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EUREKA SEVEN EP 50: WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR (2006) dir. TOMOKI KYODA

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Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution: Anemone

ANEMONE/交響詩篇エウレカセブン ハイエボリューション (2018)

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Anime Spotlight: Eureka Seven: AO

Anime Spotlight: Eureka Seven: AO

Eureka Seven: AO is a sequel to the Eureka Seven anime series. The anime was produced by BONES and was directed by Tomoki Kyoda. The series aired on Japanese television from April 13-November 20, 2012. As of this writing, FUNimation Entertainment holds the North American license for Eureka Seven: AO. The series is set in 2025, and the main character is a boy named Ao. He lives on the island of…

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Eureka Seven 交響詩篇エウレカセブン (2005)

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Kaori Nazuka strikes me as someone who is just trying to do her job, regardless of whether she agrees with what’s going on behind the scenes or not. And hearing how Kyoda approached her when it came to voicing Eureka for this film is...concerning.

In his words, Eureka will be Eureka so long as Nazuka voices her. Perhaps this is just creative differences, but I think this goes right to the heart of why Hi-Evolution is missing the mark and Kyoda is missing the point of who and what Eureka is supposed to be.

Eureka is not just a voice. Eureka is a character. She has her own arc, her own personality, her own relationships and (later on) range of emotions. And the Eureka I saw in Hi-Evolution 2 was not the Eureka I knew and loved. She had changed, and I didn’t like what she had become. There is nothing in that movie that makes her the real Eureka, as it were. I’ve said it in the past, and other people have too, but what’s done to Eureka in Hi-Evo 2 is just disgusting. I can’t abide by it, and neither can many others.

To be fair, I don’t begrudge Nazuka for what she said. She can only speak from the point of view of a voice actress; that’s her job, and she’s just trying to do it as best she can. And even if she disagreed with what’s done to Eureka, it’s not in her power to change it. I just wish she could be more forthcoming about her thoughts regarding what’s happened to a well-loved character.

However, I realize this is something that separates Japanese culture from ours. Japanese people pride themselves on their work ethic and achieving results, regardless of personal feelings. They’ll do whatever it takes to get the job done. It’s not in their DNA to complain about their work; they either do it or they don’t.

Now, I am of the firm belief that the production team of Hi-Evo is at odds with each other, and it really shows in both films. It would not surprise me at all if the working conditions were a horror story a la Bioware on Anthem. But given the nature of Japanese work culture, I doubt we will ever know the truth about what went on during production.

As much as I’m disappointed in the answers she gives, I’m glad Nazuka at least spoke simply about what Kyoda expected of her. It reveals his flaws as a creator and one of the big problems weighing Hi-Evolution down, if nothing else.

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From Tomoki Kyoda’s instagram

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Episode 08 of Always Right Reviews Released on October 3, 2017 this video required an insane amount of work to create. With each video I usually run through the content completely by myself. I made sure I re-watched all 50 episodes of Eureka Seven and despite the sleep deprivation, I am very pleased with how this turned out.

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Renton like a key animator. Pic by Tomoky Kyoda

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RahXephon 1x01 "Invasion of the Capital - Overlord" (2002) dir. Tomoki Kyoda for Yutaka Izubuchi

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Director Tomoki Kyoda to Be Guest at Otakon 2017

Director Tomoki Kyoda to Be Guest at Otakon 2017 #otakon #anime #manga

Director Tomoki Kyoda will be a guest at Otakon 2017! Kyoda, a director and unit director, made his directorial debut in 2003 with the theatrical film “RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio.” In 2005 with the series “Eureka Seven,” he began his career as a TV series director. Since then, he has worked on other titles, such as “Expelled from Paradise” and “Space Battleship Yamato 2199: Odyssey of the…

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Funimation to Distribute Eureka Seven Film Trilogy In US Theaters

Funimation to Distribute Eureka Seven Film Trilogy In US Theaters

Bandai Visual has announced at Anime Boston 2017 that Funimation will be distributing the Eureka Seven Film Trilogy – Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution in US theaters. The project is produced by Studio Bones.

The first part of the trilogy will be released this Fall in Japan with the following two parts being released in 2018 and 2019.  While there aren’t many details about the release in other…

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Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution, il nuovo trailer fissa l’uscita del terzo film al 26 novembre

La storia del capitolo conclusivo della trilogia sarà ambientata 10 anni dopo la fine del precedente.

