dr_vandermeer Posted January 24, 2004 Posted January 24, 2004 Dunno if peopel have already seen this, but its a first time for me. NCS just put up pics of soem new Appleseed gashapons coming out, here:http://www.ncsx.org/2004/ncs011904/x_appleseed.htm I'm guessing they're based on the new movie coming out, since i don't recognize the whip-toting cyborgs. whoa, cool! hadn't seen these before. Quote
bsu legato Posted January 24, 2004 Author Posted January 24, 2004 Those gashapon look cool! I think that new movie looks pretty good, aside fro the fact that Deunan looks nothing like Shirows version. Properly done motion capture rocks! Quote
Briareos Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 A new Appleseed trailer in Quicktime. Enjoy http://www.apple.com/jp/quicktime/trailers...eseed_large.mov Taken from Quicktime Japan. http://www.apple.co.jp/quicktime/trailers/index.html Quote
EXO Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 AWESOME... Nice to see a shot of Olympus there. The detail is getting better and better. I still have the image of the characters' blank faces from the con though. Thanks, Bri. Quote
Briareos Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/comics/kc/boy_03.html - TITLE: APPLESEED - BRAND: MORNING KC - PRICE: 1,785yen (including tax) - RELEASE DATE: 03/23/2004 Kodansha is advertising a new Appleseed Book for that date. It's most likely an appleseed book based on the anime. But here's hoping. Shirow was quoted that he could no longer draw those "laughless" eyes of Deunan. And he's lost alot of his Appleseed research material back in the Kobe quake of '95. So Appleseed 5 is highly doubtful. Drew Quote
yellowlightman Posted January 26, 2004 Posted January 26, 2004 I had my doubts about this, but the trailer really changed my mind. It looks really sharp and loads better than your regular cell-shaded movie. My only gripes were the colors. Maybe it's just my imagination, but Appleseed always seemed to be a world with a lot of greys, browns and greens... Not all these bright primary colors. But maybe I just prefer an 80's anime aesthetic... The city scapes also looked too... GiTS, I dunno, kind of irked me. Quote
RockNRollBomba Posted January 29, 2004 Posted January 29, 2004 The soundtrack kind of bugs me. The music from the trailers dumbs down the vibe for me, giving it an almost MTV feel. I'm tired of animes with typical Rap/Rock/Junk Techno riffs... its been done to death already, its time to move on; but then I may be in the minority with that opinion. Well this is all based on that extended apple Japan trailer... I'll most likely think differently after a complete viewing of the finished movie. The CG/Cell effects are really fluid and life-like, too bad this thing is not a video game... Quote
dr_vandermeer Posted February 2, 2004 Posted February 2, 2004 TOO COOL!!! Can't wait to catch it. But for some reason, something about Briareos looks...I dunno...OFF... He feels...flat or something... Quote
Anubis Posted March 4, 2004 Posted March 4, 2004 Well, it's official, Geneon will distribute the new Appleseed movie outside Asia. From AnimeNewsNetwork: Geneon Acquires Appleseed (2004-03-03 12:13:19)Geneon Entertainment has acquired the World Wide (except Japan) rights to the upcoming Appleseed Movie. The movie will be released in Japan on April 17th, in North America this summer and in Europe and Asia at a later (undisclosed) time. Source: Y! Japan Quote
the white drew carey Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 I had my doubts about this, but the trailer really changed my mind. It looks really sharp and loads better than your regular cell-shaded movie.My only gripes were the colors. Maybe it's just my imagination, but Appleseed always seemed to be a world with a lot of greys, browns and greens... Not all these bright primary colors. But maybe I just prefer an 80's anime aesthetic... The city scapes also looked too... GiTS, I dunno, kind of irked me. I disagree. I've always envisioned Olympus as being bright and colorful, but through a lot of nature, greenery, parks and whatnot. It seemed to me that the Olympus shown here is simply another large congested city. Quote
