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{{Infobox film
{{Infobox_Film
|name = Vexille
| name = Vexille
|image = Vexille lowres.jpg
| image = Vexille lowres.jpg
|caption = ''Vexille'' Japanese promotional poster
| caption = ''Vexille'' Japanese promotional poster
|director = [[Fumihiko Sori]]
| director = [[Fumihiko Sori]]
|producer = [[Kazuya Hamana]]
| producer = {{Plainlist|
*Toshio Nakazawa
|writer = [[Haruka Handa]] <br/>[[Fumihiko Sori]]
*Ichirō Takase
|starring = [[Yasuko Matsuyuki]]<br /> [[Meisa Kuroki]]<br /> [[Shosuke Tanihara]]
*Yumiko Yoshihara
|music = [[Paul Oakenfold]]
|cinematography =
|editing = [[Fumihiko Sori]]
|distributor = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Shochiku|Shochiku]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[FUNimation Entertainment|FUNimation]]
|released = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[August 18]], [[2007 in film|2007]] <br> {{flagicon|USA}} [[2008 in film|2008]]
|runtime = 109 min
|country = [[Japan]]
|language = [[Japanese language|Japanese]]
|website = http://www.vexille.jp/
|imdb_id =
|amg_id =
|budget = $10 million
|gross =
}}
}}
| writer = {{Plainlist|
* Haruka Handa
* Fumihiko Sori }}
| starring = {{Plainlist|
* [[Meisa Kuroki]]
* [[Yasuko Matsuyuki]]
* [[Shosuke Tanihara]] }}
| music = [[Paul Oakenfold]]
| cinematography =
| editing = [[Fumihiko Sori]]
| production_companies = Oxybot
| distributor = {{Plainlist|
* [[Shochiku]] <small>([[Japan]])</small>
* [[Funimation|Funimation Entertainment]] <small>([[North America]])</small> }}
| released = {{Film date|2007|08|18|}}
| runtime = 111 minutes
| country = [[Japan]]
| language = Japanese
| budget = $10,000,000 US
| gross =
}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Vexille'''''|ベクシル 2077日本鎖国|Bekushiru 2077 Nihon sakoku|{{lit}} "Vexille: 2077 Japanese Isolation"}} is a 2007 Japanese [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] [[anime]] film, written, directed, and edited by [[Fumihiko Sori]], and features the voices of [[Meisa Kuroki]], Yasuko Matsuyuki, and Shosuke Tanihara.


At the [[Locarno International Film Festival|60th Locarno International Film Festival]], where ''Vexille'' made its world premiere, the film was sold to 75 countries, including the United States–based distributor, [[FUNimation|Funimation Entertainment]]; however since that time the number increased to 129 countries.
{{nihongo|'''''Vexille'''''|ベクシル 2077日本鎖国|Bekushiru 2077 Nihon sakoku}} is a 2007 Japanese [[Computer-generated imagery|CGI]] [[anime]] film, written, directed, and edited by famed ''[[Ping Pong (film)|Ping Pong]]'' director [[Fumihiko Sori]], and features the voices of [[Meisa Kuroki]], Shosuke Tanihara, and Yasuko Matsuyuki.

At the [[Locarno International Film Festival|60th Locarno International Film Festival]], where ''Vexille'' made its world premiere, the film was sold to 75 countries, including the United States based distributor, [[FUNimation]], however since that time the number increased to 129 countries.<ref>[http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20070818-OHT1T00171.htm アニメ映画「ベクシル―」世界１２９か国公開決定！] ''[[Sports Hochi]]'' Retrieved [[August 18]], [[2007]] </ref>


==Plot==
==Plot==
By the 2060s, [[robotics]] technology has become extremely advanced, including [[cybernetics]]. World opinion begins to turn against robotics, leading to the [[United Nations|U.N.]] declaring a unilateral ban on further research in 2067. [[Japan]], being home to robotics pioneer Daiwa Heavy Industries, strongly protests this ban, but is unable to prevent its passage. In protest, Japan withdraws from international politics. All [[gaijin|foreigners]] are deported, and further immigration is prohibited. In addition, the R.A.C.E. network is constructed—270 off-shore installations that cover Japan with an energy field, nullifying all communication with the outside world and making satellite surveillance impossible. [[International trade|Trade]] and diplomacy continues, but Japan vanishes from the world scene.
Japan, 2077: A number of agents from a security agency "SWORD" (one of whom is named [[Vexille]]) are assigned the task of infiltrating fortress [[Japan]] to investigate whether the Japanese are developing [[android]] technology, which has been banned by the [[U.N.]] due to its potential threat to humankind.

