Exclusive: Animation-focused sales company Gebeka International has acquired world sales rights to an upcoming 4K remastered version of Japanese animation director Mamoru Oshii’s 1985 animated feature Angel’s Egg.
Oshii is best known internationally for 1995 breakout Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, which world premiered in Competition in Cannes in 2004, and the Patlabor sci-fi franchise.
Angel’s Egg was first released on video by Japanese publishing and media company Tokuma Shoten in 1985, and, with time, it has come to be regarded by anime fans as a masterpiece that holds keys to Oshii’s later works.
The surreal, allegorical work is set against the backdrop of an underwater city and revolves around a young girl who takes scrupulous care of a large egg in the belief it is an angel’s egg. When a boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird he saw in a dream,...
Oshii is best known internationally for 1995 breakout Ghost in the Shell and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, which world premiered in Competition in Cannes in 2004, and the Patlabor sci-fi franchise.
Angel’s Egg was first released on video by Japanese publishing and media company Tokuma Shoten in 1985, and, with time, it has come to be regarded by anime fans as a masterpiece that holds keys to Oshii’s later works.
The surreal, allegorical work is set against the backdrop of an underwater city and revolves around a young girl who takes scrupulous care of a large egg in the belief it is an angel’s egg. When a boy with a gun arrives in search of a bird he saw in a dream,...
- 5/10/2024
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Chicago – The 2024 Chicago Critics Film Festival Day Four – Monday, May 6th – presents a film about music dreams and a documentary on a music store. “Dandelion” is written and directed by Nicole Riegel and “Flipside” by Chris Wilcha are the centerpiece screenings. For the full schedule, info and tickets, click Ccff May 6th. For individual films, click titles below.
Dandelion
Dandelion
Photo credit: ChicagoCriticsFilmFestival.com
Dandelion (KiKi Layne) is a struggling Cincinnati singer-songwriter in a downward spiral, takes a last-ditch-effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where she meets Casey (Thomas Doherty), a guitarist who walked away from his dream long ago. As Dandelion joins Casey’s nomadic group of struggling musicians, the kindred spirits make music together and strike up a whirlwind romance.
Capsule Review: This is a passionate meditation on young love and the sensitive artist trying to interpret it. The love is as much about the...
Dandelion
Dandelion
Photo credit: ChicagoCriticsFilmFestival.com
Dandelion (KiKi Layne) is a struggling Cincinnati singer-songwriter in a downward spiral, takes a last-ditch-effort gig at a motorcycle rally in South Dakota where she meets Casey (Thomas Doherty), a guitarist who walked away from his dream long ago. As Dandelion joins Casey’s nomadic group of struggling musicians, the kindred spirits make music together and strike up a whirlwind romance.
Capsule Review: This is a passionate meditation on young love and the sensitive artist trying to interpret it. The love is as much about the...
- 5/6/2024
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Gkids has acquires North American rights to Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence and will release a new 4K restoration this summer.
First released in 2004, Oshii’s cyberpunk mystery centred on the character Batou from his 1995 classic Ghost In The Shell and is imagined as a stand-alone return to the world established in the original.
It is now the year 2032 and the line between humans and machines has become blurred as cyber-bodied agent Batou and his human partner Togusa investigate a string of murders committed by a prototype android model.
Prior to the film’s nationwide release,...
First released in 2004, Oshii’s cyberpunk mystery centred on the character Batou from his 1995 classic Ghost In The Shell and is imagined as a stand-alone return to the world established in the original.
It is now the year 2032 and the line between humans and machines has become blurred as cyber-bodied agent Batou and his human partner Togusa investigate a string of murders committed by a prototype android model.
Prior to the film’s nationwide release,...
- 4/17/2024
- ScreenDaily
Originally released in 2004, director Mamoru Oshii's followup to the groundbreaking Ghost in the Shell anime film adaptation is getting ready to return to cinemas in North America. Gkids announced the acquisition of theatrical distribution rights for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence , which it plans to release nationwide in celebration of the film's 20th anniversary this summer. Ahead of that, Gkids will premiere the all-new 4K restoration of Innocence at the Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre this May. Related: Interview: Mamoru Oshii on Why Humans Keep Telling Stories to Each Other Synopsis: iIn the year 2032, the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. A string of murders perpetrated by a prototype android model has drawn the attention of Public Security Section 9, a unit specializing in counter cyber-terrorism. With none of the victims’ families pressing charges, suspicions arise regarding the nature of...
- 4/17/2024
- by Joseph Luster
- Crunchyroll
Originally released in 2004, director Mamoru Oshii's followup to the groundbreaking Ghost in the Shell anime film adaptation is getting ready to return to cinemas in North America. Gkids announced the acquisition of theatrical distribution rights for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence , which it plans to release nationwide in celebration of the film's 20th anniversary this summer. Ahead of that, Gkids will premiere the all-new 4K restoration of Innocence at the Chicago Critics Film Festival at the Music Box Theatre this May. Related: Interview: Mamoru Oshii on Why Humans Keep Telling Stories to Each Other Synopsis: iIn the year 2032, the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. A string of murders perpetrated by a prototype android model has drawn the attention of Public Security Section 9, a unit specializing in counter cyber-terrorism. With none of the victims’ families pressing charges, suspicions arise regarding the nature of...
