My Examiner review is here.
It's tough sometimes to expand on the Examiner site because they want us to not go too long with what we write. But here I can go into a little more depth.
I've been a fan of "Eden of the East" since I watched it on Netflix a few weeks ago. It's a great spy mystery/espionage/cultural commentary type of show that addresses several types of issues, including getting the audience to thinking about how they would improve their own nations. It's a very universal theme.
On the animation -- very rarely do you see an anime that actually gets an American city right as far as locations and placement. They did an excellent job with not only drawing the landmarks the way they really look in New York City, but the signs are all also in English. Gramatically correct English, too.
The end of the film definitely leaves you hanging and wanting more. Not going to spoil it, but if you didn't know that there was a final film already out there you would be screaming at the screen, "That's IT?"
And I was disappointed that the "Air Communication" film was only available as a sub on the DVD. Primarily because my stepkids, for the most part, won't watch subbed animes -- I wanted to at least give them a condensed version of the show so they could follow the film.
Overall, a definite pick it up title in the store if you're a fan of the show.
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