Ten years later, the [[United States Navy]] special warfare unit "SWORD" is trying to trap a Japanese informant for Daiwa in Colorado. The instigator, Saito, escapes by cutting off his own leg. Analysis shows the leg is made of bio-metal. SWORD suspects that Japan has concealed extensive development of banned technologies. They embark on an unapproved scheme to infiltrate Japan and to find out the frequency of the R.A.C.E. network, enabling SWORD to gather [[Intelligence (information gathering)|intelligence]] on the country. Although the agents successfully enter Japan, they are detected by security forces before they can transmit their data. Vexille is the sole SWORD agent to evade capture, and only her lover Leon survives to be taken to Daiwa's headquarters. Vexille awakens to find [[Tokyo]] is now a [[shanty town]] ruled by Daiwa. A small [[resistance movement]] opposes the company, and uses Vexille's transmitter to successfully transmit the distortion frequency.

Maria, the head of the resistance, details the 10 years of secrecy while SWORD studies Japan in shocked horror—the islands are a lifeless wasteland. In 2067, an unknown disease struck Japan and was countered by an experimental [[vaccine]]. In actuality, the disease was created by Daiwa and the "vaccine" was used as an excuse for Daiwa to begin testing experimental [[nanotechnology]]. Every Japanese citizen was converted into a form of [[synthetic life]]. But there were unforeseen side effects; the conversion was imperfect, resulting in the infected humans losing their [[free will]] and becoming just lifelike machines. Some of the nanotech went amok, creating the "Jags", giant whirling constructs of semisentient metal that prowl the wilderness. The Jags destroyed all of Japan, save Tokyo which is protected by an inedible wall of [[ceramic]].

The Resistance plans to draw the Jags along a service bridge to Daiwa's corporate headquarters, which now stands in the middle of [[Tokyo Bay]]. Vexille volunteers her assistance (and that of her flight-capable armor). However, though Vexille and Maria succeed in drawing the Jags to the end of the service bridge, the bridge has been detached from the headquarters, the Jags fall into the sea, and Vexille and Maria are captured. They are taken to Kisaragi, the master of Daiwa, who boasts that his research is nearly complete. And as he needs more test subjects, he is going to invade America. Vexille attacks him with a hidden knife, revealing that his blood is still human—he has not used the process himself. Saito then strangles him. The town council forces the ceramic gates open, destroying Tokyo and enabling the Jags to enter Daiwa's headquarters. Kisaragi, having somehow survived, shoots Saito and escapes with his research. The underling then releases Vexille and Maria before succumbing to his wounds.

Vexille pursues Kisaragi while Maria frees Leon, who shows concern for Vexille, angering Maria. Thus when Vexille prevents Kisaragi's escape in a helicopter, Maria grabs him and holds them together as a Jag devours them. Vexille and Leon are rescued by a SWORD helicopter just as Daiwa headquarters collapses into the bay, along with every Jag in Japan. As Vexille and Leon are flown from a now completely lifeless Japan, Vexille comments that humanity's spirit can never be taken away.


==Cast==
==Cast==
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">


===Japanese===
===Japanese===
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*[[Yasuko Matsuyuki]] as Maria
*[[Yasuko Matsuyuki]] as Maria
*[[Takaya Kuroda]] as Zack
*[[Takaya Kuroda]] as Zack
*[[Akio Ohtsuka]] as Saito
*[[Akio Ōtsuka]] as Saito
*[[Romi Paku]] as Takashi
*[[Romi Park]] as Takashi
*[[Takahiro Sakurai]] as Ryo
*[[Takahiro Sakurai]] as Ryo
*[[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] as Kisaragi
*[[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] as Kisaragi
*[[Tetsuya Kakihara]] as Taro
*[[Tetsuya Kakihara]] as Taro
*[[Takayuki Sugo]] as Captain Borg
*[[Takayuki Sugo]] as Captain Borg
*[[Kenji Takahashi ]] as Saga
*Kenji Takahashi as Saga
*[[Jiro Saito]] as Chairman Itakura
*Jiro Saito as Chairman Itakura
</div>
<div style="float:left; width:40%;">


