If you liked Ghost In The Shell then you like this one. Appleseed takes place in the future. You have one part of mankind who wants to eradicate these bioroids since they are not truly human. And then you have the other part of mankind who wants to coexist with the bioroids. You can guess that it will be some kind of clash here…

So, growing out of the chaos of a global war, the city of Utopia (where our story is played) is populated by humans and bioroids. On the surface, everything is harmonious, but tensions lurk. Into this seemingly perfect society comes a survivor of the wars, Deunan Knute, who carries a legacy that will turn out to be of critical importance to the future of humanity.

In short, Appleseed is 1 hour and 45 minutes of exquisite CGI cell-shaded animations, mecha-porn and motherfucking kickass action scenes with a lot of bullet-time effects. This is pure love. It can’t get much better than this. Be sure to see it with the original japanese voice actors though, since english speech probably won’t satisfy you as much as you hope for. The movie even starts with one of the best action scenes ever in a movie. Ever. EVER!

There is also an OVA for the Appleseed manga, and a sequel too (Appleseed: Ex Machina) which I will watch and review later on.

The computer generated environment is truly beautiful. The animations are so well-done and good-looking you sit there in awe of their awesomeness.

Until then, please do enjoy Appleseed as one of the best japanese animated movies in fucking history. Except for those Final Fantasy movies. They are still better. Except for the first one. That one sucked.

For those mecha-fetischists out there you can’t miss this one.