Eureka Seven

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is a mecha anime by Bandai Entertainment and BONES. There are three video games by Bandai. There is also a manga adaptation of both the TV series and the video game TR1: New Wave.

Bandai conceived Eureka Seven and brought up the idea of an anime to Bones. Bones initially rejected it, but reversed its position because it had already planned to create an anime using mecha designs by Shoji Kawamori.

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Plot overview

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Renton Thurston is the fourteen-year-old son of Adrock Thurston, a military researcher who died saving the world. He lives what he considers a boring life with his mechanic grandfather in a boring town. He loves reffing, the sport of riding atmospheric trapar particles with a board. He dreams of joining the crew of the renegade Gekkostate and its leader, the legendary lifter Holland.

Just such an opportunity literally falls into his lap when a special LFO called Nirvash, and a member of Gekko State, crashes into his grandfather’s shop. Thanks in part to his use of his father’s Amita Drive to power up the Nirvash in a crucial fight, Renton is invited to join Gekkostate, where he quickly discovers that the behind-the-scenes life of Gekkostate is hardly so glamorous or interesting as he imagined. Only one thing makes it all worthwhile for him: the presence of Eureka, the mysterious and rather cute girl who pilots Nirvash.

The story revolves around Renton's budding relationship with Eureka, the female pilot of the LFO Nirvash typeZERO, and the mystery of the Coralians, sentient beings that inhabit the planet.

Major info

Trapar waves and Reffing

In Eureka Seven, the atmosphere is permeated by Transparence Light Particles, or trapar waves. Norbu, the Vodarek leader, describes these particles as the Planet's thoughts made into energy. It is possible to use these particles to create floating devices and airships. "Reffing" (or "Lifting" according to the official English adaptation) is the popular sport of riding trapar waves using special boards designed for that purpose.

LFO, Compac Drives, and the Amita Drive

The mecha of this series are called LFOs (Light Finding Operation). LFOs are in fact humanoid alien skeletons excavated from the Scab Coral that are installed with armor and control systems by humans. Just a few years after their inception, combat LFOs already are used on a large scale by the military, and are known as KLFs (Kraft Light Fighter). LFOs fly exploiting the same principles of reffing--by using trapar particles. The LFO is basically composed of the giant organic base (the Archetype), armor, the ref board, and the Compac Drive.

Scab Coral

The Scab Coral is a sentient being that landed on Earth millennia ago. Its only form of communication is merging, so it merged with all the creatures of the sea. Eventually it came in contact with humans and attempted to merge with them as well, but the humans saw it as a threat. Because of this, humanity abandoned Earth 10,000 years prior to the start of the series. The Coral continued to merge with everything left on the planet until the planet became a single being. The Coral then became lonely without anyone to communicate with, but eventually the humans returned about 7,000 years after having left. The Coral knew it was thought to be a threat, so it became discreet. Because of this, the humans thought they were on an entirely different planet, not Earth. The Coral's desire to communicate, though, convinced it to send out messengers: human-form Coralians. These messengers, such as Eureka and Sakuya, were sent out to learn more about humans and find a way to communicate with them in some other way.

Limit of Life

After remaining dormant for years after the humans returned, there was a time when the Coral began to awaken suddenly. If all the Coral had awoken, the "Limit of Life" (or Limit of Matter) would have been reached. Crossing this Limit would caused a tear in space somewhat like a black hole. All physical space would have been sucked in. Back then the Coral was able to force itself into a dormant state, but a scar was left on the Earth. Military attacks authorized by Dewey would have destroyed the Coral's "Command Cluster," which is what was among the only things keeping it in its dormant state.

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Characters

The characters of Eureka Seven can be separated into three groups: the GekkoState, the U.F. Force, and the Civilians.