===English===
===English===
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*[[Travis Willingham]] as Cdr. Leon Fayden
*[[Travis Willingham]] as Cdr. Leon Fayden
*[[Christine Auten]] as Maria
*[[Christine Auten]] as Maria
*[[Christopher Sabat]] as Zak
*[[Christopher Sabat]] as Zack
*[[Jason Douglas]] as Saito
*[[Jason Douglas]] as Saito
*[[Luci Christian]] as Takashi
*[[Luci Christian]] as Takashi
*[[Illich Guardiola]] as Ryo
*[[J. Michael Tatum]] as Kisaragi
*[[J. Michael Tatum]] as Kisaragi
*[[Todd Haberkom]] as Taro
*[[Todd Haberkorn]] as Taro
*[[John Swasey]] as Captain Borg
*[[John Swasey]] as Captain Borg
*[[Phil Parsons]] as Saga
*[[Phil Parsons (voice actor)|Phil Parsons]] as Saga
*[[Kent Williams (actor)|Kent Williams]] as Itakura
*[[Kent Williams (voice actor)|Kent Williams]] as Chairman Itakura
</div>{{-}}


==Music==
==Music==
The original soundtrack and music to the series features an [[electronic music|electronic]], [[techno music|techno]] and [[trance music|trance]] theme, and features [[Basement Jaxx]], [[Boom Boom Satellites]], [[Asian Dub Foundation]], [[Dead Can Dance]], [[Carl Craig]], [[The Prodigy]], [[DJ Shadow]], [[M.I.A]], with singer [[mink (singer)|Mink]] providing the theme song ''Together again'' and [[Paul Oakenfold]] handling the music.
The original soundtrack and music to the series features an [[electronic music|electronic]], [[techno music|techno]], [[urumi (drum)|urumee melam]] and [[trance music|trance]] theme, and features [[Basement Jaxx]], [[Boom Boom Satellites]], [[Asian Dub Foundation]], [[Dead Can Dance]], [[Carl Craig]], [[The Prodigy]], [[DJ Shadow]], [[M.I.A. (artist)|M.I.A]], with singer [[mink (singer)|Mink]] providing the theme song "Together again" and [[Paul Oakenfold]] handling the music score production, which was co-written with Ian Green and [[Michael J McEvoy]]. McEvoy also orchestrated and programmed the score.


==Trivia==
==Reception==
''Vexille'' has been said to have a ''[[Resident Evil (series)|Resident Evil]]''-like plotline and has drawn many comparisons to the movie. A review of the DVD on website ''IGN'' gave this film six out of ten, finding it difficult to follow and riddled with plot holes. They also found fault with the soundtrack, particularly Paul Oakenfold's score: "A couple of tracks manage to rise to the occasion, but for the most part, ''Vexille''{{'}}s tunes feel limp and repetitive."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dvd.ign.com/articles/940/940377p1.html|title=Vexille&nbsp;— Isolation Special Edition DVD Review: This Blu-ray Disc doesn't solve every one of the movie's problems, but at least it fixes a few.
* A [[butterfly|butterfly]] is seen several times throughout the film and other advertised Vexille media. It may symbolize a personification of a person's soul, living, dying or dead, and has some importance in the overall theme on humanity in Vexille. Some examples are when Ryo catches a purple butterfly and later lets it go, and (most likely) the same butterfly flying away at the ending scene. Butterflies can be spotted in the official Japanese Vexille website, as well as mink's "Together again" music video.
|first=D. F.|last=Smith|date=December 22, 2008|publisher=[[IGN]]}}</ref> ''[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]]'' comments on the film for "retreading of familiar territory already covered effectively by ''[[Ghost in the Shell]]''". It commends the visuals for its "[[cel-shaded animation|cel-shading]] and [[rotoscoping]], leading to some incredibly impressive looking set pieces". However, it criticises the action scenes which "aren't nearly as exciting as they should be&nbsp;— most of the action scenes boil down to rather mundane gun fights or chases, and while they look great there's no real energy in them."<ref>{{Cite journal|date=November 2008|title=Vexille|journal=[[Hyper (magazine)|Hyper]]|publisher=[[Next Media]]|issue=181|pages=89|issn=1320-7458}}</ref> It currently has a 60% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vexille|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1196090-vexille/}}</ref>
* Before Vexille unintentionally reveals Kisaragi as a human, there are two scenes that hints at Kisaragi's deception; one can see satellite's read – there are three red dots among beings in Japan: one is Vexille in Tokyo, two other are in Daiwa's base, one being Leon; there's also a scene with Kisaragi and Saito having a discussion while he is feeding bits of scrap metal to a snake-sized Jag in a glass tank, and also stroking it like a pet. If he was an android, he would have been torn apart by the Jag since bio-metal also attracts it. However, earlier in the movie it is mentioned by a SWORD member that Saitos' bio-signature was "confirmed" which would have also shown up on the satellite display if correct. This might be a translation error (the contributer watched a subbed version), a plot error or an error on SWORDS behalf, more likely the former due to the nature of SWORD and their technological capacities.

