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Appleseed | 
 enlarge | Director: Shinji Aramaki
Actors: Ai Kobayashi, Jurota Kosugi, Yuki Matsuoka, Asumi Miwa, Akimoro Tsubasa
Studio: Optimum Home Entertainment
Category: DVD
List Price: £19.99
Buy New: £4.98
You Save: £15.01 (75%)
New (13) Used (4) from £3.75
Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 3753
Format: Animated, Box Set, Dubbed, Pal
Languages: English (Subtitled), Japanese (Original Language), English (Dubbed)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Region: 2
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 104 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060034573500
ASIN: B000BYNO44
Release Date: September 19, 2005
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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 essential anime June 24, 2007
M. O. HAYNES (UK)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Wow. I was amazed at the opening sequence of this film which outshines the brilliant opening of 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within' - the realistic kinetics of the human and 'mecha' characters is breathtaking. The 3-D computer generated animation is aided by motion capture and stylised with cell-shading to give it a clear association with previous anime such as 'Ghost in the Shell'. Sometimes the back drops are almost photo-real. This is real eye-candy stuff all the way through.
That's the hyperbole about the graphics over and done with, now I am going to have to try and justify why I gave this 5 stars and the 'Final Fanstay VII: Advent Children' only got 2! Well basically it's like this - I am a sucker for the work of Shirow Masamume whereas I think Squaresoft or whatever they call their film off-shoot are just trying to milk a franchise for all it's worth. If I was to compare the two films I'd say this film is not only visually far superior but it also has an interesting plot which isn't jut one big drawn out fight between the good guys and the bad guys. In fact at times it is really unclear who the good guys are and I enjoyed feeling unsure of how the story was going to turn out. The plot also makes you stop and think about the nature of humanity and what it means to be human in a very similar way the new series of 'Battlestar Galactica'.
It may not be true to the Manga but then this version of 'Appleseed' stands out in it's own right as an Anime milestone in terms of the excellent production and has had a clear influence on such films as 'Ultraviolet' and 'Natural City'. If you like kick-ass robot tanks and sci-fi kung-fu shenanigans you will love this film.
Apple seed is out of this world April 26, 2006
Matthew Wright (nottingham)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have just started to get into anime and this is one of the best films ive seen.The animation is 3d so its not just anime its like watching a cut scene from a video game.The action is great the characters are good and the story has depth a perfect action flick its kinda like the matrix meets metal gear meets final fantasy .So if you like anime get it
Fruity August 15, 2006
Smithy (N.E UK)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've got to say that only being quite new to anime this is an absolute cracker of a story, it conveys all the excitement (opening sequence) to emotion as Ms Knut relives her mothers death.
This films doesn't stop, the script is everything it promises with the visuals, it's intelligent, slightly cynical, emotional at times and paints a relistic picture of a future that would seem almost possible, there's not much corn in this film!!
I think the team behind this has come up with a crackling piece of cinema - well worth a look and at this price why not you won't be dissapointed
Great but ? January 23, 2008
Cerberus (London , England)
Great to see Appleseed remade but if only it had stuck to Masamune Shirows original Manga then it would have been better i feel but not possible to do in one film , still worth getting though for sure .
The quality of the dvd is brilliant... December 7, 2007
C. Jones (Fife, Scotland)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've just seen this (for second time) on a PC rigged with state of art tech - in other words it can show DVD's at their best. This DVD looked like HD DVD !
Graphics and imagination are at maximum. Storyline is usual Japanese, so expect baffling logic and mystifying charm. Great fun.
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