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Appleseed: Ex Machina (movie)

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© 2007 Shirow Masamune/Seishinsha • EX MACHINA Film Partners


Alternative title:
Appleseed EX Machina (Spanish) 
Ex Machina
Яблочное зёрнышко 2 (Russian)
エクスマキナ (Japanese)
蘋果核戰:機械人的背叛 (Chinese (Taiwan))
애플시드 - 엑스머시나 (Korean)
Plot Summary: Deunan, a young female warrior, and Briareos, a veteran cyborg-soldier, are both partners and lovers. As members of E.S.W.A.T., the elite special forces serving Olympus, they are deployed whenever trouble strikes. The two fighters find their partnership tested in a new way by the arrival of a new member to their ranks - an experimental Bioroid named Tereus.
User Ratings: 1185 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 79 votes (dub:46, sub:32, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 239 votes (sub:118, dub:110, ?:1, raw:1, others:9
5 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Very good: 342 votes (sub:191, dub:139, edit.dub:2, ?:1, others:9
2 Russian dubbed
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 274 votes (sub:160, dub:103, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:7
2 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 141 votes (sub:74, dub:58, ?:2, edit.dub:2, raw:1, others:4
1 French subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Vietnamese subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 So-so: 47 votes (sub:37, dub:10)
 Not really good: 26 votes (sub:14, dub:9, raw:1, edit.dub:1, others:1
1 Italian subtitled
)
 Weak: 24 votes (sub:15, dub:8, ?:1)
 Bad: 9 votes (sub:6, dub:3)
 Awful: 1 vote (dub:1)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (dub:2, sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 2427 users, rank: #468 (of 9508)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.486 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6132, rank: #1903 (of 9647)
Weighted mean: 7.407 (Good+), rank: #1967 (of 9647) (seen all: 7.42 / seen some: 6.10 / won't finish: 4.30)
Bayesian estimate: 7.408 (Good+), rank: #1688 (of 7268)
Running time: 105 minutes
Vintage: 2007-10-20
Premiere date:
2007-10-20 (Japan)
2008-02-17 (US, Family Theater, Kennedy Center, DC)
2009-01-28 (Italy - Future Film Festival)
2017-06-23 (Philippines, TV5)
Release dates: We have 4
Opening Theme:
"Rescue" by HASYMO
Ending Theme:
"PUZZLE-RIDDLE" by Lina Oota
Links: We have 1
Review:
Appleseed: Ex Machina (Dec 15, 2007)
News: Show:
Daily Briefs (Mar 21, 2008)
Trailer Roundup (Mar 2, 2007)
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Blu-ray (Region A)
    Appleseed: Ex Machina (Blu-ray) 2008-03-11
DVD (Region 1)
    Appleseed: Ex Machina (DVD) 2008-03-11
    Appleseed: Ex Machina + Digital Download [Target Exclusive] (DVD) 2008-03-11
    Appleseed: Ex Machina [Two-Disc Collector's Edition+Manga] [Best Buy Exclusive] (DVD) 2008-03-11 (from $67.99)
    Appleseed: Ex Machina [Two-Disc Collector's Edition] (DVD) 2008-03-11
HD-DVD
    Appleseed: Ex Machina (HD-DVD + DVD) 2008-03-11 (from $104.59)
Soundtrack
    Appleseed Ex Machina - Original Soundtrack [CD+DVD] (OST)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shinji Aramaki
Screenplay:
Kiyoto Takeuchi
Todd W. Russell (additional Screenplay)
Unit Director:
Atsushi Doi (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Hideaki Maegawa (Animatics)
Masanori Ikeda (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Original Manga: Masamune Shirow
Character Design: Masaki Yamada
Mechanical design: Takeshi Takakura
Sound Director: Yota Tsuruoka
Executive producer:
Sumiji Miyake
Yasuhiko Kinoshita
2D Motion Graphics: Kanwa Nagafuji (KANWA NAGAFUJI DESIGN)
5.1ch Sound Mixer:
Akihiko Oono
Hiroshi Haraguchi
Action Choreography: Tatsuro Koike (ALPHA STUNTS)
