... crime.
"GhostintheShell2:Innocence" is the story of a solitary cyborg who desperately wants to hold on to what's left of his humanity in a world where the worth of the human soul is fading almost into obscurity.The Review!Innocence is the follow...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Mamoru OshiiTranslated by:Yuji Oniki (Miscellaneous Translation)Adapted by:What They SayIn 2032, the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. Humans have forgotten that they are human, and t...
What They SayBlu-ray disc release of the hit animated film \"Innocence\" featuring the original \"Innocence\" release, \"Innocece no Jokei\" feature, and \"Innocence International Version\" all on one Blu-ray disc.
In 2032, the line between humans and ma...
...Making of GhostintheShell2:Innocence,Theatrical trailerReview EquipmentPanasonic PT50LC13 50" LCD RP HDTV, Zenith DVB-318 Progressive Scan codefree DVD player via DVI with upconversion set to 720p, Sony STR-DE835 DD/DTS receiver, Panasonic SB-TP20...
What They SayThe first ever anime film to be nominated for the Cannes International Film Festival\'s highly prestigious Palme D\'Or, GhostInTheShell2:Innocence is a breathtaking technical and visual achievement four years inthe making. A work that i...
I\'ve lost track whether this was actually reported before, particularly with the number of hands that have been indicated to be involved with this particular pie before, but Animaxis is reporting that DreamWorks has been selected to distribute the film G...
The official for Mamoru Oshii's anime sequel: 'Innocence: GhostInTheShell 2' is now open for business. You'll find the trailer for the movie at http://www.innocence-movie.jp/information/trailer/tokuho1.html
You could win a pair of tickets to GhostintheShell2:Innocence, making its East Coast premiere in Manhattan at the Tribeca Grand Hotel (plus a reception after). Click for details...
What They Say2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and theInternal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of \"The Puppet Master,\" a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Toget...
...of “GhostintheShell2:Innocence CD + Music Anthology DVD!
► 12 breathtaking tracks from the Original Motion Picture
► 7 Anamorphic Widescreen Music Videos Plus 2 Bonus Videos!The Review!Combining the better elements from the fil...
What They SayThe television series based on Masamune Shirow\'s Manga and Mamoru Oshii\'s highly influential film, \'GhostInTheShell: Stand Alone Complex\' takes viewers to futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens\' daily lives. Along ...
What They SayThe television series based on Masamune Shirow\'s Manga and Mamoru Oshii\'s highly influental film, \'GhostInTheShell: Stand Alone Complex\' takes viewers to futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens\' daily lives. Along w...
Not quite a standard release but due out tomorrow in two flavors from Bandai Entertainment comes theGhostintheShell: Innocence Music Anthology Special Edition. The regular edition is essentially the same as this but it doesn\'t containthe slipcover o...
"GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society", directed by Kenji Kamiyama and released in Japan in November 2006, has been awarded with the Jury Prize at the 21st Digital Content Grand Prix.
Produced by Production I.G, Bandai Visual, Ban...
Click to win a signed 'GhostintheShell2:Innocence' mini-poster and signed DVD of the first film. Both are signed by Oshii and are instant collector's items.
What They SaySection 9\'s investigations have started to become a little too successful and the truths they uncover hit too close to home for some of the higher-ranking officials inthe Japanese government. Yet, despite theincreasing political backlash t...
What They SayA band of terrorists claims to have possession of a girl who was kidnapped some years ago. But when Section 9 is called in to resolve the situation, they realize that something is very wrong - the girl is the same age she was when she was kid...
'GhostintheShell2:Innocence,' anime filmmaker Mamoru Oshii's follow up to his 1995 cult classic GhostintheShell, hits North American theaters on September 17. FilmForce has an exclusive first look at the mind-blowingly cool trailer for the flick -...
Apparently enough people did complain directly to DreamWorks about their subtitling of theInnocence movie that they\'re making some attempt at correcting it. A corrected version of the film is now available, and it\'s notable on the packaging if it says ...
"This film is Oshii's best work yet in my opinion. 'Innocence' is a stunning work for literate science fiction and philosophy enthusiasts along with just lovers of beautiful works of animation. This film is WOW. Here ya go with the views from Toronto"
...k release GhostintheShell2:Innocence, After The Long Goodbye is a prequel installment to the 2004 INNOCENCE animated film helmed by director extraordinaire Mamoru Oshii. Also the director of the first GhostintheShell film and the live-action AV...
Pics from "GhostintheShell2:Innocence" from writer/director Mamoru Oshii. His follow-up to one of the most successful anime features of all time now takes place inthe year 2032, where the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyo...
