adaringdo-1 Review of Appleseed XIII

Appleseed XIII (2011– )

I have no Idea what these two connected movies were about.

[4/10 · 2 January 2015]

OK, seriously what was this about? Perhaps you need to see the very first prequel movie or understand the culture through some other means because the references to things, people, actions are unintelligible. As I understand it: A scientist and his clan/colony that desires a social paradise is attacked by some country that can't accept the clan's desire for independence. ? The wife who survived the attack decides to destroy all her husband has done in order to avenge his death? Even though years later others take up the scientist's cause and continue his work, she attacks them as well. This wife attempts to destroy all Bioroids because they contain some of her husband's DNA. ? But a side story is these Bioroids are going on a deep space probe to aid in mankind's future, and the wife specifically wants to kill the 10 candidates to pilot the spacecraft for some reason that eludes me. Somehow a Bioroid of her husband is aiding her - but if she hates all Bioroids why is she using one? There were continual references to mythology, Hercules and the ten tasks, and some other things I didn't understand, but all this had nothing to do with the story. The wife is defeated in battle at the end of the first segment only to show up unharmed as some kind of representative working for the very country that murdered her husband. Additionally, this wife seems to have access to machines that can best anything the world can produce. ? Eventually she decides to kill herself right on the verge of accomplishing her self proclaimed mission because she realizes the error of her ways. ? Seriously, the plot made no sense. The animation was tolerable, but not as good as Appleseed Exmachina that was made years before. This was pretty much a waste of time, was difficult to watch, and left me feeling confused and disappointed.