APPLESEED ANIME LANDSCAPE MOVIE

The most complete and accurate info, of course, will be found on the massive GITS Wiki, which we're proud to be a sister site of. If you just want John Woo, then 'ex machina' is what you want. If you want to see a great anime, go see 'appleseed 1'.

APPLESEED ANIME LANDSCAPE MOVIE

'ex machina' is a just another pretty-looking Hollywood movie with John Woo, but not to the height of 'face off' or even 'broken arrow'. For a more complete (but unfinished) look at the relations between Appleseed and GITS, have a look at the Comparison to Ghost in the Shell segment of our What is Appleseed? series. After all, 'appleseed 1' was a great Japanese anime following 'ghost in a shell' heritage. Similarly to Appleseed, GITS uses police procedure as a plot basis, but goes much further and questions arguably deeper subject matter including (but not limited to) cloning, the artificial reproduction and duplication of human consciousness (a.k.a, the human 'ghost'), sexual slavery, and mind control.

Ultimately, the series has come to include at least three omnibus style manga compilations (roughly equivalent to about six or seven Appleseed-sized volumes), three motion pictures, two syndicated anime television series, and approximately four written novels. Appleseed (2004) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more.

Starting proper in 1989, GITS began as a manga much like Appleseed, but quickly gained momentum and much greater popularity worldwide, appealing to a wide variety of audiences from garden variety otaku to the scientific and philosophical community. Ghost in the Shell (known domestically in Japan as Mobile Armed Riot Police) is a long running multimedia saga also written by author/artist Shirow Masamune.

Appleseed anime landscape