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Appleseed (OAV)

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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 
Themes: bioroids , cyborg , mecha , police , power suits , terrorists 
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]
 Masterpiece: 12 votes (dub:6, sub:6)
 Excellent: 42 votes (dub:22, sub:16, raw:3, others:1
1 Russian subtitled
)
 Very good: 120 votes (sub:69, dub:47, ?:1, raw:1, others:2
1 Spanish subtitled
1 French dubbed
)
 Good: 225 votes (sub:123, dub:90, ?:5, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:5
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Catalan dubbed
)
 Decent: 154 votes (sub:75, dub:68, ?:2, edit.dub:1, others:8
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 91 votes (sub:50, dub:36, ?:1, edit.dub:1, others:3
2 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
)
 Not really good: 49 votes (sub:26, dub:20, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:1
1 French subtitled
)
 Weak: 39 votes (sub:24, dub:14, ?:1)
 Bad: 23 votes (sub:12, dub:11)
 Awful: 4 votes (sub:3, dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:2, dub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1871 users, rank: #649 (of 9903)
Median rating: Good
Arithmetic mean: 6.266 (Decent+), std. dev.: 1.7876, rank: #6733 (of 10050)
Weighted mean: 6.233 (Decent+), rank: #6760 (of 10050) (seen all: 6.27 / seen some: 5.10 / won't finish: 3.14)
Bayesian estimate: 6.254 (Decent+), rank: #6179 (of 7615)
Running time: 70 minutes 
Vintage:
1988
1988-04-21 (Japan) 
Release dates: We have 17
Ending Theme:
"Crystal Celebration" by Risa Yuuki 
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

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Kazuyoshi Katayama 
Screenplay: Kazuyoshi Katayama 
Unit Director: Tetsu Kimura 
Original Manga: Masamune Shirow 
Character Design:
Yumiko Horasawa  
Art Director: Hiromasa Ogura 
Animation Director:
Yumiko Horasawa  
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 
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 
Mechanical animation Director:
Atsushi Takeuchi (assistant) 
Takahiro Kishida 
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) 
Planning:
Kimio Hayase (Tohokushinsha) 
Kimo Hayase 
Production Advancement: Shunichi Yamamoto 
Production manager:
Shōji Murahama 
Takanori Yaegaki 
Recording Adjustment: Hitoshi Yamada 
Song Selection: Kiyoshi Suzuki (Suzuki Music Publishing) 
Sound Effects:
Shizuo Kurahashi  (Touyou Sound) 
Special Effects:
Toyohiko Sakakibara  (Studio Light Magic) 
Theme Song Arrangement: Norimasa Yamanaka 
Theme Song Composition: Norimasa Yamanaka 
Theme Song Lyrics: MASATO 
Theme Song Performance: Risa Yūki 
Trace Machine: Hiroko Tofuya 
Masako Katsuki as Deunan Knute 
Yoshisada Sakaguchi as Briareos Hekatonchires 

Mayumi Shō as Hitomi 
Norio Wakamoto as A.J. Sebastian 
Toshiko Sawada as Athena Arayas 
Toshio Furukawa as Calon Mautholos 

Kenichi Ono as Police Officer 
Kōji Totani as Terrorist Leader 
Kumiko Takizawa as Nike 
Mari Yokoo as Legislator 
Masayuki Omoro as TV Announcer 
Mika Doi as Fleia 
Nobuyuki Furuta as 'GAIA' Operator 
Takao Ōyama as Swat Member 
Tamio Ōki as Nereus 
Yasunori Matsumoto as Police 'A' 
Yōsuke Akimoto as Newscenter Staffer 
Yūji Mitsuya as Yoshitsune Miyamoto 
Yuzuru Fujimoto as Police Chief 
Japanese companies
Animation Production: GAINAX 
Animation Production Cooperation:
AIC 
Cente Studio 
Backgrounds:
Atelier BWCA 
Studio Jack 
Film Developing: Tokyo Laboratory 
Music Production:
King Records 
Music In 
Opticals: Maki Production 
Sound Effects: Sound Box 
Soundtrack: King Records 
special effects: Light Magic 
Titles: Maki Production 
English cast
English staff
Dubbing Director: Michael Bakewell 
Translation:
Toshifumi Yoshida (US Renditions Version) 
Trish Ledoux (US Renditions Version) 
Executive producer:
Laurence Guinness  (Manga Entertainment) 
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 
DVD Producer:
Demetre Papageorgiou (Manga Ent. DVD) 
Patrick Anding (Manga Ent. DVD) 
Logo Animation: Will Culpepper II (US Renditions) 
Logo Music:
Raymond Garcia (US Renditions) 
Road Narros (US Renditions) 
Menu Design:
Gary Swarer (Discotek)  (Blu-ray) 
Production Coordination: Upton S. Redmonton 
Quality Control:
Marc Levy (Discotek)  (Blu-ray) 
Re-Recording Engineer: Clive Mitchison 
Script Adaptation: John Wolskel 
Sound Design:
Raymond Garcia 
Road Narros 
Special Thanks To: Ethan Fogg 
Subtitle Consultant:
Eric Ota 
Shigeo Suzuki 
Subtitle Editor:
Logan Rebholz (Discotek)  (Blu-ray) 
Bill Roberts as Bularios 
Larissa Murray as Dunan 

