Eureka 7 & Eureka 7 AO

Today's is a 2 part review. Of course both parts go well together because they are based off each other.

First off both are anime shows centered around a young man who gets thrown into working with some company that eventually ends up being completely different than first assumed. They both pilot a Mech known as "The Nirvash" which is the base model of all other Mech units in the world.

Eureka 7 centers on Renton. A boy who falls in love with Eureka, an odd girl with turquoise hair. Eureka is a part of the Gekkostate, a rogue group whose ideals are to survive any means necessary and to find the perfect waves to surf. The second taking priority of just about anything else. The show takes a whole bunch of twists and turns sending the story all over the place without being confusing. We learn that the members of Gekkostate are all trying to atone for previous wrongs in their lives. These wrongs confuse and anger Renton until he finally gets over it. The crew also has a habit of messing with their newest member. Which of course is Renton.

The story also reveals that 10,000 years ago mankind had to flee Earth due to the Scub Coral which was covering the planet. Additionally we learn that the Scub Coral is an intelligent being which wanted friendship with humans, but also required the planet itself to merge with. The Scub Coral took the planet and eventually covered the entire surface with its coral-like surface. 10,000 years mankind wandered the stars and resettled on a planet which happened to be their original Earth. Only this time the surface was completely different. This "new" world was quickly settled upon and the humans discovered the atmosphere itself enriched with particles allowing a person to surf on the skys themselves.

Through the story we learn secrets of Eureka, the crew and of Rentons family which have all disappeared. The Mech fights are usually quick and involve little to no actual hand to hand combat. Mostly just shooting guns and dodging missiles. But i still found them to be rather entertaining. The show has 50 episodes each being about 22 minutes long.

Eureka 7 AO takes place in more present history. It also is the time period when the planet was first being invaded by the Scub Coral. This follows Ao, a young boy who is very similar to Renton. We learn he is the son of Eureka. She traveled back in time and gave birth to him 10,000 years before her own time so he would grow up in a different environment. Ao joins Generation Blue's Team Pied Piper. They fight Secrets. We learn later that Secrets are like inter-spatial white blood cells. They are their to try to destroy the disease of the Scub Coral on the planet. But in the process they end up killing thousands of humans and alter huge parts of history. For instance a Scub Coral explosion occurred just before WWII in Tokyo. Because of this Japan never attacked Pearl Harbor, and subsequently the US never nuked Japan. The fight scenes are very similar to the original Eureka 7 fights. Guns and dodging missiles. The series has 24 episodes each being about 22 minutes long.

In the end i enjoyed the original more, but Ao was still entertaining. Eureka 7 receives a 9.5 out of 11. And Eureka 7 AO receives a 7.5 out of 11.

Family Guy

This is a highly offensive, rude, sometimes racist, sexist, Megist, and yet it is also absolutely Hilarious. The show first came out in 1999 and is still running. It is currently on its 11th season and is closing in on its 200th episode. The show has been offensive toward almost every religion, race, gender, sexual orientation, and just about everything else. Which personally i feel that if you make fun of everything then you are specifically targeting anyone or anything. However specific episodes do tend to target something for that episode. The show can be pretty intense when they have violent episodes. And the show contains a lot of sexual humor. This is an animated series and watching it on television it is rather edited. Many episodes contain curse words including fuck. Which as I said, you only hear most of that if you watch it somewhere other than television. A couple of the middle seasons even show Peter's penis and a few other peoples body parts. But as they are animated, and not in a particularly sexual fashion it would not classify as pornographic by most standards.

The show centers around Peter Griffin and his family. Peter is a fat, alcoholic, small penis, mischievous, lazy person. He is most identifiable by his chin which looks like a pair of testicles. His wife is Lois who is a thin, large-breasted, red-haired, woman who learns to fight quite well. She is often shown throwing excitement into the sex life of their relationship. They have 3 children, the oldest being Meg. Everyone hates Meg. Meg is always wearing a pink hat, she is thin and even though people are constantly joking about how ugly and undesirable she is, she ends up dating quite a few people including the neighbors boy, the Mayor Adam West, and the local pharmacist's boy. At one point they do address the problematic relationship with her family. Meg even called everyone out and yelled at them, they realized how terrible they were and the family completely fell apart. Which led to Meg accepting the role of being the family's Lightning Rod of Hate. In this roll she is often told to shut up, farted on, mocked, and all kinds of unsavory treatment. Next up is Chris. He takes after his fathers genes in being fat and having a ball like chin. Chris is interestingly enough the smallest family role. He is only centered in a few episodes. However he does get to shine when it comes to the 3 Star Wars episodes as he is the role of Luke Skywalker. Lastly there is Stewie. Stewie is psychopathic and ridiculously intelligent, oh and did i mention he is a baby. He is constantly trying to kill his mother out of spite. He has invented hundreds of machines and devices, and his family doesn't know anything. The show fluctuates on whether or not the family can actually understand him or not. Except Brian the Dog. Brian is the family dog. He is able to talk and usually walks on 2 legs. He has sex with people and only on rare occasions even acts like a dog. Brian is a snobby failed book writer who is constantly contradicting himself. Him and Stewie often are seen on various "Road To..." trips where they travel in time, dimensions, or through fantasies and legends.

There are other characters that are friends, enemies, or family that frequent the show. The show also throws random moments about the characters actually being actors. Jokes about going on strike or hating the lines they receive occur frequently.

I find this show to be quite funny on most occasions. However many of the ruder jokes make me groan and their idea of comedy on occasion. But all in all i give the show an 8. I find it very funny, but at times it feels they are trying a little too hard for the laugh.