I'm with Xagzan on the original: on a second watch Eureka Seven's flaws are just as visible as on the first time through, but the stuff it does well stands out a lot more. It also helps a lot if you've read some of the sci-fi, etc., that it's getting its ideas from.
Given how the movie turned out it's prudent to be nervous about a sequel, but all the same I'm very excited that a sequel is getting made. One of the things that holds the original back a bit is that it was made only a little prior to when most animation started getting made in HD. The prospect of seeing the Eureka Seven universe with modern production values is *very* exciting.
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