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| name = Appleseed

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| caption = Promotional poster for ''Appleseed''

| director = [[Shinji Aramaki]]

| producer = [[Fumihiko Sori]]<br/>[[Hidenori Ueki]]<br/>[[Naoko Watanabe]]

| writer = [[Haruka Handa]]<br/>[[Tsutomu Kamishiro]]

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| starring = [[Ai Kobayashi]]<br/>[[Jurota Kosugi]]<br/>[[Yuki Matsuoka]]

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| released = {{flagicon|Japan}} [[2004]]<br/>{{flagicon|USA}} [[January 14]], [[2005]]

| runtime = 105 min.

| country = [[Japan]]

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| followed_by = ''[[Appleseed EX Machina]]''

| website = http://www.appleseedthemovie.com/

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| imdb_id = 0401233

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:''For other uses, see [[Appleseed]].''

==Historical Background==

{{nihongo|'''''Appleseed'''''|アップルシ－ド|Appurushīdo}} is an [[anime]] film, directed by [[Shinji Aramaki]] and originally released in [[Japan]] on [[May 17]], [[2004]]. It is based on the characters created by [[Masamune Shirow]] in the original ''[[Appleseed (manga)|Appleseed]]'' manga series that was published in [[1985]]. Although it shares some characters with the original series, this film's storyline is not connected to it.

India is divided into many endogamous groups (castes) and sub-groups (sub-castes) as a result of centuries of practicing a form of social hierarchy called the [[caste system]].

== Plot outline ==

Following its independence from Britain, the government of India embarked upon the task to reduce the massive historical inequalities between various castes by advocating an extensive system of quotas (somewhat similar to American [[affirmative action]] but much more pervasive and severe).For this purpose the government categorized the population into three groups - the [[Scheduled Tribes]], [[Scheduled Caste]]s, and [[Other Backward Classes]]. The remaining group are often categorized as the forward castes. These distinctions were made roughly along caste lines but focused more on a group's economic standing rather than historical oppression. Also they apply to non-hindu groups as well, for example [[Saint Thomas Christians]] are categorized as forward class but relatively recent north-eastern tribal converts are classified as Scheduled Tribes.

Set in 2131 AD, Deunan Knute, a young legendary female soldier is a survivor of the Third World War which has brought Earth to the brink of destruction. Alongside her former lover and comrade Briareos, who is now a cyborg, Deunan is brought to a Utopian city called Olympus, also inhabited by a genetically-engineered species called Bioroids. There, she integrates into the prestigious ESWAT organization to serve as the city's guardian. But what she discovers is not the promised land of peace, but rather a deadlier, more elusive battlefield than before.

Bioroids have a lifespan much shorter than those of humans, due to the suppression of their reproductive capabilities. When the facilities that were used in the Bioroid's life extension processes are destroyed by a secret faction of the Olympus Regular Army in a terrorist attack as part of its demonstration of fear and hatred for the Bioroids, a crisis which requires immediate resolution is formed, and the Appleseed data is revealed to still exist, even though most thought it destroyed.

Although originally only supposed to last for 10 years, the Indian quota system has grown and become more extensive, and today and applies to everything from government contracting to higher education to legislative office. Currently only 23% of the seats in higher education institutes are set-aside for OBCs, SCs, and STs even though they make up 80% of the India's population. According to the [[Mandal Commission]], the forward castes make up only 20% of the Indian population but would completely dominate entry to the eductational system based on [[standardized tests]] alone. A proposal to increase the reservation for backward groups in universities to 50% in a retroactive policy that would affect current students has caused a great deal of controversy and protests by forward classes. This is considered to be a highly controvertial issue in the country, in 1990, a similar proposal to raise the quota reserved for Backward Castes in jobs and education led to massive protests and [[Self-immolation]] by several forward caste students.

