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 21 “Runaway” and Episode 22 “Crackpot”
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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: Your cool new parents who still love murder
01:30 – Episode 21 – “Runaway”
- How did two house/garage DJs end up making a latino pop/dance number?
- Return of the piss bottle and Vodarac mysticism
- Eureka has a new look and a new hat
- In the meantime Renton is doing great
- The Gekkostate crew cannot provide the support Renton needs right now
- Renton’s (lack of) coping methods and how his trauma is depicted
- Eureka’s honour guard
- Renton and Eureka’s emotional meeting and misunderstanding
- Further comparisons between Renton and Amuro
- Introducing Charles and Ray Beams
- Man the Spearheads are cool robots
- A quick check in on Dominic and Anemone
- Dewey hires Charles & Ray and gives us a bit of insight into their history
- Eureka Seven and The Lion King are basically the same thing
46:46 – Episode 22 – “Crackpot”
- Plastikman is in fact a familiar face
- The Talho and Hilda and Not Gidget show
- The children have presents for Eureka
- The girls have a keen grasp of reverse psychology
- Renton is a stranger in a strange land
- Grand Theft Backpack
- Yet ANOTHER important toilet scene
- Who holds a rave in the middle of the day?
- Renton and Charles, fellow headbangers
- Charles is the male role model our children need (except for the murder)
- Attack of the killer broccoli
- Gee is thirsty for basically every woman in this show
- The Smickers Conspiracy
- Gidget and Eureka decide to be girl pals
- Talking about Charles and Ray’s sartorial elegance and interior decorating
- ‘Kids should be kids’
- Charles rides to the rescue
- Actually maybe murder is OK
- It is so obvious why Renton is drawn to these people
1:29:01 – Final thoughts, wrapup, another quick Gundam reference, the case of the missing underwear, and plugs
The Glorio Blog 
Got busy last season, finally catching up on Eureka Seven. I’m surprised you guys didn’t catch the most traumatizing part: when Renton remembers the arm, he doesn’t focus on the gore, but on the hand, which clearly shows a wedding ring. To me the subtext is that he realized in that moment that his killing has left a child fatherless as he was.