- Street Date 31 May 2011.
- Studio EAGLE ROCK.
- Region A Americas, E Asia.
- Display 1.78 1 (Alternate Wide Screen), Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV.
- SubTitles English, French, German, Spanish.
APPLESEED - Blu-Ray MovieThe 2004
Appleseed feature is a reworking of the earlier video based on the manga by Masamune Shirow (
Ghost in the Shell). In 2131, most of humanity has withdrawn to the glittering city of Olympus after a devastating war. When the curvaceous Deunan Knute comes to Olympus, she encounters her former comrade Briareos, now a cyborg, and the lovely android Hitomi. The fate of Hitomi, Olympus, and humanity rest on the lost "Appleseed" technology that Deunan's mother helped to develop. A standard series of chases,
mecha battles, and confrontations leads to a predictable ending. When the original
Appleseedappeared in 1988! , it felt like a summary of anime's past, while
Akira pointed the way to the future. This new version feels like a mishmash of
Ghost in the Shell,
Akira,
Jin-Roh,
Evangelion, and other, more exciting works. The motion-capture CG is typically weightless, and the
mecha look oddly squat. (Rated R: violence)
--Charles Solomon
