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?
The 2003–2005 Japan Window
298 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Appleseed sits at position #156.
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
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Appleseed premiered. 1020 total titles in this decade from Japan.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 41m runtime, production spent $99K per minute on screen and earned $14K per minute back.
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 |