Eureka Seven

To be honest, I wasn't very optimistic when I first started watching this anime. I really had my doubts. I mean, it has robots in it! Now, I'm not denying that mecha can be cool. Just look at Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion. That's one of my current favourites (even though the second season is taking too long coming out). But even though the "robots" in this anime resemble mecha, they're far from. Unlike I first believed, this show turned out to be a science fiction and I was really getting carried away after watching the first episode. At episode 26 I decided to buy the DVD's for this series, which is rare coming from me.

The story revolves around the fourteen-year-old Renton Thurston, the son of a military researcher who died saving the world. He lives a boring life, in a boring city, in a boring home along with his grandfather. He's your average boy who loves lifting - a sport which is similar to that of surfing except it's on air. However, just as soon as the gloomy mood is set, a seemingly out-of-place KLF ("Kraft Light Fighter") comes crashing into his home, wrecking everything in its way. The pilot, a girl named Eureka, requests the Thurston's to repair the massive weapon and the story begins...

Throughout the anime, you follow Renton and Eureka and their feelings for eachother, which grows by every step towards the end. It's an amazingly complex story, but the story-telling style makes up for the confusion some of the details may bring about. The characters of the main cast has some obvious personality development throughout the show and each episode leaves you begging for more.

The show was aired from 07:00-07:30 Japan time, which I find odd. I may have overformulated the theme of the anime a bit since this is not a romance, in any way. Of course there's a few relationships going on between the members of the main cast, but besides that there's barely anything other than violence. A lot of it. But I think that's the beauty of it: you don't have to like mecha or the lot of fighting scenes to like this anime. I'm a special case since I like a lot of odd things, but this anime really caught my attention.

All in all, it has a great plot, some awesome character development and a great soundtrack. 10/10 from me! And kudos to the team behind BONES for making such an awesome anime.