- 4/17/2024
- by Joseph Luster
- Crunchyroll
The official website for the two-part Dead Dead Demon's Dededede Destruction anime film, based on Inio Asano's manga of the same name, announced five new voice cast members who will join its upcoming second part as follows: Ojiro-senpai voiced by Chiharu Sawashiro (Banri Settsu in A3! ) Hikari Sumaru voiced by Saori Onishi (Miyako Shikimori in Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie ) Takarada voiced by Kenichiro Matsuda (Bond Forger in Spy x Family ) Taro Miura voiced by Kengo Kawanishi (Mikazuki Augus in Mobile Suit Gundam Iron Blooded Orphans ) Ogino voiced by Masafumi Kobatake (Senya in Bucchigiri?! ) Additionally, veteran actor Naoto Takenaka will make a supporting appearance as the "chairman" of the invaders. Among anime fans, he is well-known for his voice appearances in Mamoru Oshii films, such as Shigeki Arakawa in Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993), Kimu in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004), and Master in The Sky Crawlers (2008). Takenaka is...
- 3/27/2024
- by Mikikazu Komatsu
- Crunchyroll
Junji Sakamoto is a director whose long career hasn’t yet hit the heights in both critical acclaim and international exposure. “My Brother, the Android and Me” has a notable cast and certainly looks the part, but does this part sci-fi/part psychological thriller have all the necessary parts to make a satisfying whole?
“My Brother, the Android and Me” is screening at Nippon Connection
Kaoru (Etsushi Toyokawa) is a robotics engineer at a university, but is often preoccupied, neglecting both his teaching and the projects for which he is funded. Suffering from seizures in his legs, he instead spends his days trying to develop an android replica of himself in the family home.
But he hasn’t just been neglecting his work, and his father’s illness prompts his half-brother, Yamashita (Masanobu Ando), to contact him, demanding he sells the family home to pay for the medical fees. But...
“My Brother, the Android and Me” is screening at Nippon Connection
Kaoru (Etsushi Toyokawa) is a robotics engineer at a university, but is often preoccupied, neglecting both his teaching and the projects for which he is funded. Suffering from seizures in his legs, he instead spends his days trying to develop an android replica of himself in the family home.
But he hasn’t just been neglecting his work, and his father’s illness prompts his half-brother, Yamashita (Masanobu Ando), to contact him, demanding he sells the family home to pay for the medical fees. But...
- 6/1/2022
- by Andrew Thayne
- AsianMoviePulse
‘Ghost In The Shell’ director Mamoru Oshii appointed first jury president.
A major new international animation festival is set to launch in Japan in 2023, with Ghost In The Shell director Mamoru Oshii appointed its first jury president.
The inaugural Niigata International Animation Film Festival (Niaff) will take place from March 17-23 in the port city (around 200 miles north of Tokyo) and is planned to be held annually, with a focus on commercial animated features.
The team will be led by Shinichiro Inoue as festival director and Tadashi Sudo as artistic director. Veteran producer and Genco Inc CEO Taro Maki has...
A major new international animation festival is set to launch in Japan in 2023, with Ghost In The Shell director Mamoru Oshii appointed its first jury president.
The inaugural Niigata International Animation Film Festival (Niaff) will take place from March 17-23 in the port city (around 200 miles north of Tokyo) and is planned to be held annually, with a focus on commercial animated features.
The team will be led by Shinichiro Inoue as festival director and Tadashi Sudo as artistic director. Veteran producer and Genco Inc CEO Taro Maki has...
- 5/24/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Our friends at Altered Innocence have let us know that they have acquired the U.S. rights for Joaquín del Paso's thriller, The Hole in the Fence (El hoyo en la cerca). The film promises to carry a Lord of the Flies vibe with it into cinemas near the end of 2022. We have included a clip with subtitles and the original Mexican trailer for your viewing pleasure below. You'll pick up on that vibe when you see the trailer. The clip carries an ominous tone, for sure. Altered Innocence acquires Venice title 'The Hole in the Fence' Altered Innocence has picked up all U.S. rights to Joaquín del Paso's second feature film “The Hole in the Fence” which was an official selection...
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- 5/18/2022
- Screen Anarchy
Season 2 of Netflix's "Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045" is headed your way this May, and now there's a trailer here to prove it. Based on the manga "The Ghost in the Shell" by Shirow Masamune, "Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045" follows the continuing adventures of Motoko Kusanagi, voiced by Atsuko Tanaka in Japanese and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn in the English dub.
Tanaka has been with the franchise since it first made the leap to the screen in 1995 with the influential anime film, "Ghost in the Shell." She reprised her role in the 2004 sequel, "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence," and the...
The post Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2 Trailer: Head Back Into the Stand Alone Complex on Netflix appeared first on /Film.
Tanaka has been with the franchise since it first made the leap to the screen in 1995 with the influential anime film, "Ghost in the Shell." She reprised her role in the 2004 sequel, "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence," and the...
The post Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Season 2 Trailer: Head Back Into the Stand Alone Complex on Netflix appeared first on /Film.
