Eden of the East

[Lyzl]

@VivisQueen: I feel so awesome for convincing you. Yea, I was little over enthusiastic though... maybe. After 23 other series this season though, this definately stood out. K-ON and FMA are very strong as well, but this seems like it has the absolute most potential for greatness. (Cause well, FMA is a remake, and K-ON isn't really "uber greatness" material tbh, just a really fun anime)

[Szwagier]

One of the better animes this spring in my opinion (again after 1st ep :P which doesn't tell much). Nice mix of conspiracy, comedy and romance that is not groundbreaking but is really enjoyable to watch. Story have some potential, the characters are hard to judge yet but are defienietly nicely drawn.

[ZenAndTonic]

I rather like this, so far. :)

I also think Akira has some kind of weird power of persuasion. I think the girl commented on how weird it was that he talked a stranger out of his pants. Hope we learn more about this soon!

[vivafruit]

Originally Posted by Lyzl

@VivisQueen: I feel so awesome for convincing you. Yea, I was little over enthusiastic though... maybe. After 23 other series this season though, this definately stood out. K-ON and FMA are very strong as well, but this seems like it has the absolute most potential for greatness. (Cause well, FMA is a remake, and K-ON isn't really "uber greatness" material tbh, just a really fun anime)

Unrelated, but is FMA really a remake, and not a sequel? I never finished the first one and want to know if I need to plow through the original to watch this one.

[samshadow999]

Originally Posted by vivafruit

Unrelated, but is FMA really a remake, and not a sequel? I never finished the first one and want to know if I need to plow through the original to watch this one.

FMA: Brotherhood is a remake to the first Fullmetal Alchemist, you don't have to watch the first, but i am guessing both will be quite different later on as Brotherhood follows closely to the Manga, where the first ventured off in it's own dirrection.

[VivisQueen]

OMG episode two is out now!!!!! FUCKING DOWNLOAD YOU STUPID TORRENT DOWNLOAD I WANT IT I WANT IT SO BAD GIMME IT GIMME IT GIMME IT!

[unitzero]

Originally Posted by VivisQueen

OMG episode two is out now!!!!! FUCKING DOWNLOAD YOU STUPID TORRENT DOWNLOAD I WANT IT I WANT IT SO BAD GIMME IT GIMME IT GIMME IT!

Jesus H.

just finished episode 2.
so the plot thickens.
we still know very little about what's going on but my interest level is still completely peaked.

not all detectives are pursuing justice...

so the phone system lady is rather neat. I wonder how the fuck they are going to explain that. "yeah go ahead and kill these people"... wait for it.... bang. that's some serious high tech big brother spy stuff right there.

[VivisQueen]

Episode 2:

Yeah, my biggest fear is that it will turn into another Darker than Black - a lot of really cool stuff happening cause it's cool, but ultimately not a very thorough explanation of what it all means and how it hangs together. At the least Eden of the East feels far wittier, so it has a lot more going for it than DtB had at the start. Also, the characterisation alone is making this shit seriously compelling. Akira has me watching his every move, he's so damned charismatic. That bit as he's getting on the boat.... ^_^

Anyway, I'm guessing the story will really kick in at episode 3... it's only a 12-ep show, so it can't take much longer to really start making sense.

[DisturbedMind]

Just finished watching ep 2 and again loved it. It feels as we are being given just enough to keep us interested and wondering what the hell is up with Akira and co, while filling the rest in with with some very engaging storytelling of Saki and her prince Akira.

Like VivisQueen, I am thoughrougly enjoying watching Akira

Bang

[Lyzl]

Excellent Episode 2. I'm not getting all the way to Death Note vibes (episode 2 of death note basically clinched the entire series for me as brilliant), but pretty close. This is like "the" anime to watch for this season, and so far it's delivered.

My god the plot points crammed in there are amazing. WARNING: speculation you may not want to hear incoming

freedom tower, the 11 missiles hitting, the budget, the organization (selaco or something like that), and the phone to get anything done is amazing. That phone is kind of like a death note actually, but better. I'm trying to figure out the parallels between him being number 9 (IX) and the 11th missle and such. My initial guess is that each missile is one of these beings, of which he is number 9, and that detective is another. Consistent with this theory, they mention that the missiles' origin is unknown. I'm very much wondering why the 11th missile caused casualties, and why the other 10 did not. Also why akira is seen as some sort of celebrity (at least in that one moment) and what kind of terrorism his organization is up to. It's all just bubbling up beautifully.

My only major problem right now is that the anime hasn't had any "wow" moments yet. I expect it will, but so far it's been just build-up. Some of the buildup was a bit boring to be honest too, like their conversation on the dock/pier waiting for the boat.