Appleseed (OAV)
Alternative title:
Appleseed - Kampf um die Freiheit (German)
Яблочное зёрнышко (Russian)
アップルシード (Japanese)
蘋果核戰 (Chinese (Taiwan))
애플시드 (Korean)
Genres:
action,
science fiction
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
After World War 3 the General Management Control Office construct an experimental city known as Olympus inhabited by humans, cyborgs and bioriods. Bioriods are a genetically engineered being created to serve mankind. They run all administration of Olympus. Olympus was meant to be a utopian society. But for some it is less of a utopia and more of a cage. Calon Mautholos, an Olympus city police officer, is one of these people. Calon secretly conspires with a terrorist, A. J. Sebastian, to destroy Gaia, a super computer that runs Olympus. Out to stop them are Olympus city police SWAT team members Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires. Deunan and Briareos are determined to stop the terrorist plot by any means necessary.
User Ratings:
762 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
70 minutes
Vintage:
1988
1988-04-21 (Japan)
Release dates: We have 17
Ending Theme:
"Crystal Celebration" by Risa Yuuki
Official website:
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 2
DVD Easter Eggs: We have 1
Comment:
Previously released in subtitled form by U.S. Renditions.
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| Blu-ray (Region A) |
| Appleseed - The Original 1988 OVA (Blu-ray) 2022-01-25 (from $25.49) |
| DVD (Region 1) |
| Appleseed (DVD) 2001-04-24 (from $19.99) |
| Appleseed - The Original 1988 OVA (DVD) 2019-04-30 (from $142.00) |
| Appleseed [CA] (DVD) 2001-04-24 |
| Appleseed [The Essence of Anime] (DVD) 2007-09-04 (from $29.92) |
| Appleseed [The Essence of Anime] [w/ Ghost in the Shell UMD] (DVD + UMD) |
| DVD (Region 2) |
| Appleseed (DVD) 2005-11-14 |
| VHS |
| Appleseed (Dub.VHS) 1995-02-28 (from $19.98) |
| Appleseed (Sub.VHS) 1991-08-01 |
| Appleseed (Sub.VHS) 1997-02-04 |
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Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Screenplay: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Unit Director: Tetsu Kimura
Music: Norimasa Yamanaka
Original Manga: Masamune Shirow
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura
Mecha design:
Hiromasa Ogura (assistant) Jun Tamaya (assistant) Kiyomi Tanaka (assistant) Takahiro Kishida
Sound Director: Yasumasa Date
Director of Photography: Masaaki Fujita
Executive producer:
Hirohiko Sueyoshi (Bandai) Shinji Nakagawa (Tohokushinsha) Yutaka Takahashi (MOVIC)
Producer:
Atsushi Sugita (Bandai) Hiroaki Inoue (AIC) Masaki Sawanobori (MOVIC) Tarō Maki (Tohokushinsha) Tōru Miura (AIC)
Assistant Character Design: Hidenori Matsubara
Background Art:
Atsushi Ioki (Studio Jack) Chiyoe Misawa (Atelier BWCA) Hiroshi Sasaki Hisae Oomiya (Studio Jack) Katsumi Takao (Studio Jack) Katsutoshi Yui (Studio Jack) Keiko Imamura (Studio Jack) Keiko Kaneko (Atelier BWCA) Kumiko Nagashima (Atelier BWCA) Masanori Kikuchi Mitsuru Ishii (Atelier BWCA) Satoru Hirono Tadashi Iwasa (Atelier BWCA) Toshiyuki Nishimura (Atelier BWCA) Tsutomu Ishigaki Tsutomu Nishikura (Studio Jack) Yoshihiro Sakamoto (Atelier BWCA) Yoshinori Hirose Yukari Matsuzawa (Atelier BWCA) Yukihiro Shibutani
Cel Check:
Eri Nakamura Hiromi Anzai Hiromi Nishino Kazumi Sakayori Kōji Ōtsuki Takayuki Nishida Yurie Ōtsuki
Character Animation Director: Hidenori Matsubara (assistant)
Color Coordination: Yukie Ishida
Editing:
Eigo Makioka (Kakesu Editing Room) Satoru Ishida (Kakesu Editing Room) Shūichi Kakesu (Kakesu Editing Room)
Filming Director: Masaaki Fujita
In-Between Animation:
