History Anime / EurekaSeven

** Many characters and especially their relationships are expies of those from Gundam, especially ''Anime/AfterWarGundamX'' (Eureka of Tiffa, Renton of Garrod, Holland of Jamil Neate and Talho of Sara Tyrrell) and the original ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' (the children, Ray and Charles of Hamon and Ramba Ral). Anemone also follows in the long tradition of tragic cyber-newtype girls.

In March 2017, it was announced a new film trilogy based on the original series titled ''Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution'' will be released in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Similar to ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'', the films will re-tell the story of the anime while adding new material, such as showing The Summer of Love onscreen for the first time, the subject of the first film. The second of these films goes into yet another divergent universe and centers around Anemone, who is the heroine of the story, which has an even closer inspiration drawn from ''Evangelion''.

[[caption-width-right:350:Eureka and Renton in a "Pacific State"--an image that [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments sums up the entire series.]]]]

--> [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "RENTON! WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?!"]]

* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Anemone]], in a truly epic [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming moment]], becomes a gentler and more heroic person through [[spoiler: her love for Dominic.]]

** It also shares the same ThemeNaming with ''Anime/BubblegumCrisisTokyo2040'', a series written by Sato's long-time collaborator Chiaki J. Konaka, who also wrote a couple of episodes here. They used [[ThePowerOfRock rock songs]] there, though.

* {{Bishoujo}}: Design aesthetic used for Eureka, Anemone, even Renton's three female classmates/neighbors, lots of minor female characters/extras.

*** The United Federation and the Ageha Squad have the ᛟ (othala) rune stitched on their uniforms (as well as on Dewey's colonel cap). It literally means "ancestral property" and represents homeland, community, and spiritual inheritence. In modern times, it has been misused by Nazis as a perverse symbol of totalitarianism and nationalism.

*** The Ageha Squad have the ᛟ (othala) rune stitched on their uniforms (as well as on Dewey's colonel cap), which literally means "ancestral property" and represents homeland, community, and spiritual inheritence. In modern times, it has been misused by Nazis as a perverse symbol of totalitarianism and nationalism.

* TattooAsCharacterType:
** The Sacrificial Kings in the Novak family, including Holland, have a tattoo on their upper left arm that resembles the ᛗ (mannaz) rune from the Elder Futhark alphabet meaning "man". However, a reversed mannaz represents resistance to change and is a reminder to be aware of one's faults and responsibilities. This reflects Holland's immature and abusive behavior towards Renton being chosen as Eureka's partner, as well as his unwillingness to face his past, before he realizes his mistakes and tries to become a better leader to Gekkostate.
** Talho has copied Holland and has a reversed ᛒ (berkana) rune on her upper right arm. The rune which means "birch tree" symbolizes motherhood, domesticity, and new beginnings when upright; but the reversed berkana symbolizes domestic troubles--in this case, Talho's [[GreenEyedMonster jealousy]] towards Holland [[spoiler:[[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest still being heartbroken by Diane]]]] and overprotecting Eureka.

** [=LFOs=] and [=KLFs=] are subtly shown to be slave weapons of the United Federation. The first episode has a BlinkAndYouMissIt moment of a Mon-Soono being released from handcuffs when its deployed. More noticeably, in their hangars, theEND and the Spearheads are held in what look like giant pillories.

* BadassGrandpa: Axel Thurston proves to be a one of the highest order when [[spoiler:he successfully rams an armored transport carrier with a forklift, blows his workshop up to slow down the military, then dashes for (and then,off) a cliff so he can send the customized LFO board for Renton's mecha to him without panicking once.]]

* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Anemone]], in a truly epic [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming moment]].

Oh, and it's pronounced [[ItIsPronouncedTroPAY Eu-Recca, not You-Ree-Kah]]. It kind of sounds like "Erika", but with an accent (especially if you speak English), and at other times comes out as "El-rekka".

* TakeUpMySword: In the second half of the series, Holland entrusts Eureka to Renton as a way to atone for his misguided deeds.

* EtTuBrute: How Renton felt about [[spoiler:Charles and Ray Beams]] towards the middle of the series.

** The Sacrificial Kings in the Novak family have a tattoo on their upper left arm that resembles the ᛗ (mannaz) rune from the Elder Futhark alphabet meaning "man". However, Holland's tattoo is of a reversed mannaz which represents resistance to change and is a reminder to be aware of one's faults and responsibilities. This reflects Holland's immature and abusive behavior towards Renton being chosen as Eureka's partner, as well as his unwillingness to face his past, before he realizes his mistakes and tries to become a better leader to Gekkostate.

* ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing: [[spoiler:If you think about it, Nirvash type ZERO Spec 3 is naked, as it clearly shed its Spec 2 armor off screen to grow into its final form.]]

** The Sacrificial Kings in the Novak family have a tattoo on their upper left arm that resembles the ᛗ (mannaz) rune from the Elder Futhark alphabet meaning "man". However, Holland's tattoo is of a reversed mannaz which represents resistance to change and a reminder to be aware of one's faults and responsibilities. This reflects Holland's immature and abusive behavior towards Renton being chosen as Eureka's partner, as well as his unwillingness to face his past, before he realizes his mistakes and tries to become a better leader to Gekkostate.
** Talho has copied Holland and has a reversed ᛒ (berkana) rune on her upper right arm. The rune, which means "birch tree", symbolizes motherhood, domesticity, and new beginnings when upright; but the reversed berkana symbolizes domestic troubles--in this case, Talho's [[GreenEyedMonster anxiety]] over Holland's [[spoiler:[[TheFirstCutIsTheDeepest former relationship with Diane]]]] and disapproval of his jerkass behavior mentioned above.