==Releases==
For Region 1, ''Vexille'' was first released in a one-disc format on May 20, 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0012Z5UM0/ |title=Vexille&nbsp;— Movie: Toshiyuki Morikawa, Romi Park, Shosuke Tanihara, Akio Atsuka, Meisa Kuroki, Takahiro Sakurai, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Tetsuya Kakihara, Fumihiko Sori |website=Amazon |date=20 May 2008 |access-date=2009-06-13}}</ref> followed by a 2-Disc special edition on November 4, 2008.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0018EA12O/ |title=Vexille (Special Edition): Meisa Kuroki, Shosuke Tanihara, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Tetsuya Kakihara, Romi Pak, Takahiro Sakurai, Akio Atsuka, Fumihiko Sori |website=Amazon |date=4 November 2008 |access-date=2009-06-13}}</ref> Both versions include the original Japanese soundtrack as well as the English dub, with optional subtitles.

A Blu-ray Disc version was released on the same day as the 2-Disc special edition and includes exactly the same features as its DVD counterpart.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001ECQK8E/ |title=Vexille (Special Edition) [Blu-ray Disc&#93;: Meisa Kuroki, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Travis Willingham, Shosuke Tanihara, Christine M. Auten, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Christopher Sabat, Jason Douglas (IV), Luci Christian, Illich Guardiola, J. Michael Tatum, Todd Haberkorn, John Swasey, Phil Parsons (II), Kent Williams, Tetsuya Kakihara, Romi Pak, Akio Atsuka, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Takahiro Sakurai, Fumihiko Sori: Movies & TV |website=Amazon |date=4 November 2008 |access-date=2009-06-13}}</ref>

The Region 2 DVD was released on September 1, 2008, in a limited edition steelbook 2-Disc set,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0018OG146 |title=Vexille&nbsp;— Steelbook Special Edition [DVD&#93; [2007&#93;: Amazon.co.uk: Fumihiko Sori: DVD |date=September 2008 |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2009-06-13}}</ref> featuring only the original Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles without English Dub. That version has since gone out of print and has been replaced by a standard one-disc set with no extra features.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001G8Y7MM |title=Vexille [DVD&#93; [2007&#93;: Fumihiko Sori: Amazon.co.uk: DVD |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2009-06-13}}</ref>

A Blu-ray Disc version is yet to be released on Region B.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001GPTCFM |title=Vexille [Blu-ray Disc&#93; [2007&#93;: Fumihiko Sori: Amazon.co.uk: DVD |publisher=Amazon.co.uk |access-date=2009-06-13}}</ref>

==Live-action film==
[[Universal Pictures|Universal Studios]] has acquired the rights to the film to produce a live-action remake. [[Beau Flynn]] and [[Tripp Vinson]] have signed on as producers, Lisa Zambri as executive producer and [[Evan Spiliotopoulos]] as screenwriter.<ref>[https://variety.com/2013/film/news/universal-vexille-evan-spiliotopoulos-1200492053/ Universal Acquires ‘Vexille’ with Evan Spiliotopoulos Adapting (EXCLUSIVE)]</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Appleseed (film)|Appleseed]]
*''[[Appleseed (2004 film)|Appleseed]]''


== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
<div class="references-small"><references /></div>


==External links==
==External links==
{{anime-links|imdb=0970472|ann=7812}}
*{{anime News Network|film|7812|Vexille|noparen}}
*{{IMDb title|0970472|Vexille}}
*[http://www.vexille.jp/ Official website] {{ja icon}}
*{{Official website|http://www.vexille.jp}} {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://twitchfilm.net/archives/010095.html Twitch ''Vexille'' review]
*{{Official website|http://www.funimation.com/vexille}}
*[http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934310.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 Variety.com ''Vexille'' review]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070822001044/http://twitchfilm.net/archives/010095.html Twitch ''Vexille'' review]
*[https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117934310.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 Variety.com ''Vexille'' review]
*[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20070817a2.html The Japan Times ''Vexille'' review]
*[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ff20070817a2.html The Japan Times ''Vexille'' review]


