Appleseed Anime Adaptation Announced (Again)

CG style Appleseeds have been proven to be big failures. I don't expect it to fare any better this time around.

Am I the only one that liked the 1988 OVA version?

i think this is the first "naughty" anime/manga picture i ever downloaded off the internet back in the 90s

What's with 13 anime episodes these days? The usual episode length were 26 episodes and 13 episodes were a rarity.

I like Appleseed.

IMO, it's science fiction on par with stuff H.G. Wells put out. Matter of fact, this could almost be an Anime/Manga tribute to "The Shape of Things to Come".

It's much the same plot, the movie at least. Civilization has been brought low by global warfare, to the point of savagery. From the ashes, a new, scientific/social planning based civilization has emerged willing to take in all of humanity with open arms. This civilization creates a paradise on earth for all mankind who embraces it and mankind is even looking to the stars.

But, this paradise is threatened from within by dissatisfaction. It is not a cruel or oppressive false paradise, but man is directed on a constantly onward, industrious path and there are those who'd wish it different, those who do use the old phrase from Milton: "The mind is it's own world and can make a heaven hell and a hell heaven"... So from seemingly unthinkable ways, this paradise is threatened by internal strife that emerges from nowhere, added by the remnants of power from older empires trying to destroy it.

The main characters are the perfect outsiders coming in. They've fought in wars so long they don't know or care which sides they started out in, and they've almost traded their humanity with the mechanized Russian being more feeling related and the beautiful lady being more militaristic and orderly. And they live like rodents in the ruin, then one day a nice lady from the developed city comes and just walks up to them and welcomes them. They are amazed at what was just handed to them and when assigned as cops they take the job eagerly. To them, the residents of Utopia who turn against their society, even people who were born there and pushed paper and pencils (the digital equivalent) until they just snapped and grabbed a rocket launcher look like traitors and pure insane, they can't understand why anyone would reject such a society/world vision.

So it's good he's re-visiting and refining it.

I do, however, long some day for an Anime version of "Orion". Mostly sci-fi fun, but I like the connection with the I-Ching/Taoist/Buddhist philosophy to Binary code/computers, combining science and magic in a very thoughtful way, not just a "make it happen" way.

indeed. i watch both the CG movies and the old anime movie ( cut one ). They were mediocre. Maybe the series can be intressting

The anime will be in the same 3D CG style as the two recent movies
Do not want.

I remember years ago that Haruhiko Mikimoto would have some involvement with the TV show. Is this still the case?

I think I am the only one who liked (or at least didn't mind) the two CG movies. So yeah, good news IMMHO.

I wish my junk looked like that.

What has science done?!

the 1988 movie was fun to look at but it was extremely dumb so it was difficult to watch.

on the other hand, the 2007 Appleseed Saga Ex Machina was downright the most soulless awful letdown I'd ever seen. The animation failed so hard that I couldn't even connect the characters voices to their bodies... their movements were so artificial all I saw was a room of guys sitting in front of screens instead of a finished product.

damn I hope the new one is better. the name is so clever and it's got such great dystopian promise...

very interesting thumbnail O_O

That's a huge ass dildo.

13 Episodes? That's already FAIL. They'd have a hard time to squeeze enough relevant content into 26 episodes. The movies only covered small portions from the latter half of the series. Add to that that Appleseed, the manga, is still unfinished itself.

I'm not convinced of this but i'd like to get surprised in a positive way. It's not easy with so few episodes.