The brainchild of leading anime creator Masamune Shirow (Ghost in the Shell), 'Appleseed' is set in 2131 AD and the future of the human race hangs in the balance. Female soldier Deunan Knute has survived a major war that has pushed the earth to the brink of destruction. Located in a bombed-out urban wasteland, Deunan is transported to the Utopian city of Olympus and reunited with her former lover Briareos whose body is now half man, half cyborg. In Olympus City, half the population is made up of Bioroids, a genetically engineered species with a limited life span that are designed without unstable human emotions in order to create a peaceful society and protect the remaining members of the human race.