Under the surface, as we can see, Olympus is plagued by conflicting factions. Some believe that Bioroids are a threat to the future advancement of mankind, whilst others believe that humans themselves are the threat. The ultimate question is over everyone's right to life, and whether or not one group deserves life more than the other. At the centre of this battle is Appleseed, the data that is able to extend Bioroid life, by restoring reproductive functions.

== Characters ==

===Deunan Knute===

==Other Backward Classes==

The [[Hinduism|Hindu religion]] in India has a [[Indian caste system|caste system]], coming down from centuries, as a part of its social structure. There used to be four '''great classes''' (Sanskrit: ''varna''): the ''[[Brahmin]]s'' (the teachers and priests), the ''[[Kshatriya]]s'' (the warrious and administrators), the ''[[Vaishya]]s'' (the merchants, farmers and herdsmen) and the ''[[Shudra]]s'' (the servants). Later, the four-varna system turned into a comlicated quagmire of hundreds (or thousands) of different ''castes'', based only on birth. It is highly debatable whether the caste system (or even the varna system) is an integral part of Hinduism or not, but this is beyond the scope of this article. Also, it is worth mentionable that the hundreds of castes who did so menial and dirty labor that they were kept out of the four-varna system, thus becoming the so-called ''untouchables'' (modern India, being known as ''[[Dalit]]s'', lit., the oppressed, and in the Indian Constitution as the ''Scheduled Castes'' or SCs). These scheduled castes have already been having reservations in the Parliament, higher educational institutions like the [[Indian Institutes of Technology|IITs]] and [[Indian Institutes of Management|IIMs]], and all government jobs at all heirarchies in the proportion of their total population in India (about 17 %). Similarly, socially marginalized ''Scheduled Tribes''(STs) also have such a reservation (about 13 %). Sometime during the 1980s and 1990s, a commission setup by the Union government called [[Mandal Commission]] (chaired by Mr. Mandal) inquired into those still socially backward castes who are very poor, uneducated, but do not come under the Scheduled Caste category. Most of the castes enlisted by the commission were "touchable" castes belonging to the ''Shudra'' varna, but some so-called higher castes were also included. It is worth mentioning that because of the so deeply ingrained caste system in the Hindu society, the caste system has even infiltrated among the Indian Muslims and Christians in some form or the other (who otherwise have no caste system). Hence certain specific communities among the Muslims and the Christians, who behave as if they should have been socially low castes, were also included. This grand ensemble of castes was termed as ''Other Backward Classes'' or OBCs, rather a misnomer because it is based on the caste (determined by birth) and not on the economic class. A person who is a [[Brahmin]], but comes from a poor family, will not get the benefits of the OBCs, because the caste of Brahmins is not enlisted among the OBCs. Also, a very rich person, born with a caste now included in the OBCs, will enjoy this reservation (such a family is called as constituting the ''creamy layer'' in the category).

The daughter of Carl and Dr. Gilliam Knute, Deunan, who is considered as a beautiful and highly skilled warrior, has spent almost her entire life fighting in a war that was, for the most part, over. It was not until she was rescued by an ES.W.A.T. (Extra Special Weapons And Tactics) team, led by Hitomi and her former lover Briareos, in the middle of a ruined city just after Deunan had a short but fierce battle with unidentified enemies, that she was finally evacuated from the Badlands. When she arrived in Olympus, the change of environment was severe, but it was a greater shock to her when she found that Briareos had lost over 75% of his original body during the last Global War and was now a cyborg.

