Eureka seveN 30-Day Challenge, Day 23: Do you own any Eureka seveN merchandise? (ie Cosplay, figurines, DVDs etc.)

I do! All of the items up above are official merchandise, and the following are a continuation of official merch alongside some fanmade stuff:

List (from top to bottom):

• Eureka seveN Special Edition Volume 5, storing DVDs 1 - 6
• Eureka seveN Special Edition Volume 7, storing DVDs 7 - 12 (signed by Crispin Freeman, eee)
• Eureka seveN Pocket Full of Rainbows/Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers (BD)
• Eureka seveN: AO PS3 game and OVA (with The Day After special)
• Eureka seveN OSTs 1 - 2 and Complete Best Album w/ DVD
• Eureka seveN AO OSTs 1 - 2 (First Press)
• Eureka seveN Manga: Gravity Boys and Lifting Girl 1 - 2
• Eureka seveN Manga Sets (Complete Collections, and individually 1 - 6. I’m going to sell 1 - 6)
• Eureka seveN Light Novels 1 - 4 in English, and the movie light novel in Japanese as it was never translated officially
• Eureka seveN Character/Setting Sheet Books 1 - 3
• [artbooks] Eureka seveN Ray=Out, Eureka seveN COMPLETE WORKS, Eureka seveN Movie Guidebook, Eureka seveN AO First Edition, Eureka seveN AO Official Complete File
• Official Eureka i-Doll (voicebox by Kaori Nazuka) and official Renton i-Doll (voicebox by Yuko Sanpei) [really probably the only character figures I’ll ever get because I like the look of these and the super nice-looking ones are WAY overpriced]
• Nirvash typeZERO Spec 2 figurine with larval Nirvash from the movie
• Eureka seveN movie poster from NEO Magazine
• Eureka and Holland mini poster fanarts
• Pins of Eureka, Renton, Dominic, Anemone and the Gekkostate symbol by Ila, Eureka and Renton slippers made by my friend as a birthday present years ago, Draw-brah’s Eureka seveN AO fancomic with bonus Holland watercolor sketch of coolness, and my light-up Compac Drive commissioned for me by Ash
• my ticket for the Eureka seveN theatre showing from September 2009. The night when I crossed the U.S border on a gradeschool night to see it with my friend~
• Gekkostate keychain, small key ornaments of Eureka, Renton, Anemone and Dominic, an Eureka button and a larval Nirvash key ornament (made as a gift by Rainie) from convention-goings
• Gulliver plush commissioned for me by Ash
• Gidget’s pink ref board made by me for a cosplay of Eureka in her episode 26 outfit
• Eureka’s helmet from her episode 26 outfit, made by me
• Eureka’s bag from her episode 26 outfit, also made by me
• my old and somewhat torn copy of The Golden Bough

*breathes*

22. When and how were you first introduced to Eureka seveN?

Beginning of Grade 7 in 2007, when I met a bunch of new people who were really into anime and, at the time, I hadn’t really given anime much thought. I think I was a little off-put by it since like Grade 5 when I saw a random InuYasha episode where he was like being molded into the breast of a naked woman who was posing as his dead mother or something and my Grade 5 self was really weirded out. 

But anyways, I decided to give it another shot since these new people quite liked it. Every Friday night was anime night for the program ‘Bionix’ (basically Canadian TOONAMI). I thought InuYasha was ok and Fullmetal Alchemist was pretty cool (though I was never strictly following it) but Eureka seveN aired right after FMA and I was kind of interested in the giant robots who surfed in the air, pfft. Anyways, I think I got into it when it was about episode 10 or so, and I watched it religiously every Friday night with a new episode on Bionix up until episode 26 (because they looped it from episode 1 after that, for whatever reason). I found the rest of the episodes online and watched them subbed, and then I rewatched them on Bionix dubbed when they finally aired 1 - 50.

And then I bought the DVDs and the collection began and.. yeah…

Good ol’ days of Canadian anime television.

18. List two characters who you wish hadn’t died in the TV series, and why (and I put two there for a reason. Also not ‘at least two’, just two. I know people want to say like everyone but I’m narrowing it down here).

As depressed as I was over Charles and Ray’s deaths, I felt more for Will’s and Martha’s deaths. It makes me feel a little better that their consciousness probably went with the Scabs, but I started to uncontrollably shake and tear up when Martha actually came to, and Will turns around to see her smile for the first time in years, and then their home gets hit by a rocketing piece of debris and a massive explosion occurs.

I loved Will and Martha, despite how little screentime they got, and I really wish they could’ve lived together (especially now that the Command Cluster was gone and Martha wasn’t in her comatose-like state).

13. ‘OTP’ of the show to you (or list a number of OTPs from the show for you).

Renton/Eureka at the very top, but then followed closely by Holland/Talho, then Norb/Sakuya, then Dominic/Anemone. Those are my big ones, anyways. All the couples in the show are lovely, though.

11. A place in Eureka seveN that you’d love to visit?

Sakuya’s bedroom; it always looked so pretty to me. Plus meeting Sakuya would be so cool. ;A; I’d love to learn about Vodera stuff combined with any Scab knowledge.

