Eden of the East: Complete Series (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)

Product Description Akira Takizawa wakes up naked outside the White House with no memories. He?s got a gun in one hand, a cell phone in the other, and doesn?t know if he?s a good guy or one of the worst. He doesn?t remember the phone gives him instant access to ten billion yen and a woman who can make his most outlandish requests a reality. He doesn?t recall his connection to the ongoing missile attacks terrorizing the Japanese people. Or the part he played in the sudden disappearance of 20,000 shut-ins. He doesn?t even remember he?s supposed to save Japan and will be murdered if he fails. Whatever it is he?s tangled up in, Takizawa?s definitely in deep - and that?s not even scratching the surface. .com Eden of the East scored a big hit in Japan when the series aired in spring, 2009: in less than a year, two follow-up features continued the story, The King of Eden and Paradise Lost. Twenty-something Akira Takizawa wakes up in Washington D.C., buck naked and stripped of his memories: all he has is a gun and a super- sophisticated mobile phone that delivers anything he requests. He meets Saki Morimi, a college senior on her graduation trip to America, and returns with her to Japan. Takizawa tries to recover his memories, which may be linked to a pair of missile attacks on Japan and the disappearance of 20,000 NEETS (young men with No Employment, Education or Training). From his phone--which provides the equivalent of more than ¥8 billion (about $100,000,000), Takizawa learns that he is a seleçao, one of 12 agents charged by the mysterious Mr. Outside with saving a faltering, apathetic Japan. As he resolves the mystery of his identity, Takizawa gets help from Saki, her friends, and a hikikomori superhacker. Eden of the East was written and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, writer/director of the popular Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. Kamiyama once again demonstrates his exceptional skill at building suspense and weaving an exciting fantasy. The cyber-terrorism elements of Eden recall the "Laughing Man" mystery in Stand Alone Complex , but this time Kamiyama is working with his own characters and world, and the results are more intriguing. The taut scripts and a winning performance by voice actor Jason Liebrecht make Takizawa an appealing hero, even in the most improbable circumstances. Eden of the East ranks among the very best anime of 2010. (Rated TV MA: violence, nudity, risqué humor, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon (1. I Picked Up a Prince, 2. Melancholy Monday, 3. On the Night of the Late Show, 4. Real Reality, Fabricated Reality, 5. This Is No Time To Be Thinking about That? 6. Eden of the East, 7. Flight of the Black Swan, 8. Searching for the Path Already Lost, 9. A Man Too Ephemeral, 10. Who Killed Akira Tekizawa? 11. The East that Continues On)

Eden of the East: Complete Series (Blu-ray/DVD Combo)