In 1990, the Union government, under the Prime Ministership of Mr. V. P. Singh, decided to implement the recommendations of the [[Mandal Commission]] (previously ingnored by two of his precessors). This meant that the persons belonging to the OBC category would enjoy reservations and a fixed quota of seats in all Union government jobs and many other institutions (wherein, ''de facto'', the competition is much, much easier, and one can get a reserved seat on a quite low score). Many Indian states also implemented the OBC reservations in their higher educational institutions. There were massive protests against this by youth of unreserved category. However, in 1990, certain higher educational institutions (strongly based on merit), such as the IITs, IIMs, All-India Postgraduate Medical Entrane Exams, etc. were kept out of the purview of the OBC reservation. This time, the Congress-led UPA government in India has decided to implement the OBC reservation (based on the Mandal report) to ALL institutions in India, including the aforementioned. This has caused a furore among the left-out ''General Category'' students, who must now face a much, much tougher competition to get into an Entrance Exam than before. It is to be noted that the UPA government/Congress party did not mention such an important issue in their [[election manifesto]] before the General Elections, possibly for the fear of displeasing the people of the ''general category''. The whole drama was announced almost at a stroke of lightening by the Minister of Human Resources Development, Mr. [[Arjun Singh]], and not even by the Prime Minister (Dr. [[Manmohan Singh]]) himself, who seems to have rather chosen a silent stance.

The day after she was brought to the city of Olympus, Deunan learned that over half of the population of the city was composed of artificial humans called Bioroids and that her new friend, Hitomi, was one herself. Deunan also discovers that other people are looking for her, mostly because she possesses, without knowing it, the secret of "Appleseed". That interest will become extremely important when Hitomi's life will be at risk and the "Appleseed Data" will be needed to save her and the entire Bioroid population of Olympus. But the discovery of the "Appleseed Data" could condemn the human population to extinction without Deunan knowing about this detail. But that would mean defying the powerful Olympus Regular Army (O.R.A.), composed entirely of humans and under the command of General Edward Uranus III and Colonel Hades.

It is highly debatable as to what the actual percentage of the OBCs in the current population of India is. Proponents of reservation give ridiculous figures of as high as 80 %, while most surveys (such as [http://www.rediff.com rediff.com]) claim that the OBCs constitute about 36 % of the Indian population. It is illegal to ask one's caste during the [[census]], hence the percentage of the castes in contemporary Indian is largely unknown, and at best, is estimated based on a census by the then British government in the 1930s, wherein the caste of each person was recorded. The government would have certainly liked to impose the same quota as the percenatge of their population, but the [[Supreme Court of India]] had once given a judgement that it is against the spirit of the Constitution to forcibly impose a reserved quota over 50 %. Since the combined SC and ST categories have already had 23 % of the quota, approximately 27 % more has been reserved now for the OBCs, thus making the total quota of reserved seats to 49.5 %. The rest (general category) is for the so-called upper caste Hindus and most of the communities of the Mulims, the Christians, the Sikhs and the other religious minorities.

{{anime voices|Ai Kobayashi|Amanda Winn Lee}}

==The alleged Vote-Bank politics and Protests==

In order to expedite the passing of these new reservation policies, the [[Constitution of India]] was amended by the ''93rd Constitutional Amendment'', originally drafted as ''104th Amendment Bill''. The amendment was passed unanimously by both Houses of Parliament. Anti-reservationists in particular theorize that the intent behind this was to gain votes from the large OBC vote-bank. In 2006, the UPA government promised to implement 27% reservation for OBCs in institutes of higher education (twenty central universities, the IITs, [[IIMs]] and [[AIIMS]]) after [[State Assembly elections in India, 2006|2006 Assembly elections]]. This, if implemented, is projected to reduce the seats for the general section of the population to less than 50.5% after considering members of OBCs who gain seats based on merit.

