Comments on: Eureka Seven: Surfing, Robots, Surfing Robots, and Young Love http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/ A Blog Duet by Hisui and Narutaki Wed, 30 May 2012 02:04:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Viga http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-513 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:09:10 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-513 I have to admit while I normally hate dubs, E7 had a great dub. I watch it more often than the sub.

I love this series and everything said in this review was on the mark.

]]> By: Lothos http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-512 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:27:41 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-512 @moritheil:

Shinji really is not a likeable or even relateable to character (over long exposure anyway). I believe this was purposefully done by Anno, he wanted us to NOT like the protagonist, to be angry and annoyed with him and fed up with his whining- while at the same time wanting to see him succeed. Which is a tough thing to do, to make your audience really not like a character but want to see them be successful in the end.

Renton is much more of your standard “boy must save the world with his robot and get the girl” protagonist. He is likeable, he’s relateable, he does some very admirable things, and he does some stupid things too. He feels down sometimes, but he realizes he can’t just keep moping about feeling useless. I suppose it would have been more accurate of me to say that his character is similar to Shinji in regards to the situations he finds himself in, since that is what they mostly share in common. Personality wise, they are very very different.
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@YotaruVegeta:

I typically am one of those haters :) I never really watched much of Eureka 7 on Cartoon Network, just saw some random clips here and there. I don’t really remember the voice acting, it didn’t stand out to me as being terrible so that’s a good thing. I did however recently watch a series (Baccano!) which I actually much preferred the English dub over the original Japanese…which very rarely ever happens to me.
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@phatbhuda:
I know what you mean :) I found it to be a really refreshing show.

]]> By: MikeyDPirate http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-511 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:27:24 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-511 You have made me want to rewatch this series now. I pray that Adult Swim/Cartoon Network reair it again soon.

]]> By: phatbhuda http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-510 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:52:46 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-510 I love the show. Giant robots with actual characters and a story that doesn’t involve the blowing up or dropping of a colony.

]]> By: moritheil http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-509 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:52:39 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-509 I also drew the Renton-Shinji parallel. The thing is, Renton is far more likeable because at the start of the story he already wants out of his everyday life. He is therefore willing to adapt and overcome. Shinji, on the other hand, whines incessantly about things which are out of the ordinary, which make up 90% of the show. This generally doesn’t endear him to people. (There are, of course, authorial reasons for Shinji’s whining, but that doesn’t make him more likeable.)

]]> By: YotaruVegeta http://reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-508 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:23:02 +0000 http://www.reversethieves.com/2009/10/12/eureka-seven-surfing-robots-surfing-robots-and-young-love/#comment-508 Johnny Bosch FTW. I’m Just sayin’. F the haters! When you talk English voice casts, this was pretty tight.

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