The screenwriter and director, Fujisaku Junichi and Hamana Takayuki, have drastically altered the tone of the Appleseed story. Their approach in (re-) telling this story is to dramatic characterization what Mel Brooks is to subtlety. They have turned Deunan Knute into a soggy emo kid, and turned the back story behind her (manga version) cocky genius-level accomplishment in learning her father's police and combat skills into an implied abusive childhood where she was forced to learn nasty icky knife and gun stuff.

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