Kenji Kamiyama, the director of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Solid State Society, and the writer of Blood: The Last Vampire, brings his latest vision to the screen in the eleven-part anime TV series Eden Of The East. The DVD and Blu-ray features the complete series over two discs.
Created, written and directed by Kamiyama, the series has won numerous awards, including the TV Feature Award at the 2009 Animation Kobe Festival and the Best Television Series of the Year Award at the Ninth Annual Tokyo International Anime Fair.
On 22nd November 2010 Japan is struck by ten missiles, which incredibly land only in uninhabited areas and claim no victims. An apparent terrorist attack, the event is dubbed ‘Careless Monday’ by the media, and is quickly disregarded by most of Japan’s populace.
Three months later, Saki Morimi, a Japanese student visiting Washington D.C. as part of a graduation trip, is almost arrested during a misunderstanding outside the White House but is rescued by a mysterious and completely naked young man, Akira Takizawa, who shows up out of nowhere with no memory, and carrying a gun and a cell phone credited with 8.2 billion yen to its account.
Returning home to Japan together, Saki and Takizawa learn that a new missile has hit their country, and Taki discovers that his phone is a tool in a complex political game in which he is a participant. The game involves twelve participants, each of whom possesses a cell phone that was originally credited with 10 billion yen to be spent however the respective players see fit. The object of the game is for one of them to ‘save Japan’. However, if the money is used up completely, or for purely selfish purposes, the player responsible will be eliminated.
As the game progresses, it is revealed to Taki that it was one of the game’s participants who ordered the missile strike on Japan, and that it was the events of ‘Careless Monday’ that led him to have his own memories deliberately erased.
Series: Eden Of The East
Release date: 29th November 2010
Certificate: 15
Running time: 333 mins
Director: Kenji Kamiyama
Starring: Ryohei Takizawa, Saori Hayami, Rei Igarashi, Atsushi Miyauchi, Sakiko Tamagawa
Genre: Anime
Studio: Manga
Format: DVD & Blu-ray
Country: Japan
Special Features:
• Interview with director Kenji Kamiyama and character designer Chika Umino
• Interview with Ryohei Kimura (Takizawa) and Saori Hayami (Saki)
• TV spot
• Promotion video
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