The CG-animated sequel to APPLESEED now has an official website and a new trailer. APPLESEED SAGA: EX MACHINA comes out this fall (October 20), and will feature a soundtrack by Haruomi Hosono and Cornelius.
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And I just can’t wait.
Yeah, me too. I really liked the first one — loved the way they did the cell-shading.
Yeah the first one was amazingly well done. Hopefully they won’t do the same as GiTS Innocence and make the Japanese so more difficult than it should be. Innoncence was stretching my vocab and my Japanese friends vocab to the extreme.
This site
http://www.animenewsservice.com/archives/exmachina.htm
is saying that it will open on 130-150 theaters in Japan. The film is 3D CGI. Are there that many 3D-capable screens in Japan? The first Appleseed film was in 3D as well. Was that screened in 3D back in 2004?
The cell shading of the first film gave it a great style.
Looking at the trailer they’ve bumped the complexity and detail up a notch.
Looking forward to it.
The first one was not presented in 3D, and same goes for the sequel I believe.
Do they use PickUp trucks in Japan?
Yeah, although they tend to be smaller than the North American norm.
Is the second movie out yet? or coming out this october 20th? (2007)?
Release date is October 20, so soon.