Eureka Seven is not a hit in the US

ok what i still dont know what your talking about i want to see it tell me were i can see it lol

okay..many of my friends doesnt like this series..
but there are many people who love this series…

personaly i would say this anime quite entertaining…maybe boring for someone who love action anime – simple minded story (no brain) like
naruto/bleach…

but hey… this anime got huge awards…

Eureka Seven won multiple awards at the 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair, including Best Television Series, Best Screenplay for Dai Satō, and Best Character Designs for Ken’ichi Yoshida.
[8] Ken’ichi Yoshida, the series’ main animator and character designer, also received an individual award at the 10th Animation Kobe Awards in September 2005.

[9] The series also won an award at the 20th Digital Content Grand Prix in Japan in January 2006.[10] At the Anime Expo 2006 SPJA Awards, Eureka Seven won the award for Best Television Series, and Best Female Character for Eureka[11].

Anime Insider voted it “Best DVD Series of the Year” in 2006.[12]

but despite those award about design and stuff..
the key of success in eureka is…

the way of the story goes…
i mean the genre..

Bildungsroman (novel of self-cultivation)
a novelistic form that concentrates on the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the protagonist usually from childhood to maturity.

Bildungsroman usually contain the following course:

The protagonist grows from boy to man or girl to woman.
The protagonist must have some reason to go on this journey. A loss or discontent must jar him or her at an early stage away from the home or family setting.

The process of maturing is long, arduous, and gradual, consisting of repeated clashes between the needs or desires of the hero and the views and judgments enforced by an unbending social order. This bears some similarity to Sigmund Freud’s concept of the pleasure principle versus the reality principle.

Eventually, the spirit and values of the social order become manifest in the protagonist, who is then accommodated into society. The novel ends with an assessment by the protagonist of himself/herself and his/her new place in that society.

The character is generally making a smooth movement away from conformity. Major conflict is self vs. society or individuality vs. conformity.

There are themes of exile or escape.

this is why i loved this anime…it’s an anime with a simple story about a boy..and become a man…to protect eureka the one he loved most..

The series also covers other more personal themes such as parenting, and family, along with a very innocent view of puppy love/love at first sight from Renton and Eureka.

Identity and protection play a huge role for Renton and Eureka, as both of them say, “I am me” in the series multiple times, and Renton has sworn to protect Eureka.

Continuing with themes addressed in previous series, responsibility and guilt manifest most explicitly with repeating the phrase, “You’re going to carry that weight.” The series works these themes, as well as the theme of growing up and change, into the journey of Renton Thurston.

(all from wiki)

EUREKA rocks!!!!

cant wait 4 the movie….!!!

okay..many of my friends doesnt like this series..
but there are many people who love this series…

personaly i would say this anime quite entertaining…maybe boring for someone who love action anime – simple minded story (no brain) like
naruto/bleach…

but hey… this anime got huge awards…

Eureka Seven won multiple awards at the 2006 Tokyo International Anime Fair, including Best Television Series, Best Screenplay for Dai Satō, and Best Character Designs for Ken’ichi Yoshida.
[8] Ken’ichi Yoshida, the series’ main animator and character designer, also received an individual award at the 10th Animation Kobe Awards in September 2005.

[9] The series also won an award at the 20th Digital Content Grand Prix in Japan in January 2006.[10] At the Anime Expo 2006 SPJA Awards, Eureka Seven won the award for Best Television Series, and Best Female Character for Eureka[11].

Anime Insider voted it “Best DVD Series of the Year” in 2006.[12]

but despite those award about design and stuff..
the key of success in eureka is…

the way of the story goes…
i mean the genre..

Bildungsroman (novel of self-cultivation)
a novelistic form that concentrates on the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the protagonist usually from childhood to maturity.

Bildungsroman usually contain the following course:

The protagonist grows from boy to man or girl to woman.
The protagonist must have some reason to go on this journey. A loss or discontent must jar him or her at an early stage away from the home or family setting.

The process of maturing is long, arduous, and gradual, consisting of repeated clashes between the needs or desires of the hero and the views and judgments enforced by an unbending social order. This bears some similarity to Sigmund Freud’s concept of the pleasure principle versus the reality principle.

Eventually, the spirit and values of the social order become manifest in the protagonist, who is then accommodated into society. The novel ends with an assessment by the protagonist of himself/herself and his/her new place in that society.

The character is generally making a smooth movement away from conformity. Major conflict is self vs. society or individuality vs. conformity.

There are themes of exile or escape.

this is why i loved this anime…it’s an anime with a simple story about a boy..and become a man…to protect eureka the one he loved most..

The series also covers other more personal themes such as parenting, and family, along with a very innocent view of puppy love/love at first sight from Renton and Eureka.

Identity and protection play a huge role for Renton and Eureka, as both of them say, “I am me” in the series multiple times, and Renton has sworn to protect Eureka.

Continuing with themes addressed in previous series, responsibility and guilt manifest most explicitly with repeating the phrase, “You’re going to carry that weight.” The series works these themes, as well as the theme of growing up and change, into the journey of Renton Thurston.

(all from wiki)

EUREKA rocks!!!!

cant wait 4 the movie….!!!

If you guys didn’t catch that, there is going to be an Eureka 7 movie, and it is going off of the show not some wierd rendition hopefuly.

If you guys didn’t catch that, there is going to be an Eureka 7 movie, and it is going off of the show not some wierd rendition hopefuly.

I dont understand how some people dont like this anime (must be the people who think bleach’s story is a masterpieces *the show is good but dont even try to convince me the story has any emotional “worth”*)a lot of you love it as i can see and its easy to see why. This show has spectacular animation, the character depth is the best ive seen in any anime or any other series for that matter, the story is extremely well done and interesting and its just all around one of (if not the) the best anime series ever made. And someone in an earlier post said it felt like the show didnt have any soul. I dont know what kind of humor that is but if taking reality and turning it completely upside down is funny, then you my friend are hilarious. This is one of those shows that seems to start slow (which may have been why it was overlooked in the US) but those who were smart enough to stick with it would have been rewarded with an amazing and emotionally moving story. This in a nutshell is one of the best shows and i think it is tragic that people in the north America *which happens to be where i live* are so foolish and quick to judge this so poorly. One another note, Yes there is a movie coming out and BONES is making a new series with a fairly similar feel *the animations looks very similar* called Xam’d Lost Memories so check it out if u love eureka seven

I dont understand how some people dont like this anime (must be the people who think bleach’s story is a masterpieces *the show is good but dont even try to convince me the story has any emotional “worth”*)a lot of you love it as i can see and its easy to see why. This show has spectacular animation, the character depth is the best ive seen in any anime or any other series for that matter, the story is extremely well done and interesting and its just all around one of (if not the) the best anime series ever made. And someone in an earlier post said it felt like the show didnt have any soul. I dont know what kind of humor that is but if taking reality and turning it completely upside down is funny, then you my friend are hilarious. This is one of those shows that seems to start slow (which may have been why it was overlooked in the US) but those who were smart enough to stick with it would have been rewarded with an amazing and emotionally moving story. This in a nutshell is one of the best shows and i think it is tragic that people in the north America *which happens to be where i live* are so foolish and quick to judge this so poorly. One another note, Yes there is a movie coming out and BONES is making a new series with a fairly similar feel *the animations looks very similar* called Xam’d Lost Memories so check it out if u love eureka seven