Appleseed XIII - S01

Set in a different series of events, this story does not follow the canon of the previous Appleseed movies (though it shares the same director); it is an alternate take on their beginnings. Briareos is already a cyborg and was never separated from Deunan only to reunite with her later in Olympus and join ESWAT. Appleseed Alpha depicts the early days of Deunan Knute and Briareos in the 22nd century, as they journey through the dystopic ruins of New York in search of the city of Olympus. They are hired by Two Horns, the warlord of the ruined city, to eliminate bipedal combat machines. During the fight, they encounter Iris and Olson, both on a mission. Deunan and Briareos befriend them and decide to join their mission. Iris is tasked with preventing the malevolent cyborg Talos from capturing a secret weapon humans were building. Talos uses Iris to activate the gigantic war machine.