Eureka Seven/Characters

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Eureka Seven has an absolutely whopping cast, so it only stands to reason that they all get a close looking at.

Gekkostate

Renton Thurston

The main male protagonist. An ordinary boy bored with his ordinary life and with dreams of becoming a professional lifter, Renton's life is turned upside down when Eureka enters his life. He is one of the only people besides Eureka herself who can pilot the series's signature LFO, the Nirvash typeZERO.

Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei (JP), Johnny Yong Bosch (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Adorkable
  • Ascended Fanboy
  • Badass Adorable
  • Bodyguard Crush
  • Butt Monkey: For much of the first arc. Done intentionally by the crew of the Gekko. Eventually grows out of it via Character Development.
  • Child Soldier: In The Movie (though he joins willingly.)
  • Determinator:
    • In the manga, he gets shot in the gut and stabbed by enemy soldiers, but managed to carry Eureka around for a bit before passing out and later pilots the Nirvash while still injured.
    • He's even more of a Determinator in the movie, causing the Nirvash to evolve into its final form, rescuing Eureka from an EIZO attack, and then defeating Holland (piloting the Devilfish, no less,) all while bleeding to death from a gunshot wound to the stomach.
    • Said Determinator Movie moment gets reenacted in Super Robot Wars Z 2: Hakai-Hen.
  • Gadgeteer Genius: Though it doesn't come up much, Renton is a very competent mechanic. He disassembles Dominic's bike in mere moments to blackmail him, knowing Dominic couldn't fix it without him.
  • Heroic BSOD: Threw up after his My God, What Have I Done? moment below and ended up running away from Gekkostate for a while. In the manga, after Holland reveals the truth about his father.
  • Idiot Hero --> The Messiah
  • Kid Hero
  • Love At First Sight
  • My God, What Have I Done?: Renton snaps after literally "disarming" an enemy pilot, which was more like "obliterating", as the only recognizable part of the guy was his arm. The rest was just paste with some organs in it. And seeing as Renton is generally a rather naive teenager, him crushing the poor bastard into an organ-filled paste was kinda... unexpected, but it doesn't stop there; the poor kid saw a wedding ring on the disembodied arm. As if killing someone wasn't enough, he also widowed someone.
  • Naive Newcomer
  • Parental Abandonment: Renton's father is presumed dead, and his mother is never mentioned.
    • Well...about his father... In a Mind Screw bit when Renton and Eureka "enter" the Scub Coral's mental world (or something like that), Renton meets his sister and father. Now, how much someone that exists only in that realm can be considered "alive" or "dead" is up for grabs.
  • Raised by Grandparents
  • The Chosen One: A literal one. Eureka chose him by falling in love with him.
  • Took a Level in Badass: He was throwing up in the cockpit in the first episodes. By the end, savior of the world.
  • "Well Done, Son" Guy

Eureka

The main female protagonist. Eureka is a mysterious girl with an affinity for machines who has trouble opening up to other people until she crash-lands her LFO, the Nirvash, on Renton's house.

Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (JP), Stephanie Sheh (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Action Mom: Though her children are clearly adopted.
  • The Ageless: Her physical age never changes, as shown in flashbacks set nearly a decade earlier.
  • Blank Slate: The reason for her existence; the Coralians wanted to know what humans would write on the slate.
  • Cosmetic Catastrophe: In episode 36 in an attempt to look pretty for Renton.
  • Emotionless Girl: Prior to Character Development.
  • Exotic Eye Designs: Eureka has a circle parallel to the iris.
  • Expy: Possibly of Tiffa Adil from After War Gundam X.
  • Hair Reboot: She spends a significant portion of the series with her hair as the short, jagged mess left behind after her close call with being encased in scub, but it grows back instantly when she speaks with Sakuya.
  • Heroic BSOD: In the manga, when Renton, in his own Heroic BSOD, told her to leave him alone when she tried giving him some fruits to cheer him up.
  • Human Alien
  • I Just Want to Be Normal
  • Ill Girl: Eureka the first half of the series. In the first season, she often suffers from chronic headaches and by the second season her mental and physical health have deteriorated to point where she could barely stand.
    • This was probably due to the fact that her connection to the Nirvash was deteriorating and she felt that it was favoring Renton as its pilot rather than herself.
    • Plus, her ailments really put her over the edge after she comes in contact with the Coralian in episode 11.
  • Machine Empathy: She's in tune with the Nirvash's feelings.
  • Morality Pet: To Holland. It's revealed in a flashback this is why he did a Heel Face Turn.
  • Mysterious Waif
  • Nice Girl: With the exception of a few moments in her dark past and her overall aloofness around people, Eureka is as nice as they come in comparison to Talho and Holland.
  • Oblivious to Love: She has a twofer on this one. While it takes her a while to notice, she is completely naive to the fact that Renton is in love with her. Upon noticing that and noticing that she has returning feelings for him, she tries every thing she can to let him know. Whereas despite her initial loyalty to Holland, she has no idea that he is obsessed with being her partner. Despite all the stuff he's done to try to get Renton out of the picture.
  • Purple Eyes
  • Painful Transformation: Growing large, green wings out of your back is not a pleasant experience
  • Ridiculously-Human Robots: Movie!Eureka is a robot spy for the Image.
  • Robot Girl: Movie!Eureka
  • Tsundere: Movie!Eureka leans slightly more towards this.
  • Weakened by the Light: Movie!Eureka
  • Winged Humanoid: After her "big change" in the last few episodes
  • What Is This Thing You Call Love?