EXO Posted March 6, 2004 Posted March 6, 2004 It depends on which book you read and which part of the book. The earlier books Olympus was a nice breath of air compared to the Badlands. In Book 3, IIRC, New York was in the worse for wear, but Olympus was starting to show it's gritty side. By the end most of the action takes place in gritty parts of the city. But the city in the trailers look like it's on flatlands where Olympus in the books look like it was built on hills, where houses are stacked on top of each other, much like L.A. It makes for a more interesting, messier vista. Quote
bsu legato Posted March 6, 2004 Author Posted March 6, 2004 Well I for one cannot wait for the Appleseed movie, much moreso than GITS: Innocence. Changes to the character designs aside, it looks to me like like the action firmly takes place in Shirows world. The animators seem to have a firm grasp of how Shirow used to meticulously compose his fight sequences and seeing them animated will be jaw-dropping. And even though it's a little Matrix-ish, Deunan's forward sommersault over that cyborg's claw swipe is one of the coolest things I've seen in anime for some time. I just hope that the story holds up to the same standard. Quote
EXO Posted March 18, 2004 Posted March 18, 2004 review for GITS http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getartic...f20040317a1.htm and Oshii is a nutball... http://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getartic...f20040317a2.htm I believe that myself, that dolls have a spirit. They're not just objects to have fun with. but this part is interesting... Anyway, I'm sure that "Innocence" has a good shot at an Academy Award nomination. Americans have never see anything like it. Quote
bsu legato Posted March 25, 2004 Author Posted March 25, 2004 Has anybody ever built this Deunan garage kit? I think it looks pretty good, and with 0% fanservice too! Quote
LePoseur Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 (edited) Man, I'm getting pretty stoked about the Appleseed movie... less than a month to go. Picked up the prolog to Appleseed DVD with the Bri figure and the soundtrack this week. Both are cool (damn "Dive for You" is stuck on repeat in my head) but the prolog DVD is a little steep at 5,000 for a 35 min making of video. The fact that the figure is the same as the Yamato I already own (although with way better aticulation and a new paint job) doesn't help any. I also bougth the delux soundtrack that gives you the BGM and a bonus disc of a BBS video for Dive for You as well as the trailer that's on the web site. For Japan, at 5,000 yen that's not that bad, as the two CD would run about 6,000 if sold sepperately, but for America, $50 buck is way too much to spend on a soundtrack disc. Anyhow, here's a BT link for the video. Hmm... not liking the link... Oh well here's the cut and paste version. http://66.90.75.92/torrents/1460/[WGR]Appleseed_-_AMV_Trailer_-_Boom_Boom_Satellites_-_Dive_For_You(640x480_DivX5.1.1)-avi.torrent Edited March 26, 2004 by LePoseur Quote
EXO Posted March 26, 2004 Posted March 26, 2004 Has anybody ever built this Deunan garage kit? I think it looks pretty good, and with 0% fanservice too! I want! I still need that GitS statue I've always wanted. Quote
EXO Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 What's that armor that Brieareos wears, the one that makes him look like a landmate, called? Anyone? Anyone? Quote
bsu legato Posted March 31, 2004 Author Posted March 31, 2004 What's that armor that Brieareos wears, the one that makes him look like a landmate, called?Anyone? Anyone? You're talking about that thing from Book 4? Good question. Quote
EXO Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 yeah yeah! Where he has a mane attached to the back of his head... My post on this thread made me think about it... Quote
bsu legato Posted March 31, 2004 Author Posted March 31, 2004 I don't think it's mentioned in the book per se, or even the notes. Maybe it appears in the Databook? And while there's no 3' Sulaco that I know of, I think Monsters in Motion used to stock a 2' long version. Quote
EXO Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 I don't think it's mentioned in the book per se, or even the notes. Maybe it appears in the Databook?And while there's no 3' Sulaco that I know of, I think Monsters in Motion used to stock a 2' long version. I don't think any of those toys exist... it's the same way I feel about the Holy Grail... It's more of what my ultimate fantasy toys would be. Any links to that 2ft. Sulaco? Probably cost a bundle now. Quote
