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product_id: 52232025
title: "Appleseed Alpha"
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# Appleseed Alpha

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- **What is this?** Appleseed Alpha
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## Description

A NEW CHAPTER IN THE APPLESEED SAGA Before the events of Appleseed, Deunan, a human woman and former SWAT officer, along with her combat-cyborg lover, Briareos, arrive in war-torn New York City. The city’s mayor is a dapper but delusional cyborg, preparing for the UFO invasion he’s convinced is right around the corner. Briareos’s powerful abilities earn the pair refuge, but there are few human comforts to be found in a city catered to cyborgs… After the couple parts ways, the mayor’s nightmare takes a turn for the worse. Deunan’s group of outcast humans may be just the extra manpower the mayor needs—but can the two factions put aside their differences in time to save the world? PRAISE FOR APPLESEED BY SHIROW MASAMUNE, THE MIND BEHIND THE GHOST IN THE SHELL “A meditation on utopian ideals...pure SF.” — Worlds Without End “Every time you read the manga and watch the plot develop you find something you missed before.” — “Ten Reasons Appleseed Is Amazing,” IGN

Review: Really quite excellent, a nice surprise in my mailbox. - I really liked this Manga. The story was good, I like the art style. The characters had more depth than I expected. It was easy to understand what their basic temperament was. The first few pages are in color, something which was nice to set the stage. There are a couple of glossaries of sound effects (in the middle and in the end) which, by the time I realized, I wasn't much interested in because I was very engaged in the story line. I'll integrate the glossary when in future readings. This story predates the appleseed story, which I have not read but I have heard of it. There is a very interesting letter from the original author of Appleseed in the back, kind of a "send off" giving his characters to the new author, which was very touching. I consume Japanese manga and anime lightly compared to other people. I've had a subscription to Crunchy Roll, I own DVDs for various series, and I have a small collection of printed manga. So this review comes from someone who understands the basics and is used to enjoying Japanese culture, but I am by no means an avid collector or devotee. If you are an avid collector or devotee, lets be up front here, you won't find my review very interesting or enjoyable, as my level of sophistication is below yours. Coming from that perspective, I'm going to say that I enjoyed the story very much. I didn't want to put it down, it really held my interest. I thought the relationships between the various characters was very well thought out. Like many books of this type that are really for adults, the story is fast moving. In this case, "fast moving" means that stuff happens on the page and you have to make some mental leaps to realize what they were trying to say. Kind of like in a movie where they can show two characters talking about how "everythings gonna be all right", and then a cutscene of devastation, and you realize that things really weren't all right, but you skip over the middle and just "realize" what happened. This happens a few times in the book, and its really ok and fine. Just don't expect every moment to be spelled out for you. Like any graphic novel, the artist occasionally tries to be clever with the way the panes are presented on the page, and that can, very occasionally, cause you to say "oops I read that out of order". You've got to be patient about that, they are just trying to enhance the art. Devotees won't have any problems. If you are brand new to manga, this story is a good start, very understandable, works on its own. You will have to get used to reading the book "backwards", that is, from right to left, instead of from left to right. But I think you would figure that out just fine on your own, most people do. Overall I would say its a great book, and I look forward to continuing the series.
Review: Waste of money. - The drawings are like superbly childish... complete waste of my money.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #3,052,470 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #11,141 in Science Fiction Short Stories #14,862 in Action & Adventure Manga (Books) #465,310 in Genre Literature & Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 3.1 out of 5 stars 31 Reviews |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Really quite excellent, a nice surprise in my mailbox.
*by J***P on August 30, 2017*

I really liked this Manga. The story was good, I like the art style. The characters had more depth than I expected. It was easy to understand what their basic temperament was. The first few pages are in color, something which was nice to set the stage. There are a couple of glossaries of sound effects (in the middle and in the end) which, by the time I realized, I wasn't much interested in because I was very engaged in the story line. I'll integrate the glossary when in future readings. This story predates the appleseed story, which I have not read but I have heard of it. There is a very interesting letter from the original author of Appleseed in the back, kind of a "send off" giving his characters to the new author, which was very touching. I consume Japanese manga and anime lightly compared to other people. I've had a subscription to Crunchy Roll, I own DVDs for various series, and I have a small collection of printed manga. So this review comes from someone who understands the basics and is used to enjoying Japanese culture, but I am by no means an avid collector or devotee. If you are an avid collector or devotee, lets be up front here, you won't find my review very interesting or enjoyable, as my level of sophistication is below yours. Coming from that perspective, I'm going to say that I enjoyed the story very much. I didn't want to put it down, it really held my interest. I thought the relationships between the various characters was very well thought out. Like many books of this type that are really for adults, the story is fast moving. In this case, "fast moving" means that stuff happens on the page and you have to make some mental leaps to realize what they were trying to say. Kind of like in a movie where they can show two characters talking about how "everythings gonna be all right", and then a cutscene of devastation, and you realize that things really weren't all right, but you skip over the middle and just "realize" what happened. This happens a few times in the book, and its really ok and fine. Just don't expect every moment to be spelled out for you. Like any graphic novel, the artist occasionally tries to be clever with the way the panes are presented on the page, and that can, very occasionally, cause you to say "oops I read that out of order". You've got to be patient about that, they are just trying to enhance the art. Devotees won't have any problems. If you are brand new to manga, this story is a good start, very understandable, works on its own. You will have to get used to reading the book "backwards", that is, from right to left, instead of from left to right. But I think you would figure that out just fine on your own, most people do. Overall I would say its a great book, and I look forward to continuing the series.

### ⭐ Waste of money.
*by D***G on April 24, 2018*

The drawings are like superbly childish... complete waste of my money.

### ⭐⭐⭐ It's not near as good as the original manga series
*by M***L on July 28, 2017*

The original Appleseed manga was really good. The artwork was great. The story was very good. The anime hasn't been nearly as good and I've only seen the 2004 movie. I was expecting more here in the caliber of the manga, but I guess it's not by the same people. I Know there also is an Appleseed Alpha move. I wonder if this is the Japanese equivalent of a book based on a movie. It feels more like an ok ova of a manga than a good manga in itself. My first disappointment is the artwork. The brush strokes are very thick and it makes it look rushed. It almost feels more like storyboards than final artwork. Well, it's better than that, but I much prefer the style of artwork in the previous manga. My second disappointment is the story. It feels like a two part episode in a serialized anime. I like many serialized anime shows, but I would like them much less if there were only two episodes. The story is complete, but it feels like a side-story. Also, there is much less depth than the previous Appleseed mangas. Lastly, the story doesn't really take you anywhere or leave the characters any different. It's ok, but it's not great. So overall, I'm not sad I read. But I didn't like it enough to really suggest it. I think the Appleseed manga fan is better off reading only the other mangas. I also don't think there's enough interesting for a new fan. I'm not saying you'll be sad if you read this, but I think there are much better things to read.

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