Rakuen Tsuihou

In a future where a massive disaster has devastated Earth, most of humanity has abandoned their physical bodies and relocated in digital form to DEVA, an advanced space station orbiting the ravaged planet. Free from the limitations of traditional existence, such as death and hunger, the inhabitants of this virtual reality reside in relative peace until Frontier Setter, a skilled hacker, infiltrates the system and spreads subversive messages to the populace.

Labeled a threat to security by authorities, Frontier Setter is pursued by Angela Balzac, a dedicated member of DEVA's law enforcement. When the hacker's signal is traced to Earth, Angela takes on physical form, transferring her consciousness to a clone body and traveling to the world below in order to deal with the menace. On Earth, she is assisted by Dingo, a charismatic agent, and during her journey to uncover the mystery behind Frontier Setter, she gradually discovers startling realities about the wasteland some of humanity still refers to as home, as well as the paradise above.

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Balzac, Angela Main

Kugimiya, Rie Japanese

Frontier Setter Main

Kamiya, Hiroshi Japanese

Kajiwara, Zarik Main

Miki, Shinichiro Japanese

Arhan Supporting

Anzai, Chika Japanese

Yzak Supporting

Miyake, Kenta Japanese

Gillum, Christine Supporting

Hayashibara, Megumi Japanese

Koukan B Supporting

Egawa, Hisao Japanese

Koukan C Supporting

Uemura, Noriko Japanese

Koukan A Supporting

Inaba, Minoru Japanese

Lazro Supporting

Endou, Daichi Japanese

Noguchi, Kouichi Producer

Mizushima, Seiji Director, Storyboard

Mima, Masafumi Sound Director

Kyouda, Tomoki Episode Director, Storyboard

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Feb 13, 2024

TheRedLine

Recommended

Have you ever listened to the song Digital World, by Amaranthe? How about the Nightcore version? That song literally encapsulates this anime movie.

This is a CGI anime movie about an immortal digital being becoming real, and the pains of having a physical body.

Story:
A digital girl gets a living body to find out whose screwing with digital heaven but is then immediately turned from always online to offline mode getting trapped on earth to solve a hacker issue and she meet a cool bro along the way. The story is serviceable nothing special. But the fact that this story is far more relevant now a decade ... later is quite funny.

Characters:
There's basically just two characters and you not only watch them grow together but also development of the female lead is amazing. She goes from basically being a uniform stuck up butt to learning about the real world and all the things cyber space deemed unnecessary.

Art:
medium budget CGI character and 2010's generic anime backgrounds.

Music:
The end track is played in someway during the movie and its just a decent Japanese song.

Overall:
This is a feel good movie about understanding the world and making friend with vastly different people.

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Sep 14, 2023

ThatDarnIrishMan

Mixed Feelings

I think one of the biggest hurdles for people getting into this is that it's a 3D animated movie compared to a traditional 2D anime but that has never really bothered me so I finally decided to give it a try.

The story isn't overly unique, think The Matrix mixed with Elysium. Humanity stretched Earth to its very limit with overpopulation and global warming, so much so numerous different plans were made for the continuation of mankind. One of these was a giant orbital space station where humans would be scanned onto a huge computer system and live in a virtual world. This however created a ... cast system between these digital humans who see themselves as the next step in evolution, where they can experience anything they want in the virtual world whilst the humans on the surface are struggling to survive and get by.

When the digital world is hacked by a connection relay on Earth, the elite ruling class on the space station send numerous agents down to Earth to track down the hacker. The agents are all young, attractive women in skimpy costumes, which is a bit odd. I wasn't sure if the movie was trying to make a message since the three ruling members of the digital world are men who gave themselves avatars resembling gods and they made their security forces all hot young women, but the movie reveals itself to not really be that clever.

The main character Balzac is a likable enough character, a very cliched character who has never experienced "real life" and has to be shown what it is to be human by her actual human helper "Dingo" who is the best character in the movie. Balzac's story isn't overly complicated, to catch the hacker they have to go "off-grid" and disconnect from the space station entirely, leaving her with none of her advanced equipment or backup so she has to struggle to be human for a change. Her character is quite inconsistent though. When she's first introduced on the space station, she's calm, cool and seemingly quite reserved but when she goes on her mission she's very loud, easily flustered and whiny (which is weird since she says "I do my job, I have never complained"). I then wasn't sure if this was because she purposefully made her body 16 so maybe her mentality was changed too but once again, I think the movie isn't that clever and instead it is just for blatant TNA which is pretty off-putting. For her also being made out to be a great agent and very intelligent, she is then repeatedly confused and caught off guard by numerous things that should have been blatantly obvious, like if the hacker can monitor all of the digital world, why does she think it'd be a good idea to stay connected to it the entire time whilst hunting them?

The mission is over pretty quickly, finding the hacker and having to deal with the knowledge that the digital world isn't all good because it also has a cast system where if you aren't useful, you get less "memory" allocated to you, meaning you can't do much as a digital avatar and even have worse models. The movie doesn't explain what being useful is though in a digital world where everything is provided for you. Balzac works because she's a security agent, but what's the point of security agents if the rulers have total control over everyone and can kill them instantly with just a thought? What does everyone else do? They're hardly builders or farmers or anything along those lines. So how is your "worth" determined?

It might seem like I have a lot of complaints, but I did enjoy the movie as a character and action romp. If you actually think about the plot or the world, it doesn't make much sense at all.

The ending in particular just felt weak. It is one of those anime where I could easily imagine you thinking "Well, what was the point of this movie?". It suffers from being a movie where a series could have paced it out better, giving it time to expand on its lore but with its run time, everything just feels crammed in to get the story out the door.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 4, 2017

MagicalDragonair

Not Recommended

Story:

Expelled from Paradise is an example of an interesting premise on paper, but poorly executed. I honestly couldn't recall the story from memory. Most of the story is sidelined while we focus on the two protagonists.

Characters:

The film stars the protagonist whose most notable feature is her name, Balzac. At the beginning of the movie, the movie makes it *very* clear this character is underaged while showing her bare breasts (she's listed as 20 on the site, it's complicated). Kajiwara makes it clear her character design is made for a "lolita look". Balzac's personality consists of whining, complaining, and more whining while in her skimpy outfit. ... Boob giggles don't count as personality.

The character Kajiwara has a dry personality as well but at least shows some human characteristics later on to not be complete robot.

Animation:

The animation consists mainly of 3D rendered animation with very brief shots animated in 2D (I recall two being used). The film attempts to grab the viewer's attention the best it can bit gratuitous fan service and the best animation at the beginning, but it's all downhill from there. To give the movie credit, the character models are at least decent, but it lacks any sort of personality to differentiate itself. Only two scenes actually impressed me in the entire movie, the rest was bland cinematography.

Overall, the movie is a generic good vs evil. Nothing special.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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