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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Eureka seveN: Pocketful of Rainbows (Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers) Review
Well, I've just come back from the movie theater in my hometown. Eureka seveN: Pocketful of Rainbows (officially known as Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers) was an excellent movie. It is a great movie; it has a near seamless combination of action and romance. A great hit for the guy who wants action and violence; also, a great hit for the gal who wants to see a beautiful romance between Renton and Eureka. This will appeal to both guys and gals. It appealed to me!
First , to the people who have not watched this (or have) and think it is a fair ending to the television series, it is not. Second, it is a re-imagining of Eureka seveN. Third, the setting and time is actually set in the present time, April 2009, around the same time the movie was released in Japan.
To move away from the numbering system, it would be fair to say that the re-imagining is mostly a re-imagining of the characters. Personalities, actions, and feelings change entirely. I, myself, have watched this movie in Japanese audio with English subtitles and found it a pleasant change to the plot-heavy television series.
If you liked the television series more, then please do not start to flame me. I liked the movie and the television series.
The movie was more of something for couples seeing how I can probably say that 70% of the entire movie revolved around Renton's and Eureka's love for each other.
To not spoil the movie, I'll just provide some insight on it. I loved the romance between the two. The animation quality was as excellent as always from Bones. No that's an animation studio, not an American television series.
The voice actors are just as great as they were in the original Anime television series. They delivered their characters perfectly and as close to the original Japanese seiyuus as far as I have heard (I saw the first season in English and Japanese, just to compare).
Unfortunately, there were small errors in the production of the movie. In the movie the map that shows where the KLFs had their archetypes malfunction or something. If you watched the television series, you would notice that map was used for the Tower states that were blown up by the debris from the Hammer of God superweapon. Instead, they used that to represent the destruction of multiple KLF squadrons. Oddly enough, the map shows the future representation of the Earth. When did the scub corals win already?
Oh yes, the scub corals aren't called Coralians or scub corals. They are called "Aeons" or "Aeos" or something like that. At least stick to the original term of "Image" that was in the Japanese version. Heck, on one of the displays in the Gekko the word "Image" is used to describe the attacking Kute-Class (or Coralian). I just visited the official Fathom listing. They are called “EIZO.”
Here's something new. The scub corals make robots. I guess it takes them lots of time to form humanoid interfaces, why not just make a robot? Eureka is a robot.
Yeah... that might have been a spoiler, but they kinda announce that 30 minutes into the movie.
Oh, and in the Japanese version, they call the pre-KLF/LFO archetype beings as "faeries". In English, at least a better name is used. Larvae. I guess it makes sense.
During the main events of the movie, it's set in 2054. So this is kinda the story that pre-dates Eureka seveN the television series.
After watching this movie the 3rd or so time ( the English Dub being the 3rd time ) I must say that it is a brilliantly directed and executed movie. However, don't watch it alone like I did. Bring your girlfriend or boyfriend, honestly; this movie is more or less intended for a couple, I did say it was 70% romance between Eureka and Renton. It is still a good movie, it has a near seamless combination of action and romance. A great hit for the guy who wants action and violence. Also, a great hit for the gal who wants to see a beautiful romance between Renton and Eureka. Which appeals to both guys and gals.
I'll end here. No wait, Dominic + Anemone <3. Now I'm done.
First , to the people who have not watched this (or have) and think it is a fair ending to the television series, it is not. Second, it is a re-imagining of Eureka seveN. Third, the setting and time is actually set in the present time, April 2009, around the same time the movie was released in Japan.
To move away from the numbering system, it would be fair to say that the re-imagining is mostly a re-imagining of the characters. Personalities, actions, and feelings change entirely. I, myself, have watched this movie in Japanese audio with English subtitles and found it a pleasant change to the plot-heavy television series.
If you liked the television series more, then please do not start to flame me. I liked the movie and the television series.
The movie was more of something for couples seeing how I can probably say that 70% of the entire movie revolved around Renton's and Eureka's love for each other.
To not spoil the movie, I'll just provide some insight on it. I loved the romance between the two. The animation quality was as excellent as always from Bones. No that's an animation studio, not an American television series.
The voice actors are just as great as they were in the original Anime television series. They delivered their characters perfectly and as close to the original Japanese seiyuus as far as I have heard (I saw the first season in English and Japanese, just to compare).
Unfortunately, there were small errors in the production of the movie. In the movie the map that shows where the KLFs had their archetypes malfunction or something. If you watched the television series, you would notice that map was used for the Tower states that were blown up by the debris from the Hammer of God superweapon. Instead, they used that to represent the destruction of multiple KLF squadrons. Oddly enough, the map shows the future representation of the Earth. When did the scub corals win already?
Oh yes, the scub corals aren't called Coralians or scub corals. They are called "Aeons" or "Aeos" or something like that. At least stick to the original term of "Image" that was in the Japanese version. Heck, on one of the displays in the Gekko the word "Image" is used to describe the attacking Kute-Class (or Coralian). I just visited the official Fathom listing. They are called “EIZO.”
Here's something new. The scub corals make robots. I guess it takes them lots of time to form humanoid interfaces, why not just make a robot? Eureka is a robot.
