Introduction

Production I.G announces Eden of the East, the new animated TV series by world-acclaimed director Kenji Kamiyama. The series is slated in Japan for April 2009 within the popular Fuji Television's late-night time slot noitaminA, a well established guarantee of high rates for animation.

Kenji Kamiyama, director of the million-selling Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series and of the award-winning high-fantasy Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, is famous for his insightful and intense rendering of human drama and the uncompromising visual quality of his works. This time, he will challenge with a story of youth set in a very near-future Japan, based on an original script written by himself.

Honey and Clover celebrated manga artist, Chika Umino is contributing her unique touch for the original character design. "I can feel strong affinity with Umino's approach to the delineation of the characters and her story construction methodology," commented Kamiyama on his collaboration with Umino.

Eden of the East is the first original series to be broadcast within noitaminA, the previous shows being transpositions of existing manga or novels. The first series aired in the block was notably Chika Umino's Honey and Clover in 2005. Production I.G successfully debuted in the noitaminA block in April 2008 with the series Library War, directed by Takayuki Hamana.

Story
November 22, 2010. Monday.
Ten missiles hit the territory of Japan.
However, this unprecedented terrorist act, later to be known as "Careless Monday" apparently did not cause any victim, and was soon forgotten by almost everyone.

Then, 3 months later...
Saki Morimi is a young woman currently in the United States of America on her graduation trip. But just when she is in front of the White House, Washington DC, se gets into troubles, and only the unexpected intervention of one of her fellow countrymen saves her day.

However, this man, who introduces himself as Akira Takizawa, is a complete mystery.
First of all, he appears to have lost his memory.
Secondly, he is stark naked, except for the gun he holds in one hand, and the mobile phone he's grabbing with the other hand. A phone that is charged with 8,200,000,000 yen in digital cash.

Who is Akira Takizawa?
What are the secrets behind his extraordinary mobile phone?
What got lost with his vanished memory?

drawing slightly looks like honey and clover. Same author?

TV series will be aired on April 2009, the movie will be premier after the TV series ended.

Read the first post

i want the phone as well

can anyone tell me, what does  "The abuse of greatness, is when it disjoins remorse from power" means?

Alike what Dias pointed out, when you have power and you exercise no remorse when yielding it, it becomes an abuse of power.

Ep3 rocks! I want to spend 8bn yen too!!! I also wonder what NEETS mean, and why is there a pile of cellphones blocking the door? But if Akira has already spent his money on a shopping complex, rounding up so many people and buying a tonloads of weapons in America, why does he still have so much money?

Poor Dr Hiura. Why is saving old people not considered part of "saving the nation"? So rounding up NEETs is considered to be saving the nation then? 

2 down, 9 more to go. Feels like 1 has to go every episode, no? 

1 will die each ep ??

I lol-ed at the mass naked NEETS event....ooops....disappearing NEETS event.
This show is promising.

with 8b yen i can ask the director of eden of the east how to save the country

i want that phone and ask juiz to kill all the rempits in malaysia, so i'm saving the country

this show like jason bourne, only thing tat takizawa doesnt seem able to fight at all

this is how anime should be.
im giving this a 5 out of 5

its only costs 60 yen to made the PM say "uncle"
lets pay 60 yen to najib to make him say "uncle"

But saki is moe-blob also what. Why u watching this moe-tard show? Sommore got loli hacker with laptop. 

You should be giving this show 1 out of 5. its like K-on!

But saki is moe-blob also what. Why u watching this moe-tard show? Sommore got loli hacker with laptop. 

You should be giving this show 1 out of 5. its like K-on!

episode 5.

dude thats not moe 
even if its moe. atleast this show have a freaking storyline. and a good one too.
not like some anime i saw. that is taking advantage on stupid consumers.

Yo guys,I heard you want a Selecao handphone.Well,Japan has now

http://www.japanator.com/elephant/post.phtml?pk=9937

Just be prepared to shell out USD 700$...........

If it comes with 20 billion yen credit inside, i'll happily get it.

1.5 billion yen for hotel. Lagi wtf. And in the end



not sure wtf is that illusion thing and why need to spend that much just to escape. =.=

I have a bad feeling about this anime. Just a couple of episodes more but nothing much has progressed in terms of the storyline. I guess...

saving kuroha means giving genuine johnny love? tak is no doubt a pro