{"id":3070,"date":"2010-04-29T08:59:19","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T12:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=3070"},"modified":"2010-04-29T08:59:19","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T12:59:19","slug":"keiths-anime-reviews-eureka-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/04\/29\/keiths-anime-reviews-eureka-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith&#8217;s Anime Reviews: Eureka 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/eureka-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3071\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/04\/29\/keiths-anime-reviews-eureka-7\/eureka-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/eureka-7.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eureka 7\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/eureka-7-1024x819.jpg\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3071\" title=\"eureka 7\" src=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/eureka-7-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eureka-7-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eureka-7-1024x819.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/eureka-7.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;m very conflicted on how I feel about <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eureka_Seven\">Eureka 7<\/a> &#8211; I&#8217;m not sure if I  love it, or if I hate it.<\/p>\n<p>On the surface at least, it seems  <strong>TOTALLY AWESOME<\/strong>. I mean, c&#8217;mon, giant robots (that transform!) and also  can fly\/surf in the sky, a huge cast of colorful characters with  enigmatic back stories, and a mysterious girl. What more could you ask  for?<\/p>\n<p>Actually, come to think of it, this plot seems oddly  familiar:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ragtag bunch of people<\/li>\n<li>On a ship<\/li>\n<li>Frequently  living on the edge (no money)<\/li>\n<li>Taking somewhat shady jobs (crime)<\/li>\n<li>Evading  the military\/government<\/li>\n<li>Captain of the ship is ex-military<\/li>\n<li>2nd in command is also ex-military, and used to serve with the captain, and is also a girl<\/li>\n<li>Slightly odd young  girl with mysterious past on board<\/li>\n<li>Slightly naive boy who wants to protect the girl<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hmmm,  yeah, where have I heard this before? <em><strong>*cough* <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Firefly_%28TV_series%29\">Firefly<\/a>\/<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Serenity_%28film%29\">Serenity <\/a><strong>*cough*<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Anyway,  as I was saying &#8211; on the surface, this show seems like a total winner.  It also doesn&#8217;t hurt that it has some absolutely monumental music &#8211; the  theme music for the &#8220;Nirvash&#8221; (one of the big robots) is absolutely  epic.<\/p>\n<p>Once you get a little bit deeper into the show, however,  things become a little less awesome.<\/p>\n<p>Renton our main character is  frequently a bit whiny and awkward and at times you just want to reach  through the screen and slap him (hmmm&#8230; again, this sounds really  familiar&#8230; <em><strong>*cough*<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shinji_Ikari\">Shinji<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion_%28anime%29\">Evangelion<\/a> <strong>*cough*<\/strong><\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>Near the end  of the series things also get a bit weird &#8211; as in, totally off-the-rails  weird. At least in my opinion, the believability of the story takes a  hit very near the end of the series &#8211; as if the writers were just more  interested in making bigger, weirder, more unexpected things happen, rather than actually having a  coherent story.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/gekkostate-group.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3072\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/04\/29\/keiths-anime-reviews-eureka-7\/gekkostate-group\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/gekkostate-group.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1280,1024\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"gekkostate group\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/gekkostate-group-1024x819.jpg\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-3072\" title=\"gekkostate group\" src=\"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/04\/gekkostate-group-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Although I think the show suffers for it, and  it may leave you feeling a bit disappointed by the time you get to the  end, there are other moments that do redeem this series. It has its  share of truly heartfelt moments, and the characters really are quite colorful  and interesting &#8211; undoubtedly at some point you will wish you could  live on a big flying ship\/plane\/thing like the Gecko!<\/p>\n<p>So, in the  end, <em>Eureka 7<\/em> is a show that gives me mixed feelings &#8211; but that doesn&#8217;t  mean I won&#8217;t watch it again. And I guess that means I recommend you give  it a watch as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>p.s.<\/em> Even though I know the character  Eureka&#8217;s name is pronounced in-show as &#8220;<em>el-wreck-ah<\/em>,&#8221; instead of  &#8220;<em>you-reek-ah<\/em>,&#8221; I still pronounce the <em>show&#8217;s <\/em>name as &#8220;you-reek-ah&#8221;  7, and nobody is going to stop me. So there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith&#8217;s somewhat indecisive review of the anime series Eureka 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[78,254,249,100,124],"class_list":["post-3070","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","tag-anime","tag-eureka-7","tag-anime-reviews","tag-opinion","tag-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-Nw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3016,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/04\/17\/keiths-anime-reviews-akira\/","url_meta":{"origin":3070,"position":0},"title":"Keith&#8217;s Anime Reviews: Akira","author":"Keith Survell","date":"April 17, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's review of the famous anime movie \"Akira.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Opinion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/03\/akira-kaneda-and-his-bike-300x187.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2977,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/03\/27\/keiths-anime-reviews-kinos-journey\/","url_meta":{"origin":3070,"position":1},"title":"Keith&#8217;s Anime Reviews: Kino&#8217;s Journey","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 27, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's review of the anime \"Kino's Journey.\"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;My Opinion&quot;","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/03\/kinos-journey-field-of-red-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3144,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/07\/08\/keiths-anime-reviews-cowboy-bebop\/","url_meta":{"origin":3070,"position":2},"title":"Keith&#8217;s Anime Reviews: Cowboy Bebop","author":"Keith Survell","date":"July 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's review of the anime series \"Cowboy Bebop\" - 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