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Rainbows** (交響詩篇エウレカセブン ポケットが虹でいっぱい, *Kōkyōshihen Eureka Sebun: Poketto ga Niji de Ippai*), given the English title *Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers*, is a 2009 Japanese animated science fiction film that retells the story of the television anime *Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven* (2005–2006) as a separate, alternate story centered on Renton and Eureka.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1973) • [2](https://eiga.com/movie/54318/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Japanese release | April 25, 2009; 115 minutes; distributed by Tokyo Theatres[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1973) |\n| English title | EUREKA SEVEN: good night, sleep tight, young lovers[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1973) |\n| Direction | Tomoki Kyoda as chief director and screenwriter, Hiroshi Haraguchi as director; character design by Kenichi Yoshida[3](https://www.bones.co.jp/work/eureka-movie/) |\n| Setting | Year 2054, half a century into humanity's war against the mysterious life form Image[2](https://eiga.com/movie/54318/) |\n| Premise | Boy soldier Renton serves aboard the battleship Gekko under Holland Novak and dreams of rescuing his childhood friend Eureka, taken eight years earlier, and returning home[2](https://eiga.com/movie/54318/) |\n| Continuity | An \"another story\" built from new footage plus material from the TV series, not a sequel or recap[2](https://eiga.com/movie/54318/) |\n| Japanese box office | 10,499,200 yen in the first two days on six screens and 100 million yen in total, with about 70,000 admissions[4](https://www.lanovelibrary.com/eureka-seven/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Story and setting\n\nThe film is set in the year 2054, after humanity has fought a war lasting half a century against the Image, a mysterious life form that arrived from space.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/54318/) Renton is a boy soldier aboard the Gekko, the combat mothership of the 303rd Independent Irregular Unit, which fights under the command of Holland Novak.[3](https://www.bones.co.jp/work/eureka-movie/) His single dream is to rescue Eureka, his childhood friend who was taken away eight years earlier, and return home with her.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/54318/) As the final battle with the Image approaches, the two are tested by duty and feeling, truth and lies, past and future, life and death, reality and dream, and by Holland himself, and they open the door of a myth.[3](https://www.bones.co.jp/work/eureka-movie/)\n\n**A rebuilt story.** The story departs sharply from the television series. It opens with Renton and Eureka together as children under their teacher Dominic, alongside Renton's pet creature named Nirvash, and includes an experiment known as \"the Agony of Doha\" in which Dominic dies.[7](https://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/07/eureka-seven-pocket-full-of-rainbows.html) Holland and his crew are reworked as seventeen-year-olds in adult bodies, and the Gekkostate members are portrayed as selfish villains rather than the anti-establishment heroes of the series.[7](https://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/07/eureka-seven-pocket-full-of-rainbows.html) According to the [Eureka Seven](https://www.edgepedia.org/eureka-seven) wiki, Eureka and Anemone in the film were born as spy robots from the Azo, a parallel to Eureka's origin in the series as a humanoid Coralian created by the Scub Coral to observe humans.[8](https://eurekaseven.fandom.com/wiki/Eureka_Seven%3A_Pocketful_of_Rainbows)\n\n## Production and release\n\nThe film comes from the team behind the television series. BONES, the studio that created the original show, is credited as the original work, with Tomoki Kyoda returning as chief director and screenwriter and Kenichi Yoshida again handling character design; the animation production was handled by Kinema Citrus.[3](https://www.bones.co.jp/work/eureka-movie/) • [2](https://eiga.com/movie/54318/) Hiroshi Haraguchi served as director, Yasushi Muraki as special effects director, Kazuo Nagai as art director, and Naoki Sato composed the music.[3](https://www.bones.co.jp/work/eureka-movie/) The main voice cast carried over from the series: Yuko Sanpei as Renton, Kaori Nazuka as Eureka, Keiji Fujiwara as Holland, Michiko Neya as Talho, Shigenori Yamazaki as Dominic, and [Ami Koshimizu](https://www.edgepedia.org/ami-koshimizu) as Anemone.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1973)\n\nThe film opened in Japan on April 25, 2009, during the [Golden Week](https://www.edgepedia.org/golden-week-japan) holiday period, screened on 35mm in a 1:1.85 aspect ratio with DTS sound.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1973) • [5](https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/13905/) Advance tickets went on sale on February 14, 2009, at theaters and anime shops, with a limited-edition hand-drawn poster by character designer Kenichi Yoshida offered as a bonus at three initial theaters in Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya.[6](https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20090126_eureka_movie)\n\n## Relationship to the television series\n\nThe film is explicitly framed as \"another story\" of Renton and Eureka: it combines newly animated cuts with footage from the TV series while changing the characters' circumstances and the world's setting entirely.