Vepariga Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Found this bit of news extremely exciting,well for me it was lol. Love Appleseed and seeing a 13 part series come later this year will be great. 'Jinni's Animation Studios and Production I.G's upcoming Appleseed XIII future paramilitary anime series on Tuesday at Tokyo's TIFFCOM industry event,This latest adaptation of Masamune Shirow's Appleseed manga will be composed of 13 22-minute direct-to-video anime episodes, plus two feature-length compilation films of the episodes. Toshimichi Ootsuki (Neon Genesis Evangelion) is producing for King Records. Micott & Basara summarizes the story, which hews closely to the manga.' Click link for full article http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-10-26/appleseed-xiii-anime-series-image-details-released I expect great things. Quote
taksraven Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Ugh. The character design in that poster is *ugly* though. Looks more like a bad comic book or computer game. Quote
valkyriechild Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Actually that design looks similar to the original manga, compared to the CG design from the 2 previous movies. Not expecting much, but still looking forward to it. Quote
Dynaman Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Heard about this earlier, glad to see it is still on the radar. Quote
Knight26 Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Interesting, if it is of the same calibur as Stand Alone Complex it should be fun to watch. WIll like to see how close they stick to the manga too. Quote
macrossnake Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Interesting, if it is of the same calibur as Stand Alone Complex it should be fun to watch. WIll like to see how close they stick to the manga too. If it is half as good as Ghost in the Shell SAC... I am all in it. Quote
aerocombatpilot Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Ugh. The character design in that poster is *ugly* though. Looks more like a bad comic book or computer game. I thought that Haruhiko Mikimoto was going to do the character designs for this series? Quote
EXO Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 I thought that Haruhiko Mikimoto was going to do the character designs for this series? that project fell apart a while back... that was a heartbreak. But yeah the suit design looks like OG manga. The character design... hopefully it's just the angle but it looks like bad deviant art material. BUT sticking close to the manga is awesome news so I'm looking forward to hearing more. Quote
EXO Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Conspiracy, terrorism, deadly military weapons technology, greedy corporations, and power-hungry politicians — these are just some of the threats that Deunan and Briareos must contend with as they fight to protect Olympus and save mankind from plunging into another war. I hope it's really that, like the manga and less pondering of man's existence in a world where technology may be the world's only hope for Utopia... or some GITS movie or Eva BS. At least Oshii or John Woo are not involved so far. I still think the Black Magic short film is the best Shirow animated adaptation to date. Clean, simple and exciting as derived it may be. Quote
505thAirborne Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 Will be looking forward to this, love APPLESEED!! Quote
the white drew carey Posted January 19, 2011 Posted January 19, 2011 I am reservedly optimistic. While I enjoyed the first CG film for what it was, I am hoping that they ain't lying when they say it hews closely to the manga. I like Appleseed a lot more than GITS... I just wish Shirow would get back to it. Quote
Lobizon Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 (edited) Appleseed XIII Released on Film/Net/BD Simultaneously http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-04/appleseed-xiii-released-on-film/net/bd-simultaneously http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYARFxH8Xac Edited March 11, 2011 by Lobizon Quote
jenius Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 That looks like a cool video game or a crappy cartoon. Quote
Beltane70 Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 I'm rather disappointed with how that looks. It's a shame that the version of Appleseed that Mikimoto was supposed to work never got to see the light of day. Quote
sketchley Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Hopefully those are just pre-release, unpolished animation, and that the finished product is going to be slightly better rendered. Other than that, it looks pretty cool, appears to capture the energy of the manga, and has character and mechanical designs that are consistent with the CG movie animation. Quote
EXO Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Yeah the CG looks horrendous. But the mechanical and the cityscape are taken right out of the manga. I wish they would have gone with traditional animation with the characters. Hopefully it gets better. Quote
PetarB Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 It does look a bit rough, but I will still try and see it. Big Appleseed fan here! Quote
macrossnake Posted March 11, 2011 Posted March 11, 2011 Overall the CG is weak (especailly the character face modelling and animation)... hope the story is good. Quote
Robelwell202 Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Hmmm... As far as the animation goes, that looks to be on par with the POS Dominion - Tank Police CGI show that was produced a while back. And by that comparison, I mean to say, it isn't at all what I'd expect it to be. The trailer leaves a lot to be desired. Quote
