YMMV / Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution

• Broken Base: Fan reaction to Hi-Evolution 1 has been sketchy. There are a lot of people upset to see some characters cut from the apparent reboot and some steep changes that mess with the original story, and many who were salty when it became known that only around the first 30 minutes of the film and the last few minutes were new animation and material and the rest was just a repackaging of the original series around the second season. As for Hi-Evolution 2, people are wondering what in the world is going on with the story because the promos are darting in all different directions and suggesting a new universe, the old one, the reboot, and a weird soccer match between the mecha across all the various series incarnations.
• Fanon Discontinuity:
  • The film trilogy being another Alternate Continuity, instead of what was thought to be a Compressed Adaptation with new scenes that still follow the canon of the original series, has killed some fans' excitement for it. The second film of the bunch seems to have a mixed reaction with fans wondering if they should even try to make sense of the timelines anymore because the promos are all over the place and somehow the film includes all the franchise's mecha... in a soccer match. The second film ending with seemingly killing off Renton and making many controversial decisions with how to include the rest of the franchise in its narrative, making it seem as if all of them are just delusions of Eureka's. Naturally, the fans who found this out were quick to the drop the Hi-Evolution films and had low expectations for the third film. Some fans even resorted to penning fanfiction so they could pave over the offending canon.
• Narm: The Silver Box during The Summer of Love was a musical weapon meant to be used on the Command Cluster and looked more like a rave party than a superweapon. It also is noted a problem arose because acid jazz failed to sync and the device soon accidentally razed the planet it was meant to save. Acid jazz helped partially doom the planet.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Following the release of Hi-Evolution 1 and 2, some fans believe Bones missed a prime opportunity to update the franchise for a new audience. Much of the criticism around Hi-Evolution 1 centers on the opening 30 minutes of the film focusing on the Summer of Love before segueing into an hour-and-a-half-long Compilation Movie when it was widely believed the movie would be a full-blown prequel. Likewise, Hi-Evolution 2 has been heavily criticized for not taking the chance to give Anemone a fleshed out backstory and add depth to her character and her relationship with Dominic and instead going on a wild, multi-dimensional tangent that renders the story difficult to understand or care about due to veering too heavily on Mind Screw and Darker and Edgier elements.