Intended as a prequel to the 2004 Appleseed movie, Alpha is CGI-animated film directed by Shinji Aramaki who also did the other two Appleseed movies, not to be confused with the late 80s OVA one-shot, or the Appleseed XIII remake.
Before they were big shot officers in the utopian cyberpunk city of Olympus, Deunan Knute and Briareos were survivors of WWIII and operating as mercenaries in the ruins of New York City. Deunan is an attractive busty blonde, and her partner Briareos was a human given a fully cybernetic body which has little resemblance to a human. The two of them are currently under the employ of a cyborg gangsta named Two-Horns, while on a job for him encounter two fugitives being gunned down by gun mechas. Iris and Olson were sent from Olympus, which at this time is considered a myth, and assigned to deactivate a giant mechanical gun turrent. However, a rogue agent from Olympus named Talos and his followers plan to use the weapon to wreck what's left of New York. Deunan and Briareos set out to stop the revolutionaries, and save their city.
This movie works as a stand-alone feature which doesn't require watching any prior material in order to enjoy it. There is some good CGI animation, although its seems the Appleseed: Ex Machina movie was better movie over all as it was directed by action great John Woo. It's worth a look as a decent post-apocalypse action flick, but not up there on the level of Mad Max.
Thursday, May 12, 2016
OBSCURE O.V.A.S, *Slayers Excellent
Done as the second Slayers OVA, Slayers Excellent is a 3-episode series takes Lina Inverse back to her earliest chapter to when she first meets up with Naga the Serpent(her eternal rival). So, this takes place in the same set of stories as the Slayers Special titles like the first four Slayers movies, intended as a prequel taking place before all the other Slayers material, or a "prequel of prequels" as it were.
Lina originally encounters Naga who torches an entire inn just to declare her superiority over Lina. Naga continues to stalk Lina, which leads the two thoughts of being in cahoots by some villagers after Naga destroys a pub Lina was eating in. The unlikely duo of sorceresses is sentenced by the village to look for some missing citizens in an abandoned ruin, which turns out to be ruled by a vampire lord that Lina and Naga were intended to be sacrifices for. Of course, the Dracula-wannabe is defeated by Lina, but not without Naga causing the entire roof to fall in on them. The next chapter has Lina being a bodyguard for a spoiled rich girl on a trip to her summer home, but sells her out to bandits after having enough of her ego. Naga interferes, and causes the debutante brat and her kidnappers to start a new fashion trend. This leads into the last episode where Lina is hired by a fashion designer that is at war with "trendy" designer that has adopted Naga's flashy philosophy, which escalates into the two sides having a giant robot battle with mechanized golems!
The OVA series is collected into a single DVD through ADV Films, although no re-release has been issued since the company restructured into separate branches. The dub is pretty fair, although it is different from the one performed in the TV series and features a totally different cast. The quality of animation is just as good as the other theatrical releases and OVAs, although it looks like they didn't give as much effort to that what was done in prior productions.
Lina originally encounters Naga who torches an entire inn just to declare her superiority over Lina. Naga continues to stalk Lina, which leads the two thoughts of being in cahoots by some villagers after Naga destroys a pub Lina was eating in. The unlikely duo of sorceresses is sentenced by the village to look for some missing citizens in an abandoned ruin, which turns out to be ruled by a vampire lord that Lina and Naga were intended to be sacrifices for. Of course, the Dracula-wannabe is defeated by Lina, but not without Naga causing the entire roof to fall in on them. The next chapter has Lina being a bodyguard for a spoiled rich girl on a trip to her summer home, but sells her out to bandits after having enough of her ego. Naga interferes, and causes the debutante brat and her kidnappers to start a new fashion trend. This leads into the last episode where Lina is hired by a fashion designer that is at war with "trendy" designer that has adopted Naga's flashy philosophy, which escalates into the two sides having a giant robot battle with mechanized golems!
The OVA series is collected into a single DVD through ADV Films, although no re-release has been issued since the company restructured into separate branches. The dub is pretty fair, although it is different from the one performed in the TV series and features a totally different cast. The quality of animation is just as good as the other theatrical releases and OVAs, although it looks like they didn't give as much effort to that what was done in prior productions.
Monday, May 9, 2016
MISC. MANGA, *Aether & Empire
This one is totally for airship fanatics!
Victorian Era England is at war with the Ottoman Empire, and newly designated Captain Bistrow is put in charge of the HMSS Jules Verne on a secret mission to take a crew to Mars. But he has conflicts with the crew’s scientists which makes their rescue voyage even more complex.
Great steampunk cut of Star Blazers!
Victorian Era England is at war with the Ottoman Empire, and newly designated Captain Bistrow is put in charge of the HMSS Jules Verne on a secret mission to take a crew to Mars. But he has conflicts with the crew’s scientists which makes their rescue voyage even more complex.
Great steampunk cut of Star Blazers!
Saturday, May 7, 2016
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