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Appleseed: Hypernotes (Paperback)

by Masamune Shirow (Artist, Author)
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  • Paperback: 160 pages
  • Publisher: Dark Horse; illustrated edition edition (1 May 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1593074468
  • ISBN-13: 978-1593074463
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 14.6 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 370,091 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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World War III is over, but for nomad soldier Deunan Knute and her cyborg lover, Briareos, the greatest challenge lies ahead. Not in the abandoned cities and DMZs of a post-war battlefield, but on the streets of a new "utopia." Shirow Masamune's visionary Appleseed is widely regarded not only as one of the lynchpin works of graphic fiction, but one of the most influential science-fiction stories in recent memory, culminating in the astonishing 2005 animated adaptation. Appleseed: Hypernotes, never before collected in America, features an over eighty page Appleseed tale, plus reams of detailed information and art of the characters, machines, and weapons of Appleseed.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Appleseed Five - the unfinished tale..., 13 Nov 2007
The manga collected in Hypernotes is the unfinished fifth volume of Appleseed. It's up to Shirow's usual high standards and the plot is developing nicely when it comes to an abrupt end. Why Shirow abandoned the project is unclear, but it's increasingly doubtful he'll ever return to it. Appleseed is still considered by many to be his best work (certainly by me).

A lot of the other data collected in the hypernotes is unrelated to Appleseed and is taken from various game projects that Shirow was involved in. One short section is on publicity art for the Seburo MN-23, a weapon from Shirow's fictional arms manufacturer, that was produced as an air-soft replica weapon by a Japanese toy company. Interesting to a degree, but if you're hoping for further background details and art from the Appleseed universe then, like me, you'll be sadly disappointed.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great manga, mostly weak content afterwards, 27 Jun 2009
By Luke W. Carroll (Midlands, England) - See all my reviews
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To be honest, just like with ID, this couldn't be recommended more for fans of Appleseed and/or Shirow but it pretty much worthless for anyone else. This won't really get you into Appleseed and isn't really where you should start if you're looking to do so. However, this is definitely ID's poor relation. There's no colour artwork in here and while there is technical drawings and concept art after the featured manga chapter, most of it is actually to do with other Shirow projects. Oddly, this was apparently released before ID which seems odd since this feels like the stuff that was left over from ID, with some other Shirow titbits thrown in to pad the book out.

Both ID (stands for Illustration and Data) and Hypernotes are basically information harvested from the Japanese Appleseed Databook and split into two volumes. I don't know for sure if all of the Databooks contents are presented in the two English volumes, but I get the feeling they aren't. While they're both indispensable for Appleseed fans, each volume really does feel like people cut and paste elements from Databook into two separate books with no real rhyme or reason. Another issue is that both books lead you to believe that they're going to be full of data about the Appleseed world, where in fact they're more like feature length additional chapters of the manga with lots of bonus material. ID's bonus material is deeper, more interesting and, above all, more Appleseed-related than Hypernotes.

That said, ID and Hypernotes are to Appleseed what the Appendices are to Lord of the Rings. I'll drop this down a mark from ID because, as has been said, it's essentially the same deal as ID (each featuring a different manga chapter not found in the other four volumes) but only with worse stuff after the manga finishes and with no colour artwork.
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