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Rate Halo Legends Dated For Japan, First Look At Movie Cover

Original at Kotaku Australia external link    Mon, Nov 30

Production IG's Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) is serving as creative director of the project, while Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed) will be directing ... and more »

Rate 'The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces' (Wii) Coming to Europe - Screens & Trailer

Original at WorthPlaying.com external link    Thu, Nov 19

The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces' (Wii) Coming to Europe - Screens & Trailer upcoming animated movie by Mamoru Oshii, known for such productions as Ghost in the Shell, Blood: The Last Vampire and Innocence : Ghost in the Shell 2. ... Sky Crawlers: Feb take-offCVG Online

Rate Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai makes its US debut

Original at Examiner.com external link    Sat, Nov 14

Directed by Mizuho Nishikubo (Video Girl AI, Miyuki) and penned by renowned anime director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost In The Shell, Patlabor), Musashi is billed as ...

Year 2009

 

Rate MAMORU OSHII fans in The Netherlands: this is YOUR weekend!

Original at Twitch external link    Fri, Sep 25

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Guess what: it is Mamoru Oshii's "The Sky Crawlers". At long last this will be in a Dutch cinema... Sniff, it's an emotional moment for me. And less then 24 hours after the only showing of "Ghost in the Shell 2.0" in the very same building. Find details here at the Camera Japan Rotterdam website.

Rate Une actrice de la République de Corée interprète un vampireVoir la ...

Original at CCTV external link    Tue, Jun 9

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 China Basé sur le dessin animé japonais "Ghost in the Shell" de Mamoru Oshii, ce film a coûté 35 millions de dollars américains. Par ailleurs, l'oeuvre est co-produite par les célèbres producteurs Bill Kong et Abel Nahmias, et réalisée par Chris Nahon. ...

Rate S. Korean actress plays vampire in international movie

Original at CCTV external link    Tue, Jun 9

 China Based on Japanese animation 'Ghost in the Shell' by Mamoru Oshii, it cost 35 million US dollars to make. The film is co-produced by renowned producers Bill Kong and Abel Nahmias and directed by Chris Nahon.

Rate Review: The Sky Crawlers

Original at theforgottenreviews (WordPress) external link    Mon, Jun 8

2008 | Director: Mamoru Oshii (”Ghost in the Shell”, “Avalon”) The first thing one has to transcend in order to appreciate a Japanese animation–or ... theforgottenreviews.wordpress.com

Rate My BluRay Shelf: 'The Sky Crawlers'

Original at HitFix external link    Wed, Jun 3

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 CA When it comes to the work of Mamoru Oshii, I respect it all, but "Ghost In The Shell" and its sequel both impress me more on a technical level than on an emotional one. I know people who are quite smitten with both films, and I can see what it is that ...

Rate One Man's Love Life

Original at New York Times external link    Fri, May 29

 United States Working from a series of novels by Hiroshi Mori, Mr. Oshii (“Ghost in the Shell”) uses carefully detailed 3-D computer animation to depict the spectacular dogfights that punctuate the action, but returns to traditional, hand-drawn animation to present ...

Rate Capsule reviews of new DVD releases

Original at Modesto Bee external link    Fri, May 29

 CA Ghost in the Shell" director Mamoru Oshii tells the story of an endless war above the clouds by teenagers. Voices of Rinko Kikuchi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shosuke Tanihara. Subtitled. 4 stars: Excellent; 3 stars: Good; 2 stars: Fair; 1 star: Poor. ...

Rate Capsule reviews of new DVD releases

Original at Bradenton Herald external link    Fri, May 29

  United States Ghost in the Shell" director Mamoru Oshii tells the story of an endless war above the clouds by teenagers. Voices of Rinko Kikuchi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shosuke Tanihara. Subtitled. 4 stars: Excellent; 3 stars: Good; 2 stars: Fair; 1 star: Poor. ...

