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Mind blowing... It is just AMAZING the kind of animation achieve on this ANIME/movie. Watch it! Own it!!! It reminds me of my ROBOTECH days...
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This was very enjoyable and satisfying.
The case is the finest I have ever seen.
The content on the bonus disk is fantastic too...
This entire work says, very simply: "Someone Cared Enough to pay attention to everything and get it right."
The few criticisms that one might have over it not being exactly like the original Appleseed VHS back in the day, can be addressed by saying simply that it is 2008 not 1988.
The fact that the story, character design, and over all impact of the original work was retained is good enough for me.
The new take on this material is fresh from every perspective, without destroying what was truly the core of the original Anime.
I have watched this 3 times since purchasing it and it is beautiful and exciting.
Worth every penny. I'm just picked up the Appleseed ExMachina collectors edition also. I'm excited to watch it.
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I am glad that I 'flixed this film before purchasing. It was entertaining, but I have little desire to see it again. There were several holes in the story and the characters were flat and uninteresting. The theme could have been made into a great sci-fi anime series and I hope that this will be the next step, that and going to a hand drawn style rather than CG.
If you want to see a CG film that is just as pretty (or more so) then check out FF7 Advent Children. Guaranteed to rock your world!
Pros: Pretty CG, action, good theme and story
Cons: lots of loose plot threads, dull characters, too short, needed fleshing out
Viewing preference: Japanese with english subtitles
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This movie is great! The animation style is great along with the action and Deunen's mad fighting skills!! I mean, a forehead shot while diving backward? Insane! Does anyone know what E.S.W.A.T. stands for anyway? Some high-tech version of Special Weapons And Tactics, perhaps?
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Though it has nothing to do with apples, Appleseed is a shiny, crisply animated film that tastefully combines traditional cell-shaded animation with juicy 3-dimensional computer graphics. As the story begins, we find the legendary camouflage-clad warrior babe, Deunan Knute, armed only with a handgun and fighting for her life against a gang of crimson-eyed fiends and an unstoppable Gatling Tank amid the dusty, blue-tinged rubble of some post-apocalyptic wasteland. After a few very impressive slow-motion backflips and karate kicks choreographed to the rhythmic beats of Paul Oakenfold's `Burns Attack,' our fern-haired heroine is surrounded and ultimately captured by members of ES.W.A.T. and whisked away in the Tilt Rotor--an aircraft that's a cross between a plane and a helicopter. When the tranquilizer rounds finally wear off, Deunan opens her big green eyes to find herself in a sparkling utopia called Olympus. Here she meets the lovely ES.W.A.T. recruiter, Hitomi, and a hulking steel-headed cyborg dude with five red eyes where his face should be and a pair of metal rabbit ears atop his chrome-plated cranium. Deunan soon discovers, much to her initial horror, that this faceless giant is not merely the Easter Bunny's worst nightmare; he is none other than her old boyfriend, Briareos Hecatonchires! It seems that a year or so ago, the once-handsome Briareos required some cybernetic replacement parts after his body was badly damaged in a battle on the North African front...but inside he's still the same good-hearted guy he's always been (plus, he undoubtedly gets excellent TV reception).
The next morning, Hitomi takes Deunan for a spin around the futuristic city in her glistening raspberry-pink hover-car. As they observe Olympus's crystal-clear skies, picturesque parks, mirrored streets and deliriously happy residents, the raven-haired tour guide endeavors to explain the complicated facts of life in this supposed utopia.
The two gigantic, highly-reflective, dome-shaped structures that dominate the cityscape are called Tartaros and Daidalos. Inside these unusual buildings is the enormous I.N. (Intelligent Network) brain, commonly known as Gaia. Gaia is a self-expanding network that monitors interactions between humankind and the Bioroids that make up half of the city's population. Bioroids are an advanced species of clones, manufactured with the highest quality components. Unlike ordinary human beings, whose unstable emotions often lead to war, Bioroids do not feel anger, jealousy or hatred. Whether or not they can feel love is open to debate. Hitomi says they can't, but Yoshi the blue-haired Landmate mechanic later says they can. One thing's certain though, Bioroids cannot have children, as their reproductive systems are inactive. Therefore, they must undergo a periodic life extension process or they will age rapidly and die.
The governing body of Olympus, called the Administration, is exclusively Bioroid. It is overseen by the slightly wrinkled Prime Minister Athena, redheaded commander-in-chief of the ES.W.A.T. force. Athena and the Bioroids are the facilitators of balance and peace in Olympian society. Peaceful coexistence between Man and Bioroid is believed to be the last remaining hope for the survival of the human species. However, this peace is threatened by the Bioroid-hating extremist, General Uranus (he must've been teased relentlessly as a child), commander of the so-called Regular Army--an army comprised entirely of human beings.
The ultimate authority in this shimmering dream world of alleged perfection is, of course, the Legislature, which is run by the Seven Elders (a group of crusty old gentlemen who apparently never leave their floating chairs), along with the aforementioned Gaia. The rule of Olympus is decided by debate between these seven seniors and the big blue bubble-like computer, Gaia--a stable, unwavering, emotionless machine with no capacity for sentiment. The Elders' aged human minds give Gaia's thinking a much-needed measure of flexibility (and probably an appreciation for Big Band music as well).
Looming over all of Olympus, at the top of Tartaros, is the ominous D-Tank. It is widely believed that this tank holds a dreadful virus that, if ever released, would wipe out all Bioroid existence. Thankfully, the manufactured Olympian citizens can rest easy knowing that the D-Tank is guarded by the ultimate system in high-tech security. ...Does all of this sound like a recipe for disaster to you?
Complex plot aside, Appleseed is a spectacularly beautiful CG extravaganza with enough eye candy to give your corneas cavities. The movie contains a number of thrilling action sequences featuring lightning-fast suits of gleaming robotic armor; silvery whip-swinging androids; lumbering spider-like Mobile Fortresses; blazing machineguns; and earth-rattling explosions. And the visual mayhem is all set to pounding electronic anthems by groups like Boom Boom Satellites and Basement Jaxx.
The Collector's Edition comes in a nifty metal case and includes a bonus disc, loaded with extras like design archives; image galleries; character and mecha info; and a fascinating English-subtitled featurette on the `Birth of 3D Live Anime.' Appleseed contains a few violent death scenes, but there's no sex and very little in the way of bad language (unlike the old 2-D version). No fan of animation, computer-generated or otherwise, should be without this landmark film. Dive for it!
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