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December of 2009

 

Rate Gigantor! Ghost in the Shell's Mamoru Oshii to Direct Live Action Tetsujin 28 ... - /FILM

Original at /FILM external link    Sun, Dec 27

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blog) Gigantor! Ghost in the Shell's Mamoru Oshii to Direct Live Action Tetsujin 28 ... blog) For a different attack on the material, we can look to Mamrou Oshii, the director of The Ghost in the Shell, Avalon and The Sky Crawlers. ...

Rate Manga's marvelous year

Original at Honolulu Star-Bulletin external link    Sun, Dec 27

The much-anticipated debut of Kodansha Comics in the US market fell flat, its new editions of "Akira" and "Ghost in the Shell" merely rehashed (and, ... and more »

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Original at video.i.ua external link    Thu, Dec 24

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Second, The Animatrix, Air, Blood: The Last Vampire, Colorful, Death Note, Ghost in the Shell: SAC, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Tenjou ... video.i.ua

Rate The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces

Original at GamePro.com external link    Wed, Dec 23

Mamoru Oshii, writer/director of Ghost in the Shell, can. His feature film, Sukai Kurora (Sky Crawlers), is an adaption of a five book series by suspense ...

Rate Assault Girls Director Mamoru Oshii Interviewed

Original at Anime News Network external link    Mon, Dec 21

The Japan Times news website posted an interview with director Mamoru Oshii ( Ghost in the Shell , The Sky Crawlers , Patlabor ) on Friday regarding his new ...

Rate Executive producer Ari Arad's gaming gift guide - Los Angeles Times

Original at latimesblogs.latimes.com external link    Thu, Dec 17

Executive producer Ari Arad's gaming gift guide Los Angeles Times (blog) Ghost in the Shell" 2.0 on Blu-Ray: "Ghost in the Shell" was one of the first anime movies to break through to American audiences. ...

Rate ParadoxVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at video.i.ua external link    Mon, Dec 14

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Аниме: 1) Metropolis; 2) Beyond the Clouds, The Promised Place; 3) Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex The Laughing Man; 4) Mezame no Hakobune ... video.i.ua

Rate 2: Innocence -

Original at Rotten Tomatoes external link    Mon, Dec 14

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Nine years ago, writer/director Mamoru Oshii's widely influential "Ghost in the Shell" burst onto the international film scene ... rottentomatoes.com

Rate 2 Innocence - Weloo

Original at weloo.com external link    Sun, Dec 13

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Shattered Entertainment created Anime Music Video. The video is from Ghost in the Shell 2;#39;s movie Innocence. Audio is Get it by your Hands by ... weloo.com

Rate Hiroshi Yamazaki on "The Duel" for "Halo Legends" DTV

Original at Toon Zone external link    Fri, Dec 11

television series and video games, including the cyberpunk classic Ghost in the Shell, Jin-Roh, The Wolf Brigade and parts of Batman Gotham Knight. ...

Rate Gift Ideas: Type Casting DVD & Blu-ray

Original at In Utah This Week external link    Thu, Dec 10

Gift Ideas: Type Casting DVD & Blu-ray If Anime is more your thing both the cyberpunk classic "Ghost in the Shell 2.0" and the more accessible "Blood: the Last Vampire" have both been given their ... and more »

Rate Kodansha Comics resurrects 'The Ghost in the Shell'

Original at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review external link    Thu, Dec 10

hit shelves in Japan, cyber-punk visionary Shirow Masamune's highly acclaimed "The Ghost in the Shell" graphic novel is being re-released in the US, ...

Rate The Pointer on the Hub: Anime takes over the library

Original at Wisconsin Rapids Tribune external link    Mon, Dec 7

Pech also emphasized “Ghost in the Shell,” as a movie production staple for anime culture. Although anime now has many sub-genres, some even controversial ... and more »

Rate Ghost in the Shell 2.0

Original at bluray.ign.com external link    Thu, Dec 3

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Ghost in the Shell's characters are mostly defined by their varying levels of detachment, from the moderately cool flesh-and-blood detective Togusa to the ...