- 3/28/2022
- by Joshua Meyer
- Slash Film
‘Earwig’ director Lucile Hadzihalilovic on working with UK producers and avoiding the ‘horror’ label
English-language debut is based on novel by UK sculptor and writer Brian Catling.
French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic is back at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this weekend for the European premiere of her third feature and English-language debut Earwig in Official Selection.
She has a long relationship with the festival where she won best new director in 2004 for debut feature Innocence and the special jury prize for Evolution in 2015.
Set “somewhere in Europe, mid-20th century”, Earwig stars Paul Hilton as a man called Albert, who is employed to look after a young girl, living in near solitary confinement in a labyrinthine,...
French director Lucile Hadzihalilovic is back at the San Sebastian International Film Festival this weekend for the European premiere of her third feature and English-language debut Earwig in Official Selection.
She has a long relationship with the festival where she won best new director in 2004 for debut feature Innocence and the special jury prize for Evolution in 2015.
Set “somewhere in Europe, mid-20th century”, Earwig stars Paul Hilton as a man called Albert, who is employed to look after a young girl, living in near solitary confinement in a labyrinthine,...
- 9/19/2021
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
Those who know Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s work will recognize a new film as an event. Having only made two features this century––2004’s Innocence and 2015’s Evolution––a limited output has nonetheless established her as one of the most singular filmmakers working today. Relying on mood more than story, and pulling from horror and fantasy to create surreal, isolated spaces, her films act as cerebral nightmares. Earwig, her latest, offers more of the same for better and worse; the level of control over image and sound remains as potent as ever, but in service of a lackluster story.
Earwig is a variation on themes and ideas that have run through Hadzihalilovic’s other films: childhood, isolation, the transition into adolescence, mysterious authority figures running the show, and other items that evoke the feeling of a dark fairy tale. Set in Europe some time after the Second World War, we’re dropped into a dark,...
Earwig is a variation on themes and ideas that have run through Hadzihalilovic’s other films: childhood, isolation, the transition into adolescence, mysterious authority figures running the show, and other items that evoke the feeling of a dark fairy tale. Set in Europe some time after the Second World War, we’re dropped into a dark,...
- 9/15/2021
- by C.J. Prince
- The Film Stage
With her third feature, the eccentric and exquisitely made Earwig, French filmmaker Lucile Hadžhalilović confirms her status as one of art house cinema’s most singular auteurs, fashioning a rich and strange body of work that sits somewhere between Lynch, Cronenberg and a more restrained narrative approach that feels strictly European.
“Body” is indeed the key word in a movie that, like the director’s previous efforts, Innocence (2004) and Evolution (2015), explores the corporal horrors inflicted on the young — in this case a little girl forced to undergo a tortuous daily routine in which her teeth are surgically replaced by ice cubes.
Why ...
“Body” is indeed the key word in a movie that, like the director’s previous efforts, Innocence (2004) and Evolution (2015), explores the corporal horrors inflicted on the young — in this case a little girl forced to undergo a tortuous daily routine in which her teeth are surgically replaced by ice cubes.
Why ...
- 9/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
With her third feature, the eccentric and exquisitely made Earwig, French filmmaker Lucile Hadžhalilović confirms her status as one of art house cinema’s most singular auteurs, fashioning a rich and strange body of work that sits somewhere between Lynch, Cronenberg and a more restrained narrative approach that feels strictly European.
“Body” is indeed the key word in a movie that, like the director’s previous efforts, Innocence (2004) and Evolution (2015), explores the corporal horrors inflicted on the young — in this case a little girl forced to undergo a tortuous daily routine in which her teeth are surgically replaced by ice cubes.
Why ...
“Body” is indeed the key word in a movie that, like the director’s previous efforts, Innocence (2004) and Evolution (2015), explores the corporal horrors inflicted on the young — in this case a little girl forced to undergo a tortuous daily routine in which her teeth are surgically replaced by ice cubes.
Why ...
- 9/10/2021
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Lucile Hadzihalilovic*’s Earwig is, in broad outline, synopsizable with the same sentence as her first two features, Innocence and Evolution: a child (or group of children) grows up in deliberate isolation from the wider world under the watchful gaze of ambivalently motivated custodians, themselves operating under the direction of obscure masters. Intentions are unclear, but the fundamental fears—of puberty, parents, the body and its sexually-tinged conditioning for adulthood—remain clear and similar. The visual approach is always that of horror’s visual language without its traditional jolting sonic components—i.e., long walks down sinisterly lit hallways or down stairwells, no suddenly violent sounds. When I asked Hadzihalilovic […]
The post TIFF 2021 Critic’s Notebook: Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Earwig first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
The post TIFF 2021 Critic’s Notebook: Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s Earwig first appeared on Filmmaker Magazine.
- 9/10/2021
- by Vadim Rizov
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Santa Monica, CA – Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of one of the most critically acclaimed anime films of all time when Ghost in the Shell arrives on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital 4K Ultra HD) and Digital 4K Ultra HD on September 8th from Lionsgate. Based on the beloved manga from Japanese writer and illustrator Shirow Masamune, the film’s voice cast includes Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, and Kôichi Yamadera. Remastered in Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos, and featuring fan-favorite commemorative artwork from pop illustrator Martin Ansin – along with brand new bonus material – this will be the most definitive Ghost in the Shell package to date.