Advertising Producer: Takeshi Taniguchi
Assistant producer: Mari Anryu
Associate producer:
Naoki Kinoshita
Norio Konishi
Casting: Eiji Harada
CG Line Producer: Takehisa Yoshimura
CG Producer: Yuusaku Toyoshima
Character Color Design: Nobuko Mizuta
Chief Designer:
Genichi Honma (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Goichirou Inoue (Character Animation)
Hiroyuki Okada (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Kazuaki Kanou (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Keiichi Suda (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Kensaku Ishiyama (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Kiyoshi Ishimaru (Character Animation)
Kiyoshi Nakayama (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Nobutaka Emoto (Animatics)
Rikiya Masuda (Animatics)
Takamasa Kanai (Animatics)
Takashi Chiba (Character Animation)
Toru Kaburagi (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Toyokazu Hashimoto (Character Effects Unit)
Yasutaka Akama (Character Animation)
Yoh Amano (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Yōichi Ōno (Cloth Simulation Unit)
Yoshiharu Komiya (Special Effects Unit)
Yoshiteru Tomita (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Design:
Atsushi Morimoto (Animatics)
Atsushi Tsugaruya (Character Animation)
Ayumi Hosono (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Daishichi Hashimoto (Character Animation)
Daisuke Kondo (Character Animation)
Daisuke Matsuda (Special Effects Unit)
Eriko Abe (Special Effects Unit)
Hayato Imatsuji (Animatics)
Hayato Inoue (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Hideharu Matsukawa (Cloth Simulation Unit)
Hideki Yamaguchi (Special Effects Unit)
Hidemasa Moriya (Special Effects Unit)
Hidenobu Yoshiyama (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Hidenori Kawashima (Character Animation)
Hirokazu Touno (Character Animation)
Hiroki Ando (Animatics)
Hiromi Matsushige (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Hiroyasu Kondo (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Hisataka Katou (Animatics)
Hitoshi Kuniyasu (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Hsuan-Fu Lin (Animatics)
Kaori Kobayashi (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Kazuhiro Asakawa (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Kazuki Kuno (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Kazumi Akiyama (Character Animation)
Kazumi Shimada (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Kazuyuki Kuno (Character Animation)
Kenichi Shirai (Special Effects Unit)
Kiyotaka Hirata (Character Animation)
Kouichi Kishimoto (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Kyoko Yonemoto (Animatics)
Manabu Nakatsukasa (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Mariko Egawa (Character Animation)
Mariko Nagano (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Masamitsu Tasaki (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Masato Kawamura (Cloth Simulation Unit)
Mayu Ito (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Michiko Tanabe (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Miki Kanou (Character Animation)
Minoru Yanagiya (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Nao Tsujimura (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Naoyuki Takeda (Character Animation)
Natsuko Tsuchihashi (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Nobuki Indei (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Ryo Goto (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Seiji Tayama (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Shingo Matsuyama (Animatics)
Shuhei Kitano (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Shuichi Osawa (Character Animation)
