Blue Mondays Episode 30: Chopped & Mid & Washed

We have come to the end of our ride on 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 week it’s the fifth and final of our post-show bonus episodes as we discuss the conclusion of the reboot film trilogy in ‘Eureka: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution’

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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

  • Topical World Cup/Global Politics jokes
  • The incredibly baffling opening minutes of the movie
  • This movie is actually a direct chronological sequel to Anemone but it takes way too long to make that clear
  • Multiversal stories are difficult at the best of times and this is not the best of times.
  • Bending the story to fit the tropes that the writers felt had to be included
  • Losing the core essence of what defines a Eureka Seven work
  • New Donk City & Greninja
  • Eureka pounding on the walls of reality
  • I studied the blade
  • Is Dewey intentionally funny?
  • Some of the most pointless cameos of all time
  • Some praise for the mecha design and action choreography
  • Noting a few voice actor changes
  • Anemone is here and her competence is off-putting
  • The excellent mid-air hijacking setpiece
  • The sequence is great but everything here is so absurdly out of character
  • Iris is here but why is she here?
  • Chopped Holland
  • Product placement
  • The crew embraces sexism
  • Some unfortunate adoption subtext
  • Dewey and the amazing technicolour teleportation
  • Bigfriend Babychild Roadtrip Adventure
  • Getting jumped in the parking lot
  • Good Iris, Good Iris Faces
  • Cooking mama
  • RIP random background guy
  • Classic anime naked exposition
  • Hasta la Vista Dewey
  • Sometimes the old ways are the best
  • Hathaway?
  • Bellforest Rave Club edition
  • Do it for the drawing
  • Dewey really not beating the allegations
  • Hooray for the Super 6!?
  • We finally reach the tipping point into full incoherence
  • Kyoda should probably stop posting
  • Dewey the Jedi
  • Trying to parse the insane mixture of timeline shenanigans here
  • Dewey gets his phone call
  • The betrayal of Holland
  • Spoilers for Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack
  • Finally the Suicide Machine comes good
  • Humanity unites for the purposes of blowing the shit out of stuff
  • The Platonic idea of Renton
  • Problematic Age Gap discourse
  • Iris Skywalker
  • Discussing where this movie ranks among the trilogy
  • Thoughts on the post-series movies as a whole
  • Why do these movies fail to convey the essence of the TV show
  • Sometimes you have to just let go
  • Turns out the problem is capitalism
  • Closing the loop
  • Bad as they are, these movies cannot damage our appreciation for the TV show
  • The past, present, and future of Eureka Seven
  • Thank you everyone for listening

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