abdurahman

Just finished watching the new restoration of Appleseed, which is sourced from the original camera negative for the first time ever -all previous versions were sourced from inferior video tape elements- and I have to say I'm impressed.

The backgrounds are true pieces of anime art, and they pop like never before. The quirky character designs, the robots, and especially all the vehicles look gorgeous!

Aside from the anticlimactic ending, my second viewing experience, especially with the comparatively low key original Japanese dub, has elevated the original Appleseed for me as one of the best OVA to come out of 1980s Japan.

Truly, one of the worst experiences I've ever had watching a "film".

It was so painful, I had to stop midway through and force my self to come back later and finish it. It has no redeeming qualities whatsoever. It was extremely boring, extremely badly dubbed(the whole thing), horrendously scored(if you can call a bunch of noises that make no sense whatsoever, made by a three year old child a score).

Acting is non existent, plot is non existent, dialogue is non existent, logic is non existent. It, really, makes something like Satan's Blade(1984) look like Apocalypse Now.

2 out of 10.