4/5
Eden Of The East.
4 Episodes. Starring: Marika Kouno, Kyōko Hikami, Kentarō Itō & Kōichi Yamadera. Director: Yasuhiro Irie.
In the garden of 'Eden', Netflix's latest mecha CGI anime and its first original Japanese studio one will take you away. Closer kin to a Studio Ghibli heroine ('Princess Mononoke', 'Arrietty' and of course 'Nausicaa') than a Netflix digitally animated 'Ghost In The Shell: SAC_2045', this amazing Sara Grace is heaven sent in an android world devoid of humanity, but still tempted by the apple hanging from the tree on the eve of a nexus level event. Netflix Japan's most recent slice of a life that we may be cutting through trees towards is anything but low hanging fruit for the binge consumption masses. Directed by classic 'Cowboy Bebop' animator Yasuhiro Irie, this inspired indie anime wakes us up like it does its protagonist from a pod. Into a brand new world where man has been replaced by machine and our garden continues to grow...even more fruitfully. Its cleanliness is close to Godliness inside a glass prism some will see as a prison. Is this new world order one that is both environmentally friendly and bountiful? Or is it a new kind of fall in line disorder were we all act like robots? And how exactly does a baby reborn without a real mother or father in human form fare in all of this? Ponder the punctuated questions this miniseries marks and you will find many an epic exclamation inside its subtle but beautiful strokes. The great man made robotics debate enters a new apocalyptic age that questions whether we are the ones our world needs. Or whether nature should be nurtured by hands made of metal, rather than our own flesh and blood.
CGCG Studio Inc's incredible animated art penned by Kimiko Ueno in writing station is a science fiction classed as Seinen (suitable for young adult males). But this Justin Leach creation now being serialized for the Young Kings Ours GH magazine manga is for everybody. Regardless of race or gender. We can all feel its other worldly themes around the globe during this planetary pandemic that has kept us all at a distance from each other, but not from the notion of what that all means for our collective futures. Thousands of years from now with a countdown ticking by the millions down to zero, these four episodes waiting for the horsemen focus on a quarantined world where there is trouble in paradise. Baby booming and as "Kawhi' as a Los Angeles Leonard basketball superstar, the moment our lead Sara Grace enters the scene as cute as they come, you're with her like a Dylan song of the same first name. No wallflower to this forest habitat, she will have her fun with all these nuts and bolts between the dirt and soil. Riding around on a bike that's halfway between the 'Godzilla Singular Point' jacket colourway matching transportation and something that Rey hovered on in the new 'Star Wars' as she rolls through deserts made for pod racing. Making this awakening force worthy of her own new hope and rise. Voiced by 'Seiyu's Life' star and Earphones singer Marika Kouno (Ruby Rose Turner internationally), she's a hero for our time that this generation deserves. Forthright, but funny. Knowing that all men and machine are equal without the Orwellian 'Animal Farm' doctrine of some being more equal than others. She may be the last human on earth as it seems, but that doesn't mean the world is all hers. This is just her story, but she's sticking to it like the bond of family. Even if that link is wired to a motherboard for mother earth.
Dancing to the light projected shutter stop of an old movie like 'The Green Mile' of Hollywood, Sara teachers her chrome and paint parents how to cut a rug with new drawn on smiles and it all computes in affectionate affirmation as adorable as the robo dogs. Pirouetting with a scene that could leave a tear or a tear on your hard shell that rusts. Kyōko Hikami ('Wedding Peach') and Kentarō Itō ('Bleach'), (or 'The Mandalorian's' Rosario Dawson and 'Doctor Who' himself, David Tennant for those lost in translation) play parents A37 and E92 respectively. Who like C3P0 and R2D2 are anything but serial numbers, about to make their own combinations household names, with so much more humanity right now than those with their finger on the button. Whilst speaking of which, 'How I Met Your Mother' star Neil Patrick Harris subs for Kōichi Yamadera (who subs for the Hollywood who's who of everyone from Will Smith to Ferrell in Japanese cinematic release) in a role that is too complex as it is compelling to spoil. But it's the catalyst of this nature vs nurture/man vs machine dichotomy. From the mainframe of this maze, to the inner sanctum sanctuary of a precious glass jar world wilting like a brittle 'Beauty and the Beast' rose, this shows us two sides of the same coin. We're not all bad and we're not all good in the love and sometimes hate disguised as disregard we show this planet. And from plucking the first apple from the tree, to picking the last fight with these rock em sock em iron giants, this brutal and beautiful battle won't stop until your head pops up. Then surprise, surprise we may just find this garden of Eden in a world chopping down trees and leaving nothing but concrete jungles in its waste and wake. This will be our judgement day when humanity stops acting like a machine. In 'Eden' one girl can change the world, but it's going to take all of us to save the planet. Charge well. TIM DAVID HARVEY.
Further Filming: 'Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind', 'The Secret World Of Arrietty', 'Last Hope'.
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