Higashi no Eden (Eden of The East)

On November 22, 2010, Japan was hit by missile strikes, a terrorist act that fortunately did not harm anyone, becoming known as "Careless Monday." Quickly forgotten, society goes on about their lives as normal.

During her graduation trip to America three months later, friendly college student Saki Morimi's life is forever changed when she finds herself saved from unexpected trouble by Akira Takizawa. Takizawa is cheerful, but odd in many ways—he is stark naked and suffers from amnesia, believing himself to be a terrorist. In addition, he possesses a strange cell phone loaded with 8.2 billion yen in digital cash.

Despite Takizawa's suspicious traits, Saki quickly befriends the enigmatic young man. However, unbeknownst to her, this is the beginning of a thrilling death game involving money, cell phones, and the salvation of the world. Higashi no Eden chronicles Saki's struggle to unravel the mysteries behind her savior, while Takizawa himself battles other individuals armed with similar cell phones and returning memories which reveal his possible connection to the event from months ago.

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Background

Higashi no Eden won the Animation Kobe Award in the Television category during the Animation Kobe festival in 2009 as well as the best television series of the year award at the ninth annual Tokyo International Anime Fair.

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Adaptation:	Shousetsu Higashi no Eden
Sequel:	Higashi no Eden Movie I: The King of Eden
Other:	Higashi no Eden: Falling Down
Summary:	Higashi no Eden: Air Communication

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Characters & Voice Actors

Takizawa, Akira

Main

Kimura, Ryouhei
Japanese

Morimi, Saki

Main

Hayami, Saori
Japanese

Shiratori, Kuroha

Supporting

Igarashi, Rei
Japanese

Mameshiba

Supporting

Katsuhara, Mikuru

Supporting

Saitou, Ayaka
Japanese

Juiz

Supporting

Tamagawa, Sakiko
Japanese

Itazu, Yutaka

Supporting

Hiyama, Nobuyuki
Japanese

Kondou, Yuusei

Supporting

Shirokuma, Hiroshi
Japanese

Hirasawa, Kazuomi

Supporting

Kawahara, Motoyuki
Japanese

Ohsugi, Satoshi

Supporting

Eguchi, Takuya
Japanese

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Cook, Justin

Producer

Yamamoto, Kouji

Producer

Nishimura, Satoshi

Producer

Ishii, Tomohiko

Producer

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Opening Theme

	1: "FALLING DOWN" by Oasis
	2: "Michael Ka Belial" by Saori Hayami (FUNimation OP)

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Ending Theme

"futuristic imagination" by school food punishment

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Jun 22, 2009

game8910

Recommended

Higashi no Eden (or Eden of the East however you want to call it) is a new anime series produced by Production I.G, and it was one of the most anticipated series of the Spring 2009 season. After quite an impressive trailer before the anime aired, I just knew I had to watch this show which looked like it had a lot of promise. Did it live up to my expectation? Read ahead to find out.

Story:
+ This anime definitely brings a very interesting plot.
+ The level of mystery and suspense will leave the viewer wanting more every episode.
+ Definitely one of the most refreshing ...

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Mar 30, 2014

Link_of_Hyrule

Mixed Feelings

**SPOILER FREE REVIEW OF THE SERIES AND THE TWO MOVIES**

After watching the first few episodes of Eden of the East (a.k.a Higashi no Eden), I was extremely impressed and very excited. I thought I had found a compelling mystery anime with lovable characters, a great storyline, and fluent animation. I couldn't wait to see what Eden had in store, so I sat through the entire series and both of the movies in a huge marathon. You want to know what it all amounted to? Nothing. Absolutely nothing. The storyline of this anime goes absolutely, positively NOWHERE at any point in any of the movies or ...

