Ghost in the Shell
It found a voice... Now it needs a body.
Overview
Two animated films based on the original manga have been released, both directed by Mamoru Oshii and animated by Production I.G. Ghost in the Shell was released in 1995 and follows the "Puppet Master" storyline from the manga. It was re-released in 2008 as Ghost in the Shell 2.0 with new audio and updated 3D computer graphics in certain scenes. Innocence, otherwise known as Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, was released in 2004, with its story based on a chapter from the first manga.
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Cast & Crew
Atsuko Tanaka
as Motoko Kusanagi (voice)
Akio Otsuka
as Batou (voice)
Iemasa Kayumi
as Puppetmaster (voice)
Koichi Yamadera
as Togusa (voice)
Yutaka Nakano
as Ishikawa (voice)
Tamio Ohki
as Aramaki (voice)
Tessyo Genda
as Director Nakamura (voice)
Masakazu Namaki
as Dr. Willis (voice)
Masato Yamanouchi
as Minister of Foreign Affairs (voice)
Shinji Ogawa
as Gaikôkan (voice)
Reviews
badelf
Mar 26, 2023
In the 1990s, Ray Kurzweil wrote about his "Singularity" theory - the future when man and computer are wholly merged. His predictions of AI are perhaps only now coming to fruit. This 1995 movie is the original Ghost In The Shell, which I finally watched. Mamoru Oshii's masterpiece, based on a manga by Shirow Masamune, is not only consistent with Si…
CinemaSerf
Feb 4, 2024
It's a society where humanity has been largely subsumed into a digital world; where cyborgs are a norm and where people are now, essentially, dependant on their own technology for just about all aspects of their survival. In this virtual environment, the "Puppet Master" is the kingpin of the criminal world. It knows that by accessing the minds of t…