Souichirou Date (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Taijirou Kanno (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Taiki Ebisawa (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Takahiro Matsui (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Takahiro Miura (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi) 
Takayuki Okumura (Cloth Simulation Unit)
Takayuki Yafune (Character Animation)
Takeshi Kamekawa (Animatics)
Taro Kobayashi (Special Effects Unit)
Tomohito Masuo (Animatics)
Tomomi Iwabuchi (Character Animation)
Tsubasa Harikae (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Tsubasa Nakamura (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Tsutomu Nakazawa (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Wataru Osada (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Yasuaki Ikeda (Character Effects Unit)
Yoko Miyauchi (Animatics)
Yoshifumi Tomura (Character Animation)
Yoshiki Yamamoto (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Yosihiro Oki (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Yosuke Nishikiori (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Yosuke Yamada (Animatics)
Yuichiro Ishizuka (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Yuka Saitō (Special Effects Unit)
Yukio Akaki (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Yuu Ikegami (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Yuu Takahashi (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Design Support: Masamune Shirow
Dialogue Editing: Fumiaki Tanaka
Digital Optical Recording: Noboru Nishio
Editing: Ryuji Miyajima
Foley Artist: Mika Yamaguchi
Graphic Design: Motoki Mizoguchi
HD Realtime Recorder: Tomoyasu Inagaki N Takeuchi (Imagica)
International Operations:
Mari Uemura
Nozomi Karino
Lab Coordinator:
Yuriko Satō (Imagica)
Yuuko Shimura (Imagica)
Matt Paint Artist: Shiho Tamura
Music Coordination: Eiichi Azuma
Music producer: Shin Yasui
Music Supervision: Haruomi Hosono
Optical Sound Recording: Hutoshi Ueda
Original Score: Tetsuya Takahashi
Production Design: Shinji Aramaki
Production Desk: Kanami Hara (Motion Capture Unit)
Production manager:
Kumiko Oguri (Motion Capture Unit)
Yōji Nakaza (KUSANAGI)
R&D:
Hiraku Fukuda (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Hiroto Nishitani (Character Unit)
Hiroyuki Goto (Character Unit)
Ken Otani (Special Effects Unit)
Senior Designer:
Ayako Mochizuki (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Kazuyuki Endo (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Keigo Takaya (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Sachiko Okada (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Yukinobu Fujimatsu (Animatics)
Sound Design: Koji Kasamatsu
Sound Effect Design: Yoshiki Matsunaga
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Support:
Akihiko Kawashima (Support Unit)
Emi Arai (Support Unit)
Hasumi Sumiya (Support Unit)
Hiroki Mori (Support Unit)
Hiroyuki Matsushima (Support Unit)
Kazuhiro Tokita (Support Unit)
Kei Inami (Support Unit)
Michinori Harada (Support Unit)
Noriaki Sugawara (Support Unit)
Satoko Kobashikawa (Support Unit)
Suguru Miyake (Support Unit)
Takahiro Konagai (Support Unit)
Takeshi Hoshino (Support Unit)
Takuma Doi (Support Unit)
Tomomi Morizane (Support Unit)
System Engineer:
Makoto Morita (Motion Capture Unit)
Tadahiko Kurachi (Motion Capture Unit)
Yoshihiro Tamura (Motion Capture Unit)
Technical Assistant:
Hitoshi Araki (Motion Capture Unit)
Woo Sung Jung (Massive)
Technical Coordinator: Mitsuhiro Takano (Imagica)
Technical Director:
Kouki Koshita (Motion Capture Unit)
Takashi Yoshida (Massive)
Theme Song Performance: HASYMO (OP)
Timer:
Hiroaki Hirabayashi (Imagica)
Yayoi Ohba (Imagica)
Trailer Director: Takayuki Kitayama
Trailer Director Assistant: Tomoko Kamikawa
Web Designer: Hirofumi Okutsu
Wire Rigger: Tomoaki Kawasumi
Ai Kobayashi as Deunan