November of 2009

 

Rate Get with it: Watch what's cool - The Gazette

Original at Montreal external link    Fri, Nov 27

Get with it: Watch what's cool The Gazette (Montreal) And Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (2009 - www.anchorbayentertainment.com) uses state-of-the art CG animation to update the 1995 cyber-punk classic about a robot ...

Rate : Kusanagi and vs. Fugitive GunmanVideo included in this story.  Click to view.

Original at espanol.video.yahoo.com external link    Thu, Nov 26

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Video contains footage of the 1995 animation film: Ghost in the Shell. Major Kusanagi and her partner Batou track down a fugitive in hopes to find ... espanol.video.yahoo.com

Rate Today on Blu-ray - November 24th - Blu-ray.com

Original at Blu-ray.com external link    Tue, Nov 24

Product Reviews (blog) Today on Blu-ray - November 24th blog) As staff reviewer Martin Liebman comments in his Blu-ray review of 'Ghost in the Shell 2.0', "A release by Starz subsidiary Manga Home Entertainment, ... This Week on DVD and Blu-ray - November 24th, 2009DVDTOWN.com

Rate Shelf Life The Sweet Life

Original at Anime News Network external link    Sun, Nov 22

Nothing is on the scale of Ghost in the Shell , however. When Taro was four years old, he and his sister were kidnapped. Although Taro survived, his sister ...

Rate Hey, Answerman!

Original at Anime News Network external link    Thu, Nov 19

On the Japanese side we have titles like Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell TV, The Works of Miyazaki, etc ( and that barely scratching the ...

Rate Storm Lion and Production I.G Unveil “Titan Rain” - A New International ... - Anime News Network

Original at Anime News Network external link    Thu, Nov 19

Storm Lion and Production I.G Unveil “Titan Rain” - A New International ... press release) Finding early international success in animating with such titles as Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell , Production IG quickly decided to broaden exposure to ...

Rate Steve Conte and the Crazy Truth - Live4ever

Original at live4ever.uk.com external link    Fri, Nov 13    1 related articles

Steve Conte and the Crazy Truth Live4ever - The Britrock Daily If you're a fan of anime, you may also recognize his singing from the soundtracks of genre classics like Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell. ...

Rate Shelf Life Bringing the Heat

Original at Anime News Network external link    Mon, Nov 9

If Heat Guy J is a poor man's Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex , J is that poor man's Major Kusanagi. Although he can jump extraordinarily high and ...

Year 2009

 

Rate A review for Masaaki Yuasa’s KAIBA

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Wed, Jun 10

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By Ard Vijn I dunno, I’d just been meaning to write something about it lately, and you guys do profess to like Masaaki Yuasa. It’s an extraordinary animated series. “Kemonozume” was a disappointment, to a degree - why the ero episode? Why?  - but this was just pure magic from start to finish, and pretty m...

Rate Low Budget Cyberpunk Done Very, Very Right In Matthew Santoro’s OFFLINE

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Mon, Jun 8

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By Todd Brown Yes, the concept will seem quite familiar to anyone who is a fan of either Ghost In The Shell or Tetsuo: The Iron Man - both of which seem to be obvious visual touchpoints - but something being a bit familiar doesn’t mean it can’t also be good.  Such is the case with Matthew Santoro’s Offline, a c...

Rate Get around in your very own Tachikoma

Original at DVICE external link    Tue, May 19

If you're even a casual anime fan, then you're more than familiar with the classic Ghost in the Shell. And if you're familiar with Ghost in the Shell, you recognized a Tachikoma when you see one. But one that you can ride in? That's something new. ...

Rate Academy offers exhibition devoted to the art of anime

Original at San Francisco Chronicle external link    Fri, May 15    14 related articles

Studios have not yet cracked the code for marketing anime to mainstream audiences. That may change when Steven Spielberg finishes his 3-D remake of the futuristic thriller "Ghost in the Shell." Harrison figures it's only a matter of time before anime ...