Gekko State

The Gekko State are a group of pirates lead by a man named Holland. Renton, a 14 year old teenager who is the son of a military hero. Eureka, a pale young girl with teal hair of about Renton's age who is also part of the Gekko State, pilots the Nirvash. When Renton joins up with the GekkoState, he helps Eureka pilot the Nirvash and unlocks its true power. Also accompanying them are the photographer, Stoner, who writes Gekko State's magazine, "ray=out". Holland is the leader of the GekkoState, who left the military with Talho. Talho is the head pilot of Gekko State's ship, "The Gekko". Hilda, Matthieu, and Holland have numerous jobs, but they are all LFO pilots. Hap, Holland's good friend since childhood, is second-in-commmand of the Gekko. Other Gekko State members include Ken-Goh, who is the weapons specialist and owner of the Gekko; Jobs and Woz, a pair of mistmatched engineers; Mischa, the doctor aboard; Moondoggie, a secondary pilot and operator of the launch catapult; and Gidget, the comm operator. A fortune-teller named Gonzy also wanders aboard their ship.

U.F. Force

The U.F. Force is the military force under the command of the The Sage Council (or The Council of the Wise), the main authority of the United Federation of Predgio Towers, the unified government and the main enemy in the series.

Voice cast

U.S. Cast taken from Vol 1 DVD

Role	Episode of Visual Debut	Episode of Dialogue Debut	Japanese Cast	U.S. Cast
Renton Thurston	1	1	Yuko Sanpei	Johnny Yong Bosch (Yuri Lowenthal at first, but replaced to make Renton's voice sound younger)
Eureka	1	1	Kaori Nazuka	Stephanie Sheh
Holland	1	1	Keiji Fujiwara	Crispin Freeman
Talho	1	1	Michiko Neya	Kate Higgins
Hilda	3	3	Mayumi Asano	Megan Hollingshead
Matthieu	1	1	Akio Nakamura	Kirk Thornton
Stoner	1	1	Yasunori Matsumoto	Doug Stone
Gidget	3	3	Fumie Mizusawa	Jessica Straus
Moondoggie	3	4	Mamoru Miyano	Steve Staley
Mischa	3	4	Yoko Soumi	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Jobs	3	9	Tomoyuki Shimura	Dave Mallow
Woz	3	3	Yuuichi Nagashima	Dave Wittenberg
Ken-Goh	3	3	Tamio Ohki	Bob Papenbrook (ep 1-29) Kyle Hebert (ep 29+) (Due to the untimely passing of Bob Papenbrook, Kyle Hebert took over the role.)
Hap	3	3	Taro Yamaguchi	Tony Oliver
Maurice	3	3	Michiko Neya	Mary Elizabeth McGlynn
Maeter	3	3	Eriko Kigawa	Peggy O'Neal
Linck	3	3	Fumie Mizusawa	Note: Even though his voice has been heard, it is unspecified what Linck's voice actor/actress is.
Dewey Novak	4	4	Kouji Tsujitani	Kim Strauss
Anemone	10	10	Ami Koshimizu	Kari Wahlgren
Dominic Sorel	1	1	Shigenori Yamazaki	Peter Doyle
Axel Thurston	1	1	Takeshi Aono	Steve Kramer
Diane Thurston	1(body) 36(face)	1	Sakiko Tamagawa	Peggy O'Neal
Charles Beams	21	21	Juurouta Kosugi
Ray Beams	21	21	Aya Hisakawa	Melissa Fahn

Anime Licensing

Bandai Entertainment is handling the US distribution of the show whilst Bandai Entertainment's European branch, Beez Entertainment will handle the show's release in the United Kingdom and the rest of Europe and Madman Entertainment will release in Australia. The first DVD's US release date is 25 April 2006 whilst the UK/Europe release, according to Neo Magazene, is going to be in the summer of the same year. The English version is produced by Bang Zoom! Entertainment in Burbank, California. Recently, Adult Swim Fix has announced that Eureka 7 will become available for online viewing on the Adult Swim Fix beginning April 14th, 2006. It began its U.S. television broadcast on Adult Swim on April 15, 2006 at 12:00am EDT.

Episode list

Almost all of the series' episode titles correspond to real songs, composed by Japanese or foreign artists. Some of these have been stated to be intentional references (including Blue Monday), and other phrases previously only existed as song titles. However, it is unclear whether every episode title is intended as a musical reference.

