First 15 Minutes of EUREKA: EUREKA SEVEN HI-EVOLUTION Released

The opening 15 minutes of the upcoming EUREKA: EUREKA SEVEN HI-EVOLUTION movie have been released on YouTube. The film is set to premiere in Japan on November 26 and will arrive in the U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in 2022.

A special video that looked back on the franchise’s history was also released.

EUREKA: EUREKA SEVEN HI-EVOLUTION is the third and final part of the Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution trilogy. The movie trilogy is inspired by the 2005 Eureka Seven mecha series, which received a sequel series titled Eureka Seven: AO in 2012. The first two Hi-Evolution films differed from the original series to varying degrees.

The plot of the movie is described as:

EUREKA: EUREKA SEVEN HI-EVOLUTION is set after the events of the previous film. Eureka has lived alone in atonement for ten years, hated by the world and blamed for the chaos that destroyed everything. In a fateful encounter, she receives an order to protect Iris, a new “Eureka,” who has the ability to produce Scab Corals. It’s a fateful meeting between the former Eureka, who has lost her powers, and Iris, who fears her powers. When Eureka is asked to put her life on the line as a new crisis arises, will Eureka have the strength to protect Iris and the world? What future awaits her at the end of her journey? 

The staff of EUREKA: EUREKA SEVEN HI-EVOLUTION includes Tomoki Kyouda (Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution chief director, Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution director) as director, Yuuichi Nomura (Aikatsu Planet!) and Kyouda as scriptwriters, Ken’ichi Yoshida (Eureka Seven and Hi-Evolution character designer) as the original character designer, and Masashi Okumura (Gundam Reconguista in G design cooperation) as character designer and animation director.

Other staff include Shouji Kawamori (Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution) as main mechanical designer, Kazuo Nagai (Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution, My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising) and Yuushi Honjou (Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution, Ride Your Wave assistant art director) as art directors, Nobuko Mizuta (Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolutio, Gundam Reconguista in G Movie 1: Go! Core Fighter) as color designer, Toshiya Kimura (Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution, Girlfriend, Girlfriend) as photography director, and Naoki Satou as music composer. 

Additionally, Anemone: Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution‘s Kakita Hideki, Ken Ootsuka, Shingo Abe, and Nobuaki Nagano are returning as main animators. BONES is the animation production company.

Meanwhile, the main cast includes Kaori Nazuka as Eureka, Rina Endou as Iris McKenzie, Ami Koshimizu as Anemone Fuuka Ishī, Toshiyuki Morikawa as Holland Novak, Michiko Neya as Talho Novak, Juurouta Kosugi as Charles Beams, and Aya Hisakawa as Ray Beams. 

Source: BANDAI NAMCO Arts Channel