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| Appleseed / Limited Collector's Edition : 4 of 5 | |
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9.17.2007
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 I've had this DVD in my pile waiting to be watched for so long it's scary! I bought it soon after it was released, since there was so much hype about it, and now I understand why - Appleseed is a seriously cool movie! The process used to make this film is fascinating, since it's actually the first completely 3D modeled CGI film from Japan, and it truly has an amazing look. I always knew the environments were 3D models, but I never knew that the characters themselves were all modeled as well, and mostly animated via motion capture (including some interesting lip-sync facial techniques). Because this is still an anime, they chose to render the characters with 2D flat shading (which is why I was confused!), and this gives the film really amazing style. All of this is presented on an excellent Japanese documentary included in the set, along with lots of other great bonus material. The story itself is packed with action in an awesome futuristic setting, with the basic plot concerning artificial humans called bioroids and the rift in human society because of their existence. The main characters Deunan and Briareos (who is a cyborg) undergo great development in the story, but Hitomi the bioroid is my favorite because she's just too cute. The soundtrack is fantastic, full of modernistic rock songs, and I really appreciate the fact that the camera angles used are very tasteful (since they can often get too crazy in a CGI film). Appleseed is an incredible movie and definitely a milestone in both anime and CGI animation in general!
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