Briareos Hecatonchires

Briareos (Hecatonchires Cyborg System)
Appleseed character
Briareos carrying Deunan Knute on the poster for the 2004 Appleseed film
First appearance	15 February 1985
Created by	Masamune Shirow
Information
Species	Cyborg
Gender	Male
Occupation	ESWAT
Nationality	American

Briareos (Japanese: ブリアレオス, Hepburn: Buriareosu^?) [Hecatonchires Cyborg System] (ヘカトンケイレス, Hekatonkeiresu^?) is a character from Masamune Shirow's Appleseed manga and its adaptations in anime. He is one of the two protagonists of the series, the other being Deunan Knute. Briareos is a trained ESWAT officer, his point man is Deunan. They met in her father's SWAT unit before World War III broke out. Briareos and Deunan are lovers and have been involved since before the war. Since moving to Olympus with Deunan, they have joined the ESWAT unit (Extra Special Weapons And Tactics). He is named after Briareus the Vigorous, one of the Hecatonchires (hundred-armed giants) of Greek mythology. In the Japanese media, he is voiced by Yoshisada Sakaguchi in the Appleseed OVA, Jūrōta Kosugi in the Appleseed film, and Kōichi Yamadera in Appleseed Ex Machina. He is voiced by Sean Barrett, Jamieson Price, and David Matranga in the English dubs of the respective productions.