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REVIEW: Eden of the East BLURAY

The idea that a man spoiler[who basically controls Japan would be unable to save it, but that maybe eleven regular people with only a fraction of his funds could instead, is just too far-fetched to be believable. Perhaps he was just doing it to see how normal Japanese people would react when given money and power. If he were serious about saving Japan, then shouldn't he just put his hundreds of billions (if not trillions) of yen together, and all of his influence he has established, and just do it himself? The young may provide interesting ideas but what do they know of saving an entire country?]

The very nature of the Eden of the East (the program) itself. spoiler[It is very powerful, but I do not remember (possibly because it was never adequately explained) how it was supposed to change the position of NEETs. It also comes across as too powerful (i.e. technologically advanced) for the world of today and yet too weak for a world in which mindwipes exist. Surely such a program is something that Facebook or Google could roll out in the next decade, but mindwipes are almost certainly further off than that.]

The friendship/relationship between the two main characters was never properly established and never felt genuine. What was going on between them? It is like the creators just couldn't make their minds up.

The fashion designer lady who spoiler[uses "magic" to fly. Oh please, this isn't Scooby Doo where some guy in a bedsheet is depicted as a real ghost, it is hard to believe that such a trick could be set up that fast and be so realistic as to fool anyone older than about six.]

And what was the show's preoccupation with penises????? There, I said it.

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And what was the show's preoccupation with penises????? There, I said it.

Impotence. Impotence of all kinds.

Everybody says that if they were in power, they could do things better. Everybody. Doesn't mean that everybody is correct, oh no. spoiler[How are these Seleção supposed to do better than a man who has the experience, the massive wealth, business contacts, information control and management, the political favours which can let him manipulate the politicians at will . . . they can't. Doesn't matter what bright idea they have, to rebuild a country's economic and social fabric from the ground up requires ingenuity, yes, but also a lot more. The Seleção were given a drop in the bucket, which is hardly going to fix a nation.* The very people who screwed up the nation in the first place are likely to still be in positions of power where they can fix the nation. Perhaps if Mr. Outside stopped trying to pass off responsibility onto the common folk and actually tried to rectify the situation himself, as a sort of atonement, then something logical might actually get done.]

Er, about Juiz, how did that even work? spoiler[I get that she is a supercomputer (one of many), but how did she communicate the various favours? The transactions are easily hand-waved - she is a computer - but the various favours and the liaisons with all the necessary parties is a bit of a stretch.]

As for erasing spoiler[people's memories, no, I just don't like how it was done in the show. It was thrown in there with nothing to explain how he did it, let alone why. At least, I cannot recall any explanation given in the show. And I would be very surprised if there was a private hospital in ten years time which could surreptitiously erase people's memories for a fee.]

Scooby Doo special effects are still Scooby Doo special effects. In other words, something that belongs in a children's show. We got to see the wires and the rig (and wasn't there a helicopter?), but the other characters didn't. Getting it installed in a couple of hours is, again, too much of a stretch, for me at least.

Everybody says that if they were in power, they could do things better. Everybody. Doesn't mean that everybody is correct, oh no.

Er, about Juiz, how did that even work?

Interesting interpretation, as much as I disagree with it.

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Line that up next to the frigid soldier types in Stand Alone Complex and you'll see just how far Kamiyama has come.

Now granted I have not seen the whole series, but labeling Eden of the East's warm, adorable characters as a directorial improvement over SAC's "frigid soldier types" seems like comparing apples and oranges, i.e. judging an element of the show outside of its natural context; one character motif works well for one title while an entirely separate one works well for another title, and I see no reason, provided that both titles are an overall success, to consider one qualitatively "superior" to the other.

Carl actively dislikes the GitS:SAC series. Nevermind that having warm fuzzy characters in a series about cops would be, well, insane, or that there are numerous episodes throughout that get me to the point of tears from poignant moments of restrained emotion. He considers it "cold."

For my money, Moribito is the balanced middle ground between the subtlety of SAC and the broad character strokes of Eden. Good stuff all around.

So basically Everything: A

Best series with best execution with best characters and best twists and best entertainment.

Yeah that's a good review

So basically Everything: A

Best series with best execution with best characters and best twists and best entertainment.

Yeah that's a good review

Both Takizawa and Saki were dull leads. Takizawa came off as too perfect, and Saki just came off as dull.

Which is why Zac and Carl are giving so much praise without giving any thought or merit to it's writing and yet bash any show with a "moe" or "sexual" concept as trash without even getting pass the first episode.