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Appleseed

Alternative Titles

Japanese: アップルシ-ド
English: Appleseed
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Information

Type: Manga
Volumes: 4
Chapters: 25
Status: Finished
Published: Feb 15, 1985 to Mar 15, 1989
Genres: Award Winning Award Winning, Sci-Fi Sci-Fi
Serialization: Comic Gaia
Authors: Shirow, Masamune (Story & Art)

Statistics

Score: 7.281 (scored by 26992,699 users)
1 indicates a weighted score.
Ranked: #52402
2 based on the top manga page. Please note that 'R18+' titles are excluded.
Popularity: #2195
Members: 10,224
Favorites: 165

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Volumes: /4
Chapters: /25

Synopsis

It is the 22nd Century, the Third World War (2099-2126) has decimated a large part of Earth even though nuclear weapons have not been employed during the conflict. Old nations such as England, France and China have survived but have difficulty restoring their power. On the other hand, new nations and organizations such as the Sacred Republique of Mumna and the Poseidon Organization have been born on the ashes of the world resulting from the Third World War.

In this bleak future, we are introduced to ex-L.A. SWAT members Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires. Having survived the world conflict and living in a desolated city, they are found by a young woman called Hitomi who proposes them to follow her to the utopian city of Olympus which has become the world's most powerful organization and which registers the new relations in terms of politics, economics and military between new and old nations/organizations. In Olympus, they are integrated in the prestigious ESWAT (Extra Special Weapons And Tactics) organization, whose main mission is to protect Olympus from terrorist attacks and Olympus's interests in the world.

From here on, the two main protagonists encounter a great number of other characters and organizations who will be implicated in international plots that target Olympus.

Background

Appleseed was published in English in-print and digitally by Dark Horse Comics from November 7, 2007 to March 11, 2009 and on September 10, 2014, respectively.

Characters


Reviews

Dec 30, 2009
When the dust and ashes of global war finally settle, a man-made utopia emerges from the shadows and unifies the broken world. It is a grand project over a century in the making, peace its ultimate aim, but it isn’t long before there’s trouble in paradise.

Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires are stuck, wedged in the cracks of the war’s aftermath. They spend their days in a crumbling ghost-town, salvaging supplies, cut off from the rest of the world and unaware of how the conflict has proceeded without them. Once they are rescued from the wasteland, they find that Olympus -- this manufactured utopia -- is ...
May 2, 2025
Mixed Feelings
The art is the best part of the comic and the cyborg technology on display.
The story and characters start off pretty interesting but lose track halfway through. Morality is all over the place, especially funny considering how much philosophizing is in this, but maybe thats the point too.
The story should have stuck with one focused story but each volume kept introducing new threats without really bothering to explain enough about each enemy. When the third volume has footnotes every other page its a little late to even bother explaining each nation. Again though that might be the point to barely know anything about the ...
Mar 25, 2021
Preliminary (12/25 eps)
So tbh I was expecting a lot from this one ,but in the end I got nothing .The story as far as i read was mediocre at best ,but honestly there was not a single thing on it to make me say ''yo that's interesting I want to see how it goes .

The art was the only thing that was nice .I have to say that the manga is beautifully drawn

The characters were kinda boring , I honestly did not feel attracted to them at all ,they had some funny or cute moments ,but as a whole they did not felt likeable

Now about enjoyment ...

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