Finally having the right time and mood to settle into a theatrical anime movie, we\'ve checked out and written up some thoughts on the 12/28/2004 release of GhostintheShell: Innocence from DreamWorks today.
by The Xenos
It has to be an extremely funny
coincidence that the week or so that my computer dies and leave me in tech
support hell is the same week that my roommate gets us invited to a special
early screening of "GhostintheShell2:Innoce...
What They SayGreat lengths have been taken to create these beautiful soundtracks from the movie “GhostintheShell 2 – Innocence”. Kenji Kawai’s score makes the sound track simply riveting with a depth of musical texture that can ...
Want a look at 'GhostintheShell2:Innocence'. Click this link and scroll down to the bottom of the page for a segment called "Lawless Land" from the movie.
According to Variety, Production I.G. has acquired the rights to the animated GhostintheShell and plans to re-make it into a live action film.Production I.G was responsible for the animated GhostintheShell that appeared in 1995 as well as the follow...
Writer/director Mamoru Oshii's long-awaited sequel will have its Canadian premiere this Sept. inthe Midnight Madness section of the 29th Toronto International Film Festival.
IGN FilmForce has the exclusive look at the new trailer for GHOSTINTHESHELL2:INNOCENCE, scheduled to arrive intheaters on September 17. The trailer is available in either QuickTime or Windows Media formats.The sequel picks up a few years after the c...
What They SayFrom DreamWorks’ Pictures “GhostintheShell2:Innocence” comes the stunningly gorgeous collection of animated music videos from Production I.G. (Kill Bill) presented in anamorphic widescreen and multi-channel surround soun...
To the casual American anime audience Momoru Oshii's GHOSTINTHESHELL arrived intheaters still inthe shadow cast by AKIRA, though the two films are very different takes on the question of humanity. While AKIRA presented humans pushed beyond the envelo...
Mamoru Oshii, writer and director of the upcoming anime sequel film GhostintheShell2:Innocence, told SCI FI Wire that the follow-up to 1995's hit animated movie was inspired by old crime stories and a museum exhibition half a century ago.
The writer-director discusses creating GhostintheShell2:Innocence and the first question on everyone's minds is why it took Masamune and Oshii nine years to make the sequel.
The always fascinating Watch Impress site has a new article up today that covers the authoring of theGhostintheShell: Innocence movie that\'s due out later this year for Blu-ray.
The release of GhostintheShell2:Innocence happened a couple of days ago and the release is winging its way around the world to people, myself included. Someone has gotten their copy already and has posted some comparisons between the DVD release and ...
Due out on 04/15/2005 from Viz, Jarred Pine\'s up on deck this morning with a look at something we haven\'t looked at before with an ani-manga set that weighs in at something like four pounds called GhostintheShell2:Innocence Ani-Manga Box Set.
What They SayWhile on the trail of Kuze, Section 9 tracks down the person who made his one-of-a-kind prosthetic face. There\'s only one problem - the designer is dead. And the person who killed him is Paz, or someone who looks exactly like him! Meanwhile,...
What They SayA band of terrorists claims to have possession of a girl who was kidnapped some years ago, but when the Major and company are called in to resolve the situation, they realize that something is very wrong—the girl appears to be the same ...
What They SayOn her first visit to one of the refugee areas, the Prime Minister receives a bouquet of flowers and in it is a death threat. Section 9 is called in to provide round-the-clock security for her as they work to catch the would-be assassin. As t...
...re. The \'GhostintheShell2:Innocence\' DVD contains two English captions/subtitle tracks. The first translates the Japanese dialogue, which is heard on the main audio track. The second track is a transcription of the optional audio commentary by D...
Mamoru Oshii, the writer and director of the upcoming anime sequel film GhostintheShell2:Innocence, told SCI FI Wire that the advent of computer technology actually made the sequel to the 1995 animated film more challenging to create. "There wasn't a...
Creative TalentWriter/Artist:Shirow MasamuneTranslated by:Frederik L. SchodtAdapted by:What They SayDeep into the 21st century, the line between man and machine has been inexorably blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robot...
Entertainment Weekly names Manga's GhostintheShell
One Of "The 50 Best DVDs"
(Week of January 19, 2001)
Chicago, IL- January 17, 2001 - Entertainment Weekly has named Manga
Entertainment's cyberpunk Japanese animated co-production GhostintheShell
a...
What They SayThe year is 2030, and an influx of refuges have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the \"Individual Eleven.\" With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in victory or discover the glo...
What They SayIT FOUND A VOICE... NOW IT NEEDS A BODY
In a world caught inthe grip of information overload, where artificial intelligence is more than the real thing and cyborg cops spend their lives surfing on an electronic sea of living data, only the...
We've got a great new contest running now with the support of the folks at Manga Entertainment UK where they've graciously donated a number of prizes for our UK readership!
