We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it celebrates its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main installments of The GLORIO Chat – every two weeks or so – as we work our way through the show
This installment it’s the second of our post-show bonus episodes as we discuss the alternate continuity movie ‘Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers’
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Opening Music: “GEKKO-GO” – Eureka Seven Original Soundtrack vol.1
Closing Music: “Kibou no Sora” – Eureka Seven Original Soundtrack vol.1
Show Notes
Everything you know is wrongWhat is this movie even called?Elvis has entered the podcastThe history of non-canon anime movie adaptations and why even among that oeuvre this movie stands outTalking about the (mostly returning) cast and crew lineupThe decently atmospheric opening scene‘Childhood friend Eureka’ is a way less interesting relationship with RentonBaby Nirvash is simply an errorAqua is a defender of Baby NirvashComiserations to GeeThe weird repeated use of recycled animationProblems with reusing imagery that no longer fits in its new contextWhy do you need to blow up the Earth?Sorry South DakotaWe gotta have the homing lasersIs the world of Eureka Seven communist now?Dewey Sorenstam named in the Epstein FilesCoda is weirdly important to the structure of this movieFurther Dewey discoursebeep boop i am a robotEureka’s relationship with Renton is much less interesting in this movie, and she has no agencyTrying to untangle the complex series of twists that forms the core narrative of the filmThe aternate universe chickens come home to roostExtended ranting on how creatively bankrupt multiversal meta-commentaries areThere are some good ideas surrounding the Gekkostate plot but the characters are not well written enough to make them flourishMaybe this movie should have been written by a writerAt least we get a toilet sceneRenton the hypocriteTonal whiplash is one of this film’s major problemsTsundere Eureka is terribleThe amazingly awful Hap & Stoner sceneBaby Nirvash is here to make everything hilariousCoda is the most likable and mature character in the movieTrying to unpack the multiple dream metaphors we’re running intoAmbiguity is a powerful tool but you need to provide a lead-in to an ambiguous endingAquagaze comes out against the coffee shop AUTwo Heroman shoutouts in one podcast season?Mixed feelings about the new super NIrvash Holland went out and got himself a Gundam GP03 ‘Dendrobium’
It’s a very cool fight but why?I know writers who use subtext etc etcAnemone as a wise, sage-like figure really does not workWe Need to Talk About EurekaUMBO (Unindentified Metal Bird Object)Trying to sum up this amazingly messy movieZigg drops a bombshellBad title drop alert!Some notes on scheduling for the near future and our next stepsSomeone should do an Evangelion recap podcast Final thoughts, wrapup, and plugsNext Time – Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1
