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Summary: Decent anime, but not spectacular.
Review: The original Appleseed, is based on the Masamune Shirow manga, the same writer/artist responsible for Ghost in the Shell's source material. Appleseed takes place in a city that is run completely by robots in a post-apocalyptic universe. The main characters are police officers who are tracking down a terrorist plotting to liberate the city from robot control. I got the sense that they tried to cram too much of the comic into the anime just for fans. Characters are not fleshed out well, one main character seems to be lesbian, but only through some subtle signs, and much about the world goes unexplained. Still, the plot is entertaining, and has some interesting twists. The animation is dated, which is fine, given its vintage, but what bothered me the most was the lack of imaginative environments. A future where robots take care of everything should be alive and automated. It just seemed like everything took place in the present day, but with a few cyborgs and mecha running around. What gives? Appleseed is worth at least a rental, and I can't wait to see what the new gorgeous CG movie does with the same elements.
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Summary: Great plot! Fantastic animation!
Review: The storyline in this film is really compelling. Although this is not an action-packed movie, the plot keeps you very interested. The end does leave you hanging a bit though. I recommend the subtitled version over the dubbed version. The subtitles were extremely well done but the dubbing job is questionable.
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Summary: Kid sized anime with adult language
Review: This is a classic, don't get me wrong. I absoultly love this DVD and purchased it without even thinking twice... However I think it could have been 2 or even 3 times as long. At just over an hour it feels a bit rushed.
Also you should be made aware that there is an abundant almost unending supply of adult language in this movie.
I won't go into the story too much because that's half the fun. I will say that this anime has some of my favorite anime action scenes in it and I fall in love with it every time I put it in the DVD player. I rank it up there with Akira, Ghost in the shell, Iria and Robotech...
Oh and there is a hidden trailer for appleseed on the dvd version. Go to special features section. at the bottom you'll see it lists "play movie" "Menu" and to the right will be the MAGNA symbol. move to the right and highlignt the symbol. press enter and enjoy the "music video/trailer" for Appleseed. It's pretty cool.
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Summary: The Best Shirow Work Out There
Review: This is a really kewl anime movie; it's about a girl cop and her cyborg partner. The plot in this movie is a little bit hard to follow, but it boils down to this: Far in the future, society has broken down and fallen into anarchy, with the exception of a single city designed to be a utopia. Terrorists try to destroy the city and special SWAT teams are called in to deal with them. Thats why Hitomi (a clone working for the city) travels into the badlands to bring Deunan and Brianeos to the city to fight the terrorists. There's some odd stuff going on with the mayor and the creators of the city, but I didn't quite understand it all. I first watched this as a fan-sub but the tape was rather old and the tracking was bad so I missed a few chunks of the movie... If you like robots, battlesuits, high-gadgetry and heavy weapons, you must see this film. The quality is astounding -- comparable to "Spriggan" or possibly "Cowboy Bebop."
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Summary: An oldie but a goodie
Review: This is a true classic, one of the first Anime films that I collected. It is very short but it is very good. Its just too bad that more Appleseed films were not made.
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Summary: I am a big anime fan and this is one the best i've seen.
Review: This is one of the best anime movie i have seen in a long time
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Summary: Raw and Unlikable
Review: This movie has several things wrong with it. For one, There is no character development what so ever. Two, The animaton ain't all that great, plain and bland, not to much detail. Third, get subtitled, The dubbed is a sacrilege to the entire movie which isn't a very long running film to begin with. The dub degrades the entire flow of the film. It's terrible acting with misplaced words.The F word(not fornicate but the other one) is said mindlessly throughout the entire pic. The plot really was a bad one. I hoped it would develope more but it didn't. Good side is that i was in the hospital at the time. I had my appendix removed and my brother came in and handed me some movies. It helped pass the time away. That was the dubbed. Later i got it subtitled, and to my amazement nothing much changed except that i had to read it.
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Summary: Very strange
Review: This particular movie seemed very weird to me. It really didn't make much sense at all. It was something about terrorists trying to take over the world. That sounds like a good idea to me and maybe to you, but believe me, it's not planned out well. Go buy Metal Gear Solid for your PlayStation and play that instead of wasting your time on this movie.
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Summary: Appleseed Music Video/Trailer
Review: To see a music video style ad for the DVD release of Appleseed (which, oddly is ON the Appleseed DVD), go to the special features menu, scroll down the options until you rerach the bottom of the page where "Play Movie" and "Back" are located. Press right toward the Manga logo but it won't be highlighted. Presse enter to view the egg.
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Summary: New Appleseed release in Japan
Review: We just came back from a trip to Japan where we say a new versions of Appleseed in the theaters. Hopefully, it will be released in the US soon. It's a visually stunning film.
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