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Showing posts with label shinji aramaki. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shinji aramaki. Show all posts

Monday, July 26, 2010

Appleseed Ex Machina (2007)


A CG anime directed by Shinji Aramaki.
A common bluetooth headset/social networking device activates it's mind control program.
The audio was bad. All of the important dialogue was almost muted. The video was o.k.
check out: Does the beginning look like Prince of Persia with guns to anyone else?
The CG made this look like a non-interactive video game. I'm serious, the plot mirrored the plots of many video games and there was even a "final boss battle" in the climax. If I want to play video games, I'll play video games. If I want to watch a movie, it had better be a movie. That's why this one scores so badly.

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Appleseed (2004)


A CG anime directed by Shinji Aramaki.
A female warrior is recruited for a mission in Utoipa. Some humans want to destroy the clones that can't reproduce, but others want to keep the clones, let them reproduce, and keep humans from reproducing.
The audio and video were fine.
I like traditional cartoon style anime, so this entirely CG film was not exactly what I expected. There's a decent amount of action involved and a complex plot, so it wasn't a total waste. I'm saying o.k. because it would have been better if it had been regular anime.