===Briareos Hecatonchires===

This led to sharp reactions from the student communities in the institutes concerned and also considerable opposition from students of other colleges as well . These students formed the group "[[Youth for Equality]]" and demanded that the government roll back its decision to grant more reservations. Nearly 150 students went on hunger strike in AIIMS (Delhi) which, as of [[23 May]] has entered into its ninth day.<ref name="hunger">[http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/may/17quota.htm Quota: Striking doctors continue to go hungry]</ref> Student protesters were reportedly beaten brutally in Mumbai and Delhi. Resident doctors from all over India joined the protests crippling the health infrastructure of a number of cities.<ref name="spread">[http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/may/14quota.htm Anti-quota protests spread]</ref><ref name="ESMA">[http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=297169&sid=NAT Nationwide anti-quota stir continues]</ref> The government took measures to counter the protesting doctors by serving them with suspension letters and asking them to vacate the hostels to make way for newly recruited doctors. Many states have invoked the [[Essential Services Maintenance Act]] (ESMA) and gave notice to the doctors to return to work in 24 hours failing which legal action will be taken against them. The government has also put on alert 6,000 men from [[Rapid Action Force]] to take care of any untoward incident. However, in most places the protesters remain defiant despite ESMA. Some IIT Delhi students have even written to the [[President of India]] requesting him to allow them to commit suicide if the proposed reservation is implemented.<ref name="ESMA"/>

At one time, Briareos was Deunan Knute's lover, as well as a comrade-in-arms in battle. During two years of hard separation for both of them, he was severely injured on the North African front. When Hitomi and the Elders saved him, he had over seventy-five percent of his body replaced by state-of-the-art mechanical components, making him a highly advanced cyborg. During Deunan's stay in Olympus he is assigned by his ES.W.A.T. superiors to protect her and also begins to search for the "Appleseed Data." In the original story, Briareos was a black man who lived in the mediterranean who served under Colonel Carl Knute, Deunan's father. In the original manga, Briareos and Deunan are not separated, and she is well aware of his cyborg body replacement.

In addition to complete roll-back of the proposed reservation, the striking protesters have demanded that an expert committee comprising members from non-political organisations be setup to review the complete reservation policy including the need of reservation for OBCs. Also, they demand that no penal action be taken against the protesters, and publication of a [[white paper]] by the government, making its stand clear on reservation.<ref name="demands">[http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/may/20quota4.htm GoM submits report, docs soften stand]</ref>

{{anime voices|Jūrōta Kosugi|Jamieson Price}}

Meanwhile the [[National Knowledge Commission]], as 6 out of 8 of its members feel, has requested the government to maintain ''status-quo'' on the issue until new avenues are explored, the status quo on reservation should be maintained.<ref name="Knowledge">[http://in.rediff.com/money/2006/may/09quota1.htm Knowledge panel for status quo on quota]</ref> After the HRD minister [[Arjun Singh]] criticized the Knowledge Commission for its stand, two members of the Commission ([[Pratap Bhanu Mehta]] and [[Andre Beteille]]) resigned on [[22 May]] [[2006]].<ref name="know resignation">[http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/may/22quota1.htm Two members quit the Knowledge Commission]</ref>

===Athena Areios===

While the advocates of the plan say that,

* There is no adequate representation of OBCs in these institutes.

* They claim that they are so oppressed that they can not compete with the so called upper class students

* That centuries of oppression can be undone only using such measures.

* That safeguards already exist to protect against exploitation by people who have a good economic background [http://ncbc.nic.in/html/creamylayer.htm]

Prime Minister of Olympus, Athena Areios is a first-generation Bioroid created by Deunan's mother, Dr. Gilliam Knute, and served as her lab assistant until Dr. Knute's death. Because Athena is a first-generation Bioroid, she doesn't have the emotional limitations the second-generation has, so she has greater latitude to use "extraordinary" methods to try to find Deunan. Of course, she also runs the risk that either the Council of Elders or General Uranus would find out and take action against her, so she, along with her chief-of staff Nike, have to be very careful.

{{anime voices|Mami Koyama|Mary Elizabeth McGlynn}}

The opponents of the issue have several arguments:

===Nike===

* That most often, only the economically sound people (and rather rich) from the so called lower castes will make use of most of the reserved the seats, thus making the aim a total failure.

* That the quality of these elite institutes may go down, because merit is severly being compromised by "securing" seats for certain caste-based communities.

