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 43 “The Sunshine Underground” and Episode 44 “It’s All in the Mind”

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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: The return of the Blue Mondays relationship advice hotline

02:07 – Episode 43 – “The Sunshine Underground”

• Aqua finally gets to nail a musical reference
• Dominic is perhaps beginning to have second thoughts
• Dissecting the Dominic/Anemone relationship
• Renton & Eureka & the doomed road trip
• Where even exactly are we?
• Meanwhile COOL ANIME SHIT is happening
• Talking about how awesome the Devilfish is
• Diving into Dewey & Holland’s insane family backstory
• How literal is Dewey’s claim to kingship?
• Turns out not everyone is a big fan of patricide
• Dewey as the archetypical megalomaniacal fascist
• Is Dewey underappreciated as a character because he’s not a frontline fighter?
• Nobody can work out what the deal is with the ring
• Quick clarification on Dewey’s many crimes
• Eureka’s latest medical ailment

47:14 – Episode 44 – “It’s All in the Mind”

• C.J. Bolland and his harsh upbringing in a savage land
• It’s time for Dominic’s super happy journey into the heart of darkness
• Dominic the jerk
• Re-examining Dominic’s past in light of stuff we’ve learned in recent episodes
• Dominic’s sweet wheels
• Introducing Igor Renfield Deckard and his ‘special delivery’
• ‘The Joy Division’ and Aqua’s anguish
• The origins of the term, House of Dolls, and whether the use of such a charged reference is appropriate under these circumstances
• The final, awful truth about who Anemone is
• Jurgens is reading subversive literature
• Anemone is a berserker-packing man and a half
• Maurice continues to evolve into his own character
• Holland’s secret weapon is unveiled
• ‘How can the same shit happen to the same guy twice?’

01:36:17 – Final thoughts, wrapup, and plugs