A young girl carries her sister, who doesn’t have legs, up a seemingly endless flight of stairs to the top of a tower. There lies a place called Eden where people go to disappear. But maybe there is hope for them…

The Women's Land Movement emerged in the US in the 1970s, out of an era of radical change. Lesbians from across the United States moved out to wild, untamed landscapes to build a world without men. These communities of women built their homes and developed their unique women's culture from the ground up. Some women never left. While many of the hundreds of communities across the country disbanded, a few have held on. The remaining inhabitants are mostly in their 70s and 80s, and now face the reality of their own mortality. There is also the question of what happens to these lands - the project they have dedicated their lives to - after they are gone. Beyond Eden follows elders of the women's land communities in Oregon as they grapple with these questions.

《东之伊甸》（日语：东のエデン）是2009年4月于日本富士电视台的noitaminA播放的电视动画。是导演神山健治的原创作品，亦为noitaminA的第一部原创故事动画。电视播放结束后，后续的剧场版I The King of Eden及剧场版II 。原创剧情与高质量制作完美融合使曲折离奇的故事更加引人入胜，担任人设的羽海野千佳和负责配乐的川井宪次都堪称是豪华阵容的必要成员。而且片头曲更选中了英国摇滚乐团的头把交椅Oasis（绿洲乐队）的热卖名曲，如此的大手笔使影片具有很强的商业价值。