Talho Yuki

The pilot of Gekkostate's ship, the Gekko, and cover-girl for their magazine Ray=out. In a relationship with Holland.

Voiced by: Michiko Neya (JP), Kate Higgins (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Bare Your Midriff
  • Cool Big Sis
  • Important Haircut
  • Lethal Chef: She tried to cook in the manga and ruined the kitchen so badly she made cup ramen instead.
  • Mama Bear: While she teases Renton and resents him for being related to Holland's previous girlfriend, she is very protective of him as time goes on. When Ray and Charles Beams infiltrate the Gekko to kill Eureka and take Renton, Talho is the first person to go to the brig and get them out. She was held at gunpoint while the power was out and later at knife point when Ray snaps and has her gun pointed at Eureka. When the power comes back up, the lights temporarily blind Ray, who was wearing Nightvision Goggles. This gave Talho an opportunity to risk slitting her own throat to subdue Ray.
  • Second Love: Holland's, which she has difficulty getting over.
  • Stripperiffic
  • Tsundere: Towards Holland.
  • Younger Than She Looks: Like the rest of movie!Gekkostate, movie!Talho is only 17, due to experiments causing her to age rapidly.

Holland Novak

The leader of Gekkostate. Holland was once a member of the military, but defected and formed an anti-government movement. To the public, he is known as the world's top amateur lifter and is Renton's longtime idol. He pilots the Terminus typeR909.

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (JP), Crispin Freeman (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Aloof Big Brother: Acts as this towards Renton
  • Anti-Villain: In The Movie, along with the rest of movie!Gekkostate. They're trying to find a way to save themselves from their rapid aging, and they're willing to use anyone to achieve that goal and stomp on anyone who gets in their way.
  • Badass
  • Bishounen: Mild case of this, despite his Perma-Stubble. Perma-Stubble which is all the more hilarious cause he's shown shaving in one episode.
  • Broken Pedestal: Mild case of this for Renton, who found Holland's image was somewhat more inflated than justified, even admitted by the man himself.
  • Character Development: He goes fromm a Jerkass Man Child to a mature, father-like figure to Renton.
  • Domestic Abuse: Slap the ignorant hero around, Holland! Such a great way to win his loyalty and impress your crew!
  • Expy: Being a captain with a traumatising experience as a mecha pilot in the past, he comes off as heavily inspired by Jamil Neate from After War Gundam X, albeit far less mature.
  • A Father to His Men: Takes a while, but he grows into this over the course of the series.
  • Good Is Not Nice
  • Green-Eyed Monster: Arguably the reason for some of his worst Jerkass moments. Once he gets over it, he is a much nicer guy.
  • Jerkass: At his worst moments.
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold: At his better moments.
  • Man Child: Immature in the way he deals with his anger.
  • Papa Wolf: Turns more and more into this for Eureka as the series goes on. See episode 38 for a particularly good example.
    • While it took him a while, he became this for Renton as well. Before he saw him as a rival for Eureka, but after going through his own Character Development, he protects Renton with the same ruthlessness he protects Eureka. When Renton returns to Gekkostate after stopping Charles from kidnapping Eureka, he put Eureka, Renton and the three kids into the brig. He passed it off as punishment, but instead, it was for their protection. When Ray and Charles infiltrate the Gekko with the intention of killing Eureka and taking Renton back, Holland personally empties his sub-machine gun into Charles' guts. When Ray goes on a collision course with the Swan, Holland provides the killing blow on the ship that ends her for good.
  • Sergeant Rock: Sure, Holland might be a MAJOR asshole at times, but he's respected and even liked by the Gekkostate crew because he's competent, wouldn't have them do something he wouldn't do himself, and despite his outward Jerkass, is rather concerned for their welfare.
  • Screaming Warrior
  • Supporting Leader
  • Took a Level In Kindness: He is a lot less of a jerkass and much more laid back in the manga. He only hit Renton once, and he arguably deserved it at the time. In the anime, this is a major part of his Character Development.
    • Subverted in the movie, where he's a Jerkass all the way through, up until the very end.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: After everyone else fails to get through to Holland about his treatment of Renton, its Eureka's crushed and soft-spoken disappointment in him for what he's done that finally turns him around.
  • Villain Team-Up: The movie version does this With Aim Liard in Super Robot Wars Z 2: Hakai-Hen
  • Younger Than He Looks: Like the rest of movie!Gekkostate, movie!Holland is only 17, due to experiments causing him to age rapidly.