Rate DVD Review: Caprica

Original at /FILM external link    Mon, Apr 20

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 MA questions about the morality of creating artificial life, and coupled with the heavy focus on networked virtual worlds, it ends up feeling something like a live-action cross between the anime series Serial Experiments Lain and Ghost in the Shell. ...

Rate Hey, Answerman!

Original at Anime News Network external link    Thu, Apr 2

 Canada I actually think that, as an industry, anime is doing a better job of giving a fair shake to things that never really got off the ground these days. Ghost in the Shell 's TV shows turned out a lot better than the (original) movie (I haven't seen the ...

Rate GHOST IN THE SHELL SAC Director Kenji Kamiyama Travels To EDEN OF THE EAST

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Fri, Mar 27

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By Todd Brown After achieving huge international acclaim as the director of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Kenji Kamiyama evidently felt the need to step out from the shadow of Mamoru Oshii and Shirow Masamune and so has struck out to do something unrelated to the cyber-punk epic.  We first he...

Rate Legacy Futures in Cyberspace

Original at ThreatsWatch.Org external link    Mon, Mar 2

To extend Schneier's critique, it's hard to find a cyberwar thinker who isn't a fan of classic cyberpunk science fiction like Neuromancer or Ghost in the Shell. One might even go as far to claim that Ghost in the Shell's philosophizing cyborg ...

Rate Krazy Exhibition at the Japan Society in New York

Original at Anime News Network external link    Thu, Feb 26

 Canada that have achieved cult status around the world, with their fusion of jazz, hard rock, blues, hip hop, and ambient techno, devised for such anime films and television shows as Cowboy Bebop (1998) and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002). ...

Rate Astro Toy with Rob Bricken: Wave High Advanced Model Tachikoma

Original at Anime News Network external link    Sun, Feb 22

 Canada I've always been a big Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex fan (the movies, not so much), and while I have about a dozen tiny Tachikoma gashapon running around my office, I don't have a big one. Now, Japan makes plenty of expensive Tachikoma ...

Year 2008

 

Rate The Sky Crawlers review: confessions of a non-otaku

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sun, Dec 7

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 - Dec 7, 2008 The film's director Mamoru Oshii gained a following in the American anime community with the sci fi Ghost in the Shell and its sequel Ghost in the Shell 2: ...

Rate DVD Review: Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Season 1

Original at The Trades external link    Sun, Nov 23

By Jeff Ritter A strong anime that's not too complex for American audiences.

Rate Naruto: "Kurenai's Decision: Squad 8 Left Behind" Review

Original at IGN TV external link    Mon, Nov 17

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 CA - Nov 17, 2008 Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (who has done tons of work in the anime dub biz, most notably as Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell series) does great voice ...

Rate Bandai Entertainment Announces New January Titles Including "GITS Innocence" Blu-ray

Original at Toon Zone external link    Thu, Nov 6

By Speedy Boris A number of new titles have been announced for January '09 releases from Bandai Entertainment: Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: 1/13/09 - $19.98/$29.98 (limited edition) Gundam SEED Destiny Collection 1 (Anime Legends): 1/13/09 - $49.98

Rate ‘Ghost in the Shell’: What’s inside the Shell? Part 5.

Original at Nakama Britannica Portal external link    Wed, Nov 5

This week’s ‘Ghost in the Shell’: What’s inside the Shell? is very short and covers the scene occuring directly after the last scene we critqued which was the scene involving the Puppet Master and Its attempt to define itself, at least if we read between the lines it was practically beggin...

Rate 015- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Original at Netflix Top 25 in Anime & Animation external link    Mon, Nov 3

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Writer-director Mamoru Oshii's animated thriller concocts a complex follow-up to his monster hit, Ghost in the Shell. It's now 2032, and machines and people have grown so similar they're virtually interchangeable. The fate of the human race hangs in the balance, and a robot with human te...

Rate Twitch - Ghost in the Shell’s Oshii develops and writes Musashi ...

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Wed, Oct 15

Just when you thought there was never enough Samurai animations in the world Ghost in the Shell’s lord and master Mamoru Oshii is developing a animated samurai film for Japanese animation powerhouse Production I.G. ...

