Finding the Garden of Eden, (エデンの園 -The Garden of Eden), sometimes shortened to just "Eden" is a post apocalyptic web comic and voice-over series produced by Critical Pictures and Temarfilm Industries. The story is influenced by the Fallout series, notably Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas.
One of the first promotions for Finding the Garden of Eden.
Production
Finding the Garden of Eden originally started out as a prototype animated opening known as High Voltage that was created in 2011. Little was known about the story compared to the current successor, except with changed character names, added characters, and background information.
The first pilot episode with the same name was aired on YouTube in 2016 as an audience pitch existing as the comic's forerunner, where it would be later decided to be made into a comic instead.
The first chapter of Finding the Garden of Eden was released in 2017, the final finished in November of 2020. The successor, Finding the Garden of Eden: Second Arc began production shortly after.
Synopsis
In the pilot of Finding the Garden of Eden, Atlas, one of many androids created in the year of 2245 in post apocalyptic Massachusetts at a mysterious organization known as the Institute. Due to the experimental mistreatment of the Synths alike, Atlas and his companions band together to plan their escape, Atlas becoming the sole survivor due to his assailant brother Helios. At some point during his breakout, Atlas winds up in the Capital Wasteland where he is ambushed by the agile and strong species known as a Deathclaw.
Atlas wakes up in an unfamiliar infirmary seated in an underground base known as Raven Rock, which is home to the Enclave: a secretive political, scientific, militaristic organization that descended directly from pre-war United States Government. Unknowing to Atlas, the Enclave had wiped his memory while he was unconscious including the awareness he once had of being synthetic, where he is continuously being hunted down by the Synth Retention Bureau. After Atlas escapes from the Enclave's grasp, he remains hidden in the Mojave Wasteland.
Finding the Garden of Eden begins with Chevelle Fordyce's character arc, where Atlas was assigned to drop infant Chevelle in the hands of the NCR. The small NCR camp finds themselves looking after him, a child of a traitor known as Alexander Fordyce. The story follows this child as he grows up knowing very little about the Mojave Wasteland outside of the NCR's clutches. When a deal goes bad on his 17th birthday, it is up to Chevelle to choose his own fate: chaos.
Themes and analysis
Finding the Garden of Eden is a post apocalyptic retrofuturistic fan-series, starting its setting in the year 2250 (27 years before the events of Fallout 3). The series explores sci-fi (cyberpunk) and psychological horror themes, as well as religious and biblical references. The majority of the comic takes place mostly in the year of 2281 and following years after.
Characters
Major Characters
- ANGEL 4-1
- Atlas
- Bruce Caine
- Alexander Fordyce
- Chevelle Fordyce
- Gideon Fordyce
- Kalen Fordyce
- Renata Fordyce
- Gabrielle Foster
- Helios
- Ilya Ivanov
- Anahita Jafari
- Cyr McCree
- Eden McCree
- Elizabeth Monroe
- Jett Navarre
- Travis Navarre
- Tycho
- Andrew Zhū
Minor Characters
- Terrance Ahlstrom
- Augustus Autumn
- Melissa Byrne
- C-Money
- Janatori Dellorusso
- Cynthia Duarte
- John Henry Eden
- Eros
- Nathan Fordyce
- Ranger Hendrix
- Bobo Higgins
- James Hsu
- Eddie Jackman
- James
- Jordon
- Katrina
- Denver Kowalski
- Gao Gui Long
- Adam McCray
- Prius Monroe
- Joseph Polatli
- Vance Ramos
- Alex Richards
- Shannda
- Reo Speedwagon
- Usanagi
- Laney Versailles
- Frederick Williams