Stoner

Photographer and main editor of Ray=out. He was also a former member of the military and defected with Holland.

Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (JP), Doug Stone (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Maurice, Maeter, and Linck

Eureka's adopted children, who she took care of after she killed their parents during a military raid. They are fiercely protective of their "Mama" and like to play pranks on Renton, but warm up to him over time.

Maurice is voiced by: Michiko Neya (JP), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (EN)
Maeter is voiced by: Eriko Kigawa (JP), Peggy O'Neil (EN)
Linck is voiced by: Fumie Mizusawa (JP), Kate Higgins (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Matthieu

Pilot of the Gekkostate LFO, Terminus typeR606. Laid-back and will do anything for his partner, Hilda.

Voiced by: Akio Nakamura (JP), Kirk Thornton (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Hilda

Pilot of the Gekkostate LFO, Terminus typeR808. Acts as a big-sister figure for the Gekkostate crew.

Voiced by: Mayumi Asano (JP), Megan Hollingshead (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Ken-Goh

Weapons expert of the Gekkostate crew. Also the Gekko's original owner.

Voiced by: Tamio Ohki (JP), Bob Papenbrook (EN, episodes 1-28), Kyle Hebert (EN, episodes 29-50)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Mischa

Physician of the Gekkostate crew. Sometimes gives advice to her crewmates.

Voiced by: Yoko Soumi (JP), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Gonzy

An enigmatic old man who always hang around the Gekko.

Voiced by: Takkou Ishimori (JP), Tony Oliver (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Catchphrase: Most of the time he appears to a character he asks them the same question.

Gonzy: You want some tea?

  • God Was My Co-Pilot: The ending reveals Gonzy is a Coralian.
  • Nice Guy: Always willing to offer tea to anyone he talks to.
  • Stealth Hi Bye: He can appear behind someone - set down his carpet and all - in seconds. Possibly justified by the above trope.
  • The Watcher

Jobs & Woz

Best friends who snuck into the crew. Jobs handles hardware while Woz handles software.

Jobs is voiced by: Kazayuki Shimura (JP), Dave Mallow (EN)
Woz is voiced by: Yuuichi Nagashima (JP), Dave Wittenberg (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Hap

Second-in-command of the Gekkostate crew. One of the few people Holland confides his troubles with.

Voiced by: Taro Yamaguchi (JP), Tony Oliver (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Gidget

One of the more ordinary members of Gekkostate. Has a crush on Moondoggie.

Voiced by: Fumie Mizusaka (JP), Jessica Straus (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Moondoggie

The newest member of Gekkostate before Renton. Jealous of Renton, despite being viewed as a big brother figure by him.

Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano (JP), Steve Staley (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Big Brother Mentor: Reluctantly towards Renton.
  • Butt Monkey: In an unusual take on the trope, he was the ship's official Butt Monkey before Renton arrived, and actually resents Renton from taking the position from him.
  • Do Not Call Me "Paul": Played with. He's ok with people calling him Moondoggie and no one really calls him by his real name. However he draws the line at being called "Brother Doggie" by Renton. He gets used to it later on.
  • Meaningful Name: According to one of the definitions given by Urban Dictionary, a moondoggie is 1960s slang for a habitual marijuana user. Almost certainly deliberate given the series' large amounts of references to 60s counterculture (and the presence of a character named Stoner).
  • Only Known by Their Nickname: According to his license, his name is actually James Darren Emerson. Nobody ever calls him this.
  • Took a Level in Badass: Eventually becomes the pilot of the Gekko.

United Federation Force

Dominic Sorel

An elite officer in the U.F. Force and Dewey's confidant. He also has the unenviable job of looking after Anemone who, despite being on the receiving end of a very abusive relationship with her, he is actually fond of.

Voiced by: Shigenori Yamakazi (JP), Peter Doyle (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Dominic: Is "west" the direction of the hand you hold a fork with?

  • Not So Different: He's basically Renton if Renton joined the Military instead of Gekkostate. When they first meet each other, naturally they see each other as enemies, but both of them have the same goal in mind regarding their personal and professional lives: Protecting the woman they care about. In Renton's case, Eureka and in Dominic's case, Anemone. They form a temporary truce to get help for the girls.
  • Punch Clock Villain
  • Orphan's Ordeal: Episode 44. It helps to explain why he's so devoted to Anemone - hers is the closest connection he has with another person.
  • Subordinate Excuse: While Anemone doesn't outrank him, it should be clear that he chose this position for something more than a good paycheque.
  • Wide-Eyed Idealist: A bit subtler than most, but still very naive about how the world and human relationships work.

Dewey Novak

The main antagonist. Once a disgraced military official following Holland's defection, he has risen to power with his maniacal devotion to "save" the world from the Coralians. Also Holland's older brother.

Voiced by: Kouji Tsujitani (JP), Kim Strauss (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Anemone

Pilot of the Federation LFO, Nirvash typeTheEND. Prone to violent mood swings that can only be controlled through the use of lethal sedatives, she refuses to listen to anyone other than Dewey. Owns a strange badger-like pet named Gulliver.

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (JP), Kari Wahlgren (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:

Captain Jurgens

Captain of the Federation flagship Izumo.

Voiced by: Tetsuo Komura (JP), Michael McConnohie (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:


New Wave and New Vision Characters

Sumner Sturgeon

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (JP), Sam Riegel (EN)

The male protagonist of the video game prequels New Wave and New Vision. After graduating New Wave Academy, a school for future military recruits, he and most of his friends joined the Sawyer Team KLF group. His beliefs and love for Ruri convince him to rebel against the military at the end of the first game, and deliver a captured Nirvash to Holland and Eureka.

In the second game, he, Ruri, and Moondoggie fight against the Azure group and corrupted members of the military, including some of Sumner's old friends, to prevent mass destruction.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • The Cameo: Sumner and Ruri make a brief appearance in the anime.

Ruri

Voiced by: Michelle Ruff (EN)

Sumner's love interest. In New Wave, she left New Wave Academy after learning about the military's insidious motives. Although her efforts to rebel lead her to aligning with black market dealers, she eventually reunites with Sumner long enough to help him realize what path he should follow.

In New Vision, Ruri is able to meet Sumner again, and they (and Moondoggie) try to stop a military scheme that is driving their own pilots insane. After the conflict is over, she and Sumner remain together.

Steven Bisson

Voiced By: Liam O'Brien (EN, Uncredited)

One of Sumner's companions when he was a member of Sawyer Team. Between New Wave and New Vision, an experimental drug given to him by the military drives him insane, turning him into one of the main antagonists of the second game.

Others

Axel Thurston

Renton's strict yet loving grandfather.

Voiced by: Takeshi Aono (JP), Steve Kramer (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Badass Grandpa
  • Cool Old Guy
  • Crazy Prepared: In the manga, he tells Holland to go to work while throwing a wrench from his toolkit at his head that's specifically labeled "For Holland".
  • Jerk with a Heart of Gold
  • Papa Wolf
  • Go-Karting with Bowser: He and Dominic got along really well, even though Dominic was still on the villain team at the time. He even taught Dominic how to fix his bike, and Dominic promised to check up on his grandson. Then again, he never finds out what side Dominic was on at the time.

Charles and Ray Beams

A pair of mercenaries-for-hire and a loving couple. They hold a grudge against Holland and Gekkostate in general.

