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Jan 18, 2015 2:53 AM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Everything was more or less black & white - you had your good guys & your bad guys, you had your bad guys that were actually good guys all along, & then you had your bad guys that were obviously born evil, sooo interesting. Alisa does circumvent this crap a little by not falling into either category right from the off but of coarse her ultimate decision was between good & evil too, so yeah, quite whack. The action was the only the redeeming aspect of it, but not to the point of making this movie even halfway decent, just not a complete bore.
Feb 6, 2015 5:52 PM
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Decent action (and a lot of it). Plot was "meh".


Too bad the girls were in their landmates most of the time eh?
Mar 5, 2015 2:25 PM
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A decent bit of action-schlock. Most of the characters have a little bit of depth, even if it's only "is a brash loudmouth" like the one with the big hair. There are plenty of works like this one where the characters have no personality at all so just a little to grease the wheels makes a lot of difference I think.

It does reach too far with that hospital bed scene with Hassan. Terribly cheesy. The motivations of the villains is also a little vague and there's not quite enough on the central emotional conflict of Alissa's choice between Jean Luc and the other robot pilots.

I appreciated the small touch of humor added by the short, hairy police chief character and his penchant for food.
Dec 12, 2016 12:38 AM
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Good Shirow mix.

landamates, appleseed, cyberspace, ghost in the shell, kelvelos transport weapon, tachikoma, comedy, police, dominion, Alissa = nerf motoko
Nov 2, 2018 4:53 AM
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Bubblegum Crisis + Ghost in The Shell pinch = Gundress.
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Feb 16, 2019 1:14 PM
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It was alright, felt more like an episode than a movie though.
All the "Charlie's Angels" managed to get away in the end.
Loved the part where Alissa got a small black spot in her eye after losing a bit of herself.

Not bad, not good ... just okay.
6/10
Jun 5, 2022 8:13 AM
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This whole thing looks and feels so "low-budget", even compared by OVA standards. I'm quite shocked to know that this was actually released in theaters back in the day.

I know that if I had paid for a movie ticket to watch this, I would have been appalled enough to walk out and ask for a refund within the first 10 minutes.
Oct 1, 2022 2:22 AM
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PrOxAnto said:
It was alright, felt more like an episode than a movie though.
All the "Charlie's Angels" managed to get away in the end.
Loved the part where Alissa got a small black spot in her eye after losing a bit of herself.

Not bad, not good ... just okay.
6/10

When was that alisa black spot in her eye scene
I've seen the movie but can't find it
Oct 1, 2022 9:39 AM
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nachomaxo1 said:
PrOxAnto said:
It was alright, felt more like an episode than a movie though.
All the "Charlie's Angels" managed to get away in the end.
Loved the part where Alissa got a small black spot in her eye after losing a bit of herself.

Not bad, not good ... just okay.
6/10

When was that alisa black spot in her eye scene
I've seen the movie but can't find it


After skimming through it, it's around 1:13:18.
Not so much as a spot as it was a mark (which is what I meant to say)

It's after Jean-Luc gets taken and Alissa wakes up again.
Oct 27, 2023 2:18 AM

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The animation was subpart BUT the plot definitely carried this movie for me.
Didnt think I'd enjoy it this much haha.

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