We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it approaches its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main installments of The GLORIO Chat – every two weeks or so – as we work our way through the show. This installment we cover Episode 9 “Paper Moon Shine” and Episode 10 “Higher Than the Sun”
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Opening Music: “GEKKO-GO” – Eureka Seven Original Soundtrack vol.1
Closing Music: “Kibou no Sora” – Eureka Seven Original Soundtrack vol.1
Title font by Daeres
Show Notes
Intro: Gee’s Slim Shady impersonation
02:25 – Episode 9 – “Paper Moon Shine”
- A brief history of ‘It’s Only a Paper Moon’
- The introduction of Jobs and a quick tribute to the late Dave Mallow
- ‘The mysterious piss bottle’
- Catching the gnar-gnar waves
- The obligatory beating-up-a-child sequence and the consequences
- Renton’s education, propaganda, and applicability to what was happening in the real world in 2005
- Eureka’s dark and violent past
- More on the Eureka/Rei comparison
- Evolution in the way that Renton and Eureka relate to each other
- Solving the problem of murder through murder
- Renton makes his choice and is fully welcomed into the crew
43:58 – Episode 10 – “Higher Than the Sun”
- The eternal Kalashnikov
- Discussing Holland and Talho’s sleeping arrangements
- Renton learns self-reflection at the worst moment
- What’s up with the Gekko’s weird onboard store?
- The Gekkostate actually try and catch a wave for a change
- HIGHUR ZAN ZA SUN
- The practicalities of a space plane
- What is the Great Wall?
- A subtle but important change of perspective
- Dewey gets a wash and brush up
- Talho and Holland’s difficult past
- Have they changed, or are they still the same?
- This feels a lot like a season finale
- There’s some great Renton and Eureka stuff in this episode too
- PROBLEMATIC WOMAN ALERT
1:21:55 – Wrapup, final thoughts, and plugs.
The Glorio Blog 
Eureka with a machine gun finding the kids was such a core memory for me. I didn’t realize we’d get to it this soon.
When I started this, I was expecting my rose-colored glasses to be taken away in exchange for a more balanced view on the show, so I’ve been surprised I’m still really impressed by it like you all are. I think E7:AO may have just left such a bad taste in my mouth that it cast a shadow on the original.
Yeah I can definitely vibe with that – so far I’ve been impressed by how the show not only lives up to my memories but surpasses them in many ways. It’ll be interesting to see if that holds as we move more into the middle of the show.