Eden of the East Movie II Paradise Lost: ... And here’s the end

Written by Little_Wolf-18 on August 31, 2012 at 3:27 AM

So after the anime and a first movie, here’s the end to the Eden of the East anime, and surely something not to miss for fans of the series!

Story: Here’s to the anime’s mystery now making sense overall. XD Ends the series with enough closure not to leave you utterly hanging like the anime did. Does not provide an answer to each and every question, seeing as most marginal issues stay hinted at or entirely unresolved; may give the whole thing a feeling of authenticity and realism, may as well be irritating -- as for me, I’m kind of torn between those.

That aside, there's no bigger problems plot-wise, count out that the about last third of the movie to me seemed to show less detail than the rest of the series, thus felt a little rushed.

Characters: No changes. I would have loved if the spotlight did shine on the group of computer nerds for once, but I guess that'll stay a dream, or fan-fiction. No new seiyuu and still the same good old style in terms of dialogue.

Animation: Still amazes with clear-cut art style and latest animation quality.

Okay now; IMO this movie would have been more satisfying had it been a little longer, perhaps two hours instead of 1.5, or if they’d generally stretched the anime to about twenty eps and incorporated the movies there. But there’s no changing that, and this movie nonetheless is a nice wrap-up to the Higashi no Eden anime, and well advised to try for those who watched the original anime and never felt that comfortable about the end fallen flat. This movie might not provide the best closure of all times, but at least it wraps the anime’s main points up decently and all in all can probably be considered a fitting end.

To avoid possible confusion, this is the second of two movies pertaining to the series, so be sure to watch them in order. ;)

Cheers.~