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Eureka Seven
File:Eureka7.jpg
Genre	Mecha, Science , Drama, Romance, Comedy
Anime
Directed by	Tomoki Kyoda
Studio	Bones
Manga
Written by	Jinsei Kataoka, Kazuma Kondou
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten Haksan publish Bandai Entertainment

Eureka Seven (交響詩篇エウレカセブン, Kōkyōshihen Eureka Seven) is a mecha anime by Bandai Entertainment and BONES. There are three video games by Bandai. There is also a manga adaption 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.

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 with his mechanic grandfather, Axel Thurston. He loves reffing, the sport of riding atmospheric trapar particles with a board. The greatest reffer in the world, Holland, is his idol.

After a giant LFO (or mecha) crashes into his home, Renton falls in love with its mysterious pilot. Chasing after her, he ends up joining Gekko State, a mercenary band-cum-reffing group lead by Holland.

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.

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Scab Coral

The Scab Coral is a sentient being that landed on Earth millenia 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. Template:Endspoiler

Characters

The characters of Eureka Seven can be seperated into three groups: the Gekko State, 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 Gekko State, 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". Hilda, Matthew, and Talho have numerious jobs, but they are all LFO pilots. Hap, Hollands good friend since childhood, is in second commmand of their ship, "The Gekko". Other Gekko state members include Ken-Goh, which is the weapons specialist, Jobs and Woz, a pair of mistmatched engineers, Mischa, the doctor aboard, Moondoggie, a secondary pilot, and Gidget, the comm operator. A strange old man named Gonzy also wanders aboard their ship, though he turns out to be a Coralian observing the humans.

U.F. Force

The U.F. (United Federation) Force is the main military force in the series. They are under command of the The Council of the Sages, the main authority of the U.F.

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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.

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 a.k.a 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's 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's 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.

Trivia

Within Eureka Seven, there are many references to pop-culture (including names of bands, members of bands, and songs), the surfing culture, and other various references.

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References

1. Newtype USA. March 2006. p. 46.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
2. "Eureka seveN "alternative soundtrack"". Retrieved 2006-03-20.
3. "Interview with Dai Sato" (PDF). Japan Society. 2005. Retrieved 2006-03-20.

Also see

• Characters of Eureka Seven
• Eureka Seven Trivia
• Light Finding Operation

External links

• Template:Ja iconOfficial Eureka Seven website
• Template:Ja iconEureka Seven website on MBS
• Template:Ja iconOfficial Bones website
• Bandai Entertainment's official Eureka Seven website
• Adult Swim's Eureka Seven show page'
• Eureka 7 Anime Image Gallery

• Manga series
• Anime series
• Shows on Adult Swim