Inizialmente atteso per il 2019, ma poi rinviato per ben due volte, “Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 3: Eureka″ ha finalmente una data di uscita, che speriamo si riveli definitiva. Il film conclusivo della trilogia “remake” diretta da Tomoki Kyoda (Eureka Seven, Eureka Seven Astral Ocean, RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio), approderà nelle sale giapponesi dal 26 novembre.

La sceneggiatura di questo terzo capitolo non è più curata da Dai Sato (Eureka Seven, Ergo Proxy), che in questo caso ha lasciato le redini della storia in mano a Yuuichi Nomura (Xam'd: Lost Memories, A.I.C.O. Incarnation).

Di seguito il cast principale del film:

Eureka: Kaori Nazuka 

Iris: Rina Endo

Anemone: Ami Koshimizu

Holland Novak: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Talho Novak: Michiko Neya

Charles Beams: Jurota Kosugi 

Ray Beams: Aya Hisakawa 

Dewey Novak: Koichi Yamadera

Il progetto cinematografico unisce il materiale tratto direttamente dall’originale serie mecha a delle nuove scene completamente inedite. La storia parte da 10 anni prima degli eventi raccontati nell’originale serie animata, trattando il fenomeno, in passato solo citato, della prima Summer of Love, per poi continuare con la storia che già conosciamo e concludersi con un finale però inedito. Oltre che dall’opera originale, la trilogia va a pescare anche dall’universo espanso creatosi attorno al franchise nel corso degli anni.

La storia del terzo film è ambientata 10 anni dopo la fine della "Grande Unificazione" avvenuta nella pellicola precedente, che ha portato le persone del mondo virtuale all'interno dello Scub Coral nel mondo reale. La popolazione è ora divisa in Terra Verde, la gente del mondo Scub Coral, e Terra Blu, la gente del mondo reale. La loro coesistenza però è tutt'altro che pacifica, con molti conflitti dietro le quinte. Dewey Novak, il capo militare della Terra Verde, decide di condurre attacchi terroristici come modo per proteggersi.

Eureka, odiata come simbolo e origine della divisione del mondo, come forma di espiazione ora lavora per l’A.C.I.D., l'agenzia per le operazioni segrete dell'ONU, lottando per proteggere la fragile pace. La sua missione speciale è quella di proteggere Iris, una “nuova Eureka”, nata dallo Scub Coral come lei, e con la sua vecchia capacità di manipolarlo. Sebbene i rapporti fra loro siano conflittuali, pian piano le due riescono a comprendere la solitudine l’una dell'altra. Eureka dovrà spingersi al limite per tenere al sicuro sia Iris che il mondo.

Il primo lungometraggio, intitolato “Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1″, è uscito in Giappone il 16 settembre 2017, mentre “Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 2: Anemone″ ha fatto il suo debutto il 10 novembre 2018. Come la serie tv prodotta fra il 2005 e il 2006 sempre dallo studio Bones (Mob Psycho 100, Carole & Tuesday, Bungo Stray Dogs), entrambi sono licenziati in Italia da Dynit e disponibili in streaming su VVVVID.

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Otakon Announces Tomoki Kyoda as Guest

Otakon Announces Tomoki Kyoda as Guest

Otakon has announced that anime director Tomoki Kyoda will be a guest at their upcoming convention. Kyoda’s directorial credits include RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio, Eureka Seven, EUREKA SEVEN AO, and Eureka Seven – good night, sleep tight, young lovers. He has also worked on storyboards for a other anime, including RahXephon, Full Metal Panic!, and Expelled from Paradise. Otakon will be…

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For my sixty-eighth Evangelion book review, here is Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jo - Entry File 1 (Evangelion New Theatrical Edition: Prelude - Entry File 1), published by Kadokawa Shoten. This 128-page paperback is a guide to the Evangelion: 1.0 movie that contains images, information, and interviews. (By the way, just to avoid confusion, I would like to point out that even though this book has "Entry File 1" as part of its title, an "Entry File 2" was never released!)

