<meta content="" name="Title"/> <meta content="" name="Keywords"/> <meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> <meta content="Word.Document" name="ProgId"/> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Generator"/> <meta content="Microsoft Word 2008" name="Originator"/> <link href="http://www.anime3000.com/file://localhost/Users/xx/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip/0/clip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"/> <style type="text/css"> </style> Written by: Fernando Ramos Spoiler Alert: While this review will not spoil the movie (too much), we will assume that the reader is familiar with the series, including its ending. Please do not read if you don’t want to be spoiled on the TV series.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p> Eden of the East was a curious beast to say the least. However, director Kenji Kamiyama’s inexplicably refined mix of romantic comedy and politically charged suspense-thriller made for a fun ride as the 12 “Selecao” schemed with their super-phones (and dodecagon agent Juiz) against each other to become the savior of Japan. As anyone who watched the final episode knows, many things were left unresolved.<o:p> </o:p> Now, the first continuation movie, dubbed The King of Eden, has been released in Japan and while it’s fun to see the charismatic Akira Takizawa and Saki Morimi goof around again, a sense of some disappointment just can’t be escaped here…<o:p> 
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