Governments and the militaries of the world do their best to prevent this, but it is the extra-national group, Generation Bleu, with the access to the IFO technology based on the original Nirvash that has the best success rate. This also heralds the arrival of G-Monsters, or Secrets, varied giant monsters who head relentlessly towards the Scub Coral, and if the two should meet, a devastating fusion explosion results. It’s set in a world not too dissimilar to our own, but a world that has been afflicted by sudden extra-dimensional alien invasion throughout history, in the form of outbreaks of Scub Coral that appear in a burst of fantastic light. Not having seen the original, I don’t know how many of the themes carry over, or how much it has in common, although from what I recall of the feature film, there are certain points of commonality. Thankfully, you don’t need too much familiarity with Eureka Seven to enjoy its sequel, after all, it is set in another reality altogether. This is definitely one show that needs a Blu-ray release to do it justice, and I hope that Manga choose to revisit it in the future, as they did with Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. The English text is a little small, and due to some poor subtitle placement, is often obscured if you are watching in Japanese with subs. There are issues with the size of the on screen text captions that appear, announcing each location in this world spanning story. It also up-scales pretty well with just a smidge of edge enhancement. It’s a good thing too, as Studio Bones have made a vibrant animation, rich in both character and background detail, with some really fluid action sequences and a grand scope. It’s a pretty nice transfer, clear and sharp throughout, with few visible signs of compression, and only a tiny bit of shimmer on fine detail at the limits of the DVD format.
Picture Eureka Seven AO gets a 1.78:1 anamorphic transfer on these discs, which courtesy of Madman Entertainment in Australia get the native PAL treatment, along with 4% speedup.
Funimation had a similar problem in the US (minus riots), as Bandai’s stock had mostly sold out by the time they got round to releasing AO a few months ago.
Now that Manga Entertainment are releasing Eureka Seven AO, a bonafide sequel to that first series, you can’t get that first series for love or money.
But in August of that year, the Sony DADC facility was torched in the riots, and with it went most of Beez’ stock.
When Manga Entertainment released the spin-off movie on DVD and Blu-ray, back in 2011, the original series was still available from Beez, in Anime Legends form, allowing the unwitting viewer of the movie to actually catch up and understand half the things it was referring to, even though the movie was ostensibly a standalone retelling, not a sequel. Picking up lapsed ADV and Geneon licenses is somewhat easier than Bandai properties, and the original Eureka 7 was released in the US by Bandai, and in the UK by Beez. Fortunately, this isn’t always the case, as prior to the release of Last Exile: Fam The Silver Wing, Manga rescued the original Last Exile series and gave that a release too. Introduction Releasing a sequel to a show that isn’t readily available isn’t the best way to advertise its merits, and this is the second time that Manga Entertainment have done this with this particular franchise.