December 29, 2008.

Great story and animation.

Rating: 5
It's a great movie with a great story and nigh end animation. The extras are good but don't expect to see too much detail on the 'making of' if you are an animator.

December 05, 2008.

great background & non-human visuals, ho-hum action story.

Rating: 3
There are some very nice CGI backgrounds and non-human visuals in this movie, but the human character designs seem to use lazy man's version of animating modern anime human faces, ie: use motion capture, then paint with pastel like colors over the actor. Sure, it's lazy, but it also looks too fake, and really doesn't use any artistic imagination. The story is run of the mill action, not overly interesting.

December 02, 2008.

Decent story, good animation.

Rating: 4
I was impressed with the overall story in Vexille. I'd put it in the same category as Appleseed or Ghost in the Shell (the latter having even more complicated plot lines). i thought the animation was good but not great. It was a little over the top, in my view, looking too animated. I thought it lacked sublety, if that makes any sense.

Otherwise, I enjoyed the movie. Probably should have waited for the special edition because I usually enjoy the features and this version didn't have any.

December 24, 2008.

Rivetting!.

Rating: 5
This was done by the same folks that did the new Appleseed.

All I can say is WOW!

The story is strong and the animation is dizzying...

Amazing work... I'm glad I own it.

December 23, 2008.

Kind of a paranoid "Ghost in the Shell".

Rating: 4
Ah, the anime market is a diffult place to wander. So much out there, but 90% is really niche, junk, or unoriginal. Here, Japan is isolated by the UN because of extreme experimentations conducted with imperial ambition in mind. When the state of afairs is hinted at to the outside world, an American team (who all look a tad Asian) is sent in, with less-than-fortuitious results.

I can't say I'm a fan of the motion capture or "so real it's creepy" animation. (Give me the good old stuff - I far prefer Harlock and Area 88, but that's a matter of taste). That said - recommended to fans of Ghost in the Shell and Appleseed.