Appurushîdo (1988) (V)

Director:

Kazuyoshi Katayama

Writers:

Kazuyoshi Katayama (writer)
Masamune Shirow (comic)

Release Date:

12 August 1994 (UK)

Genre:

Animation | Crime | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Urban combat in the city of dreams.

Plot:

Officer Deunan Knute and her cyborg partner Briaros Hecatonchires must prevent terrorists from gaining...

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Cyborg | Computer | Terrorist Base | Terrorism

Cast

Yôsuke Akimoto	...	Newscenter Staffer
Julia Braams	...	Hitomi (voice: English version) (as Julia Brahms)
Mika Doi	...	Fleia
Yuzuru Fujimoto	...	Police Chief
Toshio Furukawa	...	Calon
Nobuyuki Furuta	...	'GAIA' Operator
Nobuo Iwamoto	...	Sebastian
Masako Katsuki	...	Deunan
Lorelei King	...	Athena (voice: English version)
Vincent Marzello	...	Sebastian (voice: English version)
Yasunori Matsumoto	...	Police 'A'
Yûji Mitsuya	...	Yoshi
Larissa Murray	...	Deunan (voice: English version)
Tamio Ôki	...	Neleus
Masayuki Omoro	...	TV Announcer
Kenichi Ono	...	Police Officer (TV)
Takao Ôyama	...	Swat member
David Reynolds	...	Karon (voice: English version)
William Roberts	...	Bularios (voice: English version) (as Bill Roberts)
Yoshisada Sakaguchi	...	Brio
Toshiko Sawada	...	Athena
Mayumi Shô	...	Hitomi
Kumiko Takizawa	...	Nike
Kôji Totani	...	Terrorist Leader
Mari Yokô	...	Guard

Also Known As:

Appleseed (International: English title)

Runtime:

71 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Argentina:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15

Movie Connections:

Version of Appurushîdo (2004)

HiGH-TeCH HYJiNX FRoM THe CReaToR oF 'GHoST iN THe SHeLL'***8/10***

This anime is unique on the grounds that it explores more 'science-fact' rather than 'science fiction,' and makes the viewer believe much of what is being viewed is a factual prediction of the future earth.

Appleseed, which is based on the 1985 manga of the same name, is set in the post-apocalyptic aftermath of WWIII. A new breed of governemnet and scraped what remains of the world's government to put together an experimental utopia, 'Olypus' suposidly free of the past-world's troubles and strives. Deunan Natt, and Buliareous Heckatonickles are two of the best in the Police Force, and just when they thought they couldn't get more bullets coming their way, they're asigned to takeout a camatose terroist, AJ Sebastian, who's goal it is to destory Olympus. on the gorunds of it 'enslaving' human destiny.

Firstly, anyone who watches this can see how cheesy it is, but despite this, theres is alot more to consider about it than meets the eye. For stance, your confussed into believing who is the real bad guy-- the terrorist's moral values outway those of the Police & Government, yet what they're doing is rightly good also.

The animation goes from strength to strength, and isn't anything like AKIRA, but it's moderate for 80's B movie OVAs. The mecha design is seemingly bizzare, but factual and controversial. There are also references to make us aware of the physics side of the technolodgy used. One thing which puzzled me about this anime were that there were contious references towards greek mytholodgy, especiallin the characters names.

The analogue quality of the film though, doggs the whole thing from start to finish, with poor lighting, and fuzzy AV-recording.

All around, it's a highly enjoyable watch, with some laughable scnes in place, if your into anime of cause. ***8/10***