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Appleseed: Ex Machina AKA Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina AKA Ekusu Makina AKA Appleseed 2 (HD DVD) (2007)
Special Forces soldiers Deunan, Briareos and Tereus battle to preserve peace in the city-nation of Olympus, until a stealth attack by zealots turns the city into a perilous war zone.Director: Shinji Aramaki
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:SIDE A (HD-DVD)
* The Film
Audio commentary with co-producer Joseph Chou and animation historian Jerry Beck (in English)
"Team-Up: John Woo and Shinji Aramaki" featurette (16 min)
"Revolution: Animating Ex Machina" featurette (19 min)
"The Appleseed Chronicles" featurette (20 min)
"East Meets West" featurette (19 min)
SIDE B (DVD)
* The Film
Audio commentary with co-producer Joseph Chou and animation historian Jerry Beck (in English)
Bonus trailers for:
- "Speed Racer" (2:01)
- "The Sickhouse" (2:06)
- "Journey to the Center of the Earth" (2:08)
- "I Am Legend" (0:32)
- "Speed Racer: The Game" (0:16)
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Subtitles:HD-DVD: Chinese (Traditional), Dutch, English, French, German, Korean
DVD: Chinese (Traditional), English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish -
Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 VC-1
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Soundtrack(s):HD-DVD:
Japanese Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 (640 Kbps)
English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 (640 Kbps)
Cantonese Dolby Digital Plus 2.0 stereo
French Dolby Digital Plus 2.0 stereo
Dutch Dolby Digital Plus 2.0 stereo
German Dolby Digital Plus 2.0 stereo
DVD:
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
Cantonese Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
Portuguese Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:HD DVD-side has also Japanese DD 5.1-track, NOT "2.0" as listed on the back cover.
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Extras:DISC ONE (DVD)
* The Film - Japanese Version
Audio commentary with Shinji Aramaki, Yasuhiro Otsuka, Yasushi Kawamura, and Naoko Watanabe
Teaser (0:45)
Trailer (1:32)
TV Spot - 15 sec ver 1 (0:20)
TV Spot - 15 sec ver 2 (0:18)
TV Spot - 30 sec (0:33)
DISC TWO (DVD)
Unscreened Movies
- Motion Capture (3:50)
- Animatics
-- Deleted Scene 1 (0:57)
-- Deleted Scene 2 (1:10)
-- Deleted Scene 3 (1:31)
-- Deleted Scene 4 (0:56)
- Deunan Test Footage (0:24)
Music Archives
- Hasymo (text)
-- Hasymo "Rescue" music video (3:40)
- Wagdug Futuristic Unity (text)
-- Wagdug Futuristic Unity "Ill Machine (xUltra Brain)" music video (3:03)
- Lina Ohta (text)
-- Lina Ohta "Puzzle Riddle" music video (3:46)
- Towa Tei
- Cornelius
- Rei Harakami
- M-flo
- RADIQ a.k.a. Yoshihiro Hanno
- Aoki Takamasa
- Technoboys Pullcraft Green-Fund
- Tetsuya Takahashi
Movie Archives
- Ex Machine & Ghost Hound dual event (4:57)7
- Premium Press Screening (4:21)
- Maid Cafe Event (2:56)
- Premiere Event (2:51)
- Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival (3:27)
- Jules Verne Adventure Film Festival (3:08)
- John Woo & Ex Machina (2:48)
Design (13 stills)
Design Archives (21 stills)
Monitor
- Monitor footage (13 clips)( (14:34)
Staff Profile (text)
- Shirow Masamune
- Shinji Aramaki
-- Interview (2:29)
- John Woo
- Miuccua Prada
- Haruomi Hosono
- Kiyoto Takeuchi
- Yusaku Toyoshima
- Yasuhiro Otsuka
- Yasushi Kawamura
- Masaki Yamada
- Takeshi Takakura
- Nobuo Sue
- Sumiji Miyake
Cast Profile
- Yuji Kishi
- Ai Kobayashi
- Koichi Yamadera
Key Word (text)
Character (text)
DISC THREE (DVD)
* The Film - English Version
International Trailer (1:57)
DISC FOUR (HD DVD)
* The Film - Japanese Version
* The Film - English Version
Picture-In-Picture: "3DCG Simulation Video":
- "A": Bookmarks
- "B": Tech Spec (info tab in Japanese)
- "C": Animatics (on/off)
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Subtitles:Japanese Version: English (optional)
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Aspect Ratio:1.85:1
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Picture Format:1080p24 AVC MPEG-4
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Soundtrack(s):Japanese Version (HD-DVD):
Japanese Dolby TrueHD 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital Plus 2.0 stereo
English Version (HD-DVD):
English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1
English Dolby Digital Plus 2.0 stereo
Japanese Version (DVD):
Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
Japanese Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
English Version (DVD):
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Case type:Digipak
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Notes:The DVDs are region 2.
Discs housed in a digi-pack case in a slipbox, which also includes 6 postcards,
ES.W.A.T. stickers, Ex Machina Picture Book (48 pages), and Ex Machina Source Book (384 pages). -
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OVERALL: Draw
Both releases have differing exclusive extras.
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CUTS:
- R0 Combo format America- Warner Home Video - No Cuts (104:20).
- R0 Premium Edition Japan- Pony Canyon - No cuts - Includes the original Japanese version with Japanese end credits (104:03) and the English version with English end credits (104:18 NTSC).
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Comparison added by Jari_Kovalainen on 20/03/08
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 11/07/20UPDATE LOG:
01/04/2011: Fixed typos in various places.
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11/07/20: Updated US, Japan.
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