Appleseed: Ex Machina 7/10

There's supposed to be a TV series after this. I'm sure lower production values are pending and that's really all that saves this movie. I dread the not so distant future of the franchise.

Character Designs 10/10: Great. The president lady seems to have had a face lift which is good for her. Deunan is a pretty cute looking character, much nicer bum that Beowulf.

Art consistency 10/10: Much nicer than the first movie, the shading is more consistent and the faces never have that odd "AutoShade with shadows turned off" look (if you know what AutoShade is you've just given your decrepit age away).

OP Theme N/A: N/A

ED Theme 6/10: Nothing special.

Voice Acting (Japanese) 8/10: Pretty good. No zany characters or anything so just standard voices.

Story 3/10: Sigh. How many times must I tell people: WEARING HEADPHONES IN PUBLIC WILL KILL US ALL! The whole idea of the villain taking over the general populace for no good reason is overdone, but then to use something I already find annoying as the means bugs the hell out of me. Maybe I'm just comparing it too harshly with the original movie.

In the end this is a pretty good action movie. Lots of guns and explosions and it looks pretty cool. Other than some main plot problems I haven't much to complain about. I liked the romantic sub-plot between Deunan and Brearios though the whole love triangle thing never really takes off since any woman willing to stick with her man after he's been turned into a cyborg isn't likely to dump him for his clone. (How many times will I have to write THAT sentence in the coming years.)

LONG TIME NO POST

I work too much....

COMPLETED SERIES THOUGHTS:

009-1: 7/10
Better than average. The OP was kinda catchy and I like the rather old-school character designs. The show didn't really have an overall plot which was OK but I tire of seeing too many shows with what I consider "plotless" writing. I'd likely have given this show a 5 or 6 if I'd recently watched a similar "plotless" show.

Ah! My Goddess TV Season 2: 9/10
Another show without a real overall plot but I can forgive that in a comedy. This season looks as good as the previous one and gets into more uncharted territory since all the main characters have been introduced. I really like the introduction of villains like Marller and Hild. They're evil without being unlikeable. The OP was great with all the bagpipes.

Comic Party Revolution: 7/10
Not a bad harem anime. The previous season spent too much time going on about publishing manga and I got bored. This one is more about the relationships between the main character and each of the girls. Good for a few laughs.

.Hack//Roots: 3/10
Ugh. Looks great but MY GOD HOW DULL! It doesn't even have an ending! It's like the show is supposed to lead into a game I don't care to play since it would be the most boring game ever. They even managed to screw up the great music from the last show.

Fate Stay/Night: 9/10
Looked and sounded amazing and I really liked the story. The only real problem was how the different arcs were so separate. They didn't really overlap and it felt a bit forced. The ending was particularly memorable.

Girl's High: 8/10
Funny, funny stuff. One of the few anime where girls act more like normal girls and not like male fantasy girls. It helps that the show looked good as well.

Innocent Venus: 4/10
Looked OK but the story sucked. The surprise villain sucked. The mech's sucked. The action was OK. The submarine ship with the weird captain was just retarded.

Itsudatte My Santa: 6/10
Looked a little worse than it should for an OAV. Had some fan-service which was OK. Should have been longer.

Kurau Phantom Memory: 7/10
I didn't like the voice of Christmas, very annoying. The story was OK but lacked something. Maybe it was because Kurau was constantly hurt but quickly healed. Perhaps it was Christmas constantly shouting "Kurau! Kurau!"

That's enough for now.