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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Appleseed
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List Price: $19.95
Our Price: $9.92
Your Save: $ 10.03 ( 50% )
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Manga Video
Starring: Nobuo Iwamoto, Nobuyuki Furuta, Masako Katsuki, William Roberts, Mika Doi
Directed By: Kazuyoshi Katayama
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786303365664
Format: Animated
ISBN: 6303365663
Label: Manga Video
Manufacturer: Manga Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Manga Video
Release Date: 1995-02-28
Running Time: 70
Studio: Manga Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1994
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Editorial Reviews:
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Based on the captivating manga comic book series created by the acclaimed Masamune Shirow (Ghost in the Shell), Appleseed is a high-octane, action packed race against time as the future of civilization hangs in the balance. After the devastation of World War III, the scattered governments of the world construct the perfect city - but life in Olympus is carefully controlled and monitored by Biodroids - artificially created half-human half-robots. A dedicated band of terrorists plot to destroy the central computer to restore freedom to mankind.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The CG Versions Are FAR Superior
Comment: Coming from a hardcore Masamune Shirow fan, if you want to know about Appleseed, either read the mangas, or see the two excellent CGI films. This OVA from the early 80s is total cheese, taking none of the futuristic drama into account, and going for cheap laughs. It might fit the Tank Police series, but not here. Trust me, don't waste your money when this series has been reimagined into some of the finest computer animated features to ever come out of Japan.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Decent anime
Comment: Appleseed is an ok at best anime for its time. Pretty outdated but still somewhat enjoyable. Just like most anime, it starts out with guns blazing then slows down a bit and picks up at times. The story is alright but it kind of gave me that drowsy feeling at times.
The anime takes place in a post apaocalpytic future where mankind is practically replaced by robots governed by a super computer. There lives are predetermined and there is a group of terrorist who seek to change this life. I found the future to look not so futuristic. It still looks pretty modern day and there was a couple of holes in the story from what I saw.
Well if your looking to check out some of the older anime "classics" then I guess you cant go too wrong with this. If you can get it cheap then I would say do that. At the very least its good for a rental.
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Summary: Not THAT good!! I think that the 2004 Appleseed is better!
Comment: This anime is NOTHING spectacular! Is pure decent action anime with VERY FEW exciting scenes wich weren't even THAT good!
Not only that! The action wasn't well choreographied and the graphics, sound and animation were so-so.
The 2004 Appleseed have more excitement, more stunts, more action and better quality. What I didn't like was the CG animation, I hate CG animation and graphics in animes(except for Final Fantasy A.C.).
Adios.
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Summary: Poor effort
Comment: This is the original cell animé and should in no way be confused with the glorious 3D CGI creation of the same name. The animation is shoddy and doesn't compare well with many of its contemporaries, Akira this is not.
Plot, xenophobic terrorist and sappy police traitor plot to destroy Olympus ( Spelt incorrectly in the signposts.) The defence is lead by Deunan a female SWAT cop and her Cyborg sidekick Brearios, who looks more like a robotic rabbit than the formidable man-machine he's supposed to be. Much shooting and running around in circles ensues until right prevails, Hurrah !
If you've seen the latest Appleseed CGI masterpiece and are considering watching this one, don't. It's simply not in the same league and the character relationships, such as they are, are nonsensical when compared with the more recent version. It's almost guaranteed to disappoint.
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Summary: Re-visit the 80s.
Comment: Appleseed is based on the manga - Mankind is trying to make a perfect utopia in the city of Olympus. But is it perfect or just another form of a cage, monitored and controlled by a computer named Gaia. Forces within the city are trying to restore their freedoms. Or are they just trying to bring paradise down to hell?
It is up to Dunan Nats and Buliarous Hekatonecles, with the rest of their fellow officers in the ESWAT Squad, to keep order without breaking the laws themselves.
The voice actors don't seem to appear in anything else, the plot is simple, the themes watered down, English is mis-spelled -Red ALART???-, the music is late 80s (DUH - the anime was MADE in the late 80s) and the F-word is used by everybody. All in just over an hour.
IT is SO PERFECT. Come on, this is the stuff we all watched at one time or another. Terrorists, mecha, explosions. A must for any fan of anime or Masamune Shirow.
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