05-18-2005, 06:43 PM
I bought the AV version quite some time ago, and recently purchased the R1 as well. From a technical standpoint, it's quite beautiful. The CG was handled rather well, and the cel-shading was especially strong. The explosions looked amazing - they looked better then most explosions in Hollywood movies.
The story, however, was kinda flat to me. I had no Appleseed background, and while I love GitS, I didn't completly get into it. The ending was a little cheesy to me ("Mother...!" *beep* "There ya go, sweetie. Believe in yourself!")
Plus, they did one of the biggest signs of amateur CG : rolling camera movements EVERYWHERE. The camera was never still, and sometimes the camera pans were completly pointless. Like when Duenan is on the mech thing, trying to shut them down, it shows this big sweep from top to bottom that was just distracting and useless. Anime's tend to never have camera movements, except for important scenes, because it involves re-animating the entire background and character from a different perspective. Since it's CG and they can view from any angle... they went crazy.
I also thought the music was bad (bad techno with no real tune during the climax - luckily it improved as it went on).
Overall, I'd still say it's something you should see, regardless.
The story, however, was kinda flat to me. I had no Appleseed background, and while I love GitS, I didn't completly get into it. The ending was a little cheesy to me ("Mother...!" *beep* "There ya go, sweetie. Believe in yourself!")
Plus, they did one of the biggest signs of amateur CG : rolling camera movements EVERYWHERE. The camera was never still, and sometimes the camera pans were completly pointless. Like when Duenan is on the mech thing, trying to shut them down, it shows this big sweep from top to bottom that was just distracting and useless. Anime's tend to never have camera movements, except for important scenes, because it involves re-animating the entire background and character from a different perspective. Since it's CG and they can view from any angle... they went crazy.
I also thought the music was bad (bad techno with no real tune during the climax - luckily it improved as it went on).
Overall, I'd still say it's something you should see, regardless.