Eden of the East generic discussion

[Kaoru Chujo]

Originally Posted by Green²

Spoiler for Ep.1:

Actually, being D.C., that "businessman" was clearly a Republican Congressman. ...They think Mark Foley and his buddies are still working that side of town. Which is good, because this means that the production team is doing their homework.

Lol. Must be so. I was trying to figure out why he gave him the pants.

Also: as I watched the subbed version, I was thinking what BlackDove was about who might have been...

Spoiler for ep1 speculation:

...his assassination target. Her? Not likely, but who else was there? The president was a long way away.

I also noticed him carefully taking his pants off before standing there with the gun and getting the phone call that reset his memories(?). Having seen that, I wondered why he didn't notice them there on the ground.

[vandakiara]

Originally Posted by Echoes

Fantastic first episode, this looks to be a pure joy to watch.

agreed. I'll be watching this after that great first episode <3

[BlackDove]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

Spoiler for ep1 speculation:

...his assassination target. Her? Not likely, but who else was there? The president was a long way away.

I also noticed him carefully taking his pants off before standing there with the gun and getting the phone call that reset his memories(?). Having seen that, I wondered why he didn't notice them there on the ground.

Spoiler:

I don't know. The ED. Her being in the explosion. The inversion of existence. Higashi no Eden being the group she started in school for second hand stuff, and making a cellphone site. Shit be cyclical, yo.

Obviously the target could have been the cops. And like you said, maybe he was going after the president, make a dash for it or something. But what if it was her?

[Thewanderer]

It's really awesome seeing an anime that represents USA so well. As an American myself, I was very pleased at the first episode at this. Very well done.

[[Sakuretsu]]

Most of the viewers compared this show to Bourne Identity. What's the connection?

Also, this could be the next best thing or cream of the crop this season! I'm deeply overwhelmed and hooked all throughout.

[Sides]

Originally Posted by [Sakuretsu]

Most of the viewers compared this show to Bourne Identity. What's the connection?

Guy with amnesia, who is a secret agent, i guess.
I'm surprised that they used an oasis track for the OP. I didn't knew about this anime before, but i'm impressed by the first episode. I'll definitely keep following this one.

[Ashlotte]

Well I got no clue where this story is headed, but the characters were great so I don't mind being taken on abit of a ride for awhile before a plot forms.

Was immensely grateful to see them headed back to japan at the end though...Find it hard to stomach America in anime most of the time...Countries bad enough without being portrayed with rampant engrish.

[vandakiara]

made 3 gifs with the 1st episode... they're not near good but I'm a newbie when it comes to animation... if anyone wants to use them, be my guest x)

[Starry Dust]

Originally Posted by Haohmaru

I really lolled when

Spoiler:

the black female officer didn't recognize "Akira's" penis after getting flashed. I guess it really does matter if it's cold or not

LAWLZ.
It took me a while to get that

And I had a feeling Akira was aiming for the girl...just a wild guess. But makes you wonder, why her?
And the Bourne Identity jokes amuses me xD
( I've only seen one of the movies though )

[Goofus Maximus]

Originally Posted by vandakiara

made 3 gifs with the 1st episode... they're not near good but I'm a newbie when it comes to animation... if anyone wants to use them, be my guest x)

We need one of our Hero "standing tall" wearing nothing but a strategically placed raveling white ball of thread, too! I thought that was more ingenious than the usual elephant head or placard...

[Raiga]

How are Desire's subs? Seeing as gg says they're only doing the show this once.

More to the point, how's the font? Good size and easy to read quickly?

[Proudleaf]

Originally Posted by Raiga

How are Desire's subs? Seeing as gg says they're only doing the show this once.

More to the point, how's the font? Good size and easy to read quickly?

Desire's subs are fine, they're just a bit more of a direct translation as opposed to gg. They also have a 810p version that is superior to gg's release (I didn't download Desire's 720p version, so I can't say how that one compares to gg's one).

[Raiga]

Ah, good to hear. I remember having to squint to read their subs for Rideback. >< More literal/direct translation is fine, preferred actually.

810p? Sounds too big for my monitor, unfortunately...

[Proudleaf]

Originally Posted by Raiga

Ah, good to hear. I remember having to squint to read their subs for Rideback. >< More literal/direct translation is fine, preferred actually.

810p? Sounds too big for my monitor, unfortunately...

The resolution is 1440x810. If your computer can handle it, I'd go with this version, personally.

[BlackDove]

If you can handle 720, you should be able to handle 810.

[vandakiara]

Originally Posted by Goofus Maximus

We need one of our Hero "standing tall" wearing nothing but a strategically placed raveling white ball of thread, too! I thought that was more ingenious than the usual elephant head or placard...

you mean like this?

[Azure_Peregrine]

Oh my God, this is the most excited I've been about the first episode of an anime in a really long time. I hadn't heard a damn thing about this series before, except that the opening theme was in english... and I love it. So, getting to the symbolism...

I've checked, and it doesn't seem like the stuff is necessarily from the bible. Googling it in quotes gets nothin', so... My initial reaction is to be at a loss. But I think we'll find out more soon enough.

Originally Posted by TheFluff

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tl;dr: that nameless memoryless guy is Jesus.


e: there is a lot of fucking symbolism in this here show, and I'm not just talking about the OP.

First off: Agreed. There's a lotta symbolism in here.

Akira ain't Jesus. He's ADAM. It's why he shows up naked and innocent. Would this make Saki Eve? I suspect she is, but we'll prob'ly find out more. Betcha we'll see fig leaves somewhere in this anime. I also suppose it goes without saying now that that apple has to be a reference to original sin in the ending theme? Come to think of it, could we consider the paper a metaphor for creation? Who knows.

Just a casual side note: I go to college in DC. As I watched the first few seconds, my immediate reaction was to think, "hey, that looks like my college..." Lo and behold, eh? I was actually just in that area last weekend, 'cause there was a cherry blossom festival on Pennsylvania Avenue... If you look closely at Akira's map, Pennsylvania Avenue is shown there.

I also loved that he was outside the Spy Museum... Goddamn, is that appropriate, eh? There were also ads for the air and space museum thrown in there. Been to both. It's kinda cool to see places you really recognize in an anime.

[Sorrow-K]

Ep 1

That was an incredible first episode. This just screams "win" at every opportunity. Finally, something to be excited about.

[TooPurePureBoy]

Originally Posted by vandakiara

you mean like this?

Omg can I please please please use that as my new avatar??

[Fevvers]

That was such a fun and, not to mention, intriguing episode. I love the almost haphazard flow of the direction (not something I usually see from Kamiyama's works), as well as the character designs, which I thought suit the atmosphere of the first episode.