Appurushîdo (2004)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Shinji Aramaki

Writers:

Masamune Shirow (comic)
Haruka Handa (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

17 April 2004 (Japan)

Genre:

Sci-Fi | Action | Animation

Tagline:

Humanity's last chance for survival.

Plot:

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 Keywords:

Female Warrior | Computer Animation | Clone | CGI | Based On Comic Book

Cast

Ai Kobayashi	...	Deunan (voice)
Jûrôta Kosugi	...	Briareos (voice)
Yuki Matsuoka	...	Hitomi (voice)
Asumi Miwa	...	Deunan (motion actor)
Akimoto Tsubasa	...	Deunan (motion actor)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jack Aubree	...	(voice: English version)
William Bassett	...	(voice: English version) (as Frederick Bloggs)
Deborah Sale Butler	...	(voice: English version)
Michael Forest	...	(voice: English version) (as Russell Thor)
Yuzuru Fujimoto	...	Uranus (voice)
Kara Greenberg	...	Gilliam (voice)
Tomoko Kawakami	...	Young Deunan (voice)
William Knight	...	(voice: English version) (as William Frederick)
Mami Koyama	...	Athena (voice)
Takehito Koyasu	...	Hades (voice)
Steve Kramer	...	(voice: English version)
Michael McConnohie	...	(voice: English version)
Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	...	(voice: English version) (as Melissa Williamson)
Toshiyuki Morikawa	...	Yoshitsune (voice)
Ryûji Nakagi	...	1st Elder Electryon (voice)
Ikuo Nishikawa	...	Seven Old Men (voice)
Liam O'Brien	...	(voice: English version) (as William Markham)
Bob Papenbrook	...	(voice: English version) (as John Smallberries)
Jamieson Price	...	Briareos (voice: English version) (as James Lyon)
Mike Reynolds	...	(voice: English version) (as Ray Michaels)
Cindy Robinson	...	(voice: English version)
Lee Rush	...	(voice: English version)
Emi Shinohara	...	(voice)
Michael Sorich	...	(voice: English version)
Doug Stone	...	(voice: English version)
Karen Strassman	...	Hitomi (voice: English version) (as Mia Bradly)
Kim Strauss	...	(voice: English version)
Amanda Winn Lee	...	Deunan Knute (voice: English version) (as Jennifer Proud)
Dave Wittenberg	...	(voice: English version) (as David Lelyveld)
Miho Yamada	...	Nike (voice)

Directed by
Shinji Aramaki

Writing credits
Masamune Shirow		(comic)
Haruka Handa		(screenplay) &
Tsutomu Kamishiro		(screenplay)

Produced by
Fumihiko Sori	....	producer

Original Music by
Paul Oakenfold
T. Raumschmiere
Ryuichi Sakamoto

Production Design by
Shinji Aramaki

Sound Department
Les Claypool III	....	sound supervisor
Eric Ducher	....	sound re-recording mixer: French version
Koji Kasamatsu	....	sound designer
Steve Kinsey	....	sound mix technician
Yota Tsuruoka	....	sound director

Visual Effects by
Yusaku Toyoshima	....	CG producer: Digital Frontier

Animation Department
Nobuhito Sue	....	background designer
Takeshi Takakura	....	mechanical designer
Masaki Yamada	....	character designer

Music Department
Teru Yasui	....	music supervisor

Production Companies

• Appleseed Film Partners
• Digital Frontier
• Geneon Entertainment
• Mainichi Broadcasting System (MBS)
• Micott & Basara K.K.
• TYO Productions
• Toho Company
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Distributors

• Toho Company (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• Geneon Entertainment (2004) (Japan) (DVD)
• Eurozoom (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Geneon Entertainment (worldwide) (theatrical)
• Optimum Releasing (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• Rapid Eye Movies (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Allied Artists Home Video (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Allied Artists Pictures (2006) (USA) (all media)
• Arcangelo Entertainment
• Joy Sales Film and Video Distributors (2005) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Optimum Releasing (2005) (UK) (DVD)
• RUSCICO (2005) (Russia) (all media)
• Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) (2005) (Japan) (TV)

Special Effects

• Digital Frontier (CGI)

Also Known As:

Appleseed (USA)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violence.

Runtime:

105 min | Sweden:103 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:12 | Philippines:G | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Australia:M | Spain:13 | South Korea:12 | Canada:14A | Singapore:NC-16 | USA:R | UK:12A | UK:12 (video rating)

Company:

Appleseed Film Partners

Trivia:

The tattoo on Briareos' left upper arm says "Cogito Ergo Sum", which is Latin for "I think, there for I am." It also has the dates 2096-2122, which are Briareos' date of birth and date of his "death" when he became a cyborg.

Goofs:

Continuity: After Briareos' weapon is sliced into pieces, he throws the weapon to the ground in one piece.

Quotes:

Deunan: We have to believe that life is what we make of it!

Movie Connections:

Featured in Anime: Drawing a Revolution (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Dive For You

Great visuals and sound, but not a good movie

This movie astonished me in two ways. First the visuals and sounds are more than breathtaking, but on the other hand I wondered how they can tell the story in such a confusing way. Maybe it was the subtitles, but it just didn't feel right. The storytelling never minded to explain the background a bit more.

The movie reminded me of the Korean anime "Wonderful Days", which also had great visuals but the story just didn't fit seamless.

That said, if you like last generation visual animation, good sound and a lot of action this is *the* movie for you. And the story is not bad, but missing pieces.

Animation: 10/10 Story: 6/10