Appleseed Ex Machina [Limited Collector's Edition] [2 Discs]

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Veteran action filmmaker John Woo produces this sequel to the 2004 film Appleseed. Partners both at home and on the battlefield, Deunan, a young but skillful warrior, and Briareos, an experienced cyborg soldier, protect the utopian city of Olympus, where the last of humanity dwells in peace following a war that's killed off the rest of the world's population. As members of the elite police squad E.S.W.A.T., they take their orders from Gaia, an artificial intelligence that governs the city through the use of biologically engineered humanoids called Bioroids. Trouble stirs when Gaia engineers a new member for E.S.W.A.T. based on Briareos' DNA. The new team member, Tereus, looks and acts eerily like the old Briaros, before so much of his body was replaced with robotics following the war. Even more disconcerting, Tereus seems to have the same feelings as Briareos for Deunan! ~ Cammila Albertson, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 2
• Screen: Soft-Matted WSE for 16x9 TV
• Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1
• Features:
  • Disc 1:
  • Team-up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki - two top talents, an action movie master and a legend in the Anime world, share the Appleseed vision
  • Revolution: Animating Ex Machine - new technology breakthroughs powering this instant Anime classic
  • Filmmaker commentary
  • Disc 2:
  • The Applseed Chronicles - the definitive history of this Anime phenomenon
  • East Meets West: Similarities and variations in how different cultures enjoy the art form

AWARDS

• Rotterdam International Film Festival

•     Film Presented - 2008

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Ai Kobayashi
       Kouichi Yamadera
       Yuji Kishi
       Miyuki Sawashiro
       Naoko Kouda
       Takaya Hashi
       Mara Takashima

• Director:

  Shinji Aramaki

• Producer:

  Terence Chang, Hidenori Ueki, John Woo, Naoko Watanabe, Joseph Chou

• Screenwriter:

  Kiyoto Takeuchi

• Composer (Music Score):

  Haruomi Hosono

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Haruomi Hosono

• Featured Music:

  Ryuichi Sakamoto

• Composer (Music Score):

  Yoshihiro Hanno, Cornelius, Towa Tei, Rei Harakami, Tetsuya Takahashi, Hasymo, M-Flow, Wagdug Futuristic Unity, Aoki Takamasa, Lina Ohta, Technoboy's Pulcraft Green-Fund

• Editor:

  Ryuji Miyajima

• Production Designer:

  Shinji Aramaki

• Co-producer:

  Ikuko Kogiso, Jeff Conner, Lori Tilkin, Ikuko Mochizuki, Yusaku Toyoshima

• Executive Producer:

  Sumiji Miyake, Yasuhiko Kinoshita, Yasuhiko Knoshita

• Costume Designer:

  Muccia Prada

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Yota Tsuruoka, Koji Kasamatsu

• Casting:

  Eiji Harada

• Character Design:

  Masaki Yamada

• Mechanical Design:

  Takeshi Takakura

• Animation Director:

  Yasuhiro Ohtsuka, Yasushi Kawamura

• Music Producer:

  Shin Yasui