* That there are no efforts made to give proper primary education to really deprived classes, so what is the use of reserving seats for higher studies. The government schools in India have absolutely no comparison to the public schools in the developed countries, and only about 65 % of the Indian polupation is literate (can read and write), the ''functional literacy'' being estimated to be even as low as only 34 % of the population. The critics argue how "reservation" only in higher institutions and jobs, without paying attention to proper schooling, can solve this problem.

* That the government is dividing people on the basis of castes for political advantages.

* This can also lead to prolonged reservation system for ever &ndash; there is a chance that other minority religions of India will also demand such facilities in the future, which in the long run can make everything in India caste and religion based although on paper it is a secular country. On the other hand making caste and religion a better credential than merit.

* In a way caste system is kept alive. Instead of coming up with alternative innovative ideas which make sure equal representation at the same time making the caste system irrelevant, the decision is only fortifying the caste system.

* Great educational institutes of the world are formed from the academic freedom they have, in India, politicians make the higher education institutes a thing to play with. Politicians decide who the institutes should admit, how they should admit etc. Even the earlier Human Resources Development minister Dr. Murali Manohar Joshi planned to take away the autonomy of IIMs.

* Not every one from the so called upper class are rich, not all from so called lower classes are poor and that some of the OBCs are politically very powerful especially in north India. Critics say that for most of the castes included in the OBC criterion, the main reason they got included is only "cheap and dirty politics" (sic) and powerful lobbying by those rich and powerful members of these castes who have a political clout. The name "class" in its full form is a misnomer, because OBC is only based upon the caste, and not the class.

Nike is Athena Areios's chief-of-staff, as well as being commander-in-chief of ES.W.A.T. Although she is a second-generation Bioroid, and being such having her emotions controlled, she is fiercely loyal to Athena, not to mention the Bioroids' prime purpose: the salvation of humanity.

{{anime voices|Miho Yamada|Mimi Woods}}

Suggestions for government policy change include:

===Hitomi===

* There should be proper monitoring of who takes benefits out of the facilities given.

* Emphasis should be given to proper primary (and secondary) education so that people from so called lower strata of the society become natural competitors.

* Increase the number of higher education institutes. For example, seven good engineering institutes for a country of one billion planning to become an economic and political power in the world is not substantial at all.

* Once a person gets a job from the quotas it should not be extended to his/her kids as it would make the community complacent and also at the same time deny opportunities to other more deserving candidates from the lower community. Essentially a shrinking population base that needs upliftment will happen by adopting this policy.

A second-generation Bioroid, Hitomi is charged with recruiting new members of ES.W.A.T.. She had led the rescue mission of Deunan Knute in the Badlands, as well as aiding her getting settled in Olympus. Although her emotions are regulated, she has interest in the emotion of love, and is disturbed by hate, as expressed by the human soldiers of the O.R.A, especially towards the Bioroids.

==Government's stance==

Till now, the government has not changed its stance. On May 23, 2006, the Union cabinet unanimously reiterated its stance to bring about the reservations and has now given consent to bring a bill of law to the Parliament effecting the reservations. However, it has promised that the existing number of general category seats will be left undisturbed, and more seats will be added to each institution to accomodate the quota of the reserved students. Further, the quota of 27 % will be added in a slow, three-phased manner of 9 % increase each time. The anti-reservationists have still condemned this idea, saying that first of all, it is a caste-based injustice wherein the general category students would not be able to get the benefit of the increase in seats, and secondly, the existing infrastructure and faculty strength of most of the institutions are too weak to support the massive increase in the seats as proposed.

{{anime voices|Yuki Matsuoka|Karen Strassman}}

== Protest events ==

===Delhi===

* On May 20, a human chain rally was organized by students of [[IIT Delhi]] with the support of PAN IIT from SAC at 8:00PM.