Nightdare Posted March 12, 2011 Posted March 12, 2011 Hmm, if I wanted a good story I'd wait till Shirow returns from his porncalenders and continues his epic mangas (fat chance) IMO this looks worse than the Dominion CGI Quote
sketchley Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Hmm, if I wanted a good story I'd wait till Shirow returns from his porncalenders and continues his epic mangas (fat chance) Interesting that you should say this. The last two times I've gone to the local Animate, he's had a new publication on the shelves. Pieces 4 Hellhound 01; 2010.12.06 Koukaku Kidoutai 2: Man Machine Interface Bilingual Edition: 2011.03.29 (I really don't get this publishing date, especially because there was a sticker on the book saying "new! 2011.02.08"!!!) The former may or may not have had the artwork touched up (stress on the may). So far, the artwork in the later looks like it's the same as that in Koukaku Kidoutai 2: Manmachine Interface; 2001.06.28; albeit with the artwork shrunk 10 to 15% to get more room in the margins for the bilingual text. Nevertheless, it's intriguing that there's a new publication of his work roughly every 3 months. (I can't be bothered to look at the publication dates of the other art collections and whatnot published over the preceding 2 or 3 years. Especially because I missed Pieces 2 & 3. ! Just trust me that I've got a bookshelf with a steadily growing selection of his new publications.) Found the info motherload: http://www.shirowledge.com/index.html#comic (scroll down to 2010/2011 releases. Apparently I completely missed Pieces 5, too! ) Edited March 13, 2011 by sketchley Quote
sketchley Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 (edited) Before I forget, motherload Shirow website has a news article with screen caps to Appleseed XIII: http://shirowledge.sblo.jp/ As well as the production's homepage: http://appleseed13.jp/ Edit: Playing around with the homepage, and the background image of each of the categories changes. There are a quite a number of images that are quite faithful to the manga. I think I'm starting to like the finishing render of the mecha - as it's very manga-esque in some instances. If I'm reading it correctly, it's going to be releasing in 3 mediums (simultaneously?): Blue-ray, Net Distribution, and theatrically. So far it's slated to play only in 3 theatres (Shinjuku Pikaderii (Tokyo), Namba Parks Cinema (Osaka), and Nagoya Midland Square Cinema (Nagoya).) There's also a blog: http://ameblo.jp/appleseed13/ Edited March 13, 2011 by sketchley Quote
electric indigo Posted March 13, 2011 Posted March 13, 2011 The background images and the mechanical designs have a nice old school feeling to them and work well with the images from the manga, but considering the staff lineup, the character renderings are a major disappointment. And I never considered Shirow as someone who could deliver a good, consistent plot, even at his Appleseed times. Reading the comics was always more a kinetic "enjoy the ride" experience. Quote
PetarB Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 I just read the original comics for the pics... the stories were certainly not the stars. Black Magic was barely coherent. Quote
Gui Posted March 14, 2011 Posted March 14, 2011 True, but Black Magic was his very first comic, so... My favorite from Shirow has always been Appleseed, and even if it was very action-oriented it was still an interesting universe with rather well drafted characters and enjoyable plots. As for this adaptation... Well, my expectations aren't high, especially since the latest pair of theatrical movies, but I'll still give a serious try to it, just in case... Quote
Neova Posted March 15, 2011 Posted March 15, 2011 Compared to the last Appleseed movies and GITS, quality looks "meh". Hopefully it will look better in HD. Now where is GITS 3rd GIG?! Quote
BeyondTheGrave Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Compared to the last Appleseed movies and GITS, quality looks "meh". Hopefully it will look better in HD. Now where is GITS 3rd GIG?! Better question is where are the Blu-Rays of GITS SAC 1st and 2nd gig? Quote
Neova Posted March 16, 2011 Posted March 16, 2011 Better question is where are the Blu-Rays of GITS SAC 1st and 2nd gig? Its on Amazon.co.jp but without English subs. If you have the subs on a pc with BR reader, you can load it. Quote
BeyondTheGrave Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 (edited) Its on Amazon.co.jp but without English subs. If you have the subs on a pc with BR reader, you can load it. I prefer the dub. Edited March 17, 2011 by BeyondTheGrave Quote
JELEINEN Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 I just read the original comics for the pics... the stories were certainly not the stars. Black Magic was barely coherent. Coherency isn't one of Shiro's strong points. Quote
EXO Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 The Appleseed stories were straight up action and were really good. Dominion, Orion and GITS were your typical pretentious existential BS that the anime industry were starting to lean towards at that time... gave way to Evangelion. Quote
Gui Posted March 17, 2011 Posted March 17, 2011 Not so much for GitS actually, at least in the manga version because Oshii's interpretation was an entirely different thing in fact: I have an interview of Shirow in the french edition of Black Magic where he said he was working on GitS and he described it as one of these TV series-like cop stories whose purpose was to entertain the audience; to be the most honnest possible, I seriously think he put far more thoughts into Appleseed than into GitS... Quote
Lobizon Posted June 29, 2011 Posted June 29, 2011 80 sec from Appleseed XIII ~Yuigon~ released last June 13 next release Appleseed XIII ~Yogen~ on October 24 Quote
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