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Appleseed Reviews

2004

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It's 2131 AD and the future of the human race hangs in the balance. Female soldier Deunan Knute has survived a major war that has pushed the earth to the brink of destruction. Located in a bombed-out urban wasteland, Deunan is transported to the Utopian city of Olympus and reunited with her former lover Briareos whose body is .. Read more

Starring	Ai Kobayashi, Jurota Kosugi, Yuki Matsuoka, Asumi Miwa
Director	Shinji Aramaki
Genres	Animated, Anime, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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- After battling through the aftermath of a ruinous global war, female supersoldier Deunan is introduced to Olympus, a... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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- - 12
  - 0
  Matrix vs Spirits Withhin
  
  Where were you hiding - Animation has finally struck a deal with real time... but will it last? very much like the collaboration between the Bioroids and Human ... read more »
  
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- 441524
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - 5am veiwer
  - Utopia, Olympus
  - 19 May 2007 at 08:42
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  make your comparisons more credible
  
  I am a fan of Japanese anime and I thought that this one was well executed, however there were elements where the storyline slowed but then that was just to ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 03 Aug 2011 at 10:27
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  A spectacle for the eyes if not for the brain.
  
  Considering the pedigree direction and the interesting concept going in, I had high hopes for Appleseed. I haven’t read any of the original Manga, so ... read more »
  
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- - MatthewOuld
  - 9 reviews
  - Liverpool
  - 23 May 2011 at 14:15
- - 0
  - 0
  appleseed
  
  Well worth watching and I would recommend to anyone
  
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- - mark leather
  - secret
  - 06 Mar 2011 at 19:41
- - 3
  - 0
  Major disappointment
  
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  I am a big fan of anime, my favourite anime's are Street Fighter 2: the animated movie and Akira. This anime when I first came across it looked pretty cool ... read more »
  
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- - VIDEOMONSTER
  - 252 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 03 May 2010 at 11:13
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  Wider appeal.
  
  I've wanted to see this for years - I've seen a few anime films and found some of them a little dry and overly philosophical (i.e. why I didn't ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Harrogate
  - 02 Apr 2010 at 18:26
- - 0
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  No brain muddle!
  
  This was a very pleasant suprise, i came across this film when i was just getting into Anime and was still a little confused by Ghost in the shell ( i get in ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - wiltshire
  - 05 Mar 2010 at 22:20
- - 0
  - 0
  WORTH WATCHING
  
  took me a little bit to pick up the story, nice twist at the end.
  
  Graphics are amazing and tbh I'm buying the dvd so its in my collection.
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- - Cupcaketattoos
  - 11 reviews
  - Surrey
  - 21 Feb 2010 at 02:59
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  Good but you really need to be into you japanise style animation
  
  Not too shabby I have to say, considering its one of the first to use techniques to blend 2D, 3D and CGI together to form seem-less scenes. The plot typical ... read more »
  
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  - Benard
  - 36 reviews
  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 24 Nov 2009 at 21:35
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  Good, but not great...
  
  I feel like I am probably one of the few people that doesn't like the animation style in this movie. This is mainly because I couldn't help thinking ... read more »
  
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- 833129
- - ManicGuy1989
  - 5 reviews
  - Bradford
  - 21 Nov 2009 at 01:22
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  Beautifully animated mayhem
  
  I've never really been 'that' into Anime or Manga but I am now! I saw listings on LoveFilm for these types of movies, thought and why not, in a true... read more »
  
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- - Dern
  - 12 reviews
  - Bournemouth
  - 19 Nov 2009 at 10:32
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- - 12
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  Matrix vs Spirits Withhin
  
  Where were you hiding - Animation has finally struck a deal with real time... but will it last? very much like the collaboration between the Bioroids and Human ... read more »
  
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- 441524
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - 5am veiwer
  - Utopia, Olympus
  - 19 May 2007 at 08:42
- - 8
  - 2
  Check out my fancy new technology!
  
  This is more Prequel than remake, it covers the story of how the 2 central characters arrived and settled in Olympus. The dubbing is not as good as it should ... read more »
  
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- - T.W.B
  - Bristol
  - 18 Oct 2005 at 15:39
- - 7
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  Animated action fest
  
  I loved this remake. I had only read the graphic novel before. loved the anime on this. Mixture of the two methods worked well. Ignore disk 2 if you dont like ... read more »
  
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- 155555
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh, Scotland
  - 01 Oct 2005 at 08:20
- - 5
  - 0
  Brilliant!!!!
  
  I haven't seen the original animation but this cgi version is state of the art.
  
  A must for any anime fanatic
  
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- 201496
- - Victoria Sauntson
  - Lincolnshire, England
  - 01 Feb 2006 at 20:21
- - 4
  - 0
  Complex and Beautiful
  
  Following the success of Ghost in the Shell Masumane Shirow's 'life work' has been given the treatment it deserves. It had previously (1994) been ... read more »
  
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- - Dangerboyjim
  - London
  - 21 Jul 2006 at 13:20
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  Great Manga film
  
  If you love Manga films then you'll love this film. A superb story set-in the future, in a perfect world where everyone is provided for...
  
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- - Lantik
  - Essex
  - 26 Jan 2005 at 09:06
- - 5
  - 4
  Not one for anime fans
  
  I rented this partly on the basis that it received good reviews here and that if someone was going to take on Appleseed for another film they must have done a ... read more »
  
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- - andylondon
  - 63 reviews
  - London
  - 25 Jan 2006 at 15:27
- - 3
  - 0
  Major disappointment
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  I am a big fan of anime, my favourite anime's are Street Fighter 2: the animated movie and Akira. This anime when I first came across it looked pretty cool ... read more »
  
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- 888654
- - VIDEOMONSTER
  - 252 reviews
  - Glasgow
  - 03 May 2010 at 11:13
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  The best kind of Manga
  
  I've found a common complaint I have with Manga is that it's always a case of style over substance - maybe it's that the dialogue loses something ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Robbiedjude
  - 86 reviews
  - Plymouth
  - 22 Jun 2008 at 23:29
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  Great Anime me me me
  
  after watching 'appleseed, ex machine' thinking this was part one i released it was not, so i rented the first and both films did not disappoint. OK ... read more »
  
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- 640085
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - BalG
  - 40 reviews
  - Birmingham
  - 06 Oct 2008 at 22:35

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  It's 2131 AD and the future of the human race hangs in the balance. Female soldier Deunan Knute has survived a major war that has pushed the earth to the brink of destruction. Located in a bombed-out urban wasteland, Deunan is transported to the Utopian city of Olympus and reunited with her ...