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I decided to check out the new release of Vexille since I was interested to see how CG is progressing since AppleSeed was released a few years ago. A full review is on TwitchFilm.net here, but the basic outline is agent Vexille is sent in by the US to check out what’s going on with Japan since it isolated itself 10 years ago and suspected to have engaged in forbidden development of android technology. The rest of the movie involves Vexille meeting Maria (a Japanese scientist with a link to the past) and taking out the evil Daiwa corporation after a botched infiltration mission leaves her stranded in Japan on her own.

Visually it’s great and head and shoulders above AppleSeed, here’s a few images of the main heroines:

Vexille, the main character, voiced by Kuroki Meisa. She’s not Japanese however, but could be if she didn’t have blue eyes.

Maria, the Japanese scientist who appears to be leading a resistance group against Daiwa, voiced by Matsuyuki Yasuko. Interestingly enough, her character looks pretty close to what Meisa looks like in real life: