Appleseed: Ex Machina

Oct 19, 2007

1h 45m

★ 6.5

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!

Genres

Animation

Action

Thriller

Science Fiction

Production Companies

Toei Animation

Digital Frontier

TYO Productions

Micott & Basara K.K.

Ex Machina Film Partners

SEGA

TakaraTomy

Lion Rock Productions

Toei Company

Appleseed: Ex Machina Trailers

Cast

Deunan Knute (voice)

Ai Kobayashi

Brialeos Hecatombcales (voice)

Koichi Yamadera

Tereus (voice)

Yuji Kishi

Aeacus (voice)

Kong Kuwata

Commander Lance (voice)

Shinpachi Tsuji

Athena (voice)

Gara Takashima

Nike (voice)

Rei Igarashi

Yoshino (voice)

Rica Fukami

Dr. Kestner (voice)

Takaya Hashi

Hitomi (voice)

Miyuki Sawashiro

Yoshitsune (voice)

Yasuyuki Kase

Arges (voice)

Takaya Kuroda

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