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1st Eureka Seven: Hi - Evolution Film Opens in Malaysia on November 23

Malaysian cinema chain GSC Movies began streaming an English-subtitled trailer for the first film of the Eureka Seven: Hi - Evolution film trilogy on Thursday. The video reveals that the film will open in Malaysia on November 23.

The first film opened on 107 screens in Japan on September 16, after making its worldwide debut at Otakon in the United States on August 12. In its first two days, it grossed about 63 million yen (about US$561,137).

Odex will screen all three films in Southeast Asia, including in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam, and Brunei.

Yuko Sanpei, Kaori Nazuka, Kouji Tsujitani, Michiko Neya, Juurouta Kosugi, and Aya Hisakawa all returned from the original anime as their characters Renton, Eureka, Dewey, Talho, Charles, and Ray, respectively. Toshiyuki Morikawa played Holland, replacing Keiji Fujiwara from the original television anime. (Fujiwara was taking a break from his voice acting activities to undergo medical treatment for an unspecified illness, but revealed in June that he is slowly resuming work.) Tohru Furuya played Renton's father Adrock Thurston.

Bandai Visual describes the story of the trilogy:

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?

The beginning of the first film follows The First Summer of Love phenomenon that occurred a decade before the first Eureka Seven series. The anime franchise thus far has hinted at, but never depicted in full, "the beginning of it all." The films then have the same basic story as the first Eureka Seven series, but will have an original ending. The trilogy will have completely re-recorded lines, redone footage, and new scenes.