White Dragon (Subtitled and Dubbed) (DVD)

Appleseed

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want to have to pay such close attention to a film, sometimes I just want to sit back and enjoy it. It?s interesting to note that Paul Oakenfold and Basement Jaxx are contributors to the sound track. The music the film is set fits well, so well in fact that I barely noticed it. Although I am not reviewing the DVD as I hate special features it is worth me telling you that there is a dubbed version on the DVD as well the original Japanese with the option of English subtitles. I watched it in English with the subtitles and the two didn?t match which was interesting. This for me is a great film that satisfies most of the things I want from a film. It was enjoyable and beautiful from start to finish and had a plot I found easy to follow and interesting. Instead of twists and turns in the plot things were revealed in a timely fashion so I ...

donnabroom 10.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Appleseed (Animated) (Subtitled and Dubbed) (DVD)

The cat came back the very next day....

Advantages: Pleasant family film
Disadvantages: A bit short

at the end, which was quite pleasant, and got a thumbs up from my daughter because she said it was 'dudey', which is high praise indeed! Obviously I don't know what the original script says, but there were a lot of Americanisms in the film, and a lot of things I just can't imagine Japanese teenagers saying, so in my mind the script has been changed somewhat from the original. DVD Extras * Original Trailers * Alternative Angle Storyboards * Making of 'The Cat Returns' * The studio Ghibili Collection The Alternative Angle Storyboards mean you have to sit pressing the angle button on your remote to see them. The making of The Cat Returns is spoken in Japanese and subtitled. ...

Fiver29 28.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Cat Returns (Animated) (Subtitled and Dubbed) (DVD)

Not The Apple Of My Eye

Advantages: Pretty use of CGI and fine character modelling, DVD has a fair few extras
Disadvantages: Dull storyline, unmemorable characters, lightweight next to Ghost In The Shell

this technical talk I hear you ask? Well, Appleseed's 2004 revival (17 years after the original anime and nearly 20 on from the manga comic's creation) is the first film to use what its creators have dubbed '3D Live Anime'; a mixture of computer-generated environments and effects with fully-mapped and modelled anime characters. The Appleseed DVD proved to be one of the biggest anime success stories of 2004. But as was the case with the long-awaited Steamboy, the technical spectacle of the project somewhat overshadowed the fact that the film itself was relatively run-of-the-mill, and though there are some definite plus points, fans of more-traditional anime are unlikely to be swayed by Appleseed alone. Originally created by Masamune Shirow (the brains behind Ghost In The Shell), Appleseed is another trek into the future (2131A.D to be ...

tom1clare 09.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Appleseed (Animated) (Subtitled and Dubbed) (DVD)