Appleseed
Appleseed [videorecording (DVD)] /
director, Shinji Aramaki; producer, Sori Fumihiko; writer, Haruka Handa; writer, Tsutomu Kamishiro.
- Optimum Home Entertainment, 2005.
- 2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sd, col.
- 014500
Made in 2004. Region 2, 2 disc(s), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Languages (English, Japanese with English Substitles), Commentary from director & producer, Featurette ('The Birth of 3D live anime'), Design Archives, Production Backgroujnd, Trailers. Based on the comic strip by Masamune Shirow. Credits: music, Paul Oakenfold; music, Ryuichi Sakamoto; voice, Ai Kobayashi; voice, Jurota Kosugi; voice, Yuki Matsuoka; voice, Asumi Miwa; voice, Akimoto Tsubasa. DVDN.
Feature version of the Japanese anime series. In the year 2131, the Third World War has devastated mankind, and has led to the creation of a utopian society in the hi-tech city of Olympus. Deunen is a female warrior from the scorched wastlelands who meets her long lost boyfriend Briareos, who has been transformed into a half-machine cyborg. Travelling with him to Olympus, the pair meet Hitomi, a member of the genetically engineered race who have taken over the city and are trying to defend it from rebel attack. Deunen and Briareos stay to help Hitomi and his people defend the city, but the longer they stay there, the more Deunen begins to suspect that her real allegiance should lie with the rebels trying to take it over.
BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
5060034573500
OPTD0310 Optimum Home Entertainment
Feature : Anime
Made in 2004. Region 2, 2 disc(s), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Languages (English, Japanese with English Substitles), Commentary from director & producer, Featurette ('The Birth of 3D live anime'), Design Archives, Production Backgroujnd, Trailers. Based on the comic strip by Masamune Shirow. Credits: music, Paul Oakenfold; music, Ryuichi Sakamoto; voice, Ai Kobayashi; voice, Jurota Kosugi; voice, Yuki Matsuoka; voice, Asumi Miwa; voice, Akimoto Tsubasa. DVDN.
Feature version of the Japanese anime series. In the year 2131, the Third World War has devastated mankind, and has led to the creation of a utopian society in the hi-tech city of Olympus. Deunen is a female warrior from the scorched wastlelands who meets her long lost boyfriend Briareos, who has been transformed into a half-machine cyborg. Travelling with him to Olympus, the pair meet Hitomi, a member of the genetically engineered race who have taken over the city and are trying to defend it from rebel attack. Deunen and Briareos stay to help Hitomi and his people defend the city, but the longer they stay there, the more Deunen begins to suspect that her real allegiance should lie with the rebels trying to take it over.
BBFC code: 12.
DVD.
5060034573500
OPTD0310 Optimum Home Entertainment
Feature : Anime
