It's a bit difficult to say whether I'm satisfied or disappointed with the ending of Eden of the East. For one, it ended in my opinion in a somewhat unorthodox manner that isn't in line with most animes tend to do. However, being unorthodox does not automatically mean it's good. After putting a little thoughts into it, it really isn't that good of an ending--it's more or less of a sudden termination of the story. In fact, after seeing this ending, the whole story become a wild goose chase that tries to feed you a certain philosophical and political view of today's world. While it ties up many things, some among the most important ones are just left wide open.
On top of that, even though the whole story is already far-fetched enough, introductory of excessive far-fetched'ness such as the mobile Juiz in my opinion has gone just a bit too far.
Having said that, however, even though the ending less than stellar and they've gone a bit too far in their imaginative realm, the story itself in my opinion is still quite enjoyable. The end of the movie feels like something wrapping up a saga that has been going for years non-stop, in a good way. When a shot series plus two short movies can have this effect, I'd say they've done an excellent job in drawing people's attention deep into the plot.
Oh, one more thing, even though the "Johnny" joke has been left mostly untouched in both movies, the 10 seconds of the opening of this second movie made a "Johnny" reference that had just made me rolling on the chair laughing.
Score: 83
