Prime]

The amount of Itano Circus moments in this anime is so damn satisfying

[@TheGekko135]

It's a rough thing when it comes to the manga/anime industry. Sometimes the creators give us some of the best moments we've ever seen. Stuff that will define our childhoods etc. But those same people can make mistakes, and also fall out of love with their series before we do. It's pretty common honestly.

[@shirophoenix01]

I never got in to this show but my soul really got into the OST. When I heard the song on your video I got goosebumps, good times!

[@thebigohno8757]

I've only read the manga and new of the OG anime but damn. Didn't know this had all that history behind it! Thanks for the great video

[@umu-san4414]

Well, the og still exists in my Blu-rays at least. Wish Crunchyroll would license it back so I could watch it everywhere.

[@alpacamale2909]

All the openings are fire, specially the home made kazoku one. Storywriter is an amazing track too

[@Gamescharles]

Eureka 7 AO got me into anime big time when it first came out and then I went watched the original I love both of them and they both hold a special place in my heart I really wish it would come back in a big way the movies were such a disappointment to me

[@tetsuoshima2314]

Stumbled upon your video but your 100% correct. I loved the original series but AO and one of the movies I tried watching were a complete head scratcher that totally turned me off from the franchise. I didn't know they actually continued to get even worse since I already gave up on the series, yikes.

[@Geoff-m1j]

This is the series that made me fall in love with anime. I would secretly stay up and watch this and Samurai Champloo on adult swim in elementary school.

[@James-ek3mb]

I loved Eureka 7, I hated Eureka 7 AO, and I had no idea that they made any movies. Thanks for the heads up so I can steer clear lol

[@jrc_red14]

What's sad was the original series was my very first anime, and is what got me into the mecha genre.

[@Nin_the_Shinobi]

I kinda like AO and pocket full of rainbows. Obviously they're not as good as the original series, but I like them as nice little alternate reality stories. Everything after those, just lost me completely

[@KaiserSenpai420]

God I loved OG Eureka 7 as a little girl, I was in the 5th grade and stayed up until 3AM just to watch the episodes! 😅 The games for the PS2 was great too! AO and everything after that just made me sad. I wanted a Boruto like story for the show, I wanted Renton and Eureka to be happy. Fun fact, Boruto English VA and Renton English VA are the same person!

[@chxbinz]

I first watched Eureka Seven around 4-5 years ago and I enjoyed it so much but when I got to AO I couldn't even finish the second episode. So now after some years im going to rewatch it. Btw, I really enjoyed the video!!

[@neginesuke]

As a fan of Eureka Seven I can genuinely say I never watched anything after AO. I love the original series and I enjoyed the first film. I did not enjoy AO in anyway and after that I just dropped any hope they would craft something of quality. Your video has thus far confirmed my hypothesis.