2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together with her fellow agents from...
2029: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of “The Puppet Master,” a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together with her fellow agents from...
- 7/30/2020
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
The latest court procedural film to come out of South Korea is “Innocence” by first-time director Park Sang-hyun.
Synopsis
A mother who doesn’t recognize faces is suspected of poisoning someone to death, her daughter decides to defend her mother and reveal the truth behind the case.
“Innocence” stars Shin Hye-sun (“A Violent Prosecutor”), Bae Jong-ok (“Five Senses of Eros”), Heo Joon-ho (“Default“) and Hong Kyung. It is expected to release in South Korean cinemas in March, 2020.
Synopsis
A mother who doesn’t recognize faces is suspected of poisoning someone to death, her daughter decides to defend her mother and reveal the truth behind the case.
“Innocence” stars Shin Hye-sun (“A Violent Prosecutor”), Bae Jong-ok (“Five Senses of Eros”), Heo Joon-ho (“Default“) and Hong Kyung. It is expected to release in South Korean cinemas in March, 2020.
- 2/14/2020
- by Rhythm Zaveri
- AsianMoviePulse
Despite an increasingly evolving black film landscape, we seem to still be facing an overwhelmingly higher ratio of heartrending or even tragic dramas over romantic fare. That’s why there was such a warm show of support on social media when the trailer for writer-director Stella Meghie’s “The Photograph” dropped.
It wasn’t just because it boasts A-listers like Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield; it was the fact that they look like they were happy and in love.
Of course, an awesome trailer with smiling black actors in it doesn’t always mean it’s a good film. But excellent cinematography and a charming script can definitely put it in the ballpark to become one.
“The Photograph” is a bit of an atypical romantic dramedy, in that it goes back and forth in time between two separate but related couples who are both struggling to navigate the love in...
It wasn’t just because it boasts A-listers like Issa Rae and Lakeith Stanfield; it was the fact that they look like they were happy and in love.
Of course, an awesome trailer with smiling black actors in it doesn’t always mean it’s a good film. But excellent cinematography and a charming script can definitely put it in the ballpark to become one.
“The Photograph” is a bit of an atypical romantic dramedy, in that it goes back and forth in time between two separate but related couples who are both struggling to navigate the love in...
- 2/13/2020
- by Candice Frederick
- The Wrap
With a brief tweet the streaming giant Netflix has announced that a new addition to the “Ghost in the Shell Universe” is officially in the making.
The upcoming brand new series, called “Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045” will premiere in 2020 and will be co-directed by Shinji Aramaki from “Appleseed” and Kenji Kamiyama from “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex”. It will be a collaboration between studios Production I.G. and Sola Digital Arts.
Lots of media attention and hype had been gravitating around the last attempt to progress the popular “saga”, the controversial Rupert Sanders’ live action 2017 movie, casting Scarlett Johansson in the lead role of cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and triggering a huge debate about Hollywood’s whitewashing issue.
“Ghost in the Shell” was originally a hugely popular manga series, written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. In 1995 it was adapted into an anime film of the same name,...
The upcoming brand new series, called “Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045” will premiere in 2020 and will be co-directed by Shinji Aramaki from “Appleseed” and Kenji Kamiyama from “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex”. It will be a collaboration between studios Production I.G. and Sola Digital Arts.
Lots of media attention and hype had been gravitating around the last attempt to progress the popular “saga”, the controversial Rupert Sanders’ live action 2017 movie, casting Scarlett Johansson in the lead role of cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and triggering a huge debate about Hollywood’s whitewashing issue.
“Ghost in the Shell” was originally a hugely popular manga series, written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. In 1995 it was adapted into an anime film of the same name,...
- 12/10/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Saku Sakamoto graduated from Tama Art University’s Department of Graphic Design in 2000. His short animated works such as Makafushigi (’00) and Fisherman (’02) were selected for the Hiroshima International Animation Festival and received the first place Kirin Art Award. Since then, he has received numerous awards and his work has been introduced internationally through more than 10 film festivals including the International Film Festival Rotterdam.
He began his career as a freelance animation creator in 2002 and has worked with short films, opening titles for TV shows, commercials, promotional videos, visual effects for movies, and as a director and art director. He soon mastered these techniques, thus earning him the nickname “transcendent painter”. Recent works include creating digital effects for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence directed by Mamori Oshii and directing the original anime “Mattsu, Yamma and Moburi: ―The mystery of the seven gems and the flying castle”― and “Mattsu, Yamma and...
He began his career as a freelance animation creator in 2002 and has worked with short films, opening titles for TV shows, commercials, promotional videos, visual effects for movies, and as a director and art director. He soon mastered these techniques, thus earning him the nickname “transcendent painter”. Recent works include creating digital effects for Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence directed by Mamori Oshii and directing the original anime “Mattsu, Yamma and Moburi: ―The mystery of the seven gems and the flying castle”― and “Mattsu, Yamma and...
