Appleseed Ex Machina (Single-Disc Edition)
by Shinji Aramaki
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Actor: Ai Kobayashi, K?ichi Yamadera, Kong Kuwata, Shinpachi Tsuji, Y?ji KishiDirector: Shinji Aramaki
Brand: APPLESEED
Producer: Hidenori Ueki
Producer: Ikuko Kogiso
Producer: Jeff Conner
Producer: John Woo
Producer: Joseph Chou
Writer: Kiyoto Takeuchi
Writer: Masamune Shirow
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-03-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- The next installment in the Appleseed franchise, Appleseed: Ex Machina,available on DVD! Produced by John Woo and Directed by Shinji Aramaki,and featuring next generation CG technology, Appleseed: Ex Machina isback bigger and badder! Based on the manga from reknown creator Shirow Masamune, in this movie,Deunan and Briareos are both partners and lovers. As members of ESWAT,the elite forces servi
DVD Reviews of Appleseed Ex Machina (Single-Disc Edition)
DVD Review: I had to rent it from Netflixs to watch it because i never received it.
Summary: 5 Stars
I love Appleseed and the Creator the talented and very cool Masamune shirow
sadly when i ordered this dvd set i never received it the seller who used Amazon.com
screwed me over Gohastings screwed me over.
But i was able to see it with Netflix!
Damn good story.
damn good CG.
A+ all the way!
DVD Review: Sequel to the 2004 Appleseed film
Summary: 4 Stars
Appleseed Ex Machina is the sequel to the 2004 Appleseed film that was directed by Shinji Aramaki. It continues the story of Deunan and Briareos, and also introduces a couple of new characters (Tereus and Aeacus).
The languages menu for the Appleseed Ex Machina DVD is a little on the frustrating side. It is done in such a way that the language option for each country is written in that respective country's language. Unfortunately, this means that the Japanese and Chinese options are written with the Japanese and Chinese characters. If you want to choose either of those as a language option, you have to have some familiarity with the written characters. Also, after you choose the language, you are automatically returned to the main menu. In order to indicate that you want subtitles, you have to return to the languages menu and choose the subtitles.
The regular release of Appleseed Ex Machina also has two short documentaries on it. The first is "Team Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki." This runs for about sixteen and a half minutes, and through interviews with Shinji Aramaki, crew members, and anime journalists, you find out what each of these individuals brought to Appleseed Ex Machina. The other documentary is "Revolution: Animating Ex Machina." This runs for about eighteen and a half minutes, and it talks about how the animation was done for the film, and it also delves a little bit into the English dubbing for the project. The trailers feature only includes two anime-related trailers (both of which are for the live-action version of Speed Racer). There is also an audio commentary.
There was also a two-disc special edition version released for Appleseed Ex Machina. The second disc includes two documentaries. The first is "The Appleseed Chronicles." It runs for about twenty minutes, and goes into the history of the Appleseed manga. Personally, I was a little disappointed that this feature never touched on the 1988 OVA version of Appleseed or the 2004 Appleseed film directed by Shinji Aramaki. The other documentary is "East Meets West," and it runs for about eighteen and a half minutes. This feature talks about how anime crossed over into the west, and how various terms and ideas involved with anime have been cross-pollinated between the Japanese and American cultures.
In my opinion, Appleseed Ex Machina was a strong follow-up to the Appleseed film. The computer animation used in this film is even better than in the first film, and there are some shots and sequences where you truly feel like you're watching a live-action film.
Appleseed Ex Machina is a PG-13 rated film. It's a violent film, so I really wouldn't recommend it for young children. However, if you're a fan of the first Appleseed movie, you won't be disappointed by Appleseed Ex Machina. It's a DVD that should be in the anime library of anyone who considers themselves a fan of Appleseed.
DVD Review: Exellence
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent movie. The graphics is incredible and so realistic! I would recommend this movie to anyoneDVD Review: Amazing graphics
Summary: 5 Stars
The cell shading looks like a graphic novel rather than a traditional cartoon.
The story is pretty decent for anime.
You know how anime often has really bad stories.
This is one of the better anime movies.
Worth watching.
DVD Review: Visually stunning and very entertaining!
Summary: 5 Stars
Japanese animators continue to push the envelope in creating drama in animated features which seem to blur the lines between reality and fiction. The complexity of the plots and characters is a testament to their attention to detail and has a tremendous influence in American films(The Matrix, Transformers, etc.). This film is an animated feature and not a cartoon which addresses the idea of man vs. machine and how they co-exist. Filled with cyborgs, hybrids and heavily armored vechicles this movie is very entertaining and never lets go of the throttle once the action starts.
Description of Appleseed Ex Machina (Single-Disc Edition)
No Description Available.Genre: Television: Series
Rating: NR
Release Date: 11-MAR-2008
Media Type: DVD
Produced by John Woo and directed by Shinji Aramaki, Appleseed Ex Machina (2007) ranks as the most elaborate, stylish, and violent of the three adaptations of Masamune Shirow's manga. When it was released in 1988, the original Appleseed felt like a summary of anime's past, while Akira pointed the way to the future. The second Appleseed (2004), also directed by Aramaki, was an unimpressive motion-capture CG feature that borrowed elements from other sci-fi anime. In this latest incarnation, Deunan, Briareos, and Tereus of the E.S.W.A.T. team are charged with preserving the peace of the city-state of Olympus, a hi-tech paradise on a largely ruined Earth. Screenwriters Kiyoto Takeuchi and Todd W. Russell have given the story a contemporary twist, adding attacks by "cyborg terrorists" and an effort by the ruler of Olympus to control a world-wide satellite surveillance system. When cyborgs and human launch coordinated attacks on the government headquarters in Olympus, Deunan, Briareos, and Tereus swing into action against a mysterious enemy. The plot has little in common with the earlier films: the Appleseed technology that was at the core of the story isn't even mentioned. The look, tone, and characters in Ex Machina recall Shirow's Ghost in the Shell, rather than the original Appleseed. Not surprisingly, the elaborately choreographed fight scenes reflect Woo's signature style, with slo-mo martial-arts combat, close-ups of falling shells, dynamic camerawork, and all-out gun battles. But the weightless movements of the motion-capture characters and the limited rendering of the skin textures gives Appleseed Ex Machina the feel of an extremely elaborate computer game. Despite the limits of the mo-cap technology, Appleseed Ex Machina is a fast-past, take-no-prisoners cinematic adventure that will delight action-movie fans as well as anime lovers. (Rated PG-13: violence, violence against women, profanity, grotesque imagery, potentially offensive religious imagery.) --Charles Solomon
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