Japan Synopsis
アップルシード
“Humanity's last chance for survival.”
In a utopian society created at the end of the third world war, a female warrior who has been plucked from the badlands begins to see cracks in this new facade. And what does this community have planned for the rest of humankind?
Audience Engagement
320 audience reviews — more than 90% of Japan films in our index.
Review volume (90th percentile) outruns trending popularity (60th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Appleseed. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From TOHO
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Appleseed itself).
The 2003–2005 Japan Window
Appleseed holds position #156 of 298 Japan films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Appleseed premiered alongside 95 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 41m runtime, production spent $99K per minute on screen and earned $14K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 95 other Japan films in 2004.
The 1593rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Appleseed, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- metropolis · 4
- cyborg · 28
- police officer · 25
- man vs machine · 7
- based on manga · 297
- adult animation · 101
- mecha · 68
- cyberpunk · 48
- terrorism · 47
- post-apocalyptic future · 44
- future · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #2,716 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (41st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.2 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,776 of 2,532 (top 70%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | TOHO, TBS, Digital Frontier, Geneon Entertainment, MBS |
| Runtime | 1h 41m |
| Release Date | April 17, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0401233 |