- 7/31/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
With a financial backing from Studio Ghibli’s Toshio Suzuki, the sequel to the “Ghost in the Shell” movie had a production budget of $20 million, most of which were allocated towards the visuals. The film went on winning a number of awards, and was the first Japanese animated feature film to be nominated for the Palme d’Or at the Festival de Cannes.
This time is set in 2032, three years after the events of the original, and revolves mainly around Batou. The line between humans and machines has been blurred even more, and is now almost beyond distinction. Humans have forgotten that they are human, and the few who still own an organic body coexist with cyborgs (human spirits inhabiting entirely mechanized bodies) and dolls (robots with no human elements at all).
Batou is partnered with Togusa, one of the few individuals without a cybernetic body, who even has a regular family.
This time is set in 2032, three years after the events of the original, and revolves mainly around Batou. The line between humans and machines has been blurred even more, and is now almost beyond distinction. Humans have forgotten that they are human, and the few who still own an organic body coexist with cyborgs (human spirits inhabiting entirely mechanized bodies) and dolls (robots with no human elements at all).
Batou is partnered with Togusa, one of the few individuals without a cybernetic body, who even has a regular family.
- 5/29/2017
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Check out these essentials even if you don’t catch the new movie.
Another week, another live-action remake of an animated classic. Well, you could argue that most of Ghost in the Shell isn’t really live action, since there’s so much that’s CG. You could also say it’s not a remake so much as a new adaptation of a Japanese comic book. Regardless, a lot of it is a pretty faithful copy, so a good percentage of this week’s list of Movies to Watch could apply to the manga or the anime versions of the story (I’m making it a given that you should see the original). That’s good for any of you boycotting the new movie due to its whitewashing controversy.
These 12 titles are worth seeing either way:
The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
Despite being a cheap, cheesy sci-fi B movie, this is a significant work for being possibly...
Another week, another live-action remake of an animated classic. Well, you could argue that most of Ghost in the Shell isn’t really live action, since there’s so much that’s CG. You could also say it’s not a remake so much as a new adaptation of a Japanese comic book. Regardless, a lot of it is a pretty faithful copy, so a good percentage of this week’s list of Movies to Watch could apply to the manga or the anime versions of the story (I’m making it a given that you should see the original). That’s good for any of you boycotting the new movie due to its whitewashing controversy.
These 12 titles are worth seeing either way:
The Creation of the Humanoids (1962)
Despite being a cheap, cheesy sci-fi B movie, this is a significant work for being possibly...
- 3/31/2017
- by Christopher Campbell
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
MaryAnn’s quick take… Trite characters, very well-worn clichés of Sf cinema, and a mystery that is completely transparent. All about production design, and even that is familiar. I’m “biast” (pro): big science fiction fan
I’m “biast” (con): not much of an anime fan
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
No, I have not read the manga by Masamune Shirow. I have not seen the 1995 animated film. (I’ve seen Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.) I have not seen the 2002 animated TV series. I have not seen the 2013 animated web series. I have not seen the 2015 animated film. (All of these originated in Japan, and fit solidly into the genre of anime, a particular subcategory of storytelling of which I am not much of a fan.)
And that’s fine. Generally, it’s a neutral matter,...
I’m “biast” (con): not much of an anime fan
I have not read the source material
(what is this about? see my critic’s minifesto)
No, I have not read the manga by Masamune Shirow. I have not seen the 1995 animated film. (I’ve seen Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.) I have not seen the 2002 animated TV series. I have not seen the 2013 animated web series. I have not seen the 2015 animated film. (All of these originated in Japan, and fit solidly into the genre of anime, a particular subcategory of storytelling of which I am not much of a fan.)
And that’s fine. Generally, it’s a neutral matter,...
- 3/29/2017
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Elle (Paul Verhoeven)
Paul Verhoeven’s latest treatise on high / low art isn’t going to appeal to everyone, and, as this awards season has shown, it’s already deeply offended some. But its messiness and blurred moral provocations are key to its power as a piece of cinematic trickery. A masterful character study, Elle dresses up a pulpy morality play with an austere European arthouse sheen, then sends its powerfully passive lead through a minefield of ethical conundrums,...
Elle (Paul Verhoeven)
Paul Verhoeven’s latest treatise on high / low art isn’t going to appeal to everyone, and, as this awards season has shown, it’s already deeply offended some. But its messiness and blurred moral provocations are key to its power as a piece of cinematic trickery. A masterful character study, Elle dresses up a pulpy morality play with an austere European arthouse sheen, then sends its powerfully passive lead through a minefield of ethical conundrums,...
- 3/14/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Twenty-two years after voicing the characters of Mamoru Oshii’s anime “Ghost in the Shell,” the original voice cast will now reunite to dub the new live-action film into Japanese, as reported by Kotaku.
Atsuko Tanaka, who voiced the original Major Motoko Kusanagi in the 1995 anime is returning to voice Scarlett Johansson’s character, The Major. The actress also voiced the lead character in the sequels “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence” (2004) and “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” (2005).
Read More: ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Video Shows How Weta Workshop Made Scarlett Johansson’s Thermoptic Suit
Akio Otsuka will voice Batou as he did in the original anime and its sequels. The actor is also known for voicing Snake in the action/adventure video game series “Metal Gear.” Koichi Yamadera is joinning Tanaka and Otsuka as the voice of Togusa.
