The upcoming film trilogy for Eureka 7 is set to begin with its first installment in Japan on September 16th, 2017 with a quick worldwide rollout planned for many territories. Ahead of that, we’ve learned of some casting changes for the project. While the bulk of the main cast will be reprising their roles from the original incarnation, we’ve learned that Toshiyuki Morikawa will replace Keiji Fujiwara as Holland Novak due to his being on hiatus. Additionally, we’ve learned that Toru Furuya will be taking on the role of Adroc Thurston.
The project sees Tomoki Kyouda returning as the general director working with hands-on director Hisatoshi Shimizu working off of the screenplays by Dai Sato. Kenichi Yoshida is on board as the character designer with Bones once again producing the animation for it.
An announcement trailer was released as well that you can see below with new footage and a nod to what came before.
Plot concept: Ten years ago, the major earth-shaking “First Summer of Love” event occurred. Renton, who lost his father during the event, now attends the army school of the United Federation of Predgio Towers located in the border town of Bellforest. Because his late father is still praised, Renton feels something is lacking as he continues with his ordinary, boring days. Then one day, Nirvash, the world’s oldest LFO, appears in front of him and a girl named Eureka emerges from the cockpit. This was the beginning of the future of humans and Scub Coral, another intelligent lifeform.
Was this encounter all just a coincidence? Or was it fate? Where will Renton and Eureka’s journey end?
