Reviews for Appleseed Alpha

It's breddy gud /10 Story is kinda cliché, but hey... If it's not broken don't fix it. Art is really the strong point. The CG is amazing and everything looks great. Sound is also great, adds a lot to the experience. Characters are pretty good, if a little cliché, I don't have any experience with the rest of Appleseed so I won't complain much.Overall, I like it, looks great, feels great.

Yeah, it's breddy gud.

Appleseed Alpha is a action, explosions, gunshots adrenaline movie, if you want action with a easy to understand soft story you will like this movie, and sometimes is good to watch something were you don't have to think so much. Story- 7/10 The plot of this movie is nothing to think about. You have seen it in one form or another a million times before, often better executed. Would've done nicely for a game though. It's the classic bad guy wants to destroy or govern the world so good guys need to stop him. Art-10/10 i don't like CGI but yes BUT!! this movie was EPIC the artwork wasso good that i really doubted in the beginning of the movie whether it was animation or live action. The ruins of New York look like a delight to wander around in and to just explore, the characters were so real, if only all CGI could be done like this.

Sound- 7/10

Sound wise i don't find it very fiting or ear anything amazing, it was a techno almost dubstep ost witch in my opinion didn't fit very well with the action but it's just my opinion.

Overall- 8/10

Alpha is a good movies to watch at night or when you don't have that much to do because it's a good watch, I can honestly say i watched this movie for the art, not the story but i did have a very good time watching it so even if it sounds like a boring movie it's not, the enjoyment level is high and i bet you will like it.

I found about this franchise with the trailer of Appleseed Alfa post by IGN, “from the creator of Ghost in the Shell”, but is not recommendable to compare because after watching the four movies all i can thing of is “Transformers”, mediocre and disposable entertainment made for a wider audience. Don’t get wrong, the movies are not bad… just mediocre. Have you ever see a movie and something stupid happed; something that doesn’t make sense, you ask yourself why it happens and answer is “well, y it’s a movie”. You haven realize (or don’t want to accept it) but suspension of disbelief has diein front of your eyes, in that moment, the 30-40 minutes that the movie has left will be a tedious job ratter that an entertainment. Things like “my plan depend of this bottom, when I push it I win and you lose and … oh you fire at the bottom, now a will not be able to push it, now we will go with plan b that is the real climax of the movie”. This happens in the first movie (Appleseed 2004), without spoilers i will say that i didn’t care in what follow that scene. Every cliché of sci-fi, cyberpunk and action movies will be developed during the entire series.

The original OVA of 1988 its the best movie, its mediocre, but mediocre 30 years ago, its a masterpiece, (adding that i watch this one in third place), Deunan doesn’t fight between being a badass and a damsel in distress for Briareos, they’re just a team , there is a debate of Olympus as a necessary evil ratter OUR ONLY HOPE, even the death of nameless characters matters more, because are presented as uncontrollable casualties, and not the “people dying, shit gets serious” way.

I guess I should talk about Alfa. It’s Metal Gear (Revengeance to be specific) direct by Michael Bay, its one hour dubstep video with a couple of cool designed characters (designed, not develop), and you can’t complain about dubstep, the soundtrack of all four movies is nothing more that whatever people was hearing a that time (like I say entertainment for a wider audience). Appleseed isn’t bad, none of the for movie are bad, but don’t compare it with Ghost in the Shell, don’t compare the bioroids with the ones in Blade Runner (this ones are flat and un-dimensional, their emotions have being restricted so they have an excuse), don’t compare soundtrack, visuals, story, nothing with the big names of this genre, Appleseed will always lose, its not bad … Just Mediocre.

I'm an adult. I watched the english dub. I have no prior experience with Appleseed-stuff. I do, however, have a positive bias towards the sci-fi, cyberpunk and post-apocalyptic genres in general. I have no strong opinions on CGI. I knew nothing about the film before watching it, but had a vague memory of someone telling me that it looked pretty good. With that in mind, this is my short review: The aesthetics impressed me. The enviroment, sets, landscapes or whatever you want to call them, are appealing in the post-apocalyptic way. Quite a few cool action sequences, explosions, gun fights etc. Entertaining and well made! Characters look cooland the dialogue is ok - but don't expect too much when it comes to depth.

I ended up caring little for the story, I was more invested in the cyborgs, the action and the landscape design while watching this.

I'd say: If you like the genre, think this looks somewhat appealing and need some entertainment, chances are you'll think it's ok - kick back and relax with some cyberpunk action. It won't change your life, but you probably won't feel mad you'll never get those 90 mins back either.