This book is not available in English or French - although there are a few tiny bits of English text such as the chapter titles - but there are plenty of pictures. Most of the illustrations are in full color, and there are a few sketches as well. The dust jacket is also removable, revealing a silver cover underneath. Here is the art from one of the book's pages, showing Ritsuko, Misato, Shinji, and Pen Pen (drawn by Shunji Suzuki):

Wow, that page has such pretty blue skies!

Keep reading for the rest of the book review, plus a few more pictures!

The title page uses the art from the movie poster (that famous picture of Shinji and the other kids on a staircase), then there are a few pages of introductory text and screenshots from the movie, and then the Table of Contents.

The first chapter of the book is "Dramatis Personae", which starts with a two-page spread showing the main characters for the movie. The page I showed earlier in this review with Ritsuko, Misato, Shinji, and Pen Pen is one half of that spread. The other half shows Gendo, Kaworu, and Rei. (Considering that part of the movie is about Shinji becoming friends with Toji and Kensuke, I think it's pretty weird that those two boys aren't included. I mean, Kaworu managed to make it into this section, even though he doesn’t appear in the movie until the final scene!) After that, the chapter has a couple of pages showing screenshots of Evangelion Unit-00 and Evangelion Unit-01, and a page with the Nerv logo.

Next is a chapter called "Stage: A", with the subtitle "4th Angel & 5th Angel". This part of the book is devoted to the beginning of the film, with several pages of vibrant screenshots and quotes from the movie, plus some explanatory notes. Although most of the art in this chapter consists of screenshots, there is also a two-page spread of Rei drawn by Shunji Suzuki. Here is a tiny sample of a few screenshots from this part:

After that chapter is a two-page spread for the movie's English title, Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone, and then a section called "Interview With" which has interviews with Megumi Ogata (voice of Shinji), Megumi Hayashibara (voice of Rei), Kotono Mitsuishi (voice of Misato), Shiro Sagisu (composer), and Utada Hikaru (singer of "Beautiful World").

The next chapter is "Stage: B", with the subtitle "Operation Yashima". This part covers most of the rest of the movie, and once again the majority of the pictures are screenshots. However, there are also some cool two-page spreads drawn by Kazuya Tsurumaki, Hidenori Matsubara, and Takeshi Honda. I'll show you the one drawn by Kazuya Tsurumaki, which depicts Kensuke, Toji, Shinji, and Rei at school. Unfortunately, a two-page spread like this is too large to fit into my scanner, so I had to hold the book open with some DVDs and try to take a photo instead. I apologize for how wonky this looks:

Again, sorry for the bad quality of the photo. I assure you that the illustration looks much nicer in person!

Next, there is a short "Opinion" section written by an anime reviewer, a picture of Evangelion Unit-01, a page with the new Seele logo, and then a chapter called "High Light" which has interviews with various staff members to talk about how the movie was made. This chapter starts with a two-page spread of screenshots showing some of Tokyo-3's weapons and moving buildings, followed by an interview with Tatsuya Tanaka about architecture design for the movie. After that is a two-page spread of screenshots of Unit-01, and then an interview with Ikuto Yamashita about mecha design. Even though most of the pictures in this chapter are screenshots from the movie, there are also some other types of art, such as pre-production sketches and storyboards. Oh, and check out this cool illustration from the Yamashita interview:

The rest of the chapter has interviews with Takeshi Honda (about the battle with Ramiel), Takeshi Takakura (about various equipment designs), okama (Central Dogma design), Shoichi Masuo (special effects), and Shinji Higuchi (Operation Yashima). By the way, this book was published in 2007. Sadly, Shoichi Masuo passed away in July of 2017. A book called Evangelion Irasutoshuu 2007-2017 has a hidden tribute to Masuo, which I described back in my sixty-fifth Evangelion book review.

Getting back to Entry File 1, the next chapter is called "Rebuild", and it contains many more interviews and pictures about the making of the movie. The people featured in this chapter are Tomoki Kyoda, Hiroshi Haraguchi, Susumu Fukushi, Hiroshi Katoh, Hidenori Matsubara, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Daisuke Onitsuka, Hiroyasu Kobayashi, and Kazuya Tsurumaki. Once again many of the images are screenshots from the movie, however there are also some other types such as sketches, storyboards, CG work, and photos from Studio Khara. Take a look at this lovely sketch of Rei:

Afterwards is a short chapter called "Last Stage" with the subtitle "Kaworu Nagisa", and it has screenshots and dialogue from the movie's final scene, along with a two-page spread of Kaworu drawn by Atsushi Okuda. Here are screenshots from one of this chapter's pages:

The book finishes with a few pages of credits, plus Misato's words from the Next Time Preview at the very end of the movie.

