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.