Appleseed (2004 film)

Appleseed
Theatrical release poster
Japanese name
Kana	アップルシード
Transcriptions Revised Hepburn Appurushīdo
Directed by	Shinji Aramaki
Screenplay by	Haruka Handa Tsutomu Kamishiro[1]
Based on	Appleseed by Masamune Shirow[1]
Produced by	Hidenori Ueki Naoko Watanabe[1]
Starring	Ai Kobayashi Jūrōta Kosugi Mami Koyama Yuki Matsuoka Toshiyuki Morikawa
Music by	Boom Boom Satellites Tetsuya Takahashi
Production company	Digital Frontier
Distributed by	Toho
Release date	April 18, 2004 (2004-04-18) (Japan)
Running time	103 minutes[1]
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese
Budget	$10 million
Box office	$1.5 million[2] (North America)

Appleseed (Japanese: アップルシード, Hepburn: Appurushīdo) is a 2004 Japanese animated post-apocalyptic action film directed by Shinji Aramaki and based on the Appleseed manga created by Masamune Shirow. The voice cast includes Ai Kobayashi, Jūrōta Kosugi, Mami Koyama, Yuki Matsuoka, and Toshiyuki Morikawa. The film, the second adaptation of the manga after the 1988 OVA, tells the story of Deunan Knute, a former soldier, who searches for data that can restore the reproductive capabilities of bioroids, a race of genetically engineered clones. Although it shares characters and settings with the original manga, this film's storyline is a re-interpretation, not a direct adaptation. It was released on April 18, 2004.