#	Episode Title	Reference	Rating
1	Blue Monday	Blue Monday by New Order	TV-PG-V
2	Blue Sky Fish	Sky Fish by Color Variation	TV-PG-V
3	Motion Blue	Motion Blue by Index AI	TV-PG-V
4	Watermelon	Watermelon Man by Herbie Hancock	TV-PG-V
5	Vivid Bit		TV-14
6	Childhood	Childhood by Jeff Mills	TV-PG-DV
7	Absolute Defeat		TV-14
8	Glorious Brilliance		TV-PG-DLV
9	Paper Moon Shine	Paper Moon by Natalie Cole	TV-14-V
10	Higher Than The Sun	Higher Than The Sun by Primal Scream	TV-14-V
11	Into the Nature	Into the Nature by Hardfloor	TV-PG-LV
12	Acperience 1	Acperience 1 by Hardfloor	TV-PG-V
13	The Beginning	The Beginning by Rhythim Is Rhythim	TV-PG-LV
14	Memory Band	Memory Band by Rotary Connection	TV-PG-V
15	Human Behavior	Human Behavior by Bjork
16	Opposite View	Opposite View by Del Amitri
17	Sky Rock Gate
18	Ill Communication	Ill Communication by the Beastie Boys
19	Acperience 2	Acperience 2 by Hardfloor
20	Substance Abuse	Substance Abuse by F.U.S.E.
21	Runaway	Runaway by Nuyorican Soul
22	Crackpot	Krakpot by Plastikman
23	Differencia	Differencia by Ryuichi Sakamoto
24	Paradise Lost	Paradise Lost by Ryuichi Sakamoto
25	World's End Garden	World's End Garden by Gnomusy (David Caballero)
26	Morning Glory	Morning Glory by Oasis
27	Helter Skelter	Helter Skelter by The Beatles
28	Memento Mori	Memento Mori by Kamelot
29	Keep on Movin'	Keep on Movin' by Soul II Soul
30	Change of Life	Changes of Life by Jeff Mills
31	Animal Attack	Animal Attack by Fumiya Tanaka
32	Start It Up	The Start It Up by Joey Beltram
33	Pacific State	Pacific State by 808 State
34	Inner Flight	Inner Flight by Primal Scream
35	Astral Apache	Astral Apache by Galaxy 2 Galaxy
36	Fantasia	Fantasia by Jeff Mills
37	Raise Your Hand	Raise Your Hand Together by Cornelius
38	Date Of Birth	Date Of Birth by Arsonists
39	Join The Future	Join The Future by Tuff Little Unit
40	Cosmic Trigger	Cosmic Trigger by Axiom Ambient
41	Acperience 3	Acperience 3 by Hardfloor
42	Star Dancer	Star Dancer by Red Planet
43	The Sunshine Underground	The Sunshine Underground by The Chemical Brothers
44	It's All In The Mind	It's All In The Mind by CJ Bolland
45	Don't You Want Me?	Don't You Want Me? by The Human League
46	Planet Rock	Planet Rock by Afrika Bambaataa and the Soul Sonic Force
47	Acperience 4	Acperience 4 by Hardfloor
48	Ballet Mécanique	Ballet Mécanique by Ryuichi Sakamoto
49	Shout To The Top!	Shout To The Top! by Style Council
50	When You Wish Upon A Star	When You Wish upon a Star by The Drummonds

Music and Theme Songs

Opening Themes

"DAYS" - Performed by: FLOW (Episodes 1-13)
Lyrics: KEIGO HAYASHI, KOHSHI ASAKAWA
Composition: TAKESHI ASAKAWA
Arrangement: FLOW & Seiji Kameda

"Shounen Heart" ("A Young Boy's Heart") - Performed by: HOME MADE KAZOKU (Episodes 14-26)
Lyrics: KURO/MICRO/U-ICHI
Composition: KURO/MICRO/U-ICHI, Takahiro Watanabe
Arrangement: Takahiro Watanabe "Taiyou no Mannaka he" ("To The Center Of The Sun") - Performed by: Bivattchee (Episodes 27-32, 34-39)
Lyrics: Tsutsumi Shin'ichi
Composition: Tsutsumi Shin'ichi
Arrangement: Bivattchee, Okura Kenji "sakura" - Performed by: NIRGILIS (Episodes 40-49)
Lyrics: Iwata Acchu
Composition: Kurihara Minoru , Iwata Acchu, Itou Kouki
Arrangement: NIRGILIS