A sort of CompilationMovie premiered in 2009, subtitled ''[[Anime/EurekaSevenGoodNightSleepTightYoungLovers good night, sleep tight, young lovers]]''.[[note]]The Japanese subtitle literally translates as "Pocket Full of Rainbows" but they still use the English subtitle "good night, sleep tight, young lovers" within Japan. It's all very confusing.[[/note]] The movie is set in an AlternateUniverse from the series, but still features most of the main characters.

** Many characters and especially their relationships are expies of those from Gundam, especially Anime/AfterWarGundamX (Eureka of Tiffa, Renton of Garrod, Holland of Jamil Neate and Talho of Sara Tyrrell) and the original Anime/MobileSuitGundam (the children, Ray and Charles of Hamon and Ramba Ral). Anemone also follows in the long tradition of tragic cyber-newtype girls.

** Eureka does it for the first time in episode 23, [[spoiler:saying "I want to see you" after she found out Renton left Gekkostate during her coma.]]

* ToBeContinued: Said by Renton at the end of each episode, and his tone of voice depends on how it ended.
** Episode 18 ends with Eureka kicking a door.

** For the first time, Eureka is the one who does it at the end of episode 23, [[spoiler:saying "I want to see you" after she finds out Renton left Gekkostate during her coma.]]

** Episode 45 ends with [[spoiler:Eureka yelling Renton's name after he passes out with a fever while they're stranded on Earth.]]
** Episode 49 returns to [[spoiler:Renton saying it alone after Eureka is separated from him by changing into the new Command Cluster.]]
** "TheEnd" is said by [[spoiler:the three children as Renton and Eureka's whereabouts after they reunited and saved the world are unknown.]]

* RedShirt: Almost all Moon-Soono (KLF) pilots are sent to die. This actually comes back to bite Gekkostate later when [[spoiler:some of the KLF pilots try to beat Holland up for killing so many of their comrades.]]

*** [[spoiler:The green dot that appears on Eureka's forehead in the finale can be interpreted as a ThirdEye, which is the sixth chakra in Hinduism but is also taught in Tibetan Buddhism. This chakra is named Ajna, meaning "command", and is symbolized as a lotus flower. Eureka opening this "third eye" could be a sign of her enlightenment.]]
** [=LFOs=] are subtly shown to be slave weapons of the United Federation. The first episode has a BlinkAndYouMissIt moment of a Mon-Soono being released from handcuffs when its deployed. More noticeably, in their hangars, theEND and the Spearheads are held in what look like giant pillories.

** [=LFOs=] are subtly shown to be slave weapons of the United Federation. The first episode has a BlinkAndYouMissIt moment of a Mon-Soono being released from handcuffs when its deployed. More noticeably, theEND and the Spearheads are held in their hangers in what look like giant pillories.

* RuleOfSymbolism: In the TV series, some blatant Buddhism got lost behind the [[BilingualBonus language barrier]].
** The Compaq Drives are named after ''[[{{Pun}} konpaku]]'', or soul.
** The Amita Drive is named after Amitabha[[note]]The kanji 阿弥陀 is written on the box that Axel holds onto in the first episode[[/note]], a deity for those who cannot reach enlightenment on their own. Hence a MacGuffin that unlocks Nirvash's potential.
** The plot is essentially [[spoiler:the Scub Coral needing to successfully communicate with humanity so it can reach enlightenment and [[AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence transcend this realm of existence]] without breaking it.]]
** [[spoiler:Sakuya was turned into a lotus flower, which in Buddhism symbolizes the purity of enlightenment as it floats above muddy waters of attachment.]]
** [[spoiler:The green dot that appears on Eureka's forehead in the finale can be interpreted as a ThirdEye, which is the sixth chakra in Hinduism but is also taught in Tibetan Buddhism. This chakra is named Ajna, meaning "command", and is symbolized as a lotus flower. Eureka opening this "third eye" could be a sign of her enlightenment.]]

** The Amita Drive is named after Amitabha[[note]]The Japanese kanji for Amitabha, 阿弥陀, is written on the box that Axel holds onto in the first episode.[[/note]], a deity for those who cannot reach enlightenment on their own. Hence a MacGuffin that unlocks Nirvash's potential.

** In the audio commentary of the final episode, Creator/KaoriNazuka (Eureka's VA) sums up the show as "not about the technology, but a story about how the heart grows."
* CharacterDevelopment: Tons, Renton [[ComingofAge grows up]], Eureka [[DefrostingIceQueen becomes emotional]], Holland grows up a little and stops running from his past, and Talho develops from CoolBigSis to TeamMom.

** In the audio commentary of the final episode, Kaori Nazuka (Eureka's VA) sums up the show as "not about the technology, but a story about how the heart grows."

* CentralTheme: Love overcomes war.