Yay For Anime

A belated birthday present arrived in the mail today. Appleseed: Ex Machina which is, in the immortal words of Ron Moore, a “re-imagining” of the original Appleseed manga that was created by Masamune Shirow in the 80′s. It’s got a shiny, CG sheen to it, which is really the only way the action of the series could be portrayed without killing animators. Not as thematically complex as what Shirow originally did, but the John Woo production values are abundant, and the plot itself feels about on par with the average videogame.