* Nearly 150 students went on hunger strike in [[AIIMS]] (Delhi) which, as of [[23 May]] has entered into its ninth day.<ref name="hunger">[http://in.rediff.com/news/2006/may/17quota.htm Quota: Striking doctors continue to go hungry]</ref>

* On May 26, the University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS) and GTB Hospital, Dilshad Garden, is organising Dusshera. 30 feet tall effigies of 3 reservation demons - V.P. Singh , Arjun Singh, ManMohan Singh, will be lit.

* On May 27, a mass protest march is being organised in Delhi by Medical students of Delhi. The agitation is being named "DILLI AAO DESH BACHAO" (come to Delhi, the national capital and save the future of the nations).

===MumbaiYoshitsune Miyamoto===

* IT Professionals from various Corporate Houses will hold a protest at Mhape, Navi Mumbai on May 26, 2006.

* [[IIT Bombay]] students have gone on a ''24 hours chain hunger strike'' from May 20, 2006.

Also a second-generation Bioroid, Yoshitsuni Miyamoto... or "Yoshi" as he is referred to, is ES.W.A.T.'s chief mechanic and Land Strider designer. He also would like to further examine Briareos' cybernetic armor more closely, if Briareos would allow it. His knowledge of mechanical workings would become useful later in the film. Yoshi seems to care for Hitomi.

===Kanpur===

* May 23. [[IIT Kanpur]] students with medical college students organized a cycle rally against reservation.

{{anime voices|Toshiyuki Morikawa|Dave Wittenberg}}

===Chandigarh===

* About 100 students of [[PGIMER]], 50 students of [[Punjab university]] and [[Punjab Engineering College]], organised a motor rally on May 23 to the Mansa Devi temple and Nadasaheb [[gurudwara]].

===IndoreEdward Uranus III===

* On May 20, [[Indore]] saw a big human chain formation through the M.G. Road.

Supreme commander of the O.R.A., General Edward Uranus III has a great distrust of the Bioroids, and wishes to either control them or totally eliminate them. But unlike his subordinate Hades, he is not given to irrationality. A friend of the Knute family, Uranus deeply regrets the death of Dr. Gilliam Knute and wants to persuade Deunan to help him in his quest.

===Bangalore===

* Protest marches on April 28, May 14, and May 20.

* A silent Human Chain formation on MG road with candle light on May 21.

* A ''maha''rally is planned for May 28.

However, when General Uranus was made aware about about the Council of Elder's plans to replace humans with Bioroids, then sterilize the humans using the "D-tank", he voluntarily surrendered, rather than be used as a pawn in the Council's plans.

===Roorkee===

* A resolution, signed by 2,500 [[IIT Roorkee]] students and expressing their opposition, has been sent to the President, the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India and the Election Commission.

* A peaceful protest march was organised on May 23. [http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1496979.cms]

{{anime voices|Yuzuru Fujimoto|Michael McConnohie}}

===Guwahati===

Several students at the IIT Guwahati are boycotting classes to protest against the government proposal of 27 per cent reservation for OBC students in centrally-funded universities. [http://www.ndtv.com/template/template.asp?template=education&slug=IIT+Guwahati+students+slam+OBC+quota&id=86991&callid=1&category=National]

===LucknowHades===

* Doctors at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences are on strike.

* Students of King George's Medical University are wearing black badges as a gesture of solidarity with the anti-reservation strike. [http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=297169&sid=NAT]

===Jaipur===

* Hundreds of striking anti-quota resident doctors went on a door-to-door campaign in Jaipur to garner support for a rally.

Colonel Hades is Gen. Uranus's subordinate. Like Uranus, he has a great distrust of the Bioroids. However, his distrust has evolved into an irrational, all-consuming hatred, and wishes to see the Bioroids destroyed.

