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Appleseed

Appleseed

Crime · Animation · Science Fiction · 1988

In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.

Movie details

Appleseed

“Urban combat in the city of dreams”

1988 Crime · Animation · Science Fiction 1h 6m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

6.4 / 10

2.5K votes

TMDB

6.3 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

In the futuristic city of Olympus, built on the ashes of the third world war, a police officer and her cyborg partner fight terrorism.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Appleseed?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

Taste neighbourhood

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kazuyoshi Katayama

Written by

Kazuyoshi Katayama

Masako Katsuki

Masako Katsuki

Deunan Knute (voice)

Yoshisada Sakaguchi

Yoshisada Sakaguchi

Briareos Hecatombcales (voice)

Toshio Furukawa

Toshio Furukawa

Calon Mautholos (voice)

Norio Wakamoto

Norio Wakamoto

A. J. Sebastian (voice)

Toshiko Sawada

Toshiko Sawada

Athena Areios (voice)

Mayumi Shou

Mayumi Shou

Hitomi (voice)

Mika Doi

Mika Doi

Fleia Mautholos (voice)

Court is in session

Put Appleseed on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.