We continue to ride the trapar waves as Zigg & Aqua watch the classic 2005 mecha anime Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven, and discuss their thoughts and feelings on it as it approaches its 20th birthday. Keep an eye out for this podcast between main installments of The GLORIO Chat – every two weeks or so – as we work our way through the show. This time we cover Episode 7 “Absolute Defeat” and Episode 8: “Glorious Brilliance”
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Opening Music: “GEKKO-GO” – Eureka Seven Original Soundtrack vol.1
Closing Music: “Kibou no Sora” – Eureka Seven Original Soundtrack vol.1
Title font by Daeres
Intro: Italians and being threatened with Clannad 1:50 – Episode 7 – “Absolute Defeat” 
- This episode is basically just bullying
- Odd tonal shifts between serious and goofy
- Noticing cultural cues which you didn’t back in the day
- Moondoggie and his weird inferiority/superiority complex
- Shoutouts to Mamoru Miyano
- Psycho lollipop children/Germans
- Once again the world of Eureka Seven is just suburban Japan
- Is Eureka’s sympathy cute or patronising?
- ‘Corallians’
- The weirdly cute Moondoggie/Gidget relationship
- Zigg’s weird affection for this episode
29:49 – Episode 8 – “Glorious Brilliance”
- Renton Thurston Cover Star
- Getting punk’d by toddlers
- Corporal punishment and stranger danger
- Worldbuilding through religion (and maybe terrorism)
- Renton’s inability to comprehend spirituality
- The kick-ass chase scene and car-mechs
- Wow a lot of people die in this ambush
- Zigg cannot pronounce Spanish words
- A bit more speculation on Dewey
56:50 – Wrapup, final thoughts, and plugs.