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Original at Chicago Tribune external link    Fri, May 29

 United States Factory) "The Sky Crawlers": Cult animator Mamoru Oshii -- best known in the US for his "Ghost in the Shell" films -- adapts a series of novels by Hiroshi Mori into "The Sky Crawlers," a futuristic martial arts adventure about squadrons of genetically ...

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Original at Arizona Daily Star external link    Thu, May 28

 AZ Ghost in the Shell" director Mamoru Oshii tells the story of an endless war above the clouds by teenagers. Voices of Rinko Kikuchi, Chiaki Kuriyama, Shosuke Tanihara. Subtitled. Where do you think "The View" got the idea? Four smart Atlanta ladies sit ...

Rate Zabriskie Point

Original at Toronto Eye Weekly external link    Wed, May 27

 Canada Based on the popular Japanese novels, this feature-length anime saw its premiere during last year's TIFF. It's directed by Mamoru Oshii, but fans should not go in expecting anything remotely as intricate as Ghost in the Shell. ...

Rate The Sky Crawlers Blu-ray Review

Original at fps external link    Tue, May 26

 Canada I would never count myself among the legion of Mamoru Oshii fans. In fact, I find Ghost in the Shell a hard slog, tough to sit through. Like watching water boil. All right, I'm exaggerating here. Oshii never fails to deliver beautiful moments and ...

Rate THE SKY CRALWERS is out on R1 DVD.

Original at Twitch (Work external link    Tue, May 26    3 related articles

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By Kurt Halfyard After Sony Pictures Classics (embarrassingly) modest theatrical release of Mamoru Oshii‘s The Sky Crawlers in late 2008 which only allowed for people on big Coastal cities to have a look at the film as it should be seen - A massive screen with state of the art sound, it finally gets a R1 DVD a...

Rate Today on Blu-ray - May 26th

Original at Blu-ray.com external link    Tue, May 26

Sony today releases 'The Sky Crawlers' from acclaimed director Mamoru Oshii of 'Ghost in the Shell' fame while Lionsgate provides the Renee Zellweger and Harry Connick, Jr. film 'New In Town' to Blu-ray. Warner is releasing 'True Romance', the extended ...

Rate DVD Brings Back Saturday Morning Cartoons

Original at Animation Magazine external link    Sun, May 24

Also new this week is The Sky Crawlers (Sony, $27.96 DVD, $34.95 Blu-ray), the anime feature film from Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. The film is a tale of epic war and astounding air battles. This release includes bonus features on ...

Rate DVDS Out Tuesday: 'New In Town', Designing Women: The Complete ...

Original at Hartford Courant external link    Sat, May 23

 United States Cult animator Mamoru Oshii — best known in the US for his "Ghost in the Shell" films — adapts a series of novels by Hiroshi Mori into "The Sky Crawlers," a futuristic martial arts adventure about squadrons of genetically engineered, eternally young ...

Rate Jeon Ji-hyun Looks to Confound Critics in Vampire Film - 조선일보

Original at Chosun Ilbo external link    Fri, May 15

조선일보(영문판), South Korea Based on Japanese animation "Ghost in the Shell" by Mamoru Oshii, it cost US$35 million as a co-production by Japan, France and Hong Kong. "I'm more excited and nervous because it's not a Korean project, but a multinational one," Jeon said. ...

Rate DVD PLAYHOUSE—MAY 2009

Original at The Hollywood Interview external link    Wed, May 6

 CA - Allen Gardner THE SKY CRAWLERS, is an impressive piece of Japanese anime from director Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell), which spins the sci-fi tale of fighter pilots who seem gifted with eternal youth and near-indestructibility. Dazzling for the eyes and the brain ...

Rate Annecy Line-Up Announced

Original at Animation Magazine external link    Thu, Apr 30

Japan leads with three submissions: Five-segment anthology Genius Party Beyond by Mahiro Maeda, Kazuto Nakazawa, Shinya Ohira, Tatsuyuki Tanaka and Koji Morimoto; Ghost in the Shell 2.0 by Mamoru Oshii; and the buzzed-about Sword of the Stranger by ...