Overall, Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jo - Entry File 1 is a nice book for fans of the Evangelion: 1.0 movie, however you probably won't get as much out of it if you can't read Japanese. Besides, if you're looking for screenshots and/or materials about the making of the movie, the Evangelion: 1.0 You Are (Not) Alone Complete Records Collection (which I covered back in my fifty-fourth Evangelion book review) is much more extensive, so you might prefer to get that instead. Or if you don't care about screenshots or "making of" pics and just want the original art from Entry File 1's two-page spreads, you can get Evangelion Irasutoshuu 2007-2017 for those and many other beautiful illustrations, although admittedly they will be smaller in size. (NOTE: The two "Dramatis Personae" pics are older, so they are in another book called Die Sterne Ver.2.0 which I discussed way, way back in my second Evangelion book review!)

If you do want to purchase Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jo - Entry File 1, it seems that new copies are currently no longer in stock, so try searching on a website that specializes in used Japanese books (such as Mandarake).

Well, that’s it for my sixty-eighth Evangelion book review. I have plenty more Evangelion books to discuss, so keep checking my blog for new reviews!

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So I was talking with my friend pantsunugerumon (aka cutegirlthatdoescutethings) and she told me what happened at the screening of Anemone: Eureka 7 Hi-Evolution at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. The things she shared with me are rather telling.

Firstly, Kaori Nazuka (the voice of Eureka) was there, but Tomoki Kyoda was conspicuously absent. I’m willing to bet the poor reception of Hi-Evo 1 at Otakon left him embittered and embarrassed to show his face again.

The audience could not ask any questions and Q/A was limited to a small panel consisting of Nazuka, her translator and a representative from Funimation. There was one small audio clip she shared with me that I will post later that is quite revealing about how Kyoda views the character of Eureka and (at least in my view) explains quite succinctly why Hi-Evo is going so wrong. Additionally, based on what she told me, Nazuka likely has no clue what’s really going on.

Nazuka often struggled to answer questions and would take a long time to think of responses. Not only that, but according to Pantsu, she seemed very stiff and awkward for the entire panel. I can’t know for sure, but it does sound very much like Nazuka is just being forced to do this. In the voice clip I will post later, she seems to be someone who is really wondering if she should even be doing this. But according to Kyoda, no one else can play Eureka but her.

There was a question asked at the panel about Eureka and Anemone’s relationship in the film. Her response was “friends,” but if you’ve seen the raw...they’re not friends. Not at all. Not even close. They’re enemies at the beginning, outright hostile to each other, and by the end, they just tolerate each other. I’m willing to bet Kyoda did not brief any of the voice actors about what he was planning to do, and Nazuka likely didn’t even see the final cut of the film.

The movie itself did not change much with the addition of subs, according to pantsu, and just confirmed everything revealed in the spoiler thread on 4chan’s /m/ board. Subtitles did explain a few things, but she was left with pretty much the same reaction as when she saw the raw. In addition, the audience was dead silent throughout the entire film save for one moment near the end when old characters appeared on screen. There were cheers from the crowd at that. When the film ended, there was an awkward minute of silence before people started clapping as the credits rolled.

To give you a frame of reference: at Otakon, people cheered and hollered almost throughout the entirety of the First Summer of Love sequence. The rest of the film only earned groans, laughs, exasperated sighs, and some walkouts. Those reactions more than anything else really shook Kyoda to his core.

Incidentally, the room for Anemone was barely 1/3 occupied. At Otakon, the room was at full capacity.

Regarding Hi-Evolution 3: we have no information other than Kyoda has locked himself away to “work on the script.” In fact, those were the only words spared for Hi-Evo 3. I don’t know about you, but the fact that we don’t even have a PV at this point in the year along with no promo material at all strikes me as fishy. I am fearing the possibility that we may get a production delay a la Rebuild of Eva. The fact that we’re already in July with no information leads me to think movie 3 will get stuck in development hell. Be ready.

I will post that audio clip of Kaori Nazuka soon with my commentary.