“It’s been a while since they’ve played these characters,...
Atsuko Tanaka, who voiced the original Major Motoko Kusanagi in the 1995 anime is returning to voice Scarlett Johansson’s character, The Major. The actress also voiced the lead character in the sequels “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence” (2004) and “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex” (2005).
Read More: ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Video Shows How Weta Workshop Made Scarlett Johansson’s Thermoptic Suit
Akio Otsuka will voice Batou as he did in the original anime and its sequels. The actor is also known for voicing Snake in the action/adventure video game series “Metal Gear.” Koichi Yamadera is joinning Tanaka and Otsuka as the voice of Togusa.
“It’s been a while since they’ve played these characters,...
- 3/10/2017
- by Yoselin Acevedo
- Indiewire
I've got some pretty cool news for the Ghost in the Shell anime purists out there. The original voice actors from the original anime will be reprising their roles once again for the Japanese language dub of the live action film.
The news comes from the Japanese site Natalie, and they reveal that Akio Otsuka will be back in the role of Batou, a role he played in the 1995 Ghost in the Shell anime feature, as well as its 2004 sequel Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and Stand Alone Complex. They are also bringing back Koichi Yamadera who will be providing the voice of Togusa, while Atsuko Tanaka will be back in the role of Motoko Kusanagi a.k.a. The Major, who is played by Scarlett Johansson in the live-action film.
The director of the 1995 anime film, Mamoru Oshii, had this to say in a statement regarding the casting...
The news comes from the Japanese site Natalie, and they reveal that Akio Otsuka will be back in the role of Batou, a role he played in the 1995 Ghost in the Shell anime feature, as well as its 2004 sequel Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence and Stand Alone Complex. They are also bringing back Koichi Yamadera who will be providing the voice of Togusa, while Atsuko Tanaka will be back in the role of Motoko Kusanagi a.k.a. The Major, who is played by Scarlett Johansson in the live-action film.
The director of the 1995 anime film, Mamoru Oshii, had this to say in a statement regarding the casting...
- 3/10/2017
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Every week we dive into the cream of the crop when it comes to home releases, including Blu-ray and DVDs, as well as recommended deals of the week. Check out our rundown below and return every Tuesday for the best (or most interesting) films one can take home. Note that if you’re looking to support the site, every purchase you make through the links below helps us and is greatly appreciated.
Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson)
A travelogue through one artist’s subconscious, Cameraperson is perhaps the most plural film of 2016 – a formal, tonal, situational, and pacing exercise that lulls viewers into thinking it’s set on one thing before turning towards seemingly new territory. And it never feels out-of-balance because director Kirsten Johnson has, by building this film around moments that “marked” her, granted such an intimate experience that it almost feels wrong to intellectualize much of anything that’s going on here,...
Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson)
A travelogue through one artist’s subconscious, Cameraperson is perhaps the most plural film of 2016 – a formal, tonal, situational, and pacing exercise that lulls viewers into thinking it’s set on one thing before turning towards seemingly new territory. And it never feels out-of-balance because director Kirsten Johnson has, by building this film around moments that “marked” her, granted such an intimate experience that it almost feels wrong to intellectualize much of anything that’s going on here,...
- 2/7/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Since the dawn of the 21st century, action cinema has undergone a bigger change than perhaps any other genre. As the tools with which filmmakers craft their works have continually advanced, a sort of renaissance has begun wherein action films stepped firmly into their own. Often put in the same category as horror — not taken seriously as a form of artistic expression outside of its core fanbase — action has had to boldly announce itself as a viable medium through which big set pieces, but also big ideas, can be presented and explored.
With the highly anticipated John Wick: Chapter 2 arriving in theaters this Friday, we’ve set out to reflect on the millennium’s action films that have most excelled. To pick our top 50, we’ve reached out to all corners of the globe, choosing an array of films ranging from grand to gritty, brutal to beautiful. The result...
With the highly anticipated John Wick: Chapter 2 arriving in theaters this Friday, we’ve set out to reflect on the millennium’s action films that have most excelled. To pick our top 50, we’ve reached out to all corners of the globe, choosing an array of films ranging from grand to gritty, brutal to beautiful. The result...
- 2/7/2017
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Think what you will about the upcoming remake of Ghost in the Shell (trailer), I for one am looking forward to a live-action version of the movie, the truth remains that Mamoru Oshii's original vision will never disappear and we can revisit it whenever we'd like - occasionally even on the big screen!
Funimation has announced that they will be re-releasing Oshii's Ghost in the Shell in a limited theatrical capacity across the Us in February, just over a month before Rupert Sanders' live-action remake hits theatres at the end of the March.
The release is also a nice tie-in to Funimation's release of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence which will be available February 7 on Blu-ray/DVD C [Continued ...]...
Funimation has announced that they will be re-releasing Oshii's Ghost in the Shell in a limited theatrical capacity across the Us in February, just over a month before Rupert Sanders' live-action remake hits theatres at the end of the March.