First, check out these clips for...
BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT AND MANGA TO PREMIERE 'GHOSTINTHESHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX – 2nd GIG’
AT THE TOKYO INTERNATIONAL ANIME FAIR IN HOLLYWOOD ON FEBRUARY 7th, 2005
SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDE PRODUCTION I.G. PRESIDENT, MITSUHISA ISHIKAWA (GH...
THIS WEEKS RECOMMENDATIONS Mamoru Oshiis GHOSTINTHESHELL2:INNOCENCE may be the most brilliant visualization that anime has thus far provoked. The first anime movie ever to complete at the Cannes Film Festival (and only the 6th animated film ev...
...ed sequel GhostintheShell2:Innocence in 2005 for UK/Eire theatrical release.
2006 will then not only see the release of a UK exclusive DVD release of the film but also the Mamoru Oshi directed debut of GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd...
What They SayAn in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the explosively popular GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex. Contains 90 minutes of DVD footage and a 148 page book! This is a limited item - only 15,000 copies released.
DVD Features: Interview Ar...
This month we've got an extra special contest to run for readers inthe UK as we've been extra lucky to have the support of Manga UK, Atari and Titan Books for a GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex conte...
What They SayMamoru Oshii\'s futuristic animated masterpiece, \'GhostInTheShell\', is the perfect film to experience on DVD. Seamlessly merging traditional cel animation with the latest computer graphic imagery, this stunning sci-fi spectacle has broke...
What They SayThe year is 2030 and six years have passed since a criminal known only as The Laughing Man swept through top medical nanotechnology firms committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, extortion, and corporate espionage leaving no known susp...
... scenes), GhostintheShell2:Innocence, GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex, and GhostintheShell: SAC 2nd GIG. An overseas subsidiary and a full time staff of over 200 animators and producers meet theinternational creative community’s...
Updated May 16th
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The Review!When I saw GhostintheShellin English on video in 1996, I was highly confused, the movie left me with a very empty... dry feeling. My friend and I agreed it was good, but the ending was horrible, with that in mind, we took the video back to ...
Chicago, IL- Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment are proud to release the fourth volume of "GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex" in both Standard and Limited Editions versions on January 25th, 2005. The DVDs contain four exciting half-hour ep...
April 14,2004 - Chicago, IL - Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment announce their joint DVD release of the first volume of the highly anticipated anime series GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex on July 27th. The series was co-produced by bot...
What They SayThe year is 2029. The world has become intensively information oriented and humans are well-connected to the network. Crime has developed to a sophisticated stage by hacking into theinteractive network. To prevent this, Section 9 is formed. ...
Bound to produce endless amounts of fandom wankery, Variety is reporting that with the help of Steven Spielberg, Dreamworks has nabbed the live action adaptation rights for GhostintheShell according to ICv2. Spielberg told Variety, "GhostintheShell ...
...ted film "GhostintheShell2:Innocence."
The studio's substantial ad commitment encompasses Anime Network's 24-hour cable channel as well as the network's video-on-demand (VOD) service and will include the airing of the full 75-second trailer for "...
What They SayBased On The Manga By Masamune Shirow
2029-A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, anditheiInternal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of \"The Puppet Master,\" a mysterious and threatening computer virus c...
Volume six inthe television spin-off of theintriguing GhostintheShell motion pictures, GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex will be released by Manga & Bandai Entertainment on May 17th.
It's 2029 and the world is a vastly different place than it is today. Yet
unlike most movies and novels that start off this way, the majority of the ideas
behind GhostintheShell accurately reflect where we could be heading in our
own future.
Ghostin...
What They SayFemale cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 hunt down a host of criminals in both the real and online worlds. Inthe course of their work, Kusanagi and Section 9 must do everything from resolving hostage cr...
GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex's U.S. premiere just one of the
many highlights of this prestigious pop culture event
Congers, NY - March 4, 2004 - The country's foremost authority on
everything related to comic books, Wizard Entertainment, wi...
What They SayFemale cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 hunt down a host of criminals in both the real and online worlds. Inthe course of their work, Kusanagi and Section 9 must do everything from resolving hostage cr...
Cinescape recently had the opportunity to speak with Roy Brewer, one of the guys behind bringing GHOSTINTHESHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX to the United States. He brought us up to speed on the game and some of the features gamers can expect to find when th...
What They SayThe original GHOSTINTHESHELL was hailed by critics and audiences alike as one of the finest Anim films ever produced, and influenced Hollywood films from THE MATRIX to A.I. GHOSTINTHESHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX features the same cyberpu...
It was bound to happen. The much-loved manga and anime, 'GhostintheShell' is being developed as a live-action Hollywood feature. Today's Variety reports that DreamWorks picked up the movie, which is to employ 3-D technology, after an aggressive bidding...
