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Exploring the Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven 20th Anniversary Exhibition

What strikes me the most when I look back on the original Eureka Seven series is that almost no one involved with it seemed to have any understanding of why it was so beloved. For my money the series proper remains a stone-cold masterpiece,

The original anime would be remembered as a minor classic and is a rare example of a digital anime from the first half of the 00s that aged very well visually, were it not buried under an avalanche of Bones-produced rehash rubbish, starting with the movie version. Even an internal rip-off came only 3 years later with Xam'd: Lost Memories. 2 bad remakes, one bad sequel, a bunch of zero effort games and way too many forgettable tie-in manga. Even the official manga is an AU retelling! The one tie-in I can semi-defend but Eureka Seven AO´s manga isn´t a sequel to that manga and is also different from its anime. What were they thinking The IP.

Go anime only and stop with EP 50, as there is a non-canon alternate ending with the 2012 made EP 51! Even the original run has cancer grafted onto it...

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The original anime would be remembered as a minor classic and is a rare example of a digital anime from the first half of the 00s that aged very well visually, were it not buried under an avalanche of Bones-produced rehash rubbish, starting with the movie version. Even an internal rip-off came only 3 years later with Xam'd: Lost Memories. 2 bad remakes, one bad sequel, a bunch of zero effort games and way too many forgettable tie-in manga. Even the official manga is an AU retelling! The one tie-in I can semi-defend but Eureka Seven AO´s manga isn´t a sequel to that manga and is also different from its anime. What were they thinking The IP. Go anime only and stop with EP 50, as there is a non-canon alternate ending with the 2012 made EP 51! Even the original run has cancer grafted onto it...

Bones is very hit and miss when it comes to anime originals, they either make something great and unique; Star Driver, Wolfs Rain, Space Dandy or try too hard to keep a good thing going and end up killing it. Darker than BLACK is a great example, the initial series was superb then they made a sequel no one asked for. Let's not forget Metallic Rouge either.

First off, that headline instantly aged me decades, so thanks a lot for that.

What strikes me the most when I look back on the original Eureka Seven series is that almost no one involved with it seemed to have any understanding of why it was so beloved. For my money the series proper remains a stone-cold masterpiece, the perfect mix of high-concept sci-fi, spectacular colorful mecha action, and most importantly a perfectly-realized love story. Meanwhile every single recut or pseudo-sequel or alternate-universe take on it since has ranged from "what are they doing here" to "no, seriously, what are they doing here," and that includes those that reunited nearly all of the original's creative staff. I haven't even seen any of them myself, but I've been warned very strongly against them by people I trust who love the original as much as I do. Ignorance is bliss, right?

I think that is a fair take. Personally, the reason the retellings didn't work nearly as well is that it seemed like reshuffling a deck of cards (plot points) pulling out some of them, while leaving the rest in the draw pile and expecting it to make the same good hand out of it.

I mean before now I didn't even know about that audio drama alternate ending that residentgrigo mentioned, but holy shit that is awful. And that was something they purportedly considered for the actual series ending? It's enough to make me want to reach through my screen and smack Dai Sato. "No! Bad writer!"

But then you got Godzilla Singular Point, Blast of Tempest or SuperCrooks.

Funny enough, I've never finished Eureka Seven - for some reason it always felt...I don't know, a little too into itself or something. But I feel like I should give it another honest go.