Appleseed (2004 film)

Appleseed
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kanaアップルシード
Transcriptions
Revised HepburnAppurushīdo
Directed byShinji Aramaki
Screenplay by
Based onAppleseed
by Masamune Shirow[1]
Produced by
  • Hidenori Ueki
  • Naoko Watanabe[1]
StarringAi Kobayashi
Jūrōta Kosugi
Mami Koyama
Yuki Matsuoka
Toshiyuki Morikawa
Music by
Production
company
Distributed byToho
Release date
  • April 18, 2004 (2004-04-18) (Japan)
Running time
103 minutes[1]
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese
Budget$10 million
Box office$1.5 million[2] (North America)

Appleseed (Japanese: アップルシード, Hepburn: Appurushīdo) is a 2004 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic action film directed by Shinji Aramaki and based on the Appleseed manga created by Masamune Shirow. The voice cast includes Ai Kobayashi, Jūrōta Kosugi, Mami Koyama, Yuki Matsuoka, and Toshiyuki Morikawa. The film, the second adaptation of the manga after the 1988 OVA, tells the story of Deunan Knute, a former soldier, who searches for data that can restore the reproductive capabilities of bioroids, a race of genetically engineered clones. Although it shares characters and settings with the original manga, this film's storyline is a re-interpretation, not a direct adaptation. It was released on April 18, 2004.

  1. ^ a b c d Galbraith IV 2008, p. 432.
  2. ^ "Appleseed (2005)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 5, 2012.