When the original Appleseed movie hit store shelves way back ... although the comic had been adapted before as a traditionally animated OVA series in 1988, this new film – which introduced ...

The work in 2004's Appleseed movie and Appleseed Saga: Ex Machina is beautiful, much more representative of Shirow's work than the 1988 Appleseed OVA that pretty much…well, sucked. 6.