Charles is voiced by: Jurota Kosugi (JP), Patrick Seitz (EN)
Ray is voiced by: Aya Hisakawa (JP), Melissa Fahn (EN)

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Battle Couple
  • Changeling Fantasy: They seem to provide an interesting take on this when they adopt Renton
  • Despair Event Horizon: Charles's death for Ray.
  • Even Evil Has Standards: Played With the exception of trying to kill Renton twice, which she saw as a Mercy Kill in the event her attempt to capture and reason with him went wrong; she hesitates when she sees Maurice Maeter and Linck coming out of the brig, wondering why there are children aboard. As she expected only Gekkostate personal and Eureka. However it all goes to hell when they all call Eureka "Mama." As Ray refuses to accept a woman, who she views as a monster, to be a mother. It was the spark of her breakdown.
  • Forgotten Fallen Friend: Enemy, technically, but this trope is Averted either way. The characters who knew them show these two weren't easily forgotten.
  • Go Out With a Bang / Go Out with a Smile Charles does both. The former twice. When Holland empties a clip into Charles' abdomen and shows brief pity for his old friend, Ray gets the drop on him shooting him in the leg. The other time was with the help of Ray. Using his corpse as an explosive distraction to get her to escape.
  • Hotblooded Sideburns: Charles has them.
  • Mama Bear: Ray.
  • Neat Freak: Both keep their ship, the Swan, utterly spotless, which signifies Ray's Villainous Breakdown when she trashes the ship in her grief over losing Charles.
  • Papa Wolf: Charles.
  • Parental Substitute: For Renton when he ran away.
  • Punch Clock Villain: Nicer to Renton than the good guys...
    • However, they hate Eureka because Dewey has convinced them that she's to blame for Ray's infertility.
  • Self-Serving Memory: It wasn't her that came to the conclusion regarding The Seven Swell Effect and her infertility. However upon realizing that Renton is protective of Eureka, she's snaps. Believing that Renton has always been her son, as well as believing that Eureka is some sort of monster out to possess and consume him. While it's implied that Ray and Charles due to their SOF days, know what Eureka really is, Renton does not know that Eureka is a Humanoid Coralian. So all the rants he hears from Ray leave him more confused and concerned about her sanity than it ever convinces him.
  • Shout-Out: Their names, to pianist Ray Charles and or designers Charles and Ray Eames
  • Tragic Monster: Ray embodies this as she believes the Seven Swell Effect caused her infertility. While her actions make her crazy and sadistic especially when it comes to Eureka, her reasons are very sad and sympathetic. Realizing that Eureka, the woman she deems responsible for her infertility, is an adoptive mother; was the spark of her breakdown. Losing Charles made her forgo her basic routine of keeping the ship spotless. Even trashing the place save for three neatly set plates and utensils on the table. When she attacks Gekko state using her ship and KLF's she's stoic while humming a bit from her favorite song "Get It By Your Hands." With the only thing breaking said stoicism is Renton trying to talk her down. However when Renton vows to protect Eureka, this makes her write him off as a lost cause, believing that Eurkea's possessed and consumed his soul. Which in turn causes her to attempt Kamikaze her Ship, The Swan into the Gekko in an attempt to kill herself and take Renton and Eureka with him. The former in hopes they'd be reunited in the afterlife. When Holland and The Gekko stop her, blowing the cock pit, she's left wounded searching until she finds her severed arm which has the wedding ring Charles gave her. Her only line post flashbacks in Episode 28 sums it all up. Her story while sad, makes her attempts just as scary.

Ray: It's far too late. For everything!! Renton? Eureka, the one you're there to protect; took every happy future away from your mama. Now it's time to take everything away FROM YOUR FUTURE EUREKA!!! Renton, you have been possessed by a horrible and dangerous monster. But it's alright. Mama will save you. And we'll all go together where CHARLES IS WAITING FOR US!!!

  • Villainous Breakdown: Ray loses it when Charles dies. It's heart-rending to see the aftermath of her utterly trashing the Swan in her grief. It gets worse when Renton states he'll fight her to stop her, in an effort to talk her down.
  • Yandere: Ray is a Mama Bear variety.

Master Norb

Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (JP), Jun Fukuyama (JP, young), Jamieson Price (EN) Sam Riegel (EN, young)

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
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