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Lachesis
12-16-2001, 08:28 PM
I just finished watching the first volume of this, just because of the title's notoriety, and one word comes to mind:

Wow.

From the cover and the usual description on the box, I was ready for the violence and the boodshed and the, uh, VERY suggestive elements, but I didn't figure on the writing and the design and the whole conception of the series being so high quality. The animation was a little hard to adjust to at first, but once I DID, ye gods. . .

I really love experimental-type animation, and this is some of the best I've seen yet. It reminded me a little of Battle Angel Alita, but far more twisted and ambiguous. Characters were great, especially Aeon and Trevor, and the plotting was complicated enough to justify some rewatching. I'm going to see if I can dig up the other two volumes over the weekend.

Anybody else seen this? I think it was originally on MTV about six or seven years back. I can't place the animation style either, but I'm almost sure Moebius had a hand in it somewhere.

Fish
12-16-2001, 11:10 PM
what? is Aeon FLux out on video? and where di you get it? is it on DVD too? I am a BIG Aeon Flux fan! I LOVE that show and man I love īthe music! "The Demig" is my favorite track - it rocks my world

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kiddiesunshine
12-16-2001, 11:21 PM
history lesson! aeon flux was a short on mtv's liquid television. the vhs set's been out for ages. i remember a part that involved strange food...i miss the old mtv...

Karkull
12-17-2001, 01:13 AM
I miss Aeon Flux. Part philosophical, part S&M, all cool.

Frozen
12-17-2001, 10:52 AM
I concur - Peter Cheung is a genius. Anybody know where else I can see his work..?

joshualane
12-17-2001, 02:49 PM
Aeon Flux DVD (out of print):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1564063682/

Aeon Flux VHS (3 different Volumes):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304030657/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573306991/
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6304326351/

Aeon Flux VHS Box Set (all 3 volumes):
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1573309796/

As for Alexander (http://www.ani-alexander.com), TokyoPop has the license for it and plan to release it onto DVD sometime in 2002. Here's the December 4th press release about it:
http://www.animeondvd.com/press/tokyopop/tp006.htm

That should about cover it...anyone else need any more information?

kiddiesunshine
12-17-2001, 04:03 PM
i think he also made phantom 2040.

joshualane
12-17-2001, 04:56 PM
He's actually done quite a lot of things, take a look at his bio:
http://www.ani-alexander.com/english/staff/bio.html

...And as an FYI to everyone, I'm not some Peter Cheung fanboy, just handy with Google and Amazon.