The release is also a nice tie-in to Funimation's release of Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence which will be available February 7 on Blu-ray/DVD C [Continued ...]...
- 1/9/2017
- QuietEarth.us
No doubt eager to capitalize on the upcoming live-action adaptation, Anchor Bay Entertainment and its subsidiary Manga Entertainment are gearing up for a deluxe rerelease of the original animated Ghost in the Shell. First released in Japan and the Us in 1995, the landmark science fiction film by legendary director Mamoru Oshii is one of the most visionary and influential films in the “cyberpunk” subgenre that exploded onto the silver screen with Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and enjoys a longstanding literary tradition thanks to authors like William Gibson and Neal Stephenson. Taking an unmistakably Japanese (and indubitably Oshii) approach to the genre, Ghost famously features both mesmerizing action sequences that inspired the Wachowskis in the direction of The Matrix, and lengthy meditations on transhumanism, existentialism, and spirituality in a hypercapitalist dystopia where human bodies and memories are subject to the same means of production and reproduction as any material resource.
- 12/15/2016
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Ryan Lambie Nov 21, 2016
The live-action Ghost In The Shell got its unveiling in Tokyo last week. Here's what we learned...
Pitched somewhere between a mournful chant and a military march of drums, Kenji Kawai’s soundtrack for 1995’s Ghost In The Shell cast an unforgettably eerie pall over the entire movie. The makers of the new, live-action take on Ghost In The Shell clearly recognise the power of Kawai’s music because, as the lights go down on the movie’s Tokyo unveiling event, the composer and musician himself is here to thrash out a live version of his score.
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As blue light emanates from huge Led screens and Kawai thrashes his barrel-sized taiko drum,...
The live-action Ghost In The Shell got its unveiling in Tokyo last week. Here's what we learned...
Pitched somewhere between a mournful chant and a military march of drums, Kenji Kawai’s soundtrack for 1995’s Ghost In The Shell cast an unforgettably eerie pall over the entire movie. The makers of the new, live-action take on Ghost In The Shell clearly recognise the power of Kawai’s music because, as the lights go down on the movie’s Tokyo unveiling event, the composer and musician himself is here to thrash out a live version of his score.
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As blue light emanates from huge Led screens and Kawai thrashes his barrel-sized taiko drum,...
- 11/18/2016
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Nov 22, 2016
From his film’s Tokyo launch event, director Rupert Sanders talks about the process of adapting a live-action Ghost In The Shell...
Adapting a property as respected and acclaimed as Ghost In The Shell must be something of a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have all the startling imagery and rich ideas of the original cyberpunk manga and anime to fall back on; but then again, whatever you create is going to be compared closely to the original.
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For director Rupert Sanders, the recent Ghost In The Shell Tokyo fan event was a chance to make the case for his live-action adaptation, to prove that he’s not attempting, to use his own words,...
From his film’s Tokyo launch event, director Rupert Sanders talks about the process of adapting a live-action Ghost In The Shell...
Adapting a property as respected and acclaimed as Ghost In The Shell must be something of a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have all the startling imagery and rich ideas of the original cyberpunk manga and anime to fall back on; but then again, whatever you create is going to be compared closely to the original.
See related Lost In Space remake in development at Legendary TV Update: Nintendo quash The Legend Of Zelda Netflix rumour Sense8: Netflix orders season 2 A Series Of Unfortunate Events: the brand new trailer
For director Rupert Sanders, the recent Ghost In The Shell Tokyo fan event was a chance to make the case for his live-action adaptation, to prove that he’s not attempting, to use his own words,...
- 11/17/2016
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Jan 25, 2017
As classic anime Ghost In The Shell hits UK cinemas for a one-night showing, here's why its post-human future is more relevant than ever...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for 1995’s Ghost In The Shell.
There’s a matter of factness to Ghost In The Shell that is perfectly chilling. If our souls are programs within machines, then it follows that those programs can be hacked. If they can be hacked, they can be controlled, shut down or corrupted.
Based on the hit manga by Masamune Shirow, and adapted as an anime feature in 1995 by director Mamoru Oshii, Ghost In The Shell is an influential genre classic. Sporadically violent but also unusually meditative, Oshii’s film ranks alongside Akira and the work of the late Satoshi Kon as some of the most intelligent sci-fi storytelling to emerge from Japan. It imagines a future where cybernetics and the...
As classic anime Ghost In The Shell hits UK cinemas for a one-night showing, here's why its post-human future is more relevant than ever...
Nb: The following contains spoilers for 1995’s Ghost In The Shell.
There’s a matter of factness to Ghost In The Shell that is perfectly chilling. If our souls are programs within machines, then it follows that those programs can be hacked. If they can be hacked, they can be controlled, shut down or corrupted.
Based on the hit manga by Masamune Shirow, and adapted as an anime feature in 1995 by director Mamoru Oshii, Ghost In The Shell is an influential genre classic. Sporadically violent but also unusually meditative, Oshii’s film ranks alongside Akira and the work of the late Satoshi Kon as some of the most intelligent sci-fi storytelling to emerge from Japan. It imagines a future where cybernetics and the...