Ending Themes

"Himitsu Kichi" ("A Secret Base") - Performed by: Kozue Takada (Episodes 1-13, 26)
Lyrics: Kozue Takada
Composition: Kozue Takada
Arrangement: TOMI YO

"Fly Away" - Performed by: Izawa Asami (Episodes 14-25)
Lyrics: Izawa Asami
Composition: Izawa Asami
Arrangement: Abe Jun "Tip Taps Tip" - Performed by: HALCALI (Episodes 27-39)
Lyrics: U
Composition: Tanaka Yuusuke
Arrangement: Tanaka Yuusuke "Canvas" - Performed by: COOLON (Episodes 40-49)
Lyrics: COOLON
Composition: COOLON
Arrangement: Mine-Chans

Video Game Opening Themes

"Realize" - FLOW (Eureka Seven TR1: New Wave)

Insert Songs

"Storywriter" - Supercar
"Tiger Track" - KAGAMI
"Acid Track Prototype" - RYUKYUDISKO
"Get It By Your Hands" - Hiroshi Watanabe, also known as Quadra
"Trance Ruined" - NEW DEAL
"Draft Any Funk" - NEW DEAL
"Ninety Three" - Takkyu Ishino
"L.F.O." - Taichi Master
"Chaotic Waltz" - Susumu Yokota
"koitsu" - Riow Arai
"dot" - Riow Arai
"control" - Riow Arai
"D.J. Choice" - Fumiya Tanaka
"I've got It (eureka new school acid mix)" - Ko Kimura
"Time-lines" - audio active
"Niji" - Denki Groove

Eureka seveN Original Soundtracks

The music of Eureka seveN is available on three different compilations. The two original soundtracks contain the symphonic score composed by Naoki Sato along with the various insert songs of the series. The Complete Best includes the full length Openings and Endings for the series and game as well as the theme song to the final episode, and in some ways of the entire series.

Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN Original Soundtrack 1 (2 Discs, released by Aniplex on November 11th, 2005)
Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN Original Soundtrack 2 (2 Discs, released by Aniplex on April 5th 2006)
Psalms of Planets Eureka seveN Complete Best (1 CD + 1 DVD, released by Music Ray'n on May 7th 2006)

Video Games

Eureka Seven TR1: New Wave, a PlayStation 2 game, was released in Japan on 27 October 2005. It is set before the anime and features a different cast of characters. The game takes place 4 years before the anime. The theme song is sung by FLOW, and is titled "Realize". [IGN] reports that Eureka Seven Vol. 1: The New Wave will be released in North America during the fall of 2006. Eureka Seven: New Vision, also on the PlayStation 2, is the sequel to TR1: New Wave. It takes place 2 years after TR1: New Wave. It is due out on 11 May 2006. Another Eureka Seven game for the PlayStation Portable is scheduled to be released on 6 April 2006 in Japan. This one is based on the events in the show.[link]

Trivia

[Spoiler warningSpoiler warning]: Plot and/or ending details follow.