David Reynolds as Karon 
Julia Brahms as Hitomi 
Lorelei King as Athena 
Vincent Marzello as Sebastian 

Adam Henderson as Yoshi (Uncredited) 
Alan Marriott as Karon 
Anne Marie Zola as
Doctor (Uncredited) 
Fleia (Uncredited) 
Nike (Uncredited) 
Colin Bruce as
Cop (Uncredited) 
SWAT (Uncredited) 
Tech (Uncredited) 
Jeff Harding as
Anchor (Uncredited) 
Cop (Uncredited) 
Doctor 
Messenger (Uncredited) 
SWAT (Uncredited) 
Tech (Uncredited) 
Terrorist 
Jesse Vogel as
Bronx (Uncredited) 
Nereus (Uncredited) 
John Bull as
Cop (Uncredited) 
Terrorist (Uncredited) 
William Dufris as SWAT (Uncredited) 
English companies
Broadcaster:
Encore Action 
Sci-Fi Channel (Ani-Tuesday) 
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) 
Internet Streaming:
RetroCrush 
Tubi TV 
Licensed by:
Discotek Media (2019) 
Manga Entertainment  (expired) 
U.S. Renditions (License Expired) 
Post Production: 525 Post Production 
Production Association: MediaOCD (Discotek release) 
Recording Studio: Worldwide Productions Ltd. 
Subtitles: Ultra Studios 
Korean staff
Korean companies
(none)
Distributor: Dae Ju Media 
Korean cast
(none)
French staff
French cast
ADR Director: Patrick Borg 
Celine Monsarrat as Dunan 
Lionel Henry as Briareos 

Corinne Troisi as Nike 
Fabrice Josso as Sebastian 
Laurence Dourlens as Athena 
Luc Bernard as Boffin 
Patrick Borg as Nelius 
William Coryn as Kieron 
French companies
Distributor: Manga Video (from September 1995) 
Dubbing: S.T.A.R.T. 
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Translation: Josep Llurba (Catalan dub) 
Executive producer:
Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión) 
Luis de Val (Manga Films) 

Screen Inserts: César Martínez (Spain dub) 
Montse Moreno as Deunan Knute (Catalan dub)  (Spain dub) 
Oriol Rafel as Briareos Hecatonchires (Catalan dub)  (Spain dub) 

Concha García Valero as Athena Areios (Spain dub) 
Luis Posada as Calon (Catalan dub)  (Spain dub) 
María Pilar Quesada as Hitomi (Spain dub) 
Miquel Cors as A. J. Sebastian (Catalan dub)  (Spain dub) 
Núria Trifol as Hitomi (Catalan dub) 
Victoria Pagès as Athena Areios (Catalan dub) 

Angel de Gracia as Yoshi (Spain dub; 1st scene) 
Claudi Domingo as Yoshi (Catalan dub) 
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi as Yoshi (Spain dub; 2nd scene) 
José Javier Serrano as Yoshi (Spain dub; 3rd scene) 
Josep María Zamora as Neleus (Catalan dub)  (Spain dub) 
Miryam Guilimany as
Fleia (Spain dub) 
Nike (Spain dub) 
Sílvia Gómez as Nike (Catalan dub) 

Alex Meseguer (Catalan dub) 
Amadeu Aguado (Catalan dub) 
Angel de Gracia (Spain dub) 
Anna Romano (Spain dub) 
César Martínez (Spain dub) 
Claudi Domingo (Spain dub) 
Enric Isasi-Isasmendi (Spain dub) 
Enrique Encarnación (Spain dub) 
Jordi Campillo (Spain dub) 
José Javier Serrano (Spain dub) 
Josep María Zamora (Spain dub) 
Mario Arpal (Spain dub) 
Miguel Marquillas (Spain dub) 
Ramon Canals (Catalan dub) 
Xavier Fernández (Catalan dub)  (Spain dub) 
Spanish companies
Distributor: Vértice Cine (Spain; theaters) 
Dubbing Studio:
Q.T. Lever (Catalan dub)  (Spain dub) 
Licensed by:
Manga Films (Spain) 
Selecta Visión (Spain; 2005) 
Italian staff
Italian cast
(none)
Caterina Rochira as Atena 
Daniela Fava as Deunan Knute 
Diego Sabre as Karon Masaurus 
Felice Invernici as Yoshitsune Miyamoto 
Marco Balzarotti as A.J. Sebastian 
Paola Tovaglia as Hitomi 
Pietro Ubaldi as Nereus 
Roberta Gallina as Nike 
Sergio Romanò as Briareos Hecatoncheiros 

Roberta Gallina as Freya 
Italian companies
Distributor: Yamato Video 
German staff
German cast
(none)
Katja Liebing as Deunan Knute 
Reinhard Schulat as Briareos Hecatonchires 

Ghadah Al-Akel as Nike 
Stephan Schleberger as A. J. Sebastian 
German companies
Distributor:
Ascot 
Panini Video (second release) 
Splendid Film 
Dutch staff
Dutch companies
(none)
Distributor: Manga DVD 
Dutch cast
(none)
Swedish staff
Swedish companies
(none)
Distributor:
Emina AB (DVD) 
PolyGram (VHS) 
Swedish cast
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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