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Appleseed

Appleseed

Humanity's last chance for survival.

20046.71h 45m

Overview

In a utopian society created at the end of World War III, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?

Directed by Shinji Aramaki
Written by Haruka Handa, Tsutomu Kamishiro, Shirow Masamune
Produced by Fumihiko Sori, Nobu Yamamoto, Hiroe Tsukamoto
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0MRevenue: $1.5M

Top Cast

Ai Kobayashi

Ai Kobayashi

Deyunan (voice)

Asumi Miwa

Asumi Miwa

Deyunan (motion actor)

Jurota Kosugi

Jurota Kosugi

Buriareosu (voice)

Yuki Matsuoka

Yuki Matsuoka

Hitomi (voice)

Yuzuru Fujimoto

Yuzuru Fujimoto

Uranosu (voice)

Takehito Koyasu

Takehito Koyasu

Hadesu (voice)

Mami Koyama

Mami Koyama

Atena (voice)

Miho Yamada

Miho Yamada

Nike (voice)

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Toshiyuki Morikawa

Yoshitsune (voice)

Ryuji Nakagi

Ryuji Nakagi

Shichiken rô Erekutoryuon (voice)

Themes & Keywords

futuremetropolisman vs machinecyborgpost-apocalyptic futuremechacyberpunkterrorismbased on mangapolice officeradult animationanime

About Appleseed

Appleseed is a animation, action, science fiction film released in 2004 exploring themes of future, metropolis, man vs machine, cyborg, post-apocalyptic future, mecha. Directed by Shinji Aramaki, it stars Ai Kobayashi, Asumi Miwa, Jurota Kosugi. In a utopian society created at the end of World War III, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?

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