[2](https://eiga.com/movie/54318/) A Japanese report on the release described it as, in effect, a new second *Eureka Seven* that uses the television series' material but differs completely in character situations and worldview.[9](https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20090429-eureka/) Reviewers noted that the names and faces are the same but most characters are entirely repurposed, with personalities and motivations changed.[10](https://animeuknews.net/2011/07/eureka-seven-the-movie-eureka-7-goodnight-sleep-tight-young-lovers/)\n\nThe English-language release carried the subtitle *Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers*, the title under which the film is listed in international film databases and on home video in English-speaking markets.[1](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1973) • [11](https://www.uk-anime.net/anime/Eureka_Seven%3A_Good_Night%2C_Sleep_Tight%2C_Young_Lovers.html)\n\nThe film's separate continuity later produced odd echoes within the franchise. *Eureka Seven: AO*, the 2012 sequel series that is otherwise connected to the original show, contains references that are not in the TV series, including the sudden appearance of a Nirvash carrying weapons that only the movie's version had, and the Nirvash appearing in the final form it had in the film.[8](https://eurekaseven.fandom.com/wiki/Eureka_Seven%3A_Pocketful_of_Rainbows)\n\n## Reception\n\nCommercially, the film earned 10,499,200 yen in its first two days on six screens and reached a final total of 100 million yen with about 70,000 admissions; its home video release, issued on June 26, 2009, sold 23,970 DVDs and 16,870 Blu-ray discs.[4](https://www.lanovelibrary.com/eureka-seven/)\n\nCritical reception among English-language reviewers was mixed to negative. The Anime UK News review scored it 5 out of 10, finding the reboot approach too challenging for fans of the 50-episode series, the storytelling ham-fisted and unfriendly to newcomers and existing fans alike, while crediting the film with preserving the studio's visual quality and the familiar English voice cast.[10](https://animeuknews.net/2011/07/eureka-seven-the-movie-eureka-7-goodnight-sleep-tight-young-lovers/) A UK Anime Network review scored it 7 out of 10, calling it well produced and well made but poorly characterized and written, and objecting to the reworking of the Gekko's crew into growth-accelerated teenagers.[11](https://www.uk-anime.net/anime/Eureka_Seven%3A_Good_Night%2C_Sleep_Tight%2C_Young_Lovers.html) Hanners' Anime 'Blog called it a mediocre two hours that dwells in the shadow of the original series, though it noted that Renton and Eureka are stronger, more assertive characters in the film.[7](https://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/07/eureka-seven-pocket-full-of-rainbows.html) A later retrospective described it as a standalone story that offers a new perspective on Renton, Eureka, and their world, forgoing the TV show's complex societal themes for a more straightforward, action-oriented narrative.[12](https://www.scifidimensions.com/is-eureka-seven-good-night-sleep-tight-young-lovers-worth-watching/)\n\n## References\n\n1. [JFDB: 交響詩篇エウレカセブン ポケットが虹でいっぱい (EUREKA SEVEN: good night, sleep tight, young lovers)](https://jfdb.jp/en/title/1973)\n2. [映画.com: 交響詩篇エウレカセブン ポケットが虹でいっぱい](https://eiga.com/movie/54318/)\n3. [BONES: 交響詩篇エウレカセブン ポケットが虹でいっぱい](https://www.bones.co.jp/work/eureka-movie/)\n4. [ラノベライブラリ: 『エウレカ』のアニメ・漫画・小説の概要、売上](https://www.lanovelibrary.com/eureka-seven/)\n5. [ICv2: 'Eureka Seven' Movie](https://icv2.com/articles/news/view/13905/)\n6. [GIGAZINE: An animated movie published by GW \"Eureka Seven: Pocket is filled with rainbow\"](https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20090126_eureka_movie)\n7. [Hanners' Anime 'Blog: Eureka SeveN: Pocket Full of Rainbows](https://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/07/eureka-seven-pocket-full-of-rainbows.html)\n8. [Eureka Seven Wiki: Eureka Seven: Pocketful of Rainbows](https://eurekaseven.fandom.com/wiki/Eureka_Seven%3A_Pocketful_of_Rainbows)\n9. [マイナビニュース: 完全新規ストーリーとして3年ぶりの再生! 「交響詩篇エウレカセブン ポケットが虹でいっぱい」公開](https://news.mynavi.jp/article/20090429-eureka/)\n10. [Anime UK News: Eureka Seven: The Movie: Eureka 7: Goodnight, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers](https://animeuknews.net/2011/07/eureka-seven-the-movie-eureka-7-goodnight-sleep-tight-young-lovers/)\n11. [UK Anime Network: Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers](https://www.uk-anime.net/anime/Eureka_Seven%3A_Good_Night%2C_Sleep_Tight%2C_Young_Lovers.html)\n12. [Scifi Dimensions: Is \"Eureka Seven: Good Night, Sleep Tight, Young Lovers\" worth watching?](https://www.scifidimensions.com/is-eureka-seven-good-night-sleep-tight-young-lovers-worth-watching/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Films and standalone screen works › Films by genre, form, and subject › Animated and short films › Japanese anime features › Released 1999 to 2013*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/eureka-seven-pocket-full-of-rainbows", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/eureka-seven-pocket-full-of-rainbows.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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