Ever-growing pulsating positronic brain

I, Robot film marketing ramps up ready for release in mid-July 2004. The eagerly-awaited Alex Proyas full-length feature looks like it won't disappoint judging by the effects evident in the trailer and teaser sites. I, Robot trailer [Large] | Alternative trailer at Alex Proyas' Mystery Clock I, Robot Now - NS-5 teaser site | I, Robot Now commercial & direct link 3 Laws featurette [7M] Isaac Asimov's classic short stories are brought to the big screen: In the year 2035, robots are an everyday household item, and everyone trusts them, except one, slightly paranoid detective (Spooner: Will Smith)...

Kill Bill Vol.2 Japan remix

Kill Bill Vol.2 opening to stellar audiences illustrates the cross-over potential for genre-fusing, boundary-defying cinema when packaged intelligently. Tarantino, of course, is a master at this. And while we wait for the full animé spin-off from his latest opus, material such as alternate trailers act as an enticing diversion. A perfect example of this is the Japanese campaign for the feature film which is a light-year ahead of the U.S. version. Offering a exuberantly freeform approach perfectly matching the ebullient stylings of the movie, the lurid Japanese trail mixes special effects with tricksy editing in a direct reflection of...

Dead Leaves animated film

With a lurid superkinetic feel provided by Imaitoonz, Dead Leaves is an accelerated audiovisual thrill-ride animé. Taking lavish influence from Japanese mecha, anthropomorphism, and computer-game intros, this new-wave animated feature film has been a recent hit at selected Asian film festivals including Resfest Japan, and Tokyo animé expo. Its primary-coloured delights should hit European animation festivals this year... Official site | Trailer [QT 12.5M] Synopsis: "Pandy and Retro, partners in crime, are finally arrested on numerous charges and sent to the infamous maximum-security prison 'Dead Leaves', where the galaxy's craziest have been locked up for good. Once confined, Pandy... Read more "Dead Leaves animated film" »

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Zone of the Enders computer game to animé

Z.O.E. 2 - The 2nd Runner | Zone of the Enders-Dolores, i Z.O.E. 2 - The 2nd Runner trailers: 1 | 2 | Official Konami site While the second Zone of the Enders PlayStation2 computer game has been on release for a while now, the final episodes of the Z.O.E. TV-series tie-in to the game have only recently been released on DVD in the UK (February 16, 2004). Originally created as a companion to the Playstation game produced by Hideo Kojima (Metal Gear Solid series director), and a follow-up to the OVA Zone of the Enders-IDOLO, Zone of the...

Immortel French sci-fi feature film

Immortel (ad vitam): Official site | Teaser (8.9M) | Trailer (35.3M) "In 2025, reporter Jill Bioskop nicknamed "La Femme Piège", writes her articles on a strange typewriter that makes them go back in time. Meanwhile her lover is assassinated" [Source: IMDB ] French release: March 24, 2004. This is the third film directed by Enki Bilal (also comic book and screenplay), who made his name as a comic book artist. Shaping up style-wise to be a worthy successor to Besson's eyecatching Fifth Element. Previous films include the Julie Delpy starrer:Tykho Moon (1996), notable for distinctive comic-book influenced art direction. [Via:...

Appleseed Japanese site

[Babelfish translation:] ' GHOST IN THE SHELL/attack shell riot squad ': the original author of ' the apple seed ' Maki Noboru supervises (' bubble gum crisis ') ... as worldwide first 3D live animation perfection filming. In 2131, the near future, the human and the clone coexist in a planned ideal city. Film includes complex motion capture for heightened character animation. UK release can't come soon enough... Official Appleseed site | APPLESEED QT trailer at Apple Jp...

CASSHERN: Animé to sci-fi feature film

UPDATE: Casshern feature film evolving site illustrates further impressive digital effects in full trailer Live action Casshern movie, a Japanese-Korean co-production, and adaptation of the Shinzo Ningen Casshern animated TV series, now with updated Apple Japan trailer online. | Official site. Incarnations: 1970s live action super hero programme 1973: 35 episode anime TV series. 1993: 4 episode anime OAV series in 1993. Continuing a rise to prominence, 2004 should see more originally animated films move to live action status. [Original source: die puny humans]...

Innocence: Ghost in the Shell Japanese website

Oshii Mamoru's hotly anticipated new anime: Innocence: Ghost in the Shell The Director continues to push the boundaries with beautifully fluid digital animation: Original (13.3M) | New! (35.6M) Lower bandwidth options on the site......

Rules of Attraction Japanese trailer

Japanese Rules of Attraction site features a highly recommended heavily remixed trailer. Available on this special Rules of Attraction site....