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Vexille
Vexille Japanese promotional poster
Directed byFumihiko Sori
Written by
  • Haruka Handa
  • Fumihiko Sori
Produced by
  • Toshio Nakazawa
  • Ichirō Takase
  • Yumiko Yoshihara
Starring
Edited byFumihiko Sori
Music byPaul Oakenfold
Production
company
Oxybot
Distributed by
Release date
  • August 18, 2007 (2007-08-18)
Running time
111 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget$10,000,000 US

Vexille (ベクシル 2077日本鎖国, Bekushiru 2077 Nihon sakoku, lit. "Vexille: 2077 Japanese Isolation") is a 2007 Japanese CGI anime film, written, directed, and edited by Fumihiko Sori, and features the voices of Meisa Kuroki, Yasuko Matsuyuki, and Shosuke Tanihara.

At the 60th Locarno International Film Festival, where Vexille made its world premiere, the film was sold to 75 countries, including the United States–based distributor, Funimation Entertainment; however since that time the number increased to 129 countries.

Plot

[edit]

By the 2060s, robotics technology has become extremely advanced, including cybernetics. World opinion begins to turn against robotics, leading to the U.N. declaring a unilateral ban on further research in 2067. Japan, being home to robotics pioneer Daiwa Heavy Industries, strongly protests this ban, but is unable to prevent its passage. In protest, Japan withdraws from international politics. All foreigners are deported, and further immigration is prohibited. In addition, the R.A.C.E. network is constructed—270 off-shore installations that cover Japan with an energy field, nullifying all communication with the outside world and making satellite surveillance impossible. Trade and diplomacy continues, but Japan vanishes from the world scene.

Ten years later, the United States Navy special warfare unit "SWORD" is trying to trap a Japanese informant for Daiwa in Colorado. The instigator, Saito, escapes by cutting off his own leg. Analysis shows the leg is made of bio-metal. SWORD suspects that Japan has concealed extensive development of banned technologies. They embark on an unapproved scheme to infiltrate Japan and to find out the frequency of the R.A.C.E. network, enabling SWORD to gather intelligence on the country. Although the agents successfully enter Japan, they are detected by security forces before they can transmit their data. Vexille is the sole SWORD agent to evade capture, and only her lover Leon survives to be taken to Daiwa's headquarters. Vexille awakens to find Tokyo is now a shanty town ruled by Daiwa. A small resistance movement opposes the company, and uses Vexille's transmitter to successfully transmit the distortion frequency.

Maria, the head of the resistance, details the 10 years of secrecy while SWORD studies Japan in shocked horror—the islands are a lifeless wasteland. In 2067, an unknown disease struck Japan and was countered by an experimental vaccine. In actuality, the disease was created by Daiwa and the "vaccine" was used as an excuse for Daiwa to begin testing experimental nanotechnology. Every Japanese citizen was converted into a form of synthetic life. But there were unforeseen side effects; the conversion was imperfect, resulting in the infected humans losing their free will and becoming just lifelike machines. Some of the nanotech went amok, creating the "Jags", giant whirling constructs of semisentient metal that prowl the wilderness. The Jags destroyed all of Japan, save Tokyo which is protected by an inedible wall of ceramic.

The Resistance plans to draw the Jags along a service bridge to Daiwa's corporate headquarters, which now stands in the middle of Tokyo Bay. Vexille volunteers her assistance (and that of her flight-capable armor). However, though Vexille and Maria succeed in drawing the Jags to the end of the service bridge, the bridge has been detached from the headquarters, the Jags fall into the sea, and Vexille and Maria are captured. They are taken to Kisaragi, the master of Daiwa, who boasts that his research is nearly complete. And as he needs more test subjects, he is going to invade America. Vexille attacks him with a hidden knife, revealing that his blood is still human—he has not used the process himself. Saito then strangles him. The town council forces the ceramic gates open, destroying Tokyo and enabling the Jags to enter Daiwa's headquarters. Kisaragi, having somehow survived, shoots Saito and escapes with his research. The underling then releases Vexille and Maria before succumbing to his wounds.

Vexille pursues Kisaragi while Maria frees Leon, who shows concern for Vexille, angering Maria. Thus when Vexille prevents Kisaragi's escape in a helicopter, Maria grabs him and holds them together as a Jag devours them. Vexille and Leon are rescued by a SWORD helicopter just as Daiwa headquarters collapses into the bay, along with every Jag in Japan. As Vexille and Leon are flown from a now completely lifeless Japan, Vexille comments that humanity's spirit can never be taken away.