Rate Anime invasion

Original at Honolulu Advertiser external link    Sat, Apr 11

 HI Unlike traditional American animation, anime often tackles mature topics such as drug abuse, politics and violence. The popular "Ghost in the Shell," directed by Mamoru Oshii, is a science-fiction mystery that boasts rapid-fire action, nudity, ...

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

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Fri, Mar 27    3 related articles

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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 Ittemiyo! Volume Six

Original at IGN external link    Tue, Mar 24

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 CA One recent anime production that streaming video probably couldn't do justice to is Sky Crawlers, the latest creation from Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Luckily, Sony Pictures announced last week that it'll deliver both DVD and Blu-ray ...

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

Original at Twitch (Work external link    Tue, Mar 24    3 related articles

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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 Web Stalker - Blood: The Last Vampire Slashes Its Way Online

Original at AMCtv.com external link    Tue, Mar 17    4 related articles

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 NY A little history: The Blood saga began back in 2000 with the arrival of an original, one-off short film based on a concept created by Ghost In The Shell director Mamoru Oshii. It wasn't long before animation house Production IG realized that they had a ...

Rate Richard Epcar Talks GitS 2.0

Original at Newsarama external link    Fri, Feb 20

 NJ By Steve Fritz Five years ago, animation master Mamoru Oshii released the sequel to his masterpiece Ghost in the Shell. Entitled Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, the film never quite garnered the praise or luster of its predecessor. ...

Rate The Eastern World Gives the Trend: focus on Japan

Original at Artfacts.Net external link    Sun, Feb 8

 UK - influenced a whole generation, Ghost in the Shell by Mamoru Oshii and Graves of the Fireflies by Isao Takahata which share interesting visual aspects. ...

Rate First Teaser For Oshii-Scripted Samurai Anime MIYAMOTO MUSASHI

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Sun, Dec 14

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By Todd Brown Though Mizuho Nishikubo may be the actual director of upcoming animated feature Miyamoto Musashi from Japan’s Production IG and while the director usually reigns supreme, fans will most likely have eyes for another name on the list of credits here:  Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru O...

Rate See Mamoru Oshii’s SKY CRAWLERS In New York For Free!

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Sat, Dec 6    3 related articles

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By Todd Brown Good news for New York based fans of legendary Ghost in the Shell director Mamoru Oshii!  His latest picture, the fantastic Sky Crawlers, will be screening at the Film Society of Lincoln Center of Friday, December 12th at both 7 and 9:30 pm.  Want to go?  We’ve got a pair of tickets to give awa...

Rate Ghost in the Shell, Vol. 2: Innocense [Blu-ray]

Original at hidefdvd.com external link    Tue, Nov 4

Anime legend Mamoru Oshii wrote and directed this eagerly awaited sequel to his groundbreaking sci-fi drama Ghost in the Shell, which follows the continued adventures of futuristic crime fighters Batou (voice of Akio Otsuka) and Togusa ...

Rate Twitch - Confirmed: Japanese GHOST IN THE SHELL 2.0 DVD Release ...

Original at twitchfilm.net external link    Mon, Nov 3

Very good news here for fans of Mamoru Oshii and Ghost in the Shell. There was speculation early on that the upcoming Japanese DVD and BluRay releases of the re-animated version of the cyberpunk classic would include English subtitles ...

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. ...

Year 2007

 

Rate Tachikoma to Invade Your Pasokon

Original at maochan (WordPress) external link    Mon, Oct 15

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By MaoChan If you have no idea what a tachikoma is, they are from Ghost in the Shell best described as a "spider type multi leg combat vehicle equipped with artificial intelligence". As you all know, Ghost in the Shell is an amazing movie/anime. I use the term movie since the film version by Mamoru Oshii i...

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...

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