12 years after the TV series, Eureka Seven is coming back with a movie trilogy. The first movie, Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1, is coming out on 16 September 2017, and the second and third movie are scheduled for 2018 and 2019.
Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1 already held its world premiere at the North American convention Otakon 2017. Over 1,000 fans gathered at the venue to see the movie. General director Tomoki Kyoda was attending the premiere as a guest and greeted fans after the movie. Fans were standing in line to get his signature. When it was announced that the movie will also be released in America, England, France, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, South Korea, Germany and be distributed all around the world, the hall was filled with approving cheers. Many fans gave positive comments about the movie, which is a great praise at an event like Otakon, where so many fans of anime come together. You can read some of the visitor comments below and general director Kyoda also gave a comment about his experience at the convention.
‘I am very grateful and happy to be here in America during the very first screening of the movie. The reactions were so different from those who were involved in the movie, and this taught me a lot about this movie. I would be happy if all of you, those who watched the movie and those who have yet to watch it, would look forward to the second and third part as well.’
– It was interesting to see how the past of a story we already know was unrolled and how they connected it to the future happenings. Welcome back, Eureka Seven! (Male, 20s)
– When I saw Renton cry, I was so surprised I ended up crying as well… There is no other anime that made me feel like this. (Female, 30s)
– All the reasons why I like Eureka are packed into this movie. The action from beginning to end was great. I can’t wait for the next part. (Female, 20s)
– ‘After 12 minutes…’ I’ve never seen a technique like this. It was fun! (Female, 10s)
– It’s a movie you want to watch again and again! I am bowing to you. (Male, 20s)
– It was very artistic. (Male, 20s)
– I think we saw an important moment of Renton’s life. (Male, 20s)
– I enjoyed the movie. It was great to be able to enjoy the story through Eureka’s eyes. I can’t wait for the second movie. (Male, 40s)
– Great! There were many flashbacks and we got to see a lot about the characters (especially Renton’s) past. (Male, 20s)
In Japanese Cinemas 16 September 2017
Toru Furuya as Adrock Thurston
Aya Hisakawa as Ray Beams
Jurota Kosugi as Charles Beams
Michiko Neya as Talho Yuki
Toshiyuki Morikawa as Holland Novak
Koji Tsujitani as Dewey Novak
Kaori Nazuka as Eureka
Yuko Sanpai as Renton Thurston
General Director: Tomoki Kyoda
Screenplay: Dai Sato
Character Design: Ken’ichi Yoshida
Original creator: BONES
Director: Hisatoshi Shimizu
Main Mechanic Design: Shoji Kawamori
Concept Design: Kazutaka Miyatake
Design Work: Shingo Takeba, Masatsugu Saito, Yutaka Izubuchi, Shigeto Koyama
Character Key Animation Supervisor: Shigeru Fujita, Ayumi Kurashima
Special Effects Director: Yasushi Muraki
Mechanic Key Animation: Shingo Abe
Main Animator: Hideki Kakita, Shuuichi Kaneko, Ken Ootsuka, Nobuaki Nagano, Shiori Kudou
Art Director: Kazuo Nagai
Assistant Art Director: Yushi Honjo
Color Design: Nobuka Mizuta
Editing: Kumiko Sakamoto
Director of Photography: Shunya Kimura
Sound Director: Kazuhiro Wakabayashi
Music: Naoki Sato
Insert Song: Hardfloor
Animation Producer: Bones
Production: Bandai Namco Entertainment, Bandai Visual, Hakuhodo DY music & pictures, Mainichi
Broadcasting System, Bones
Distribution: Showgate
The first season of the new year is just one month away from its finale. It was a great start with many amazing titles that made these past months worth the extra hours we put in front of our sets. Now, it is time for the cold wind to give way to the pink hues of the sakura tree and for the Winter 2018 season to give the anime baton to Spring 2018.
