Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

I was pretty surprised to have been contacted about the new Appleseed movie: Appleseed Ex Machina. Needless to say that I was flattered to be asked to spread the word about the movie and the unique contesting that’s ongoing.

Well, besides your great review, I was also wondering if you would be interested in covering the new Appleseed movie? (http://www.warnervideo.com/appleseed/) There is a trailer remix contest where you can cut scenes from Appleseed: Ex Machina into clips and apply different songs from the soundtrack to create a trailer. Visitors to the site vote on the best trailer, and the winner of the contest will get flown to San Francisco for WonderCon in February. It’s a neat little contest, and I thought you might want to share it with your readers.

I’ve been familiar with the series for quite some time and in the past, when I was a kid, I remember the first OVA that was released. All these years later and after Appleseed 2004, following it’s premiere in Japan last October, Appleseed Ex Machina is now coming to the West. When I headed over to the trailer page I was quite impressed with what I saw there already. The animation looked marvelous and the voice acting was pleasant to my ears, especially the voice of Deunan. The trailer creation is quite intriguing and isn’t a hassle at all. It’s a simple task to select the scene you want and place it where ever you see fit and the same applies to the music. The only thing that’s really missing is an option to add your own voice as the announcer. That would have been awesome but that doesn’t take away from anything.

There were quite a few fan-created trailers there. One in particular, “Appleseed ExMachina: Hero”, is very good (and is currently leading in the votes) and shows how creative you can get with your trailer. So, if you’re a US citizen (living in the USA of course) and don’t mind giving up some information about yourself (it is a contest after all :P) then you should head on over to the official website and try your hand at making a trailer. Who knows, you just might end up the winner. Though you should hurry as it ends on the 7th of next month.

I personally can’t wait until March for the DVD to be released.