Akira Oguro Chizuko Nakamura Fumiko Tateyama Fumio Hiramura Hiroyuki Horiuchi Hisako Tanabe Katsushi Sakurabi Keiji Gotō Keiko Sakuma Kiyotaka Fukushima Koichi Nakaochi Kōji Nagatani Kunihiro Abe Masahiko Ōuchi Masahiro Okamura Masashi Yanagishita Miho Saitō Seiji Handa Takafumi Watanabe Takeshi Honda Takuya Iinuma Tatsuo Kashima Tatsuya Ando Toshimasa Kuwabara Toshiya Watanabe Yurie Sugihara
Key Animation:
Akihiro Izumi Akira Takeuchi Atsushi Okuda Atsushi Takeuchi Atsushi Yano  Eiji Suganuma Hideaki Matsuoka Hidetoshi Yoshida Hiroaki Gōda Hiroki Kanno Jirō Tanaka Katsutoshi Tsunoda Keiichi Nakao Kiichi Takaoka Kōichi Motoyama Masahiro Andō Masaya Irahara Miki Fujita Naoko Ozawa Nobuyuki Ikigame Shinsuke Terasawa Takahiro Kishida Takashi Hashimoto Toshiko Baba Yoshiharu Shimizu Yutaka Minowa
Mechanical Supervisor: Hideaki Anno
Photography:
Hideo Suzuki (Mushi Production) Hiroshi Isakawa (Mushi Production) Kazunori Suzuki (Mushi Production) Norihide Kubota (Mushi Production) Norihiko Sawada (Mushi Production) Takashii Yamamoto (Mushi Production) Toshiaki Yamaguchi (Mushi Production)
Production Advancement: Shunichi Yamamoto
Recording Adjustment: Hitoshi Yamada
Song Selection: Kiyoshi Suzuki (Suzuki Music Publishing)
Theme Song Arrangement: Norimasa Yamanaka
Theme Song Composition: Norimasa Yamanaka
Theme Song Lyrics: MASATO
Theme Song Performance: Risa Yūki
Trace Machine: Hiroko Tofuya
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Animation:
Artland Ashi Productions Aubec Big Bang D.A.S.T Corporation Dongyang Animation Group Donguri Kaname Production Mushi Production Neo Media Nishiko Pro Random Samtack Studio Emu Studio Korumi Studio Life Studio Live Studio Look Studio Mumin Studio NOA Studio Random Studio Rod Studio Ship Studio Wombat Thunder Production Watanabe Promotion
Animation Production: GAINAX
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory
Opticals: Maki Production
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Soundtrack: King Records
special effects: Light Magic
Sweetening:
Artland Dongyang Animation Dragon Production NVC Studio Bogey Studio Look Studio Mac Studio NKon Trans Arts Co. Watanabe Promotion
Titles: Maki Production
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Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell
Producer:
David Keith Riddick (US Renditions Version) Justin Sevakis (Discotek; Blu-ray) Robert Napton (US Renditions Version)
Blu-Ray Authoring: Justin Sevakis (Discotek Blu-ray)
Casting Director: Jill Wilmot
Commentary: Jonathan Clements (Manga UK version)
Dubbing Mixing: Richard King
Logo Animation: Will Culpepper II (US Renditions)
Production Coordination: Upton S. Redmonton
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison
Script Adaptation: John Wolskel
Special Thanks To: Ethan Fogg
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Cover Design: Nippan Design Team (US Renditions)
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand) Manga Entertainment (Great Britain & Ireland) Sony Music Entertainment (Canada)
DVD Production: AIX Media (Manga Ent. DVD)
HD Film Scan: Tokyo Laboratory (Discotek Blu-ray)
Post Production: 525 Post Production
Production Association: MediaOCD (Discotek release)
Recording Studio: Worldwide Productions Ltd.
Subtitles: Ultra Studios
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ADR Director: Patrick Borg |
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Distributor: Manga Video (from September 1995)
Dubbing: S.T.A.R.T.
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Translation: Josep Llurba (Catalan dub)
Screen Inserts: César Martínez (Spain dub)
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Distributor: Yamato Video |
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Dubbing: Splendid Synchron GmbH
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Distributor: Manga DVD |
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Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd. |
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