Expelled From Paradise

About Expelled From Paradise

Looking for background on Expelled From Paradise (楽園追放 -Expelled From Paradise-)? This action, mecha and sci-fi series by Toei Animation and Graphinica (2014) starts out like this. At its core: Angela Balzac is an agent at the space station DEVA, whose inhabitants have no physical bodies, their minds digitized and processed into a virtual reality environment. After failing to track down the hacker known as "Frontier Setter", she is tasked to look for him down on Earth, now a barren planet where the rest of the humans live.

In an action series like this, fight choreography, pacing and sound design carry much of the weight. Angela Balzac (Rie Kugimiya) and Hilde Thorwald (Kotono Mitsuishi) are two of the characters you will meet early.

This one is best suited to viewers who like fast, high-impact fights. The run is 1 episodes in total, so you know what you are signing up for.

Production & Appeal

Toei Animation and Graphinica is the studio behind Expelled From Paradise, and its direction shapes everything from character design to motion. Within the action category, fight choreography, pacing and sound design carry much of the weight. At 7.0/10 it earns a solid reception, a safe pick for fans of the genre. On the casting side, Rie Kugimiya voicing Angela Balzac gives the lead role a recognizable voice. It aired in 2014, which makes it easy to place in the wider anime calendar.