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Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 2: Anemone seems to maybe continue in the same universe as movie 1's start-up action scene, I'm not sure if there is a way to tell. But I don't feel you need to have seen it. Eureka Seven Ao established a concept of multiple universes and this movie does too. Anemone is the teenage protagonist, though it does start with her in her early childhood. She is not the same as the tv series. The Coralian apocalypse is starting and humanity decides to mentally (think VR style) dive into "eureka seven" aka the apocalyptic coral to fight it since conventional weapons don't ... work.

Here is where the screen crops to 4:3. Anytime a mental dive is happening, the director(?) introduces new 4:3 dialogue footage alongside classic tv action scenes involving Anemone. In this new series, she is depicted as only slightly angsty attitude driven, so it clashes with her more extreme expressions form the tv series action scenes before returning to her usual tamer movie persona.

It's ending is a bit convoluted, not sure if I want to spoil anything here, just brace for it... Though it does set up a bit for a seemingly movie 3 Renton Film.
I did enjoy the aesthetic of the film. Very militaristic. Yeah, young Anemone is CG while teenage Anemone is 2d, but that didn't bother me. It seemed to be specifically for the ending anyway. Dominic is siri, that's a thing here.

I found it's implementation of using old footage very unique, not good, but unique. Franchise films are usually either completely new content/animation or a condensed/alternative take of the original content, think more movie 1. However, this film sits right in the middle of this separation of mine. It is new story using mostly new animation but found an excuse to slip in classic scenes when it really didn't have to or should have in my opinion.