Finished Eureka Seven last night. Awesome.
Watched the Eureka Seven movie this movie. Weird.
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The two universes are clearly related, as the movie universe is mentioned in the TV series, and the TV universe is shown multiple times in the movie.
The movie is so freaking bad. Best to not think they are related in any way.
Anyhow, glad you finally watched it. It's really the last "epic" mecha show we've gotten from Japan. The world's so big and developed and the scale is pretty spectacular. The scene in Ep49 where Holland rams into Dewey's mothership and starts firing is still incredible. The stuff with the monk and sakuya are great. As is the outspace stuff, the dancing ball, the stuff with anemone and THE END in the last few eps, and then the final episode is just COLOR OVERLOAD I CAN FLYYYYY LOVE & PEACE.
It definitely has its share of problems and they sort of drop the ball on proper plot wrap ups in the finale for LOVE & PEACE WILL SOLVE EVERYTHING; but even with its flaws. The art, the animation, the music, the characters, the mecha; it's such a good show.
Now you can start watching AO! I hear it's like LOST: the anime these days; which doesn't sound very promising. I need to catch up.