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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)
Themes: terrorists
Plot Summary: Deunan, a young female warrior, and Briareos, a veteran cyborg-soldier, are both partners and lovers. As 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.
Ratings: 1187 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 79 votes (dub:46, sub:32, others:1
1 German subtitled
)
 Excellent: 240 votes (sub:119, dub:110, raw:1, ?: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 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian dubbed
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Good: 274 votes (sub:159, dub:103, ?:3, edit.dub:1, others:8
3 Russian subtitled
2 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 German dubbed
)
 Decent: 142 votes (sub:75, 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, edit.dub:1, raw: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 2430 s, rank: #470 (of 9996)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 7.486 (Good+), std. dev.: 1.6131, rank: #1988 (of 10154)
Weighted mean: 7.407 (Good+), rank: #2055 (of 10154) (seen all: 7.42 / seen some: 6.10 / won't finish: 4.30)
Bayesian estimate: 7.407 (Good+), rank: #1747 (of 7635)
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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Soundtrack
    Appleseed Ex Machina - Original Soundtrack [CD+DVD] (OST)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Shinji Aramaki
Screenplay:
Todd W. Russell (additional Screenplay)
Storyboard:
Shinji Aramaki
Unit Director:
Masanori Ikeda (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Original Manga: Masamune Shirow
Character Design: Masaki Yamada
Mechanical design: Takeshi Takakura
Sound Director: Yōta Tsuruoka
Cgi Director:
Yasushi Kawamura
Executive producer:
Yasuhiko Kinoshita
Producer:
Terence Chang

2D Motion Graphics: Kanwa Nagafuji (KANWA NAGAFUJI DESIGN)
5.1ch Sound Mixer:
Hiroshi Haraguchi
Action Choreography: Tatsuro Koike (ALPHA STUNTS)
Advertising:
Ryosuke Koreki
Advertising Producer: Takeshi Taniguchi
Assistant producer: Mari Anryu
Associate producer:
Norio Konishi
Background Design:
Yūho Taniuchi
Casting: Eiji Harada
CG Line Producer: Takehisa Yoshimura
CG Producer: Yuusaku Toyoshima
CG Production :
Zool Ki Lee
Character Color Design: Nobuko Mizuta
Chief Designer:
Yoshiteru Tomita (BG Modeling, Surfacing/Composi)
Co-Producer:
Yasue Mochizuki
Color Board:
Saho Yamane
Design:
Yuu Takahashi (Character Modeling, Surfacing)
Design : 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:
Nozomi Karino
Lab Coordinator:
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:
Tooru Ishii
Production Design: Shinji Aramaki
Production Desk: Kanami Hara (Motion Capture Unit)
Production manager:
Yōji Nakaza (KUSANAGI)
Prop Design:
Takumi Sakura
R&D:
Ken Otani (Special Effects Unit)
Senior Designer:
Yukinobu Fujimatsu (Animatics)
Sound Design: Kōji Kasamatsu
Sound Effect Design: Yoshiki Matsunaga
Sound Production Manager: Yoshimi Sugiyama
Special Thanks To:
Teruhiro Kobayashi
:
Tomomi Morizane ( Unit)
System Engineer:
Yoshihiro Tamura (Motion Capture Unit)
Technical Assistant:
Woo Sung Jung (Massive)
Technical Coordinator: Mitsuhiro Takano (Imagica)
Technical Director:
Takashi Yoshida (Massive)
Theme Song Performance: HASYMO (OP)
Timer:
Yayoi Ohba (Imagica)
Trailer Director: Takayuki Kitayama
Trailer Director Assistant: Tomoko Kamikawa
Web Designer: Hirofumi Okutsu
Website:
Rin Adachi
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 :
Studio BOKAN
Color Board: Kusanagi
Distributor: Toei Company, Ltd.
Motion Capture: OPAKIS
Planning: Micott & Basara
Planning : CROSSROAD
Production Committee:
TYO Productions
Production : IFF/CINV
Recording Studio:
Tokyo TV Center
Setting Design: Kusanagi
Sound Production: Rakuonsha
Trailer Production: GAL ENTERPRISE INC.
English cast
English staff
ADR Director: Steven Foster
Translation:
Kaoru Bertrand
Executive producer:
Joseph Chou

ADR Engineer: Adam Jones
Assistant producer: Ikuko Kogiso
Audio Assistance:
Matt Wittmeyer
Mix & Sound Design:
Jacob A. Gragard
Production Assistant:
Taylor Goubeaud
Production Consultant: Jin Ho Chung
Special Thanks To:
Terry Kalagian
Subtitling:
Neal Barnes
Talent Coordination: Paul Mericle
Technical Engineer: Michael Olesch
English companies
ADR Production: Amusement Park Media
Distributor:
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
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)
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)
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
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:
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
Dubbing: SDI Media
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:
YouTube

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