Shinji ARAMAKI 荒牧伸志
Appleseed
Nippon Cinema ª
A "Beauty and the Beast" story, adapted into a full 3D CG animated action adventure. Deunan is confronted with the question whether human beings are doomed to self-destruction because of a inherently passionate and violent nature. The future of humanity lies in her hands.
Japan 2004
103 minutes
Director
Shinji ARAMAKI
Script
Haruka HANDA, Tsutomu KAMISHIRO
Production
"Appleseed" Film Partners
Distribution
Rapid Eye Movies
About Shinji ARAMAKI
荒牧伸志
Born in Fukuoka Prefecture in 1960, Shinji ARAMAKI started out in the animation sector as a mecha designer. In the 1980s he was given the chance to direct single episodes of anime series he was working on as a designer. His first feature film was the CGIanime APPLESEED (2004) that was followed up in 2007 by the sequel APPLESEED EX MACHINA (NC '08), produced by John WOO. Together with Katsuhiro OTOMO and Mamoru ISHII, he is considered to be one of the leading Anime directors.