エデン

EDEN

ONA

STATUS
COMPLETE
EPISODES
4
RELEASE
May 27, 2021
LENGTH
25 min

DESCRIPTION

Thousands of years in the future, a city known as “Eden 3” is inhabited solely by robots whose former masters vanished a long time ago. On a routine assignment, two farming robots accidentally awaken a human baby girl from stasis questioning all they were taught to believe -- that humans were nothing more than a forbidden ancient myth. Together, the two robots secretly raise the child in a safe haven outside Eden.

(Source: Netflix, edited)

CAST

Sara Grace
Marika Kouno
E92
Kentarou Itou
A37
Kyouko Hikami
Zero
Kouichi Yamadera
S566
Tarusuke Shingaki
Geneva
Yuuko Kaida
Emily
Zurich
Yuuki Kuwahara
PJ3
K28
Z12
NV6
E47
F01
T53

EPISODES

Dubbed

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REVIEWS

HitchJAG
55/100
Eden is a show with great promise and a great soundtrack which doesn't manage to live up to its full potential.
__Highs and Lows (Spoiler Free)__
With many well-established staff members such as Yasuhiro Irie acting as the show's director, and Kevin Penkin composing the soundtrack, Eden showed a lot of promise. However, coming from the newly formed Quibic Pictures studio, there are issues that detract from the strengths of Eden as a whole.

Story - 5/10

The plot of Eden centres around our main character Sara and the robots who act as her family. In the early episodes, a lot of time is spent fleshing out Sara's character as well as her robot parents, doing a good job in making you care for these characters. As the story progresses, more characters are introduced that also get similarly cohesive stories that successfully bring you into the world of Eden.

Sara's journey is a compelling one, as you discover more about what happened to other humans who lived before and how the world came to be in the state it is now. The world of Eden is built up well with flashbacks and discovery slowly allowing Sara to uncover the mystery of the current system. Despite this, many times the plot hardly progresses at all, or unexplained story elements are introduced without much explanation. This becomes a larger issue the further you get into the story, with the final episode pushing the story into a forced conflict that seems half-baked and unnecessarily action-heavy.

These major issues with the pacing of the show seem to come from the 4 episode runtime, which is not long enough for Eden to fulfil everything it set out to accomplish.

Animation - 5/10

Coming from a new studio creating their first 3D anime, I was not expecting much in the way of flashy visuals, and that is exactly what you get.

The models themselves of human characters and robots alike are fine, with a good amount of detail and pleasing design, however, there is very little in the way of expression for these characters, with the robots almost always being static textures on a model. There are also times where the movement feels stiff, being inconsistent with the sometimes great movement animation.

The lighting used for these scenes is often not good, with the characters often being incorrectly lit compared to how they should look. The lighting issues can make scenes look flat and dull, taking away from the visual experience.

Despite all of this, there are scenes where the show can look great, but these are few and far between, leaving the rest of the show with an average attempt at 3D animation with poor lighting.

Soundtrack - 8/10

The soundtrack to Eden was by far the best element of the whole show, with some beautifully composed tracks that consistently matched the mood/tone of the show.

The soundtrack does not act independently of the action on screen, instead, working in harmony with it, heightening the feelings of calm, adventure, fear and anger as they arise.

There are definite inspirations from Kevin Penkin's previous works as some instruments occasionally feel out of place for the world of Eden, however, this rarely detracts from the impact of the music on the scene.

Conclusion

Eden is a show with a good core storyline and a very good soundtrack, which stumbles when trying to best convey this to the viewer with poor pacing issues near the end and sometimes wonky animation.
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MegaTheRealOne
80/100
Why Can't I Get Robot Parents...
(Originally Reviewed on Serializd)

Naturally, like with any of these random Netflix anime that I just decide to binge-watch for no particular reason, I didn't really know anything about Eden before jumping into it. I just figured, hey, you know what, I have an hour or two to kill, so may as well go and see if I can binge something real quick, and then I ended up finding this, which not only looked very pleasant from the poster, but it also had a basic premise outline that I could get right behind. It seemed like the kind of small little show that was made for me, so naturally, when I did watch through the entire thing, I really ended up loving it. It is by no means a perfect show, and for those wanting a little more out of something like this would best look somewhere else for any other similar movies or shows to check out, but for what we got here, I was both pleasantly surprised and thoroughly entertained throughout the entire thing, and I am glad I decided to check it out after wondering about it for a while.

The story is one we have all heard a million times before in some variation or another, and not too much is done here to make it stand out from other similar stories, but the execution of said story is where all of my love and praise can be found, as it is very enjoyable to watch it all play out, the characters are all extremely likable, from Sarah and all the other human characters to all of the different robots that they interact with throughout the series, each of them fun and lovable enough to where I never got tired of anyone throughout the whole thing, the voice acting is fantastic, with everyone doing a pretty great job in each of their roles, even if some of the performances can be a little sloppy at times, and sound way too anime-esque for this kind of show, the animation is beautiful, having a wonderful art style and fantastic movement that can be seen through most of the episodes, even though sometimes it can look like it has the same budget as that of a V-Tuber model, and the emotional moments, whenever they do come by, hit pretty hard, and you do feel genuinely sorry for whatever any of these characters are going through, while understanding why they make the decisions they do make... to a degree.

Like I mentioned earlier, this show is far from perfect, and one of the reasons that it isn't perfect is because of, you guessed it, how short it was. The series is only 4 episodes long, each being around 25 minutes in length, and while it is enough to where all of the plot points and revelations are covered before the end of the series, it does feel pretty rushed and sloppy in some segments. This definitely could've just been a movie that was put up on Netflix rather then a show, but I guess they decided they NEEDED to make a show out of it, even though it would've done just as good of a job as a film instead. Secondly, due to how little time this show is given, there are several plot points throughout that are brought up and mentioned with not so much explanation, and it is usually never brought up again afterwards, which can get pretty annoying, especially for someone like me who focuses on those stupid details. This, coupled with some scenes that do feel like they are wasting time in some circumstances, could've been trimmed out to make for a more engaging story, but it's fine, because what we did end up with was still great regardless.

Overall, despite how short it was and how the story can be a bit sloppy at points, Eden was a wonderful surprise that I am glad that I decided to check out after wondering about it for so long, with great characters, wonderful animation, superb voice work, and a sense of heart that I have been looking for in a show like this for a very long time. I would definitely recommend it for those looking for something short but sweet to binge on their free time, as well as those who are into these kinds of stories and animation, because if you can just ignore some small plot details here or there, then you are going to have a great time with it for sure. Hell, after all of this, it just makes me wish that I had my own robot parents that loved me no matter what. Humans are great and all, but can they spin their entire top half around like a top? I don't think so!
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