bsu legato Posted March 31, 2004 Author Posted March 31, 2004 Any links to that 2ft. Sulaco? Probably cost a bundle now. I just checked MiM and Comet Miniatures, and neither even listed it. I think it may be long gone, but who knows? Maybe it will get reissued or recast someday. I found a build-up of it HERE. And while I'm at it, I found this on MiM's site. They claim its from the 2003 Battlestar Galactica, but I swear it's a freakin' Seburo! Quote
EXO Posted March 31, 2004 Posted March 31, 2004 dammit Bsu! You and your wonderful links... $_$ Quote
bsu legato Posted March 31, 2004 Author Posted March 31, 2004 dammit Bsu! You and your wonderful links... Yeah, that's a beauty. Sorry about ruining your budget, though. I sent you a PM, and maybe you can return the "favor." Quote
yellowlightman Posted April 1, 2004 Posted April 1, 2004 Has anybody ever built this Deunan garage kit? I think it looks pretty good, and with 0% fanservice too! I've got that one, never built it though. Quote
J A Dare Posted April 1, 2004 Posted April 1, 2004 review for GITShttp://www.japantimes.com/cgi-bin/getartic...f20040317a1.htm Did anyone else catch this? After a bizarre firefight with a rampaging gainoid -- who looks, in both her outward appearance and inner machinery, like an old-fashioned Japanese mechanical doll -- Bateau and Togusa visit Haraway (Yoshiko Sakakibara), a coroner who examines the dead, or rather disassembled, gainoid. A chain-smoking middle-aged woman (heartening somehow to see one of those in 2032), Haraway wonders out loud why the human race has made machines that so closely resemble human beings, until the distinction between the two is hopelessly confused. The irony. Yoshiko Sakakibara was the voice actress to Sylia Stingray from orginal BGC. Check out the date too. Quote
bsu legato Posted April 19, 2004 Author Posted April 19, 2004 Who wants to see a SCRATCH BUILT TACHIKOMA? All I can say is...WoW! Quote
Mislovrit Posted April 19, 2004 Posted April 19, 2004 Has anybody ever built this Deunan garage kit? I think it looks pretty good, and with 0% fanservice too! I'm guessing you haven't seen pictures of the back of the model? The outfit Deunan is wearing is riding up her buttcrack. Quote
bsu legato Posted April 22, 2004 Author Posted April 22, 2004 Found! Appleseed weapon replicas! http://www.polymerarmory.com/appleseed_weapons.html There's Deunan's "Gong" pistol (just where does that name come from anyhow?) and the Seburo "J-9" silenced SMG. They're probably just recasts of the various airsoft replicas, but they still look pretty good. If there's enough interest, we could always go in for some kind of grooup purchase...provided these guys aren't total scam artists like many "prop makers" turn out to be. Just don't click on the questionable "cosplay" images. You'll regret it. Quote
EXO Posted April 22, 2004 Posted April 22, 2004 Found! Appleseed weapon replicas!http://www.polymerarmory.com/appleseed_weapons.html There's Deunan's "Gong" pistol (just where does that name come from anyhow?) and the Seburo "J-9" silenced SMG. They're probably just recasts of the various airsoft replicas, but they still look pretty good. If there's enough interest, we could always go in for some kind of grooup purchase...provided these guys aren't total scam artists like many "prop makers" turn out to be. The gong shoots these bullets that split into an X shape and I guess when it you, you'll feel like a gong. somewhere along that line. No prices on the guns and they look highly illegal (who cares though). Just don't click on the questionable "cosplay" images. You'll regret it. yup. that's a whole new thread. QUOTE (bsu legato @ Mar 25 2004, 12:57 PM) Has anybody ever built this Deunan garage kit? I think it looks pretty good, and with 0% fanservice too! I'm guessing you haven't seen pictures of the back of the model? The outfit Deunan is wearing is riding up her buttcrack. Same as the toy... Quote
bsu legato Posted April 22, 2004 Author Posted April 22, 2004 The gong shoots these bullets that split into an X shape and I guess when it you, you'll feel like a gong. Heh, that's probably as good an explanation as any. I should probably get off my ass and get the Appleseed Databook anyhow. It IS worth puchasing, isn't it? And I warned you not to click on the cosplay. Quote
the white drew carey Posted April 22, 2004 Posted April 22, 2004 ...and they keep trying to tell us Kelly Osbourne is in rehab. Quote
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