Appleseed's Shinji Aramaki will direct the CG film which is said to reinterpret the themes in
Leiji Matsumoto's 1977 manga for modern society. This film has
Toei Animation's highest production budget ever which equates to about $30M U.S. and will be released to much fanfare in Japan.
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