Synopsis
When Alice Hayashi, the youngest person ever to go into space crashes her shuttle at the North Pole, she is thrown thirty years into the future. But her trip through time is far from accidental. The world is now ruled with an iron fist by Nero and his supercomputer, the SS10X. And because of a common link between her, Nero and the SS10X, Alice may be the future’s only chance for freedom…
Review
ArtsMagicDVD did a good job with this release. The story is cold at the beginning, like the setting (North Pole), but towards the end the story becomes quite an experience. Alice Hayashi who was on her way to the moon, suddenly was in what she recalled an accident. When she woke up she was being chased down by both Nero and the Federation Liberation Forces. After a lengthy speed chase, she wipes out and is then found by Yuan, one of her only friends in this strange world. When Alice came to, the situation was stated to Yuan, in other words, us. Then the escape plan was put into play as they were being chased yet again. This time they get away and the meat of the story begins here.
Obviously in order to find the answer to why people were being captivated by Nero, they would have to pay a visit to Nero. I love the twist of the story this part of the movie brought. It was predictable, yet it was not. Something that you can work out the answer if you thought about it for a long time, but you would have never thought about this factor. This really got me up to appreciate this full CG movie more.
The ending was enjoyable. Everyone got what they wanted. Yuan and Maria (SS01X) found the location of where the people were captured and they venture out to free them, and Alice goes back to her time and has a surprise awaiting her rescue. :P. Overall, this movie got entertaining towards the end. Only if it was like that throughout, it would have been great, instead of now, being mediocre.
The Breakdown
You will like the unexpected ending. It baffled me for a while, but I slowly processed the information and enjoyed it.
» The Pros
A good story towards the end. CG was nice although, there were a few moments where time was consumed while money was saved scenes. Nonetheless Alice is unpredictable, and that means a lot nowadays, as many anime use the same formula repeatedly.
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» The Cons
A boring start that put me to sleep. It was an obligation to get through the beginning. After that things were fine.
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» Animation
7 |
This CGI animation is very impressive comparing to Malice@Doll. |
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» Sound
7 |
There were probably only 2-3 different music themes for this piece. I always seem to hear the same background music played at certain parts of the show :). |
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» Story
7.5 |
This is really the “Icy-Hot” of animation. |
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» Recommend
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I really cannot rate Alice over a 6.5. I really believe that the show would have been better if Nero was shown earlier in the show, but eh, what can I say, I am not the director :P. |
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» Other Information
Language: English/Japanese Dialogue with English Subtitles.
Extras: “Final Fantasies” - A History of CGI Animation Filmed At “London Sci-Fi 1003″, Interview with Director Kenichi Maejima, Trailers, Filmographies & Biographies, Image Gallery, and Artwork.
Package: There is nothing special with the DVD cover, although the phrase |
Wednesday, October 21, 2026
