FUNimation Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the home entertainment, broadcast, digital and merchandise rights to three anime movies which continue the story of the series
Eden of the East (original title
Higashi no Eden) from Fuji Creative Corporation. FUNimation will release the films on Blu-ray in 2011.
The three films are
Eden of the East Movie I: The King of Eden,
Eden of the East Movie II: Paradise Lost and
Eden of the East Movie III: Air Communication, all written and directed by acclaimed director Kenji Kamiyama (
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex,
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit) and produced by Production I.G.
The story continues where it left off from the
Eden of the East TV series, and brings Morimi Saki back to the USA in order to find Takizawa Akira. The other Selecao however are actively moving to take part in the game, and a few in particular are making dangerous moves in order to eliminate Takizawa or move towards their picture of a better Japan.