I've yet to speak of this one. Eureka Seven is an anime that combines the science of mecha and the elements of sports, mixed with a touch of romance to create a unique title of sorts.
Renton Thurston loves lifting, a sport that has the elements of surfing, but in air using a trapar, something akin to a surfboard to use in the sky. His father died saving the world in events prior to the anime. Living with his grandfather, Renton feels that he leads a boring life, and wants the chance to ride with his idol Holland and his renegade group: Gekkostate. Oddly enough, he gets his wish, as a machine called the Nirvash crashes into his room, with the enigmatic Eureka on board. However, he finds out after being invited to join that not everything is as cool as it is written in their magazine ray=out. Renton embarks with these people in a life-changing adventure, the only thing preventing him from truly jumping ship being Eureka.
Eureka Seven began as an anime initially, spanning a total of 50 episodes starting from 2005. The animation was done under Bones studio, with Bandai Entertainment licensing it for the US. An animated movie was made in 2009 titled Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers, but not before the manga and a set of video games released prior to it. The anime has slight differences from the manga, though the plot, for the most part, is intact. The movie contained a different mythos, though it still had Renton and Eureka as key characters. At one point, this title was thought of by very few to be a clone of Neon Genesis Evangelion, yet those claims were later dismissed by the fans, supposedly without even watching the episodes. Renton is voiced by Johnny Yong Bosch, with Julie Ann Taylor voicing his younger self, while Stephanie Sheh voices Eureka in the English localization.
Eureka Seven was an eye opener, scoring an 8.2 in the book. Nice visuals, a complex but worthwhile story, and a few other things made this a standout mecha title.
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