Alpha doesn't have anything to do with the original story, and threw out of the window the themes about society, technology, and humankind, from Appleseed. It's basically an action flick. I do think it has a better dynamic between Deunan and Briareos, but the whole plot and characters are pretty basic - Deuman design got pretty dumb too, using a tactical gear the protects her back and shoulder, but has a huge cleavage just to show boobs. I find this kind of fan service is quite pathetic. What really impressed me is the CGI, it's quite an eye candy. This movie has fantastic looks and it kindacompensates for all the rest.

I'd give it a 7.5, but since I can't, it's an 8.

Appleseed Alpha, or Appleseed α is a computer-animated military science fiction cyberpunk movie. It had an advance digital release on July 15, 2014. The movie is set in different series of events, so you will not have to watch alternative versions of it, which aired a long time ago, only to understand it. Appleseed Alpha focuses on the early days of Deunan Knute and Briareos in the 22nd century, as they start their journey throughout the ruins of New York in search of the mysterious city called Olympus. Deunan Knute and Briareos are hired by criminals to help them deal with the robots that seemto hinder them a lot. On one of these missions, our duo encounters Iris and Olson, who are on a mission, too. It is later revealed that Iris and Olson’s mission is somehow connected with what Deunan and Briareos are looking for.

Appleseed Alpha’s weakest part is, of course, its story-line. One can write a novel simply by listing things that the story-line of Appleseed Alpha does not explain. And believe me, there are many aspects this movie does not touch upon. Indeed, it has one of the worst story-lines you will ever find, but the good thing is that you will not have to watch prequels, read manga, or look for some additional information only to understand it. No. Appleseed Alpha relies only on a) animation and b) soundtrack.

All in all, I would not argue that this movie has, perhaps, the most stunning animation I have ever seen in my life and that its soundtrack is amazing, too. But a better story-line is something this movie does not have. Of course, if animation is the only criterion you care about, you should definitely watch this movie. If not, do avoid it.

By the way, this movie has superb English dubs.

Yikes is the best word to sum up Appleseed Alpha. This alternative story takes place in what looks to be the most cliché post-apocalyptic world with a cast that is equally cliché in every way possible, from the misunderstood pretentious villain who wants to "control" the world through destruction by justifying pseudo-philosophical beliefs that don't even apply; to the damsel in Distress troupe and most annoyingly the main cast have so much plot armour that it would make a Battle Shonen protagonist envious. Most combat encounters are also ridiculously scripted, and nothing feels natural. No amount of battle tactics or thought matters because almost everycombat scenario has some sort of "coincidence" that occurs to either get the main cast out safely or to further push the narrative with villains who apparently can teleport and kidnap characters off-screen.

Typically, animes attempt to hide where the narrative is going to keep viewers excited and on their toes; Appleseed Alpha, however, does the opposite but tries to play off story elements as if they're surprises. This is called bad writing.

Additionally, the main issue with the story and combat scenarios is that many events throughout this movie could easily have been avoided if the characters hadn't been intentionally made dumb, blind, or conveniently deaf to make the plot work.

Honestly, the only good part of Appleseed Alpha is that it is beautiful for its time. It looks like a video game, and its art style is quite unique, but sadly, that is not enough to save the anime from a low score as the music wasn't very good; as we know, music is vital to give scenes emotional weight. Instead, the selection of soundtracks often ruined the suspense of some of the darker scenes and made battle sequences feel dissonant to what was really happening on screen. Whoever thought it was a good idea to have dubstep play during serious and dialogue-heavy scenes needs to reconsider their creative career, as it made their movie a worse product and took away from those scenes; it's a shame.

Conclusion:

While the Appleseed series isn't the best in the story department and is often littered with a ridiculous amount of coincidences and clichés, this one takes the cake. In simple terms, Appleseed Alpha is a bad anime and is easily the worst movie in the Appleseed series. I wouldn't even recommend this anime movie to hardcore Appleseed fans, as it's that bad.

I took more time than I need, to watch this show, and it was worth the time assisted, I recommend At first Deunan's 3D bothers a little (but I liked the hair instantly), I don't care so much for that, I got used fast, especially with 3D so Briareos, sensational But one thing happens early on, and seems to repeat the show. The fights seem to be very theatrical, I can't explain, uncommon (And yes, reading this may sound ironic), but I feel that the ideas for the scenes could be reviewed by someone else, so to make better scenes. I know who is the director, butsomething in the coordination of movement, I find it predictable, or it may be me wanting too much

I thought the TwoHorns helmet, and the other 2 robots, I want (Briareos and) both in model kit

In terms of script, it is obviously well conducted, the scenes change with a good dynamic. I don't know how original is, how much it came from manga, but there is something that does not impress as much. I don't know if I have seen a lot, and I'm waiting too much, but the first thing that happens, and then the second, and from then on, seems a little predictable to me. This is not bad, because what happens is cool

I think the biggest surprise was to know, when seeing, what is the main mission. The object itself surprised me, I liked it, and how it appears, participates, and his scene ends

I recommend the show, SCI-Fi fans need to see