
Appleseed(2004)
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?


“Urban combat in the city of dreams”
In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.

Masako Katsuki
Deunan Knute (voice)

Yoshisada Sakaguchi
Briareos Hecatombcales (voice)

Toshio Furukawa
Calon Mautholos (voice)

Norio Wakamoto
A. J. Sebastian (voice)

Toshiko Sawada
Athena Areios (voice)
Mayumi Shou
Hitomi (voice)

Mika Doi
Fleia Mautholos (voice)

Kumiko Takizawa
Nike (voice)

Tamio Ohki
Nereus (voice)

Yuji Mitsuya
Yoshi (voice)
Appleseed is a crime, animation, science fiction film released in 1988 exploring themes of future, utopia, freedom fighter, futuristic, cyberpunk, terrorism. Directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama, it stars Masako Katsuki, Yoshisada Sakaguchi, Toshio Furukawa. In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.
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