Eden of the East the Movie I: The King of Eden (2009) Higashi no Eden Gekijoban I: The King of Eden (original title)

Director:

Kenji Kamiyama

Writer:

Kenji Kamiyama (story)

Release Date:

28 November 2009 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Drama | Mystery

Plot Keywords:

Software Company | Radiator | Apartment | Men In Black | Ramen

Cast

Christine M. Auten	...	Kuroha Diana Shiratori (voice: English version)
John Burgmeier	...	Haruo Kasuga (voice: English version)
Leah Clark	...	Saki Morimi (voice: English version)
Takuya Eguchi	...	Satoshi Osugi (voice)
John Gremillion	...	Daiju Mononobe (voice: English version)
Saori Hayami	...	Saki Morimi (voice)
Nobuyuki Hiyama	...	Yutaka Itazu (voice)
Rei Igarashi	...	Kuroha Diana Shiratori (voice)
Motoyuki Kawahara	...	Kazuomi Hirasawa (voice)
Ryohei Kimura	...	Akira Takizawa (voice)
Jason Liebrecht	...	Akira Takizawa (voice: English version)
Lydia Mackay	...	Sis (voice: English version)
Atsushi Miyauchi	...	Daiju Mononobe (voice)
Masakazu Morita	...	Ryu Yuki (voice)
Newton Pittman	...	Yutaka 'Panties' Itazu (voice: English version)
Ayaka Saito	...	Mikuru 'Micchon' Kuzuhara (voice)
Kimiko Saitô	...	Sister (voice)
Stephanie Sheh	...	Mikuru 'Micchon' Kuzuhara (voice: English version)
Michael Sinterniklaas	...	Satoshi Osugi (voice: English version)
Sakiko Tamagawa	...	Juiz (voice)
J. Michael Tatum	...	Kazuomi Hirasawa (voice: English version)
Hayato Taya	...	Haruo Kasuga (voice)
Hiroyuki Yoshino	...	Taishi Naomoto (voice)
Stephanie Young	...	Juiz (voice: English version)
Kôji Yusa	...	Jintaro Tsuji (voice)

Directed by
Kenji Kamiyama

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Kenji Kamiyama		story and screenplay

Produced by
Tomohiko Ishii	....	producer
Mitsuhisa Ishikawa	....	executive producer
Naoki Kitagawa	....	executive producer
Yoshio Takada	....	executive producer
Koji Yamamoto	....	producer
Kazuhiko Yusa	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Kenji Kawai

Cinematography by
Hiroshi Tanaka		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Junichi Uematsu

Art Direction by
Yusuke Takeda

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Masayuki Yoshihara	....	assistant director

Art Department
Kenji Kamiyama	....	storyboard artist
Yumiko Katayama	....	color designer
Yoshiaki Kyougoku	....	storyboard artist
Toshiyuki Kôno	....	storyboard artist
Masayuki Yoshihara	....	storyboard artist

Special Effects by
Masahiro Murakami	....	special effects

Visual Effects by
Makoto Endou	....	CGI director

Camera and Electrical Department
Mikio Mori	....	consultant: dolby film

Animation Department
Rie Arai	....	animation finisher
Kana Fujishiro	....	in-between animator
Yuuko Fujita	....	animation finisher
Emi Goto	....	in-between animator
Yuko Hamada	....	finishing checker
Makiko Kojima	....	finishing checker
Hitomi Miyazaki	....	in-between animator
Taeko Mizuno	....	finishing checker
Satoko Morikawa	....	character designer
Yuki Moriyama	....	finishing checker
Akiko Murayama	....	in-between animator
Satoru Nakamura	....	chief animation director
Sayoko Noda	....	animation finisher
Akiko Ohba	....	animation finisher
Yuri Okata	....	animation finisher (as Yuri Okada)
Jun Shirai	....	in-between animator
Asuka Suzuki	....	in-between animator
Yuka Taketa	....	animation finisher (as Yuka Takeda)
Yuriko Taniguchi	....	finishing checker
Emiko Ueno	....	animation finisher
Chika Umino	....	original character designer
Akemi Yamakaji	....	in-between animator
Mika Yokoi	....	finishing checker
Hanae Yokota	....	finishing checker
Kazue Yoshida	....	in-between animator
Akane Yoshioka	....	animation finisher
Nichiko Ômori	....	animation finisher
Katsumi Ôshima	....	animation finisher

Casting Department
Bryan Burton-Lewis	....	casting: new york

Production Companies

• Asmik Ace Entertainment
• Dentsu
• FUNimation Entertainment
• Fuji Television Network
• Production I.G.
• Sony Music Entertainment

Distributors

• Asmik Ace Entertainment (2009) (worldwide) (all media)
• FUNimation Entertainment (2011) (USA) (DVD)
• Madman Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (DVD)

Special Effects

• IGFX Studio
• Production I.G.

Other Companies

• Aube Studio  sound mixing studio
• FAI International  key animation
• Fuji Creative Corporation  overseas promotion
• RIC  in-between animation
• Sakura Create  key animation
• Studio Gimlet  key animation
• Studio Road  animation finishing
• Studio Toy Box  key animation
• Tokyo Animation Center  key animation

Also Known As:

"Higashi no Eden Gekijoban I: The King of Eden" - Japan (original title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:All | Japan:G | Australia:M

Company:

Asmik Ace Entertainment

Movie Connections:

Followed by Eden of the East the Movie II: Paradise Lost (2010)

Waste of time

I was disappointed by the ending of the Eden of East series because it leaves you nowhere. This movie sequel picks up a few months later, with everything in a similar situation, wanders around for a while and leaves viewers exactly where they started - nowhere.

The movie is shockingly lazy. First off, for no reason that I can see it reuses the amnesiac trick from the series, although with even less motivation for doing so. In fact, motivation is lacking from many characters; who do things with seemingly little rhyme or reason.

Basically, this is a continuation of the TV series that is perhaps the equivalent of three or four episodes plus some padding. Except it actually progresses the overall story *less* than a single episode of the series did. There are some cute ideas, but some of these, like Juiz's increasingly human responses, don't go anywhere. Perhaps the idea is some of this stuff will be used or explained in the next movie, but all that means is that the TV series should have been longer and given viewers a complete story.

After this, I have no hope that anything is ever going to be satisfactorily resolved.