Appleseed: Ex Machina (2007)

Appleseed: Ex Machina: Directed by Shinji Aramaki. With Ai Kobayashi, Kôichi Yamadera, Yûji Kishi, Kong Kuwata. With Brialeos convalescing after a mission, Deunan is assigned a new and remarkably familiar partner as a strange wave of terrorist attacks plague Olympus.

“Iu0026#39;ve seen all the Appleseed flicks and enjoyed all of them.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is the next logical step in improving the computer animated versions one step further.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is not u0026quot;state of the artu0026quot; as the final fantasy movies are. As someone mentioned the skin of the characters looks a little plastic, and they havenu0026#39;t gotten the movement quite right (but what computer animated film has?). Also, where in FF The Spirits Within you could see the animation quality and the effort to make things look more realistic, in this movie the animation is actually a little step back. The best example is the hair of the characters (also as previously mentioned by someone else). The only realistic hair you see in the film is on Bularios clone, where although his hair is tied at the back, you can see individual strands. Personally I canu0026#39;t wait to see a computer animated movie where they get the movement of the characters spot-on.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThe plot of the movie is great, well done. The acting is good and the script is also good. I thought the lip syncing could have been done a little better, but it is done well enough that you donu0026#39;t notice unless you look for it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAlso, thank the powers that be that it is u0026quot;almost totally devoid of the philosophical musings that makeu0026quot; many animes so utterly boring. I remember the first time I watched Ghost in the Shell. Half way through the movie the main character starts rambling on about u0026quot;philosophical musingsu0026quot; that bored the hell out of me and the other people who were with me seeing this film. Personally that is not why I enjoy anime.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis movie is pretty much none stop action all the way through, as we would expect from John Woo. Itu0026#39;s done very much in his style, which is good. The actual rendering of the characters has been changed a little, talking another small step back away from the big puppy eyed classic anime character look. However, they didnu0026#39;t go overboard, and it still has that look we all love so much. (read, the babes still look awesomely cute). They sort of rub your face in it a little as the main character Deunan Knute has a great tush that apparently is so strong that while the rest of her body is covered in body armor, her tush is not. Hey, Iu0026#39;m not complaining….it IS anime.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI have watched this movie four or five times, and itu0026#39;s every bit as good now as it was the first time I watched it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eAnyone who is an anime lover (there are more and more of us all the time) will love this movie to pieces. People who just enjoy animated movies will also enjoy this movie because it is not your classic anime, but a little bit of an evolution of that genre.”