Blu-ray fans have some big things to look forward to this year as AV Watch in Japan has detailed a couple of releases that are bound to attract a lot of attention.
With The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, this received a Blu-ray release on 07/25/2008 in Jap...
What They SayBased on the manga by Masamune Shirow and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, \'GhostInTheShell: Stand Alone Complex\' takes viewers to futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens\' daily lives. Along with the new technology comes n...
What They SayThe final move....
The Prime Minister is taken into custody but her removal from office is kept a secret. Aramaki and Togusa work to reach her so they can prevent a nuclear attack. In Dejima, the military begins its assault. The Major and Se...
Mamoru Oshii's "Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters"
(original title: Tachiguishi Retsuden) will receive its USA premiere at Film Comment Selects 2007, the film series organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center from February 14 to 2...
Mamoru Oshii's Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters Selected for the 63. Venice Film Festival!
Production I.G (http://www.production-ig.com) proudly announces the official selection of Mamoru Oshii's latest feature film "Tachigui: The ...
...Monsters, GhostintheShell2:Innocence and the upcoming Lupinthe 3rd television series. His voice work in video games includes roles in Star Ocean: Till the End of Time, Shadow Hearts: Covenant, Robotech: Invasion and the Xenosaga series.
Mary El...
Updated April 28th
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What They SayThe year is 2030, and an influx of refugees have effortlessly transformed themselves into a terrorist organization known as the \"Individual Eleven.\" With a sadistic intent of mass destruction, will they triumph in victory or discover the gl...
Animation company Production I.G has received permission from Kodansha to act as an agent to develop a live-action film with a Hollywood studio based on GhostintheShell.
Negotiations with American entertainment companies have not been a strong point f...
Bandai Entertainment and Manga Entertainment presents the September 26th DVD release of "GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig Volume 7." The highest-budgeted anime TV series ever produced in Japan has been mastered from high-definition masters ...
...ed sequel GhostintheShell2:Innocence in 2005 for UK/Eire theatrical release.
2006 will then not only see the release of a UK exclusive DVD release of the film but also the Mamoru Oshi directed debut of GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd...
Tokyo, August 24, 2007
Mamoru Oshii's "Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters"
(original title: Tachiguishi Retsuden) has been selected in competition for the 15th Raindance Film Festival, to be held in London, United Kingdom, from Septemb...
Manga Entertainment has announced a July 27 release date for the first volume in its DVD collection of 'GhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex,' the sequel to the now-classic 'GhostintheShell' anime film...
The Review!GhostintheShell has been called "the Akira of the 90's" by many people, and while I think that may be a little much, it certainly isn't very far off from the truth.
The Audio on the disc is very good. >From a technical standpoint, the En...
Tokyo, July 12, 2007
Mamoru Oshii's Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (original title: Tachiguishi Retsuden) will receive its Australian premiere at the Brisbane International Film Festival 2007 (BIFF 2007), held in Brisbane, Austral...
Tokyo, March 30, 2007
After Film Comment Selects, Mamoru Oshii's movie "Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters" (original title: Tachiguishi Retsuden,
2006) comes back to the United States to be screened at the 5th Cherry Blossom Anime Mar...
After its North American premiere in Vancouver and its second European screening at Sitges 06, Mamoru Oshii's Tachigui: The Amazing Lives of the Fast Food Grifters (original title: Tachiguishi Retsuden, 2006, 104') will be back to Canada for the 35th Fest...
...LCHEMIST, GHOSTINTHESHELL2:INNOCENCE AFTER THE LAST GOODBYE and STEAMBOY, all to be published under the VIZ Media brand. Two additional Fiction Novels aimed at female readers include SOCRATES IN LOVE, the best-selling Japanese novel of all time, a...
What They SaySection 9 has their hands full with the reappearance of the laughing man, a cyber-terrorist who hasn\'t been heard from in six years. Aramaki believes that the police\'s prime suspect is a decoy; he orders his team to look into it. Major Moto...
What They SaySection 9, Japan\'s high-mobility anti-crime unit, is back in action! The Major\'s got her work cut out for her as she leads her team on a series of new cases now that the Laughing Man case has been closed.
Uprisings over the treatment of a...
According to an update received from Right Stuf today, theGhostintheShell: Stand Alone Complex SE series has had a slight price shift today. The 5th volume has dropped down from $34.98 to $29.98 while the 6th and 7th volumes will be at $49.98 each and...
David Slack, producer of the Teen Titan animated series, dropped hints about upcoming episodes during the Warner Bros. Animation panel at Comic-Con International recently.
Daredevil will return to Cinemax in September with seven showings.
Cartoon N...