Rate Tachikoma Trading Figures Vol. 3 - Import Preorder

Original at ncsx (WordPress) external link    Mon, Jun 23

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By ncsx «©NCSX» The Tachikoma of Ghost in the Shell were once fearsome machines with squeaky voices. They were well-armed, fast, and scrabbled quickly to points of conflict like war machines are apt to do. That was then. Preorders for the Tachikoma Trading Figures Vol 3 will ship in August 2008 at JP...

Rate Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. Tachikoma SSS Ver. - Preorder

Original at ncsx (WordPress) external link    Tue, Apr 29

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By ncsx «©NCSX» Wave rolls onwards with their popular W.H.A.M. (Wave High Advance Model) series of toys with a new Tachikoma variant. There’s been six other Tachikoma W.H.A.M. toys released to market already and the upcoming version is dubbed the “Solid State Society Version” which is packaged with a tr...

Rate Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2nd Gig EX Diecast Tachikoma Figure

Original at japantoys (WordPress) external link    Sat, Apr 26

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A Tachikoma (タチコマ) is a fictional AI walker/roller tankette in the Ghost in the Shell universe, appearing only in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex sub-universe. They are best described as a “spider type multi leg combat vehicle equipped with artificial intelligence”. Now, thi...

Year 2007

 

Rate Opinion: Ghost In The Shell - Solid State Society

Original at DVD Talk external link    Fri, Jul 20

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After two successful TV seasons and a pair of theatrically releasedfilms, Ghost in the Shell returns with a straight-to-video movie: Ghost in the Shell:  Solid State Society.  In the US,direct video releases are often horrible, movies that weren't goo...

Rate Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society – The Essence of GITS

Original at Toon Zone external link    Thu, Jul 19

I’ve always believed that Ghost in the Shell’s best incarnation—outside of Masamune Shirow's original manga—was the TV version: Stand Alone Complex. It stayed true to the cyber thriller/police procedural-style manga without falling into the somewhat boring, brooding style of Mamo...

Rate Fantasia Report: Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society Review

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Thu, Jul 12

Fantasia info page here.] Ghost in the Shell fans, rejoice for there is yet another worthwhile addition to the canon about to arrive on these shores. Following two hugely successful seasons of GitS television series Stand Alone Complex, a show...

Rate Production I.G. annouces new Mamoru Oshii animated film, 'The Sky Crawlers'

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Wed, Jun 20

Animation super-house Production I.G. announced today the new project by animation director Mamoru Oshii, who brought us such animation staples as the Patlabor and Ghost in the Shell movies. Oshii will be adapting the five-volume novel series The Sky Crawlers...

Rate "Tactics" Vol. 4: Evil Spirits, Little English Girls, and Hair Demons, Oh My!

Original at Toon Zone external link    Fri, May 25

With Karas, Noein, and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG taking up the lion's share of Manga Entertainment's promotion lately, some series get lost in the mix. Which is a damn shame, as Tactics is quite the little gem.

Rate Ghost in the Shell Designs

Original at core77.com's design blog external link    Fri, Mar 23

Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell, an anime and series of movies set in a dystopian future, has long been renowned for having some of the best and most through anime industrial design in the genre. Everything from guns to cars and parking meters to telephones have been well-rendered and...

Rate Production I.G & Shirow's, 'Ghost Hound'. Yasuomi Umetsu's 'Kite : Liberator'.

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Fri, Mar 23

Firstly, Production I.G and Masamune Shirow's earlier partnership spawned one of the classic anime films, namely 'Ghost in the Shell' of course, and now they re-team for an adaptation of Shirow's manga 'Ghost Hound'; which actually begins its manga serialisation...

Year 2006

 

Rate CD Review: Trigun: The First Donuts

Original at Blogcritics external link    Wed, Feb 15

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By Sterfish Musician Tsuneo Imahori composed 18 of the 20 songs on The First Donuts. Imahori is no stranger to anime music. He has served as guitarist on several soundtracks by Yoko Kanno including those for Cowboy Bebop, Arjuna, Wolf's Rain, and Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex. As far as I know, h...

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