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Appleseed Ex Machina (2-DVD Edition) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)  ~ John Woo | Kobayashi Ai
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| Based on the classic manga by Shirow Masamune, Ex Machina - Appleseed Saga (a.k.a. Appleseed: Ex Machina) is the sequel to the hit 2004 computer-animated film Appleseed. Taking place in the futuristic utopia of Olympus, Ex Machina features the continuing adventures of ES.W.A.T. member Deunan Knute and her partner/lover Briareos, a cyborg possessing a robot head instead of a human one. The two find their close partnership tested when they receive a new teammate, Tereus, a bioroid (an artificially-created humanoid) who was built based on Briareos DNA - meaning he has a human face and latent feelings for Deunan. But the arrival of an insidious, mind-controlling virus puts the love triangle on hold. Free will and individuality are being threatened in Olympus, and only Deunan and Briareos can set things right.
Appleseed director Aramaki Shinji returns to helm this sequel, made with the involvement of Hong Kong director John Woo, who served as producer on the project. Woo's impact is felt in the feature's pared down plot and thrilling action sequences, a departure from the previous exposition-heavy cyberpunk storylines of the original Appleseed and its traditionally-animated eighties precursor. The state-of-the-art computer-animated imagery bring the futuristic world of Olympus to stunning life, with the man-machine love story injecting surprising emotion into a typically cerebral anime genre. The film was released in October 2007 in Japan, before receiving an American premiere at the Jules Verne Adventures Film Festival in Los Angeles in December 2007.
This edition comes with the following special features:
Team-Up: John Woo and Aramaki Shinji
Revolution: Animating Ex Machina
Filmmaker Commentary
The Appleseed Chronicles: The Definitive History of This Anime Phenomenon
East Meets West: Similarities and Variations in How Different Cultures Enjoy the Art Form
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| | Product Title | : | Appleseed Ex Machina (2-DVD Edition) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) | | Region Code | : |  (What is it?) | | Picture Format | : |  (What is it?) | | Artist Name(s) | : | John Woo | Kobayashi Ai | Yamadera Koichi | | Release Date | : | March 10, 2008 | | Language | : | Cantonese, English, Japanese | | Subtitle | : | Thai, English, Traditional Chinese | | Duration | : | 104 Minutes | | Package Weight | : | 150 g | | Publisher | : | Warner Home Video (HK) | | Other Information | : | 2DVDs | | YesAsia Catalog No. | : | 1010688443 | | Shipment Unit | : | 1 (What is it?) |
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