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ファイト／ステイナイト 
Okay, now that I have the chance to see episode 3, I have to say that I'm slightly disappointed with the anime adaptation. The anime seems to omit many of the manga's humor, especially the one about the ham guy. Having said that, it's hard to be unhappy when the execution for the rest of the series is quite flawless. The animators have done a good job of telling the dramatic part of the stories. I find it easy to identify with the characters' stories and problems to the point that sometimes I find it hard not to compare/project the characters' problem to my own. The anime is also better at making Morita a stand-out character. This mostly thanks to an awesome voice acting job from Ueda Yuji. Anyway, if you like the series, the DVD will come out this August with limited edition box illustrated by Umino Chika herself.
Eureka 7 OP Theme
Performed by Flow
Note: I actually haven't watch Eureka 7 apart from the first episode. I am not sure I'm completely sold on its premise just yet. Having said that, I really like the opening theme for this show. This probably has a lot to do with the fact that I keep hearing the song everytime I go to the MiniStop here in Japan. I'm also quite surprised to see that the band responsible for this song is actually Flow, the same group that created Go!!!, one of the best Naruto opening themes. Right now, I'm really tempted to try other songs from this group and complete my conversion as Flow fanboy. If you like the song, the single will be out here in Japan on the first of June. Anyway, as usual, please let me know if you see any mistake and please note that this is the full version of the song not the TV size, so it is slightly different.
Kanji/Kana version
変わり行く既設が 街波染めてゆく
曖昧な時間が流れて
涙色の空を 僕は見つめていた
悲しみの 波が押し寄せる
夢は遠くまで はっきりと見えていたのに
大切なものを 見失った
あの日交わした約束は砕けて散った
激しく儚い 記憶のカケラ
例え二人並んで見た夢から覚めても
この想い 忘れはしない ずっと
色褪せた景色を 風が流れてゆく
思い出は そっと蘇る
通い慣れた道 歩み進んでも戻れない
最初の嘘 最後の言葉
強がってばっか 誤魔化す 感情に
過ぎ去った季節からの解答
So 今から何も出来やしないって
分かってたって もうダメみたい
所詮繰り返すだけの自問自答 重ね続けてる現状
仲居夜 一人静けさを照らす街灯
思い出が走馬灯の用にグルグル脳裏を走り出す
淡い記憶に何度もしがみつこうとするが消しえてしまう
悲しみのMerry-Go-Round 真夜中のMelody Slow Dance
あの日交わした約束は砕けて散った
激しく儚い 記憶のカケラ
たとえ二人並んで見た夢から覚めても
この想い 忘れはしない ずっと
津億の 日々か照らす 今を
Since Mentar is quite busy at the moment, I'm going to try to review this episode in his place. I'll just start by saying that I really like this series. So much so that lately I've been trying to find some promotional materials about this series everytime I go to an anime shop here in Japan. It's unfortunate that I don't have access to a scanner so the best that I can do to show these images is to take a snapshot of it with my camera. So if you're interested, here are: a small poster for the DVD release, the back side of the poster, and Gonzo Press brochure. I also managed to buy Gao Magazine where this series is serialized as manga. I only have one issue, but from what I've seen so far, the story seems to follow the anime quite closely. Here's the snapshot of the: magazine front cover, 2 page spread, sample pages.
Well, it's Golden Week here in Japan and that means holiday. I hope I can use some of the time to catch up with the backlog, which seems to be growing at exponential rate. Anyway, moving on to this series, I don't know what else to say but to state that this is probably the only series that has managed to remain consistently interesting throughout the course of 40+ episodes. Props have to go to Urasawa-Sensei for crafting such an intelligent and tense storyline and to Madhouse for ensuring that the animation remains consistent. I also have to say that I find it amazing how a simple scene such as a single hand showing up out of an open door can be quite frightening in this series.
