I haven’t seen too much news related to this in the anime blog world, but Vexille is a new CG anime film from director Fumihiko Sori, who also directed Ping Pong and produced Appleseed. Here’s a brief plot summary, courtesy of Shochiku Films:
“From the creators of APPLESEED, comes a Full CG animation Sci-Fi Action film. 2077 - 10 years has passed since Japan had decided to leave the United Nations to go into isolation. They have completely blocked the islands with an ultra magnetic field which prevents anyone to see what is going inside, nor for people to travel in/out of the country. This was a result to opposing to a treaty which UN has passed, preventing the development of all bio and robot technology which has evolved drastically and has become a threat to the human beings. When Japan finally begins to move, the US government sends in a special force team SWORD, lead by a female commander Vexille, to investigate what is really happening inside the closed country.”
The official site has a trailer, but it’s pretty ‘mysterious’. There are limited shots of characters and a few robots and environments. Either way, the CG Appleseed film was really cool (great story & visuals), so hopefully this one will be one to watch.
- Special thanks TwitchFilm for the tip-off!
