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Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1Second anime film in cinemas over here in as many months. This one is a compilation film, a genre I’m not too fond of. However it starts off really well with around 25 minutes of new animation depicting the battle known as the “Summer of Love” which was only hinted at in the original series. This part of the film is fantastic and battle it depicts is really well animated and looks spectacular. But once this battle is out of the way as well as a couple of very short newly animated scenes, it goes straight to the TV footage, which leads to the first problem with the film. For some reason they mustn’t been able to reformat the original 4:3 footage to cinema scope, as jarringly we go from the new animation in 16:9 format to the old TV footage in 4:3 format.Normally in compilation films, the story is recounted in a sequential and linear fashion. Not so in this film. For some reason the director thought it would be interesting to retell the story completely out of sequence with only minimal voice over and tittle cards reading “Playback” or “Rewind” in between the scenes. Adding to the confusion is literally hundreds of on screen titles labelling everything from ships, character’s biometrics and even meals on a dinner table. Little of these add to the story and just adds to the confusion of the already out of sequence, schizophrenic retelling of the series. The most puzzling thing about this film is the almost complete absence of the Gekkostate and its crew. I think the total amount of screen time dedicated to them amounts to less than five minutes, though it's possibly less than three. It’s a really bizarre omission, as in the original TV series the Gekkostate is key to the plot of the show and the reason why the main character, Renton, wants to get out of the town he is stuck in. Instead the film’s main focus is on the episodes 19 to 24 and Renton’s relationship with Ray and Charles Beams. His relationship with Eureka is also touched on, but barely. A couple of people left the film about half way through the screening. It was easy to see why. It’s a really strange and poor retelling of the series. I can’t imagine how you’d follow any of the film unless you knew the original TV series inside out. 4.5 out of 10.
Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1
Second anime film in cinemas over here in as many months. This one is a compilation film, a genre I’m not too fond of. However it starts off really well with around 25 minutes of new animation depicting the battle known as the “Summer of Love” which was only hinted at in the original series. This part of the film is fantastic and battle it depicts is really well animated and looks spectacular. But once this battle is out of the way as well as a couple of very short newly animated scenes, it goes straight to the TV footage, which leads to the first problem with the film. For some reason they mustn’t been able to reformat the original 4:3 footage to cinema scope, as jarringly we go from the new animation in 16:9 format to the old TV footage in 4:3 format.
Normally in compilation films, the story is recounted in a sequential and linear fashion. Not so in this film. For some reason the director thought it would be interesting to retell the story completely out of sequence with only minimal voice over and tittle cards reading “Playback” or “Rewind” in between the scenes. Adding to the confusion is literally hundreds of on screen titles labelling everything from ships, character’s biometrics and even meals on a dinner table. Little of these add to the story and just adds to the confusion of the already out of sequence, schizophrenic retelling of the series. The most puzzling thing about this film is the almost complete absence of the Gekkostate and its crew. I think the total amount of screen time dedicated to them amounts to less than five minutes, though it's possibly less than three. It’s a really bizarre omission, as in the original TV series the Gekkostate is key to the plot of the show and the reason why the main character, Renton, wants to get out of the town he is stuck in. Instead the film’s main focus is on the episodes 19 to 24 and Renton’s relationship with Ray and Charles Beams. His relationship with Eureka is also touched on, but barely. A couple of people left the film about half way through the screening. It was easy to see why. It’s a really strange and poor retelling of the series. I can’t imagine how you’d follow any of the film unless you knew the original TV series inside out. 4.5 out of 10.