* The doctors affiliated to `Youth for Equality` began their `Jan Samarthan` padyatra in the High Court and Banipark areas. [http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=297169&sid=NAT]

Originally, Hades served under Carl Knute, Deunan's father, in Los Angeles' S.W.A.T., but was thrown out by Carl because of his extreme methods. He held a grudge with Carl, and is furious that Carl's D.N.A. is in all the Bioroids.

===Ajmer===

* In Ajmer, seven doctors started a hunger strike opposing the quota and resident doctors` have begun an indefinite strike at the Nehru hospital.

* Medical college students also began boycotting their classes. [http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=297169&sid=NAT]

In the end, he is killed by Deuan's pistol, which was her father's.

===Varanasi===

* Resident and junior doctors of Sir Sunderlal Hospital at the [[Banaras Hindu University]] campus are on a relay hunger-strike.

{{anime voices|Takehito Koyasu|Jack Aubree}}

===National level protests===

* On the May 22, 2006, on the eve of the UPA led Government's completion of two years in power, public was appealed to observe a black out by switching off all lights for 10 minutes from 8pm.

===Kudoh===

Kudoh is one of the top members of ES.W.A.T. He participates in some training sessions with Deunan and eventually earns her respect. When she and Briareos head to Dr. Gilliam Knute's old lab, Kudoh comes along. After they are betrayed by a fellow ES.W.A.T. member who is sympathetic towards the O.R.A., Kudoh stays behind, keeping his gun trained on Hades so that Deunan and Briareos can escape.

Shortly after this, Kudoh is gunned down by numerous O.R.A. soldiers and collapses dead against the wall of a hallway. Deunan expresses great distress over his death, but Briareos drags her away reluctantly, the O.R.A. hot on their trail.

{{anime voices|Tadahisa Saizen|Jack Aubree}}

==Pro-reservation Protests==

There have also been a significant number of pro-reservation protest (kind of "support"-) marches, which demand that the OBC reservation quotas must be implemented without any delay, and that the government must pay no heed to the anti-reservation protestors (whom some have claimed to be chauvinists). Most of the pro-reservation protestors themselves belong to the SC/ST or OBC cetegory, but there are also some so-called upper caste people included, who claim that there is no other way than reservation to bring these communities into the forefront.

==See=Dr. alsoGilliam Knute===

*[[Reservation in India]]

Dr. Gilliam Knute was the scientist that created the Bioroids, as well as the "D-tank" virus, which is capable to redering normal humans sterile. It was during the creation of the first generation that she realized that the Council of Elders wanted to use the Bioroids to replace normal humanity altogether. Therefore, she arranged that the Bioroids would not be able to reproduce but kept the formula to activate their reproductive systems - codenamed "Appleseed" - in a pendant, which after she had her assistant Athena evacuated, she had given to her young daughter Deunan, with the promise to give it to Athena if she asked. Dr. Knute was later captured by the military - and mistakenly killed by a soldier in front of Deunan.

{{anime voices|Emi Shinohara|Mia Bradly}}

==Music==

The original soundtrack and music to the series features an [[electronic music|electronic]], [[techno music|techno]] and [[trance music|trance]] theme, with the likes of [[Paul Oakenfold]], [[Basement Jaxx]], [[Boom Boom Satellites]], [[Akufen]], [[Carl Craig]], [[T. Raumschmiere]] and [[Ryuichi Sakamoto]] handling the music.

==Sequel==

Director [[Shinji Aramaki]] will also be directing the sequel to the 2004 movie, titled [[Appleseed EX Machina]], which is set to be released in fall 2007 in Japan. The movie will once again feature animated [[computer-generated imagery]] and [[John Woo]] is fully involved in the production.

==References==

*[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0401233/ IMDB's Appleseed article]

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==External links==

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*[http://www.appleseedthemovie.com/ Official ''Appleseed'' (2004) movie website]

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* ''[http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/appleseed Appleseed]'' at [[MetaCritic]]

*[http://imdb.com/title/tt0401233/ Details of the 2004 anime] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]

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