Yeah... that might have been a spoiler, but they kinda announce that 30 minutes into the movie.
Oh, and in the Japanese version, they call the pre-KLF/LFO archetype beings as "faeries". In English, at least a better name is used. Larvae. I guess it makes sense.
During the main events of the movie, it's set in 2054. So this is kinda the story that pre-dates Eureka seveN the television series.
After watching this movie the 3rd or so time ( the English Dub being the 3rd time ) I must say that it is a brilliantly directed and executed movie. However, don't watch it alone like I did. Bring your girlfriend or boyfriend, honestly; this movie is more or less intended for a couple, I did say it was 70% romance between Eureka and Renton. It is still a good movie, it has a near seamless combination of action and romance. A great hit for the guy who wants action and violence. Also, a great hit for the gal who wants to see a beautiful romance between Renton and Eureka. Which appeals to both guys and gals.
Eureka Seven Synopses:
This is another version of the story of Renton and Eureka. For almost half a century, mankind has battled a mysterious organism from space called “EIZO.” In 2054, there is a young soldier on board the fighter aircraft commanded by Holland, GEKKO, of the renegade group GEKKOSTATE, who is battling EIZO. The young soldier’s name is Renton. He boards Nirvash and heads for the battlefield. He has only one dream: to rescue his childhood friend, Eureka, who was kidnapped eight years ago and return to his hometown. Fate, however, brings tribulations to test the young love between Renton and Eureka --mission and emotion, truth and lie, past and future, life and death, reality and dream and even Holland – the entire world stand in the way of the two as the final battle with EIZO approaches…
I'll end here. No wait, Dominic + Anemone <3. Now I'm done.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Eureka seveN: Pocketful of Rainbows (Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers)
Well, tomorrow night at 7:30 I am going to head down to the theaters to watch the English dubbing of Eureka seveN. I'm probably going to provide a review. I liked it subbed in English, but it still really didn't make sense. I'll try and bring my Mp3 and grab a few soundbites >.<
Saturday, September 19, 2009
The Technology of Eureka seveN
I've watched some anime, and I think Eureka seveN is pretty darn good.
It gives a nice explanation to most of it's technology (excluding lasers) and provides an entertaining and deep plot as well.
Let's start with the surfing mechas.
The Nirvash TypeZERO, M-520 Monsoonos, and even the Terminus Series all use something called a "Ref board". Officially, it should be called "Reflection Board" because it uses something called reflection film.
Reflection film is a product of the native animal called Skyfish. The Skyfish are able to fly in the air which contains trapar.
Trapar is short for Transparent Light Particles, in truth they are more of magnetically charged particles that are invisible to the naked eye.
Now, to make reflection film, Skyfish are killed and their skin is used to make the film. The film is probably actually a bio-organic skin that builds an electromagnetic field that repulses or reflects the electromagnetic waves in the air allowing lift and propulsion.
With the combination of trapar waves and a ref board, a human should be able to "ride" it as if it were a surfboard and achieve lift.
If your wondering where trapar comes from, it's a biological byproduct of the scub coral that engulfs the planet that Eureka seveN is set on.
If your also wondering why the refboards (and the airborne battleships) have green streaks. It is probably a visualization of high-energy trapar waves, much how like we can see thunder as streaks of white the Trapar waves probably have a color based on the visible light section of the light spectrum.
It gives a nice explanation to most of it's technology (excluding lasers) and provides an entertaining and deep plot as well.
Let's start with the surfing mechas.
The Nirvash TypeZERO, M-520 Monsoonos, and even the Terminus Series all use something called a "Ref board". Officially, it should be called "Reflection Board" because it uses something called reflection film.
Reflection film is a product of the native animal called Skyfish. The Skyfish are able to fly in the air which contains trapar.
Trapar is short for Transparent Light Particles, in truth they are more of magnetically charged particles that are invisible to the naked eye.
Now, to make reflection film, Skyfish are killed and their skin is used to make the film. The film is probably actually a bio-organic skin that builds an electromagnetic field that repulses or reflects the electromagnetic waves in the air allowing lift and propulsion.
With the combination of trapar waves and a ref board, a human should be able to "ride" it as if it were a surfboard and achieve lift.
If your wondering where trapar comes from, it's a biological byproduct of the scub coral that engulfs the planet that Eureka seveN is set on.
If your also wondering why the refboards (and the airborne battleships) have green streaks. It is probably a visualization of high-energy trapar waves, much how like we can see thunder as streaks of white the Trapar waves probably have a color based on the visible light section of the light spectrum.
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Well, at this point in time, AWPPI is going to hold back on it's MMORPG goals and ideals. But then we already have a site... kinda. It's www.awp-pi.no-ip.org or something like that. It could be awppi.no-ip.org, but don't go there because it isn't a dedicated website.
It's time to use this blog for SOMETHING, so I've decided to put in my thoughts and ideas every now and then. You know, some information in my every-day life. Or something like that.
Next post (or the one on top) will be the beginning of such a thing.
It's time to use this blog for SOMETHING, so I've decided to put in my thoughts and ideas every now and then. You know, some information in my every-day life. Or something like that.
Next post (or the one on top) will be the beginning of such a thing.
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