Gara Takashima as Athena
Kōichi Yamadera as Briareos
Kong Kuwata as Aeacus
Miyuki Sawashiro as Hitomi
Naoko Kōda as Dr. Xander
Rei Igarashi as Nike
Rica Fukami as Yoshino
Shinpachi Tsuji as Commander Lance
Takaya Hashi as Dr. Kestner
Takaya Kuroda as Arges
Yasuyuki Kase as Yoshitsune
Yūji Kishi as Tereus

Hideka Suzuki as Nike (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Inaho Miyazaki as Dr. Kestner (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Junko Hiratsuka as Yoshino (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Michihiko Kuwagaki as Commander Lance (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Miyoko Hanai as Athena (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Moki Ogawa as Briareos (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Naoko Itō as Hitomi (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
PEPE as Yoshitsune (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Taisuke Nishimura as Aeacus (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Tomoki Mure as Aeacus' son (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Toyoe Sekita as Deunan (Motion Capture - Drama Part)
Yoshiyuki Kamata as Tereus (Motion Capture - Drama Part)

Aki Takakura (Motion Capture - Action Part)
Akihiro Noguchi (Motion Capture - Action Part)
Akira Sugihara (Motion Capture - Action Part)
Fumihito Minamitsuji (Motion Capture - Action Part)
Hiromi Shinjo (Motion Capture - Action Part)
Hiromi Sunaoshi (Motion Capture - Action Part)
Makoto Arakawa (Motion Capture - Action Part)
Japanese companies
Casting: Harada Office
CG Production Support:
Saruchin Company
SCF Inc.
Studio BOKAN
Color Board: Kusanagi
Distributor: Toei Company, Ltd.
Motion Capture: OPAKIS
Planning: Micott & Basara
Planning Support: CROSSROAD
Production: Digital Frontier Inc.
Production Support: IFF/CINV
Setting Design: Kusanagi
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Trailer Production: GAL ENTERPRISE INC.
English cast
English staff
English companies
ADR Production: Amusement Park Media
Distributor:
Madman Entertainment (Australia & New Zealand)
Warner Bros.
Warner Home Video
Licensed by: Warner Bros.
French staff
French cast
Dubbing Director: Patrick Floersheim
Aurélie Morgane as Deunan Knute (Quebec)
Laurence Saquet as Deunan Knute

Boris Rehlinger as Lance
Claudia Laurie Corbeil as Hitomi (Quebec)
Damien Boisseau as Tereus
David Kruger as Briareos Hecatonchires
Franck Capillery as Yoshitsune
Jérôme Pauwels as Arges
Louis-Philippe Dandenault as Brialeos Hecatonchires (Quebec)
Magali Barney as Athena
Michel Vigné as Aecus
Nathalie Kanoui as Hitomi
Neta Landau as Yoshino
Nicolas Charbonneaux-Collomb as Tereus (Quebec)
Sybille Tureau as Nike
Vanina Pradier as Xander
Viviane Pacal as Athena (Quebec)
Yves Beneyton as Kestner

Benoit Éthier as Lance (Quebec)
François Godin as Kester (Quebec)
Geneviève Désilets as Xander (Quebec)
Manon Arsenault as Yoshino (Quebec)
Patrick Chouinard as Aecus (Quebec)
Sébastien Delorme as Yoshitsune (Quebec)
French companies
ADR Production: Technicolor (Montreal)
Dubbing: Dubbing Brothers
Spanish staff
Spanish cast
Executive producer: Jorge Gabarró Frau (Selecta Visión)
Xochitl Ugarte as Deunan Knute

José Lavat as Briareos Hecatonchires

Benjamin Rivera as Tereus
Dulce Guerrero as Athena
Geraldine Bazán as Hitomi
Gerardo Reyero as Comandante Lance
Germán Fabregas as Arges
Ishtar Saenz as Nike
Jesús Ochoa as Dr. Riharuto Kestner
Lisa Owen as Dr. Xander
Pedro D'aguillon Jr. as Manuel Aeacus
Raul Aldana as Yoshitsune
Spanish companies
Distributor: Argentina Video Home
DVD Distribution: Selecta Visión
Internet Streaming: Cinépolis KLIC (Mexico, subtitled)
Licensed by:
Selecta Visión (Spain)
Warner Bros.
TV Distribution: Selecta Visión
Italian staff
Italian cast
Costume Design(two of Deunan's Costumes): Miuccia Prada
(none)
Italian companies
(none)
German staff
German cast
Dubbing Director: Boris Tessmann
ADR Script: Boris Tessmann
Luise Helm as Deunan Knute

Arianne Borbach as Athena Alaeus
Boris Tessmann as Briareos Hecatonchires
Cathlen Gawlich as Yoshino
Detlef Bierstedt as Commander Lance
Gerald Paradies as Arges
Ghadah Al-Akel as Hitomi
Gundi Eberhard as Elizabeth Xander
Klaus-Dieter Klebsch as Richard F. Kestner
Robin Kahnmeyer as Tereus
Sebastian Schulz as Yoshitsune Miyamoto

Matthias Klages as Gavel Repraes
German companies
Dutch staff
Dutch cast
(none)
Simon Zwiers as Briareos hecatonchires

Lizemijn Libgott as Hitomi
Dutch companies
(none)
Tagalog staff
Tagalog companies
(none)
Broadcaster: TV5
Tagalog cast
(none)
Polish staff
Polish companies
(none)
Distributor: Galapagos Films
Polish cast
(none)
Portuguese cast
Portuguese staff
Dubbing Director: Hércules Fernando
Portuguese companies
Dubbing Studio: Delart
Internet Streaming:
Google Play
Netflix
YouTube

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