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Appleseed (2004)
"Appurushîdo" (original title)

R  |   |  Sci-Fi, Action, Animation  |  17 April 2004 (Japan)
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In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, 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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Cast

Credited cast:
Ai Kobayashi ...
Deunan (voice)
Jûrôta Kosugi ...
Briareos (voice)
Yuki Matsuoka ...
Hitomi (voice)
Asumi Miwa ...
Akimoto Tsubasa ...
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Elder (voice) (as Christopher Ayres)
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Elder (voice) (as Frederick Bloggs)
Deborah Sale Butler ...
Scientist (voice)
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Nike (voice)
Luci Christian ...
Deunan Knute (voice)
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Uranus (voice)
Marty Fleck ...
Elder (voice)
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Elder (voice) (as Russell Thor)
Yuzuru Fujimoto ...
Uranus (voice)
...
Gilliam (voice)
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In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, 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?

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

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Humanity's last chance for survival.


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Rated R for some violence | See all certifications »

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Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$180,945 (Japan) (16 April 2004)

Gross:

$124,967 (USA) (11 February 2005)
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Released a decade before the reboot "Appleseed Alpha". See more »

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When General Uranus is on the roof trying to convince Deunan and Briareos to give him the Appleseed pendant, it is raining heavily, but everyone's hair is dry and blowing around in the wind. See more »

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Visuals that'll blow you alway
4 December 2004 | by (Ellicott City, MD) – See all my reviews

This cg/cell style anime is the most incredible i've seen. Most of what I can say has already been mentioned by others that have commented. Suffice it to say, Appleseed is worth watching simply for it's eye goggling effects.

The story is decent but not spectacular and has changed just a bit more that i would've preferred from the original premise of the manga.

I rate this an 8/10 because i did enjoy it thoroughly. The -2 pts is for what someone else mentioned...the too typical clichés. Every dramatic moment is something you've seen pinched from some other overdramatized movie.


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