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The 2004 Appleseed feature is a reworking of the earlier video based on the manga by Masamune Shirow (Ghost in the Shell). In 2131, most of humanity has withdrawn to the glittering city of Olympus after a devastating war. When the curvaceous Deunan Knute comes to Olympus, she encounters her former comrade Briareos, now a cyborg, and the lovely android Hitomi. The fate of Hitomi, Olympus, and humanity rest on the lost "Appleseed" technology that Deunan's mother helped to develop. A standard series of chases, mecha battles, and confrontations leads to a predictable ending. When the original Appleseed appeared in 1988, it felt like a summary of anime's past, while Akira pointed the way to the future. This new version feels like a mishmash of Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Jin-Roh, Evangelion, and other, more exciting works. The motion-capture CG is typically weightless, and the mecha look oddly squat. --Charles Solomon
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Visually this movie is absolutely top drawer. Wether you like 3D animated movies or not this will have your yaw heading for the floor in minutes. The semi-cell-shaded appearance allows it to keep it's traditional Anime theme but the slickness and pure quality of the 3D animations is breathtaking. Unlike the likes of Final Fantasy, it doesn't try to look real, it tries to look like Anime. In the context of a movie composed from a previous Anime OVA that makes it more fraithful to its roots.
That much being said I found the plot was a little shallow in places. I don't know if the story didn't translate 100% to animation or wether simply compressing the serialized story into one movie left it a little light on detail. It could just be that having cut my teeth on EVA and GiTS/SAC this doesn't quite push all the buttons. Either way it was an extremely entertaining watch, and will keep most Anime enthusiasts entertained, just don't expect any deep thinking or mega-mind-melting psychology. 4 stars - mostly for the visual experience.
That much being said I found the plot was a little shallow in places. I don't know if the story didn't translate 100% to animation or wether simply compressing the serialized story into one movie left it a little light on detail. It could just be that having cut my teeth on EVA and GiTS/SAC this doesn't quite push all the buttons. Either way it was an extremely entertaining watch, and will keep most Anime enthusiasts entertained, just don't expect any deep thinking or mega-mind-melting psychology. 4 stars - mostly for the visual experience.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The animation of this Appleseed re-make is nothing short of breathtaking. The mecha scenes, and all the battle scenes are epic, with every single piece of this feature choreographed to perfection. My only gripe is that some of the human animations seem to be a bit choppy. Here and there I notice certain movements, (which would be the hardest to produce using CG), have been cut, or are traded for more economical movements, and shots, or just look plain wooden. These are in the vast minority though, and often I can see where choices to economise certain shots pay huge dividends in other pieces where the additional detail, or the extra frames now available resulted in some of the most fluid, breathtakingly, beautiful animation I've ever witnessed.
Additionally, the features on the DVD are great! Time has been put into producing quality extras, which are second only to the main feature in watchability.
As an aside, I'd recommend to anyone who hasn't seen the original appleseed; watch that too!
Additionally, the features on the DVD are great! Time has been put into producing quality extras, which are second only to the main feature in watchability.
As an aside, I'd recommend to anyone who hasn't seen the original appleseed; watch that too!
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
First of all, this movie looks stunning. The animation is near flawless to my eyes beautifully blending hand-drawn, motion capture, CGI and 3D images. The music was good but could have been better given the talent that worked on the film.
As for the story, even though the premise of a post-WWIII world isn't new, this film adds to the genre nicely with plenty of plot twists and intriguing back-stories.
Action scenes are nice, nothing too over-the-top gory but with enough impacts to keep the action-hungry viewer entertained.
Overall and excellent film which definitely requires a couple viewing to fully appreciate it.
As for the story, even though the premise of a post-WWIII world isn't new, this film adds to the genre nicely with plenty of plot twists and intriguing back-stories.
Action scenes are nice, nothing too over-the-top gory but with enough impacts to keep the action-hungry viewer entertained.
Overall and excellent film which definitely requires a couple viewing to fully appreciate it.
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Fantastic!
I guess in praising this I'd just be repeating the other reviewers here but it this is an amazing film. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Margie Greyvenstein author of 'Masked Gods'
Style over content and not much style...
I bought this dvd on the strength of the reviews and with the hope it may come close to a modern take on Akira. No chance... Read more
Published 19 months ago by D. J. Ryan
WOW
This movie is epic all the way out.
its animation is wonderful.
action scenes is quite impressive. Read more
its animation is wonderful.
action scenes is quite impressive. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2010 by Gisle Drabløs Orheim
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An extraordinary piece of animation of the science fiction genre. I was surprised at how detailed and clever this film is. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2009 by R. J. Chippendale
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To start off with YOU MUST BUY lol I truly ent the most easy to plz person when comes to films as I look too deep into things. Read more
Published on 6 Aug 2009 by E. D. R. Jones
Beautiful...
I love to see beautiful visuals in anime films. While there may be some yearning for those classic days of all hand drawn animation, I have been really impressed by some of the... Read more
Published on 13 April 2009 by J. Hayes
No 1 Anime Movie
Great Movie, story , characters, and the way its put together is amazing, buy this now!!
Published on 24 Mar 2009 by G. Anderson
Exellent stuff
When I bought this I was more than a bit skeptical of just how good it would be considering that I was sorely disappointed by the Manga video release of te first Appleseed... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2009 by Dj Syn/ Producer ICBM
wow
ok so then its another vision of post apocalyptic future and now mankind has designed bioroids to help govern themselves
into this comes the heroin deunan to try and save the... Read more
into this comes the heroin deunan to try and save the... Read more
Published on 8 July 2008 by whitetrashtrixie
Good animated action flick
I haven't seen any of the other versions of Appleseed, so I can't compare this to them. As a result one or two small parts of the film didn't seem to be fully explained. Read more
Published on 24 Jan 2008 by Name Supplied
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