Cult Boy Meets Girl with Surfing Robots: Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven
Picture this: you're 14 years old, stuck in a dump of a town, filled with trapar-shredding ambitions, and boom, you meet the girl of your dreams crash-landing in your backyard warehouse.
Originally airing in 2005, Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven is a 50-episode-long anime series animated by none other than the legendary studio BONES.
In conjunction with BANDAI NAMCO, Project EUREKA sought to create a multi-media rollout of content, which included an anime series, video game trilogy, manga series, and 4 volumes of light novels. At the center of it lay the anime series, which some of you may fondly remember for delivering one of the finest and most well-crafted worlds from the early 2000s. From our relationships with each other to the very planet we reside on, religion, and coming of age, Psalm of Planets Eureka Seven tackles it all, miraculously carrying its weight from crumbling on its own thematic pillars.
The story follows the life of Renton Thurston, the son of a heroic scientist that saved the world from a catastrophic event known as the "summer of love." From meeting the love of his life, Eureka, to joining the band of outlaw surfers, Gekkostate, what seems to be a light-hearted robot-surfing anime gradually turns into much more.
Touted as the 3rd coming of the robot anime boom that never was, animation, buttery smooth, soundtrack, banging, and most importantly, a boy meets girl hallmark, Psalm of Planets Eureka Seven is a must for both robot-clashing sci-fi fans and cute rom-com enthusiasts.
Unfortunately, with great commercial success comes an army of blood-sucking suits, hoping to milk as much profit out of a beloved series. With the closure of the original series in 2006 came sequels and spin-offs, arguably ruining the cultural imprint Psalm of Planets Eureka Seven left. Most recently, a trilogy of theatrical re-telling of Renton and Eureka's story was released akin to the Evangelion quadrilogy, initially receiving mixed reception. However, which series you may find yourself starting, one thing is for sure: love prevails in whichever parallel universe they are in.
