Higashi no Eden Gekijoban I: The King of Eden (2009)

Picking up from where the TV series left off, Saki Morimi is back in the United States, trying to find Akira Takizawa. Meanwhile, other Selecao begin to truly play the game, some taking ... See full summary »

Director:

Kenji Kamiyama

Writer:

Kenji Kamiyama (story and screenplay)

Stars:

Christine M. Auten, John Burgmeier, Leah Clark

Cast

Credited cast:
Christine M. Auten	...	Kuroha Diana Shiratori (voice)
John Burgmeier	...	Haruo Kasuga (voice)
Leah Clark	...	Saki Morimi (voice)
Takuya Eguchi	...	Satoshi Osugi (voice)
John Gremillion	...	Daiju Mononobe (voice)
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)
Lydia Mackay	...	Sis (voice)
Atsushi Miyauchi	...	Daiju Mononobe (voice)
Masakazu Morita	...	Ryu Yuki (voice)
Newton Pittman	...	Yutaka 'Panties' Itazu (voice)

Storyline

Picking up from where the TV series left off, Saki Morimi is back in the United States, trying to find Akira Takizawa. Meanwhile, other Selecao begin to truly play the game, some taking dangerous measures to bring their plans for a better Japan to fruition.

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Plot Keywords:

game | japan | artificial intelligence | search engine | social engineering | 

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Genres:

Animation | Action | Comedy | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Offical site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

28 November 2009 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Eden of the East the Movie I: The King of Eden

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fuji Television Network, Asmik Ace Entertainment, Sony Music Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

80 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Higashi no Eden Gekijôban II: Paradise Lost (2010)

User Reviews

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.