Title: Eden of the East, (東のエデン, Higashi no Eden)
Genre: Mystery
Studio: Production I.G
Original Run: 09/04/2009 – 18/06/2009
Episodes: 11 (22 mins and 33 seconds per episode)
Synopsis
After a series of missile strikes hit Japan, a guy names Takizawa Akira finds himself naked, without memories and in possession of a revolver and a phone in the middle of Washington D.C. There he meets a girl called Morimi Saki and they travel to Japan where Akira tries to retrace his steps and memories. He eventually finds out that his phone gives him access to ten billion yen and he can use the money to make extraordinary things happen.
Story
Higashi no Eden is a typical mystery anime. The story starts with a guy that finds himself with only a phone and a gun, and no memories of who he is or what he is doing. He has to slowly puzzle his entire life together and find out what this mysterious phone of his does and why he has access to ten billion yen. The answers are spoon-fed throughout the series and the viewer will get to know more and more about what’s happening over the course of the series.
The mystery surrounding Akira himself is not the only mysterious thing happening. There are a couple of subplots in the story that manage to raise some questions, and I really like how they’ve done that. Sooner or later you’ll be wondering why the missile attacks happened, why there were no wounded during the attack, who the Supporter really is and more questions like that, which will stay unanswered until the last few episodes. (some of them are still not answered when the series ended)
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