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Apr 17, 2010

mastertek

Not Recommended

This show really... gets on my nerve. I had to watch all the way to the last episode (11th) to find out the "truth" behind all the mysteries set up across 10 episodes. That is when all my enjoyment vanishes as the "truth" is literally "naked," empty, and stupid. This anime is really a lame implementation from the inspiration of the American movie Paycheck (2003).
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Story: (SPOILER)
A powerful old guy, called Ato Saizou or "Outside" (this is a Japanese pun), after being diagnosed with terminal cancer set up a big game by selecting 12 youngsters, giving each 10 billion yen, and a "magic" cellphone to save ... the country (Japan) in their own way. The 12 players are called Selecao - the country's Saviors. The 12th player is appointed as a Supporter, who supervises the other 11 and is obliged to kill them in case one of the four conditions is met.

The male protagonist, called Takizama, is the Selecao No. 9 who erased his own memory (in a mysterious way, supposedly thanks to the magic cellphone) before the time the anime starts. He appeared in front of White House, naked, and met a Japanese girl called Saki. They managed to get back to Japan with help of the magic cellphone by calling an omnipotent female concierge called Jitz, which is in fact a super computer concealed in a secret facility.

Takizama with help of Saki and her companions begins to collect pieces of memories by returning to his home and seeking for other Selecao to ask them questions. He was supposed to be involved in an event called Careless Monday - when Japan was assaulted with missiles but had no causalities - and the disappearances of 20,000 NEETs (no education, employment & training). Everything comes to a showdown at the last episode.

The "truth" is: There were one self-claimed Selecao No. 1 who wanted to take the helm of the game maker Outside and win the game. One of his two allies - No. 10 Yuki - was the one behind Careless Monday. He wanted to launch missiles to kill all NEETs who were supposed to be a drag to the country's economy. However Takizama saved all those NEETs by... playing antagonist to gather them all in one place, naked, to CROWD-SOURCE a way to prevent the missile impact. However, immediately after that, he was bashed by the NEETs themselves because their action to resist the missiles made them lose everything... As a result, Takizama... sent them all to Dubai (!) and erased his memory of being "betrayed" by those NEETs. When he had partly recovered his memory, listened to the second missile plan from No. 10 and his gang, he once again gathered the NEETs to prevent it.
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The four stupidities in the Story:
1-MEMORY LOSS SHIT: Takizama had to play antagonist (so that he is later on bashed) to gather all NEETs in one place (this is considered to be an act to prove to No. 10 that these NEETs ain't useless beings at all) even though there's just no need to act like that. As a result of his being bashed by the NEETs later on, he was so sad, or disappointed, or having some fuked up feeling, that he had to erase his memory.. (this line of reasoning was explained by the female protagonist in around 2-minute span. Replay that whole episode several times but that's all she gave for the reason of Takizama's memory loss... bullshit, isn't it)

2-CROWD-SOURCING SHIT: The only thing he did when all NEETs were summoned was to say out loud "I want you guys to post the best way to bring the missile down directly on the [Eden] website." What comes right after is that a range of anti-ballistic missiles launchers appear and shoot down No. 10's missiles AND THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE DONE THANKS TO THE NEETS' PROPOSALS JUST MINUTES BEFORE THE MISSILE LAUNCHING!?!?

3-PLANNING SHIT: Takizama has lost all his memory but still manages to prevent the second missile assault because... he was told by the one who launches the missiles himself!!! No. 1 took him to meet No. 10 and told him about the plan, knowing the Takizama had opposed them once before. They told him about the plan without a slightest intention to drag him to their side.. they just told him so that he could ruin their plan the second time... At the end when all the missiles were shot down, these stupid planners appeared, signed, said some nonsense, then disappeared...

4-ENDING SHIT: Well, the three SHITS above make the WHOLE ending. After the last missile is shot down, Takizama made the last request to Jitz that he wants to become the "King" this time rather than pretend to be antagonist like last time... Then the anime concludes... THIS IS UTTER STUPID-NESS!
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Ok, I admit I did enjoy this anime for the first episodes since it is, as well said, a good experimental anime for this kind of memory loss mystery. It also has nice art, nice sound, nice flow, no more no less. I'm looking for their future production but I can't bring myself to watch this SHIT again! If you like it? Fine. But if you LOVE it? You are truly stupider than a NEET.

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