General

The series contains references to the first and second "summers of love".
The concept of reffing is based on surfing.
The show contains a lot of music references in the episode titles. See the episode list for details.
Compac in "Compac drive" refers to the early Chinese philosophical concept of Kon-paku (魂魄; these prononciations are same in Japanese; this reference is explicitly indicated by Chinese characters in the first episode.) According to this concept, life activity is composed by two elements. "Kon" designates the soul (spiritual aspect of life), "Paku" its container (physical aspect of life). So, "Compac drive (= Kon-paku drive)" probably means what ties these two elements.
"Amita" in Amita Drive may be a contraction of Amitabha. It could also be a usage of the French word, 'ami'. Since it does not work without the thoughts or presence of the other pilot.
Holland and Dewey are seen at various points throughout the series reading The Golden Bough.
In episode 16, the house Renton enters in a dream or hallucination is based on the homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Elements of the architectural design are directly taken from Fallingwater, but as a whole it does not exactly match one specific Wright house.
Episodes 16 through 19 take place in the FAC-51 mining facility in a town or region named Hacienda. This is a reference to The Haçienda, the nightclub owned by Factory Records, which was also known as FAC-51.
In episode 28, a 12" vinyl copy of "Get It By Your Hands", by Hiroshi Watanabe a.k.a Quadra, is seen on the floor of Holland's room, shortly before a scene where it plays on the radio and is mentioned in dialogue.
In episode 30, Talho is carrying a copy of L'Oiseau Bleu when she visits Holland in the infirmary.
In the opening of episode 33, Stoner's narration describes surfing as a sport performed on the salt-water oceans that existed "approximately 10,000 years ago, on the planet Earth". Later in the series, it is mentioned that the planet the series occurs on has been inhabited by humans for 3,000 years.
In episode 34, Moondoggie's pilot's license states that his birth year is 1989. Moondoggie's age is officially listed as 16, which sets the year the series takes place at 2005.
In episode 36, Holland douses Renton with a yellow plastic bucket with "Keriron" (ケリロン) printed inside its bottom. This is a reference to the "Kerorin" (ケロリン) buckets, common in public bathhouses throughout Japan, which originated as an advertisement for Kerorin brand pain-relief medicine in 1963. The transposition of the characters in the name is an ordinary practice in anime when referring to a real brand name or logo, for example; when Renton has a can of "Rersi" cola, and when Gidget and Eureka eat "Smickers" bars.
In episode 42, Norbu and Sakuya used their powers to reverse the barrier of the great wall in order to open a path for Renton and Eureka. They call this phenomenon Pororoca, which is a name given by brazilian indians to the Tidal bore that sometimes reverses the flux of the Amazon River, making of it a famous surfing spot.
In episode 44, Dominic and crew visit the city of Warsaw. Later it is revealed that the town is also coincidentally known as the "Joy Division". Warsaw was the name that the seminal rock group Joy Division went by in its beginnings.
See also: Episode list for references in episode titles.

Characters

Renton Thurston is named after Mark Renton, a character from the film Trainspotting.
Adrock Thurston is named after Adam Horovitz, aka Ad-Rock, from the Beastie Boys. The character is occasionally referred to as "The King", which also corresponds with a variant of the musician's alias.
Adrock's partners in discovering the Nirvash, Dr. Yauch & Dr. Diamond, are named after Adam Yauch and Mike Diamond from the Beastie Boys.
Axel Thurston is named after Axl Rose.
The Thurstons' last name is a reference to Thurston Moore of the band Sonic Youth.
Eureka is a famous exclamation attributed to the Greek sage Archimedes. See: Eureka (word).
Holland's name is an homage to the American professional surfer Todd Holland.
Hap is named after Hap Jacobs, a famous shaper of surfboards.
Jobs and Woz are the nicknames of Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak, co-founders of Apple Computer.
Stoner's hat, haircut and face make him resemble Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara.
Ken-Goh is named after Kengo Watanabe, aka KEN=GO, a DJ who was the partner of Eureka 7 series writer Dai Sato in founding the Frogman record label in 1993 and Frognation Ltd. in 1997.
Maurice, Maeter, and Linck's names come from the Belgian poet, playwright, and essayist Maurice Maeterlinck.
Maurice, Maeter, and Linck are directly based on Katsu, Retsu, and Kikka from the original Mobile Suit Gundam, having nearly identical appearances and ages to all three of the Gundam characters. Their relationship with Eureka echoes how Gundam's Frau Bow cared for the three orphans herself, though otherwise Eureka and Frau are quite different.
Gidget is the name of the protagonist of a series of movies named after her from the late 1950s and early 1960s. Moondoggie is the name of Gidget's boyfriend in these movies. These movies are tied into '60s surfing pop-culture.
Moondoggie's real name is James Darren Emerson, which is a reference to James Darren, who played Moondoggie in the previously mentioned movies, and Darren Emerson, the famous electronic music DJ.
The Vodarek priest Tiptree is named after James Tiptree, Jr., the pseudonym of a female science fiction author.
Anemone is named after an equally unbalanced young woman from the Ryu Murakami novel Coin Locker Babies. Murakami's Anemone also kept a pet named Gulliver (an alligator, in her case).
Charles and Ray Beams are named after Charles Eames and Ray Eames, two married designers (known for the film Powers of Ten). Their names may also be a reference to soul legend Ray Charles, in keeping with the series's tradition of naming characters and places after things having to do with music.
The name Beams may have been chosen in reference to the Beams T company, which produces t-shirts by a wide variety of hip designers. To coincide with the show's broadcast, Beams T introduced a pair of shirts with Eureka Seven-based typographical logos by Tsuyoshi Kusano.
A character named Lloyd Wright is mentioned in episode 22, as a client of the Beams. This is the second reference to Frank Lloyd Wright in the series.
Dr. Greg "Bear" Egan is named after science fiction writers Greg Bear and Greg Egan.
In the beginning of episode 33, the "present day alternative univese" opening, many of the characters make cameos: Hap, while riding a Seadoo is towing a surfing Matthieu. Holland and Talho, and Charles and Ray are sitting together on the beach. Eureka and Renton are the teenagers jumping into the water, ready to surf.
In episode 39, Eureka's soccer jersey is number 7.
During the beginning of episode 45, the two characters that are briefly shown are actually the protagonists of the PS2 Eureka Seven games, Sumner Sturgeon and Ruri in their New Vision attire.
Sumner Sturgeon, from the Eureka Seven TR1: New Wave video game, may be named after science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon. The name Sumner may be a reference to musicians Bernard Sumner or Gordon Sumner.
A character in the video game TR2: New Vision is named after Roddy Frame.

