Appleseed
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An appleseed is the seed of the fruit. It may also refer to:
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People
- Johnny Appleseed, an American pioneer nurseryman, and missionary for the Church of the New Jerusalem.
- Johnny Appleseed Festival, a festival in Fort Wayne, Indiana traditionally featuring food, crafts and historical demonstrations.
- Appleseed Foundation, a non-partisan and non-profit organization founded in 1993
- Appleseed Project, rifle marksmanship training events under the auspices of the Revolutionary War Veterans Association
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Entertainment
- Johnny Appleseed (film), a bio-fiction animated feature from Walt Disney, using the nickname of Johnny Appleseed, a real-life American frontiersman born as John Chapman.
- The Appleseed Cast, an indie rock band based in Lawrence, Kansas.
- Appleseed (EP), an independent release by underground rapper, Aesop Rock.
- Appleseed Recordings, a record label
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Media Franchise
- Appleseed (manga), a science fiction manga created by Masamune Shirow which spanned four volumes, released between 1985 and 1989.
- Appleseed (OVA), an OVA film directed by Kazuyoshi Katayama and produced by Bandai Visual and released on 21 April, 1988 in Japan. It was the first animated movie based on the Appleseed manga series.
- Appleseed (SNES), a video game for the Super Famicom based on the manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow.
- Appleseed EX, a video game by Sega for the PlayStation 2 based on the 2004 film of the same name based on the manga of the same name by Masamune Shirow.
- Appleseed (film), an anime film, directed by Shinji Aramaki and originally released in Japan on May 17, 2004, based on the characters created in the original Appleseed manga series.
- Appleseed Ex Machina, a sequel to the Appleseed film, similarly directed by Shinji Aramaki and released on 20 October, 2007, in Japan, and involving Chinese director and producer John Woo.
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See also
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