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Appleseed XIII Released on Film/Net/BD Simultaneously
posted on by Egan Loo
The official website for the Appleseed XIII anime announced on Friday that the project will debut simultaneously in Japanese theaters, on the Internet, and on Blu-ray Disc this June. The "theatrical remix version" of the first half of the story, Appleseed XIII ~Yuigon~, will open in theaters in Tokyo and Osaka on June 13, followed by a theatrical run in Nagoya starting June 27. During the theatrical release of the film, a limited edition of the first Blu-ray volume will be sold exclusively at theaters showing the film.
The regular first volume of the anime will then ship with three episodes on Blu-ray and DVD on July 6. (The Blu-ray version will bundle a 48-page deluxe book.) All 13 episodes will also be streamed online. The second film, Appleseed XIII ~Yogen~ will open in Tokyo on October 24 and then in Nagoya on November 7. Kouichi Yamadera will play the veteran cyborg-soldier Briareos.
Appleseed XIII is a new composed of 13 22-minute direct-to-video anime episodes, plus two feature-length compilation films of the episodes.
Reideen) is returning from Aramaki's first Appleseed film to draw the mechanical designs.
Image © Masamune Shirow/Production Committee
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