![]() The setup for the movies is actually kind of ingenious. ![]() If you're reading this and it feels like you're missing out on a ton of awesome plot points, believe me, you are. Juiz erases his memory once again as the curtain closes on the series. To prevent further attacks from being made, Akira uses all of his money to make himself the king of the country. It turns out Juiz is actually the vocal avatar of a massive computer system, and to save thousands of citizens, Akira hooks up Juiz to Eden of the East and forces many naked NEETs to flood the system with suggestions of how to shoot down missiles and save the day. To save and piece together what he can of his past, he turns to Saki's co-workers, a group of reclusive nerds who are building Eden of the East, an Internet search engine that can find information using only photographs and the hive intelligence of its users. If he loses the game, he'll be killed by a member of the Seleção called The Supporter whose primary task is to enforce the rules and eliminate the people who use up all of their money and fail.Īs the series progresses, Akira clashes with a group of Seleção who wish to save Japan by attacking it with missiles and forcing the government to become self-reliant again. Akira is Seleção IX and he has to figure out his plan soon. The acts can range from finding and disposing of sexual predators to building hospitals to care for the aging population. Outside" chose 12 random citizens to become Seleção, selected people with a phone connected to an account of 10 billion yen (About $84 million in current exchange rates) and an operator named Juiz who grants whatever wish the owner of the phone desires as long as money can pay for it. A reclusive corporate behemoth known as "Mr. As the chaos of such circumstances clears, Saki begins a whirlwind romance with Akira, a guy who lives in a mall, seemingly erased his own memory, and most importantly, is involved in a high-stakes game to save Japan. Saki Morimi is a recent college graduate who has misadventures on her trip to the United States when she crosses paths with a naked, gun-toting Akira Takizawa in front of the White House. Keep in mind the movies discuss events that happen after the series proper, so there will be SPOILERS. they completely ruin the story.įirst of all, a little refresher for the series. There are cinematic follow-ups to popular anime like Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water where it's obvious they were a cash grab with little thought or effort put into them, but here, the movies maintain essentially the same qualities of the TV series, and I quite like much of what the movies have to offer, and yet. The trick for me is it's difficult to explain what exactly went wrong with the movies. Even as it has a conclusion to the series, there's a vibe that the people making it wanted to do more, but will probably not get the opportunity. However, as Oasis' alcoholic mastermind brothers couldn't stand the presence of each other anymore and blew up the band shortly after their comeback, so did the Eden of the East movies come along and destroy any momentum and legacy the title had. It felt like the series was made for me and I adored it. ![]() Plus, the opening theme is my favorite song by Oasis, the official band of my adolescence making a triumphant comeback after years of mediocrity. As a personal touch, I find a character who can reference movies endlessly, yet has significant problems remembering people very relatable (I say as I look at my scrawls of character and crew names at the bottom of my draft). For the people who don't like subtitles, the sub and the dub are about equally highquality, so you can't go wrong with either preference. The ending of the show is nothing less than a piece of modern magic. ![]() It deals with high-minded ideas that could easily fill up a season of director Kenji Kamiyama's other major work, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, but with crystal clarity and unusual playfulness. Here we have a mysterious game built on complex corporate and political intrigue played out through the light romantic comedy of an amnesiac cinephile and an Internet startup employee. It would take another essay to fully explain the extent of which I was impressed and entertained by the series, but I can sum it up by saying it offered so much variety in eleven episodes with an unusual harmony considering how many disparate elements were wrestled about. Eden of the East was by far my favorite show of 2009.
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