Music supervisor Haruomi Hosono is a founding member of famed Japanese band Yellow Magic Orchestra, pioneers of the techno and electro-pop genres.
The film takes place in 2135.
A lot of anime fans don't rate films of this nature as the artwork and motion-capture method of filming are not the traditional forms of Japanese anime. However, the Appleseed films and Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within (2001) were developed with the hope of opening films like this to international audiences.
In production for just under two years.
A fan of the original Appleseed movie, Miuccia Prada jumped at the chance to design some of the costumes.