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 celebrates 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 15 “Human Behaviour” and Episode 16 “Opposite View”

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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: You hear about this Drake thing?

02:06 – Episode 15 – “Human Behaviour”

• The weird beginning of this episode and the nature of ‘filler’ in a 50 episode show
• Renton and his relationship with his father’s legacy
• What exactly is Yucatan’s relationship to Renton?
• Limited edition summer outfit variants
• Gonzy, the final Gekkostate member, makes his first major appearance
• Renton is a liar but Yucatan is an even bigger liar
• Yucatan coasting off of his famous family
• Oh he’s also a snitch
• Do not give Renton a gun
• Giant robot jailbreak
• The surprisingly complex ending of this episode

57:14 – Episode 16 – “Opposite View”

• This is a weird episode and there’s a good reason for that
• FAC51 is going to be our home for the next few episodes
• Renton is bad at apologies but good at humblebrags
• Eureka’s very relatable narcolepsy
• The mysterious yield of this mine
• The horror of sexy times
• Anemone is having a bad time and might be a (metaphorical) vampire
• Renton’s mysterious dream house is just Fallingwater
• The fridge contains, among other things, Pizza-La, C.C. Lemon, and of course RERSI
• Things start to get weird as we spiral into a dream space
• Some more overtly Evangelion-esque imagery
• Difficult apologies and another evolution of Renton and Eureka’s relationship
• Gekkostate are still jerks!

1:12:14 – Final thoughts on this odd pairing of episodes, wrapup, and plugs