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| enjoyed the movies..but this..this is gonna be a pass not sure about other people but i don't watch animes that i don't like to look at, and i don't remember Knute bening so depressed and annoying, just my 2 cents though i'm sure whoever the fans of this will keep watching. PS to those that didn't know the Appleseed maker went bankrupt guess that *CGI* costed alot.. |
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| Yeah, the animation shocks me everytime so different to what im used to, but in a good way xD |
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| First episode was alright, i don't like the look of the CG tho but i will continue to watch tho. It was interesting at least and im a sucker for sci-fi anime |
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| I didn't know anything about appleseed until now and I really liked that first episode. Don't understand what you all are complaining about =/ |
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Thalandor46 said: The scenery looked nice, but the characters movements were so rigid and awkward. Totally agree with that. I'll still give it a try because I've liked the movies and see how it goes. Hopefully the story will make it worth watching. |
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| It felt more like I was watching clips from a Appleseed PS2 game's cinematic than an anime. That was a soulless and dreadful effort at a property that has already been attempted (and failed) to be adapted too many times now. |
| I've only seen one of the Appleseed movies and the show may not have best quality of the movies maybe because they are on a time basis. Though the CG models did look kind of stubbish at some times and some frames it seem they tried replacing with some 2d backgrounds. They seem to make Deunan more feminine and more emotional than the movie counterparts... But this is only the first episode hopefully it gets better over time. |
| I agree that the character animation is slow and awkward. It's hard to tell the character expression and thus making the character feel souless. The mechs and background is nice though. |
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| Well, the budget on this one sure is low. It's even hard for the voice acting to be synchronized with the video...making the entire experience... similar to a badly-done game CG scene. However that was to be expected since the trailer showed pretty much the same flaws. Other than the technical aspects, people have to be more patient in order to see more plot. So far, nothing new happened. |
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| The movies was stupid but they at least looks good. This has nothing to offer. |
GanossaJul 24, 2011 2:04 AM
That was horrible. Horribly animated and horribly boring. I understand the budget is less than that of a movie animated even a few years ago, but this screws the pooch. |
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| As someone already said but was promptly ignored I guess each episode is going to be designed and animated by a different artist. I'm willing to say that yes some of the human faces were a bit...off, but the action and robots were cool. I'm not going to judge until I see other episodes. |
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| It was unexpectedly boring. |
Don't talk to me about character development if Kaizuka Inaho or Slaine Troyard are in your favorites. |
| The economy being in the state it's in at the moment, I believe some of you are being rather critical with your opinions of this anime. CG is not cheap and to get above average graphics you would have to be a contender like Disney or Pixar. That being said I am and always have been a fan of Shirow Masamune so I will definitely be watching every episode. |
| Sucks donkey balls compared to the previous Appleseed OVA and movies. All that CGI is killing me. And what's with all those strange greekish paintings that kept appearing through the episode?! It's awfully annoying. |
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| /dropped. Nothing else to say, as a fan of the licence. This is just shit. |
EsoneR said: The economy being in the state it's in at the moment, I believe some of you are being rather critical with your opinions of this anime. CG is not cheap and to get above average graphics you would have to be a contender like Disney or Pixar. That being said I am and always have been a fan of Shirow Masamune so I will definitely be watching every episode. Japanese animators are as good if not better than those at Pixar. This OVA was made by the same animation studio who made Fireball, and the animation in Fireball was amazing. I'm an animator myself, so I know a thing or two about this kinda thing. The budget must have been really low, and mixing 2d with 3d is not easy. |
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Klownzie said: Japanese animators are as good if not better than those at Pixar. This OVA was made by the same animation studio who made Fireball, and the animation in Fireball was amazing. I'm an animator myself, so I know a thing or two about this kinda thing.The budget must have been really low, and mixing 2d with 3d is not easy. I agree with you about Japanese animators being second to none, but my actual point was about their budget. It's true they were both made by Jinni's Animation Studios, but Fireball was backed by Disney hence the better quality graphics. |
d4n13lr0x said: This truly is an original Appleseed manga dedicated adaptation, so anyone who is an Appleseed fan from the movies will surely be shocked and anyone who has never read/seen the original Appleseed manga/OVAs/movies will be disappointed. Was a great first episode. On one hand I really wanted to see the much more updated looks and CGI of today, but I had to admit that it was a pretty good retro feeling nostalgia of the past. 4/5 You summed it up pretty well. I was kinda anticipating an instant drop seeing the lattest CGI SF works from Japan (EX Machina, Vexille, TO...) but even if the 3D does not look really good (this is only an OVA and the studio went bankrupt, so...), the art direction and actual direction are fantastic and the script is very faithful to the manga (i.e much better than in both movies). Oh, and Maaya Sakamoto is perfect as Deunan too. Extremely good start to this XIII even if I'd rather have had a new Appleseed series in traditional 2D drawings. |
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Jacut said: Extremely good start to this XIII even if I'd rather have had a new Appleseed series in traditional 2D drawings. this. it could have been better if it is done in traditional animation like GitS. |
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| I have just been thoroughly and maliciously rickroll'd. |
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| Just 2 episodes out yet it has over 400 ratings funny... |
| Huh, that was ... interesting o_O IT'S 3D! Kinda weird, the character art REALLY reminds me of people in video games ... lol XD Although some of it was well done but just a bit ... odd I guess :P Erm ... yea, well, I don't really get what's happening, looks like there are people who want to "break away" from whatever system they have? Bioroids are interesting and so was Breareos (I'm so bad with names lol) or whatever "dying", but he's like ... a robot isn't he? Or I dunno. Deunan wanted to run away but didn't. I found that the hugging scenes were kind of awkward to watch lol XD Plus the tearing up scenes weren't that great either It'll be interesting to see what episode 2 is like lol :P |
| Why Production I.G. WHY MUST YOU MAKE ME CRY..... What is with that PS2 in game cut scene quality. Actually Appleseed the game has better graphics. I am not a graphic person, but this was soooo bad i can't even bare to pay attention to the story.... I can't not freaking unseen this, or unhear that new deunan's voice. What the hell have you DONE!!!!!!!!!!!! |
| just tuned it down from 1080p to 480p. It looks much better that way i find. Is almost like beer goggle effect |
| Decent action. That's all. Nothing compared to the OVA/Movies though. |
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| introduction eps, not that much of action tho |
AmberFebruary said: this. it could have been better if it is done in traditional animation like GitS. I myself cant watch this cgi stuff. Gits is the first show I thought of that it could/should have been like. |
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| I'm not a big fan of the series but the movies/ovas were enjoyable so this feels alright, unimpressive CGI aside. Deia looks alright but the other woman are woofs and Deunan looks like a disproportionate Barbie doll. |
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