April 17 marks 20 years since the premiere of the first episode of Eureka Seven, a now-iconic mecha franchise from the mind of screenwriter Dai Sato, director Tomoki Kyoda, and the creatives at BONES. The series is launching a 20th-anniversary project starting today to commemorate the anniversary!
First up is a commemorative video set to FLOW’s song “DAYS,” the first opening for the series, and a brand new visual drawn by character designer Kenichi Yoshida.
Eureka Seven 20th Anniversary Special Video
The original Eureka Seven anime aired from April 2005 to April 2006 with direction from Tomoki Kyoda, series composition by Dai Sato, character designs from Kenichi Yoshida, mechanical design from Shoji Kawamori and music composed by Naoki Sato. All at studio BONES.
Kyoda returned to the series with the sequel Eureka Seven AO, which aired from October 2013 to March 18, 2014, and then again for a trilogy of films titled Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution, which was released between September 16, 2017, and November 26, 2021. The films retell the original anime’s story while weaving a new narrative.
Crunchyroll describes the first Hi-Evolution films as such:
Renton dreams of joining up with a daredevil group of pilots known as Gekkostate and following in his father’s heroic footsteps.
Source: Comic Natalie
