Japan Synopsis
エクスマキナ
“Where there's despair, hope comes in threes: a Human, a Cyborg and a Bioroid.”
As members of ESWAT, the elite forces serving Olympus, Deunan and Briaereos are deployed anywhere trouble strikes. Olympus finds itself under a stealth attack – cyborg terrorism, deadly nanotech zealots, and rioting citizens are just some of the threats that Deunan must contend with as she fights to save Olympus!
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Appleseed: Ex Machina. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Toei Animation
Animation + Action in Japan
1178 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Animation and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Appleseed: Ex Machina itself).
The 2006–2008 Japan Window
Appleseed: Ex Machina holds position #246 of 372 Japan films in the 2006–2008 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: Ex Machina premiered alongside 112 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 112 other Japan films in 2007.
The 2007th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
186 audience reviews — more than 85% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 72th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Appleseed: Ex Machina, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cyborg · 28
- based on manga · 297
- adult animation · 101
- mecha · 68
- cyberpunk · 48
- terrorism · 47
- future · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #3,080 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan Animation productions specifically: #1,965 of 2,532 (top 78%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Japan, United States of America |
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Toei Animation, Digital Frontier, TYO Productions, Micott & Basara K.K., Ex Machina Film Partners |
| Runtime | 1h 45m |
| Release Date | October 19, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt1043842 |
| Official Site | www.exmachina.jp |