Name: Higashi no Eden Movie I: The King of Eden
Release Date (in Japan): 28 November 2009
Watched on: 27 May 2014
Summary:
The intrigue goes international in The King of Eden, a feature-length conspiracy thriller that continues the action of Eden of the East. The deadly game that began in Japan now intensifies on the streets of New York City. The rules are the same: do whatever it takes to win. Die if you lose.
Takizawa prevented Japan's destruction - and then he vanished. Six months later, clues lead Saki to the Big Apple in search of her missing friend. Meanwhile, the remaining Selecao are plotting their final move. Some of them would prefer Takizawa dead and out of the way. Some might even be willing to help him achieve his goals. Unfortunately, some are prepared to destroy everything if it means claiming checkmate in Mr. Outside's puzzling game.
Summary Source: Funimation Entertainment
Personal Ratings: 3
Continuation from the anime series. I honestly don't understand why must they make two movies, when it's a continuation of the anime series. It could have been a short 2nd season.
The front part of the movie was a little confusing, because there is no clear transition as to which part was the flash back and which was reality. But I liked how the starting of this movie was a lot like the first part of the anime; where there were a lot of things to be answered. There was a little nostalgic feeling and some sort of sadness that Takizawa forgot all about the incident that happened.
The movie stopped at a really weird part, so I was quite disappointed with it. I knew that there was no way they could have finished the whole story into one movie, but I honestly didn't think that they would really split it into 2 parts. Since they actually split it at an anti-climax part, there wasn't must interesting materials left to be shown in the 2nd part of the movie.
Much to my disappointment, there was also very little about the other members of the games. They just kept focusing on those that they have already shown in the anime. It kind of felt like they were killed off without having contribute to the story line at all. Of course things got more interesting when it came to the battle between the Selecaos, but I still felt like they could have done better. I thought that they could have make more hints about the Selecao's actions, and let the curiosity sink in. Felt like there lacked this element of curiosity in the whole movie.
The front part of the movie was a little confusing, because there is no clear transition as to which part was the flash back and which was reality. But I liked how the starting of this movie was a lot like the first part of the anime; where there were a lot of things to be answered. There was a little nostalgic feeling and some sort of sadness that Takizawa forgot all about the incident that happened.
The movie stopped at a really weird part, so I was quite disappointed with it. I knew that there was no way they could have finished the whole story into one movie, but I honestly didn't think that they would really split it into 2 parts. Since they actually split it at an anti-climax part, there wasn't must interesting materials left to be shown in the 2nd part of the movie.
Much to my disappointment, there was also very little about the other members of the games. They just kept focusing on those that they have already shown in the anime. It kind of felt like they were killed off without having contribute to the story line at all. Of course things got more interesting when it came to the battle between the Selecaos, but I still felt like they could have done better. I thought that they could have make more hints about the Selecao's actions, and let the curiosity sink in. Felt like there lacked this element of curiosity in the whole movie.
The good thing was that they made quite good connection between the anime and the movie, most of the time, people just forgets about the anime. In this movie, they also showed how the "east of eden" had helped in the whole process of finding and helping Takizawa. We can finally see how that group and the software helped contribute in the show, as compared to in the anime where it was just another phone app.
Recommended for:
Gender: Both
Age: 13 and above
My Ratings: PG-13
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