Mecha

LFO and KLF are the names of two British bands that appeared during the end of the 80's.
The model number of the Gekko-Go, SL-1200 Mk-II, is a reference to the Technics SL-1200 direct-drive turntable.
The Terminus LFOs are named after famous Roland synthesizers and drum machines: TB-303, TR-808 and TR-909. Other LFOs named after Roland products are the Terminus TR-505 and TR-606, and the Spearhead SH-101.
AFX, Dewey's space ships that fire at the Coralians, are named after Aphex Twin, another British band on the same label as LFO
The Mon-Soono type10 and type20 KLFs are named after Korg products - the MS-10 and MS-20 monophonic synthesizers. Also, the VC10 KLF is named after Korg's VC-10 vocoder.
The color schemes of the Beams' Spearhead LFOs are based on those of the VF-1 Valkyrie fighters used by Max Jenius and his wife Millia in the classic mecha anime series Macross. Charles' white stripes on blue paint job corresponds to Max's Valkyrie, and Ray's white stripes on red corresponds to Millia's Valkyrie.

English dub

The pronunciation of Eureka's name in the English dub of the series is based the Japanese pronunciation of the character's name, rather than the Greek or English pronunciation of the word "eureka". The dub pronunciation has variously been described as "ey-ooh-reh-ka", "ay-oo-re-ka", or "el-rekka". This choice by the dubbing staff is a subject of contention among fans, and it is unclear if the creators of the series intended for Eureka's name to sound like the word or not. Ironically, while the Japanese voice actors mispronounce 'Anemone', 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 13 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 and all of the lines were subsequently rerecorded.
In Episode 06, an inconsistency occurs in the English dub. Towards the end of the episode, Matthieu pronounces Eureka's name like the English word.

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Eureka Seven

Plot overview

Major info

Trapar waves and Reffing

LFO, Compac Drives, and the Amita Drive

Scab Coral

Limit of Life

Characters

Gekko State

U.F. Force

Voice cast

Anime Licensing

Episode list

Music and Theme Songs

Opening Themes

Ending Themes

Video Game Opening Themes

Insert Songs

Eureka seveN Original Soundtracks

Video Games

Trivia

General

Characters

Mecha

English dub

References

See also

External links