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.
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