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Appleseed Appleseed is a science fiction manga created by Masamune Shirow which, like much of his work, merges elements of the cyberpunk and mecha genres with a heavy dosage of politics, philosophy, and sociology. As of 2005, four books have been released between 1985 and 1989. There have also been a several adaptations for TV, film and video games.

table was published directly to paperback instead of being serialized, a rarity in the Japanese manga market. This was soon followed by the publication of Book Two, won the Seiun Award — the Japanese equivalent of the Hugo Award — for Best Manga.

In 1990, Shirow produced the was published in English by Eclipse Comics, packaged by Studio Proteus. The manga is currently published by Dark Horse Comics. Book One of this edition was nominated for the Squiddy Award for New Continuing Series in 1989, and Book Three was nominated for the Squiddy Favorite Limited Series in 1990.

was released in 1996 as a collected volume in Japan. It consisted of a four chapter story followed by technical information about the world, mechs, and equipment much like could not be released in English as a collected format. The reason for this is because Shirow was unsatisfied with the work and wanted to fix it before releasing it as a complete book for English readers. It has been said that series.

Shirow has stated that he originally planned the series to be composed of a total of ten books, but currently has made no plans to continue the series.

was also the inspiration for two anime adaptations, the first an OVA released in 1988 and directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama, the second a CGI movie released in 2004 and directed by Shinji Aramaki.

Aramaki will also be directing the sequel to the 2004 movie which is set to be released in 2006, the movie will once again feature animated computer-generated imagery and John Woo is said to be involved its production. Also planned for 2006 is a more traditionally animated 26 episode series and a PlayStation 2 game by Sega.

The daughter of Carl and Dr. Gilliam Knute, Deunan, who is considered as a highly skilled warrior, had spent almost her entire life fighting in a war that was, for the most part, over. It wasn't until she was captured by an ES.W.A.T. (Extra Special Weapons And Tactics) team in the middle of a ruined city, lead by Hitomi and her former lover Briareos, that she finally left the Badlands. When she arrived in Olympus, the change of environnment was severe, but it was a greater shock to her when she found that Briareos, had lost over 75% of his original during the last Global War and was now a cyborg.

The day after she was brought to the city of Olympus, Deunan learned that over half of the population of the city were artificial humans called Bioroïds. She also found out that her new friend, Hitomi, was one herself. Deunan also discovered that other people were looking for her... mostly because she possesses, without knowing it, the secret of Appleseed. That interest will become important when Hitomi's life will be at risk and that the Appleseed Data will be needed to save her. But that would mean defying the powerful Olympus Regular Army (ORA), composed at 100% of humans and under the command of General Uranus and Colonel Hades.

At one time, Briareos was Deunan Knute's lover, as well as a comarade-in-arms in battle. During a year of hard separation for both of them, he was severly injured on the North African front. When Hitomi and the Elders rescued him, he had over seventy-five percent of his replaced by state-of-the-art mechanical components, making him a highly advanced cyborg. During Deunan's stay in Olympus he will be assigned, by his ES.W.A.T superiors, to protect her and will also start to search for the Appleseed Data.