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Monday, 28 February 2005
Inspiring
CyberRevWarJeff

So I sat down and watched "Appleseed" last night. Absolutely gorgeous visually, as I mentioned yesterday, and it was so fluid it was hard to believe it was anime. No long static scenes where all that moved were mouths and eyes, or long slow pans across a still plate -- motion everywhere, even subtle things such as breathing or the slow tilt of a head. I'm pretty sure they used mocap for the actors, but I didn't even mind (I guess I'm losing my purism).

But the subtitles sucked so badly that I couldn't actually tell what went down in the last half hour. Who ended up being the good guys? Was Deunan, the main character, a human or a bioroid? Who killed Deunan's mother? And if she was a bioroid, why did she have a mother? If she wasn't, then why was her aunt one?

I suppose I'll have to turn to the Internet for answers. But damn, was that some splendid eye candy...


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The Appleseed movie home page.

The Geneon official DVD release is May 10th.
Posted by Darren on 1 Mar 2005 07:07
Maybe the official version will have better subtitles. I certainly hope so; on the copy I have, three long sentences will go by, and the subtitles will be something like "I think I know what you mean."

Posted by Godfrey on 1 Mar 2005 13:58
Yeah, that's a fansub for ya.

I had a copy of "Warriors of Zu" where the English subtitles raced by so quickly to keep up with the Chinese, I had to keep rewinding the tape.

Or my other favorite in Storm Riders - White text on a whitish background for scenes where people are wearing white robes. Arrgggh!
Posted by Darren on 1 Mar 2005 15:57
... on the copy I have, three long sentences will go by, and the subtitles will be something like "I think I know what you mean."


Hey, that would make a good joke...
Posted by Squelch on 1 Mar 2005 19:06