9. Favorite episode? (If not one, list several).

I’m fond of a lot of episodes, but Episode 26: Morning Glory is definitely my biggest favorite for innumerable reasons. The artwork, the character development for like 3 different characters (IN ONE EPISODE), the OTP moment; like EVERYTHING. And I know its a major episode and I know its cliche but it was just SO FANTASTIC.

But other favorites just slightly below this one are episodes 9, 10, 19, 25, 32, 33, 37, 39, 41, 45, 46, 48 and 50.

5. Favorite male character and why? (If not one, list several).

BABE HOLLAND NOVAK.

He’s always been a huge favorite of mine in the show (though I like practically all of the males in E7).

At the start he just emanated this admirable air to him, that made Renton basically idolize him; and I loved that. From then on, we get more in-depth with Holland’s military past and get into some deep character analysis with him (ie how immature he seems to be, while trying to literally act high and mighty).

I adored the concept that he was basically a big little kid, putting on this somewhat artificial front of him being all that. And then of course moving past that and realizing what he truly should be fighting for. Just… him finding his ground by growing up too quickly, acting like a bit of a kid when he’s older and regressing back to his own proper age of course was fantastic to see.

Holland was hilarious, tragic, and incredibly admirable. And, of course, I loved his relationship with Talho. Both of them got fantastic development from it and they were dang adorable together.

Keiji Fujiwara did an ace job voicing Holland, as did Crispin Freeman (though I have a bias to Freeman because I’ve seen E7 dubbed more often than subbed. HNG HOLLAND!FREEMAN. |3)

I can’t even properly express how much I love Holland’s character in this post, oi. But, he’s definitely my favorite and he’s a babe.

3. Favorite female character and why? (If not one, list several).

This is probably going to sound really cliche, but Eureka is definitely my favorite character. On some strange level on my first watch-through of the series, I felt like I could really connect with her. Someone who was calm, collected, a little oblivious to certain things in the world but also knowledgable in others.

Also a connection to giant robots because mmm mecha shows /smacked/

I thought her character development was well-done and I liked her story a lot. She’s been my favorite character for as long as I can remember.

(Because I had nothing better to do).

Feeling like getting your robot sky-surfing passion out and about with some mental exercise? Here’s a 30-Day Challenge for Psalms of Planets: Eureka seveN!

(If you want you can include AO and/or the movie in your answers as well, but I’ll just say its strictly ‘Eureka seveN’-based so as not to force people to answer with AO or the movie if they don’t want to).

One question per day for 30 days! Enjoy!

QUESTIONS:

1. Favorite OP and ED, and why?

2. Least favorite OP and ED, and why?

3. Favorite female character and why? (If not one, list several).

4. Least favorite female character and why? (If not one, list several).

5. Favorite male character and why? (If not one, list several).

6. Least favorite male character and why? (If not one, list several).

7. Character you had a major crush on (in terms of looks and/or personality).

8. Character you never expected to like so much in the end.

9. Favorite episode? (If not one, list several).

10. Least favorite episode? (If not one, list several).

11. A place in Eureka seveN that you’d love to visit?

12. A personal headcanon of yours (can be anything about the series).

13. ‘OTP’ of the show to you (or list a number of OTPs from the show for you).

14. Favorite song from the OST by Naoki Sato?

15. Name one moment in the series that made you cry, or get really close to crying.

16. If you could pick any character from the series to meet, who would you pick and why?

17. Have you watched the series more than once? If so, how many rewatchings?

18. List two characters who you wish hadn’t died in the TV series, and why (and I put two there for a reason. Also not ‘at least two’, just two. I know people want to say like everyone but I’m narrowing it down here).

19. Favorite mecha of the series.

20. If you’ve seen Eureka seveN Episode 51: New World Order, what did you think of it? (Keep in mind it ended up as a non-canonical alternate ending to the TV series).

21. Favorite Side Character/Character that didn’t get more than two episodes of screentime total?

22. When and how were you first introduced to Eureka seveN?

23. Do you own any Eureka seveN merchandise? (ie Cosplay, figurines, DVDs etc.)

24. What were your honest thoughts about the ending of the series (Episode 50)?

25. What messages, if any in the series, really hit close to home for you? (Inb4 mass messages of Thurston family motto).

26. English subtitled or English dubbed. Do you have a preference?

27. Anything in particular in the series that you wish would’ve been explained more and emphasized with detail moreso than it was originally?

28. Shortboard or longboard for reffing/lifting: which would you choose if given the opportunity?

29. Pick one scene from any episode that you feel you could rewatch constantly without end (or have watched the most amount of times).

30. What is the integral aspect of Eureka seveN that made you like it? What makes Eureka seveN special to you?

Nice legs, daisy dukes, makes a man go Mokyu

I got an iconic chubby little badger in the mail today.

OH GOD I’M SO HAPPY.

Thanks to Fur Magnet Studios for making it for me! Cx

New desktop wallpaper! Thanks Ash for sending me the image. :3

Never can have too much Holland.