Customer Reviews

Appleseed: Hypernotes

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I am a big fan of Shirow and Appleseed, so this book was a must have. I was very pleasantly surprised though with the amount and quality of the sketches and production notes section at the back. Great stuff. I'd have given it five stars, but some of the content seems like fluff or filler. Not too bad though, some random interview and other stuff. Like I said, it's a must have for a fan, but not critical to your collection.

The rest of the Appleseed saga plays out in this book (as of 2010). Shirow, long ago moved onto Ghost in the Shell, and who knows if he will ever return to the Appleseed series. His latest work is just poster and full color image art, as he has either become disinterested or lost his drive at weaving interesting stories. (Maybe he just puts all the hentai stuff out now for money...) So if you were a big fan of Deunan over Motoko, I highly recommend picking this up to complete your collection. On top of that a lot of great sketches, explanations and concept sketches of things in the Appleseed world. Definitely not worth the 14.95 price tag, but I picked this up new from Hero Comics for a measley 5.50 which made this an excellent buy.

This is the same basic setup as ID which is a supplement to the manga. This one has a story which is a little over half of the book and the rest is illustrations and info on the series. No color pictures this time (unlike ID). A must have if you're an Appleseed fan.

Although the title of the manga is "Hypernotes" the majority of this book is an eighty page story that Shirow calls "The End of Appleseed Book Five (Unfinished), Beta Version". That caught me completely by surprise and looks quite finished by my eyes. So just to let all you Appleseed fans out there, here is what the unreleased volume five of Appleseed will look like!