Product Details

• Actors: Vincent Marzello, Kôji Totani, Kenichi Ono, Lorelei King, Mika Doi
• Format: Anamorphic, Animated, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Manga Video
• DVD Release Date: April 24, 2001
• Run Time: 71 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00005AX6N
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #119,636 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Appleseed" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

After the devastation of wwiii the scattered governments of the world construct the perfect city controlled & monitored by biodroids. A band of terrorists plots to destroy the biodroids to restore freedom. Features: digital transfer english sub & dub plus japanese manga previews. Studio: Starz/sphe Release Date: 04/24/2001 Run time: 68 minutes

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kid sized anime with adult language, November 14, 2001

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W. B. Clauser "logan_42" (hebron, in United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Appleseed (DVD)

This is a classic, don't get me wrong. I absoultly love this DVD and purchased it without even thinking twice... However I think it could have been 2 or even 3 times as long. At just over an hour it feels a bit rushed.
Also you should be made aware that there is an abundant almost unending supply of adult language in this movie.
I won't go into the story too much because that's half the fun. I will say that this anime has some of my favorite anime action scenes in it and I fall in love with it every time I put it in the DVD player. I rank it up there with Akira, Ghost in the shell, Iria and Robotech...
Oh and there is a hidden trailer for appleseed on the dvd version. Go to special features section. at the bottom you'll see it lists "play movie" "Menu" and to the right will be the MAGNA symbol. move to the right and highlignt the symbol. press enter and enjoy the "music video/trailer" for Appleseed. It's pretty cool.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars ..............., May 25, 2000

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loc - See all my reviews

This review is from: Appleseed [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I'll confess that I am a Shirow fan and I've enjoyed reading Appleseed. I was looking forward to the anime, but I was a bit disappointed by it. This anime is based on Appleseed: Book 2, but to condense that lengthy volume into a one hour movie, some sacrifices had to be made.

One of the major things which suffered in the conversion was the characterization. The same familiar characters of Deunan, Briarios, and Hitomi are still there, but they are very watered-down when compared to the rich characters they were in the manga. They have very little character depth or personality in the anime.

The entire storyline is also somewhat different. While the overall plot is the same, the complexities are toned-down. It essentially follows a typical "police versus terrorist" storyline, with a little political intrigue from the manga thrown in. For those who find Shirow's works confusing, then this may be a blessing, but for those who enjoy the rich depth of his stories, then this will be a bitter disappointment.

The animation is of pretty average quality. The characters look the same as the manga, but it's generally not too flashy. While I haven't seen the dubbed version, I heard that excessive swearing was added in. The subtitled version has almost no profanity in it.

Appleseed does have some entertainment value. If you've never read the manga before then you'll probably get some enjoyment out of this. Fans of the manga should probably give it a pass, though.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Appleseed Music Video/Trailer, June 20, 2002

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DealHunter (Los Angeles) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Appleseed (DVD)

To see a music video style ad for the DVD release of Appleseed (which, oddly is ON the Appleseed DVD), go to the special features menu, scroll down the options until you rerach the bottom of the page where "Play Movie" and "Back" are located. Press right toward the Manga logo but it won't be highlighted. Presse enter to view the egg.