Yesterday FUNimation Entertainment announced that it has acquired the US distribution rights for the three Eden of the East movies from GitS: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama. The King of Eden and Paradise Lost, the two sequels to Production I.G’s original eleven episodes long series and the compilation movie Air Communication are supposed to be released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc in 2011. The rights for the series have been acquired by FUNimation some time ago and a home video release has been mentioned in the insert included in the Evangelion 1.11 Blu-ray Disc package.
The King of Eden and Air Communication are already available on Blu-ray Disc in Japan since March 24th but unfortunately Kadokawa forgot to include English subtitles.

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All Hail to the new King! ANN reports that Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama will personally re-edit the eleven aired episodes of Eden of the East into a compilation movie called Air Communication that will open in selected Japanese theaters on September 26. Normally this would be really good or newsworthy event, but the existence of this compilation movie implies (at least in my eyes) that the already announced Eden of the East films The King of Eden (opens November 28th) and Paradise Lost (January 9th) will continue the story of the TV series!

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