[+] Excellent "painterly" CGI animation. Vexille eschews the
psuedorealism of Beowulf and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within for
strudy, hand-drawn textures. Character animation is taut and subtle.
The effect is far beyond the choppy, floaty, bright models used in
2004's Appleseed flick.

[+] Subtle character animation. Body movements are crisp, with few
excessive mannerisms. None of the goofy slapstick and "gun fu" that
infested Appleseed: Ex Machina.

[+] The first half is a tight, deliberately paced techno-thriller.
Terse, cold, efficient dialogue sets the tone perfectly.

[+] The English dub is superb in its own right. It never breaks the
tension or kills the drama.

[+] Deliberate pace, with superb editing, draws you into the world.
Even the action scenes don't overwhelm you to maintain your interest.
Director SATO displays confident, visual storytelling with minimal
dialogue, no fanservice. Imagine the Ghost in the Shell TV show
without the baby Tachikomas, static dialgoue scenes and lame one-
liners.