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Appleseed: Ex Machina

2007 · 105 min

A sleek, propulsive cyberpunk action ride with glossy CG battles and a surprisingly tender love triangle at its core.

Directed by
Shinji Aramaki
Genres
Animation, Action, Thriller
Starring
Ai Kobayashi, Koichi Yamadera, Yuji Kishi
Tagline
Where there's despair, hope comes in threes: a Human, a Cyborg and a Bioroid.
Overview
As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack - cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of the threats that Deunan must contend with as she fights to save Olympus!

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Directed by
Shinji Aramaki
Genres
Animation, Action, Thriller
Starring
Ai Kobayashi, Koichi Yamadera, Yuji Kishi
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • technology
  • conspiracy
  • loyalty
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • fantasy world
Era
far-future
Audience
teen
Form
  • animated
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action8
Horror2
Humour2
Realism3
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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105 min
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