Cast

[edit]

Japanese

[edit]

English

[edit]

Music

[edit]

The original soundtrack and music to the series features an electronic, techno, urumee melam and trance theme, and features Basement Jaxx, Boom Boom Satellites, Asian Dub Foundation, Dead Can Dance, Carl Craig, The Prodigy, DJ Shadow, M.I.A, with singer Mink providing the theme song "Together again" and Paul Oakenfold handling the music score production, which was co-written with Ian Green and Michael J McEvoy. McEvoy also orchestrated and programmed the score.

Reception

[edit]

Vexille has been said to have a Resident Evil-like plotline and has drawn many comparisons to the movie. A review of the DVD on website IGN gave this film six out of ten, finding it difficult to follow and riddled with plot holes. They also found fault with the soundtrack, particularly Paul Oakenfold's score: "A couple of tracks manage to rise to the occasion, but for the most part, Vexille's tunes feel limp and repetitive."[1] Hyper comments on the film for "retreading of familiar territory already covered effectively by Ghost in the Shell". It commends the visuals for its "cel-shading and rotoscoping, leading to some incredibly impressive looking set pieces". However, it criticises the action scenes which "aren't nearly as exciting as they should be — most of the action scenes boil down to rather mundane gun fights or chases, and while they look great there's no real energy in them."[2] It currently has a 60% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.[3]

Releases

[edit]

For Region 1, Vexille was first released in a one-disc format on May 20, 2008,[4] followed by a 2-Disc special edition on November 4, 2008.[5] Both versions include the original Japanese soundtrack as well as the English dub, with optional subtitles.

A Blu-ray Disc version was released on the same day as the 2-Disc special edition and includes exactly the same features as its DVD counterpart.[6]

The Region 2 DVD was released on September 1, 2008, in a limited edition steelbook 2-Disc set,[7] featuring only the original Japanese soundtrack with English subtitles without English Dub. That version has since gone out of print and has been replaced by a standard one-disc set with no extra features.[8]

A Blu-ray Disc version is yet to be released on Region B.[9]

Live-action film

[edit]

Universal Studios has acquired the rights to the film to produce a live-action remake. Beau Flynn and Tripp Vinson have signed on as producers, Lisa Zambri as executive producer and Evan Spiliotopoulos as screenwriter.[10]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Smith, D. F. (December 22, 2008). "Vexille — Isolation Special Edition DVD Review: This Blu-ray Disc doesn't solve every one of the movie's problems, but at least it fixes a few". IGN.
  2. ^ "Vexille". Hyper (181). Next Media: 89. November 2008. ISSN 1320-7458.
  3. ^ "Vexille". Rotten Tomatoes.
  4. ^ "Vexille — Movie: Toshiyuki Morikawa, Romi Park, Shosuke Tanihara, Akio Atsuka, Meisa Kuroki, Takahiro Sakurai, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Tetsuya Kakihara, Fumihiko Sori". Amazon. 20 May 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  5. ^ "Vexille (Special Edition): Meisa Kuroki, Shosuke Tanihara, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Tetsuya Kakihara, Romi Pak, Takahiro Sakurai, Akio Atsuka, Fumihiko Sori". Amazon. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  6. ^ "Vexille (Special Edition) [Blu-ray Disc]: Meisa Kuroki, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Travis Willingham, Shosuke Tanihara, Christine M. Auten, Yasuko Matsuyuki, Christopher Sabat, Jason Douglas (IV), Luci Christian, Illich Guardiola, J. Michael Tatum, Todd Haberkorn, John Swasey, Phil Parsons (II), Kent Williams, Tetsuya Kakihara, Romi Pak, Akio Atsuka, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Takahiro Sakurai, Fumihiko Sori: Movies & TV". Amazon. 4 November 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  7. ^ "Vexille — Steelbook Special Edition [DVD] [2007]: Amazon.co.uk: Fumihiko Sori: DVD". Amazon.co.uk. September 2008. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  8. ^ "Vexille [DVD] [2007]: Fumihiko Sori: Amazon.co.uk: DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  9. ^ "Vexille [Blu-ray Disc] [2007]: Fumihiko Sori: Amazon.co.uk: DVD". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-06-13.
  10. ^ Universal Acquires ‘Vexille’ with Evan Spiliotopoulos Adapting (EXCLUSIVE)
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