- 11/8/2016
- Den of Geek
Ryan Lambie Aug 22, 2016
Japan's most famous kaiju is to get an animated feature film, as Toho announces the "big-scale" Godzilla...
Godzilla may have passed his 60th birthday, but the city-levelling creature still holds as much fascination as he ever did. Gareth Edwards' Us Godzilla film marked the kaiju's anniversary back in 2014, while this year's Shin Godzilla was a huge hit in Japan in June. The Japanese studio that created Godzilla (or Gojira, as he's known in the far east) isn't stopping with that hit, either.
According to Variety, Toho is in the process of making an animated movie, simply called Godzilla, which it describes as a "big-scale" feature film - a contrast from the fondly-remembered but goofy TV series co-created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s. Animation will be handled by Tokyo's Polygon Pictures, the studio behind such things as Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence and Transformers Prime. As such,...
Japan's most famous kaiju is to get an animated feature film, as Toho announces the "big-scale" Godzilla...
Godzilla may have passed his 60th birthday, but the city-levelling creature still holds as much fascination as he ever did. Gareth Edwards' Us Godzilla film marked the kaiju's anniversary back in 2014, while this year's Shin Godzilla was a huge hit in Japan in June. The Japanese studio that created Godzilla (or Gojira, as he's known in the far east) isn't stopping with that hit, either.
According to Variety, Toho is in the process of making an animated movie, simply called Godzilla, which it describes as a "big-scale" feature film - a contrast from the fondly-remembered but goofy TV series co-created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s. Animation will be handled by Tokyo's Polygon Pictures, the studio behind such things as Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence and Transformers Prime. As such,...
- 8/22/2016
- Den of Geek
Stars: Bruce Willis, Ambyr Childers, Thomas Jane, Bryan Greenberg, Johnathon Schaech, Charlotte Kirk, Brett Granstaff, Ryan O’Nan, David Gordon, Colin Egglesfield, Cameron Brexler, Jesse Pruett, Tyler Jon Olson, Don Harvey, Lydia Hull | Written by Andre Fabrizio, Jeremy Passmore | Directed by Brian A. Miller
Take one part The Matrix, one part Surrogates and mix in a dash of video gmae Mirror’s Edge and you have Vice, a Cyberpunk action flick that – for older film fans like myself – plays as little more than a modern-day clone of Westworld and its sequel; which also shares a lot in common with the likes of Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell sequel Innocence.
Designed by Julian Michaels (Willis), Vice is the ultimate resort where anything goes, allowing customers to play out their wildest fantasies and fulfil their deepest, darkest desires with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like real humans. Things...
Take one part The Matrix, one part Surrogates and mix in a dash of video gmae Mirror’s Edge and you have Vice, a Cyberpunk action flick that – for older film fans like myself – plays as little more than a modern-day clone of Westworld and its sequel; which also shares a lot in common with the likes of Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell sequel Innocence.
Designed by Julian Michaels (Willis), Vice is the ultimate resort where anything goes, allowing customers to play out their wildest fantasies and fulfil their deepest, darkest desires with artificial inhabitants who look, think and feel like real humans. Things...
- 6/21/2015
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A couple of days ago it was officially announced that Scarlett Johansson would take on the lead role in the live-action adaptation of Ghost in the Shell. There were a lot of mixed reactions from fans regarding the casting, but hopefully the movie turns out better than we expect. Luckily for hardcore fans, this isn't the only new Ghost in the Shell film coming. Later this year we will get a new anime movie, and today we bring you the first teaser trailer for it!
We don't have any story details for you yet, but the film does feature the voice cast from Ghost In The Shell: Arise, which consists of Maaya Sakamoto, Ikkyuu Juku, Kenichirou Matsuda, Tarusuke Shingaki, Shunsuke Sakuya, Takurou Nakakuni, Youji Ueda, Kazuya Nakai, and Miyuki Sawashiro.
Kazuchika Kise (Ghost in the Shell Arise chief director) will serve as chief director at Project I.G., and will also design the characters.
We don't have any story details for you yet, but the film does feature the voice cast from Ghost In The Shell: Arise, which consists of Maaya Sakamoto, Ikkyuu Juku, Kenichirou Matsuda, Tarusuke Shingaki, Shunsuke Sakuya, Takurou Nakakuni, Youji Ueda, Kazuya Nakai, and Miyuki Sawashiro.
Kazuchika Kise (Ghost in the Shell Arise chief director) will serve as chief director at Project I.G., and will also design the characters.
- 1/8/2015
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
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Depp After a 10-year hiatus, the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards will return on February 15th at Paramount Studios. A new category will make its debut at the ceremony, the Distinguished Artisan Award, which the guild will bestow upon superstar actor and physical chameleon Johnny Depp. Said guild president Susan Cabral-Ebert in a statement, "Make-up and hair artisans agree that Johnny Depp is a wonderful selection to receive our first Distinguished Artisan Award. He, probably more than any other actor working today, uses the skills of our members to delineate his characters... A great artist himself, he allows others to shine."
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Grammys The 56th Annual Grammy Awards held on Sunday night was the gift that keeps on giving for Daft Punk. In addition to beating out Taylor Swift's "Red" for album of the year with "Random Access Memories," the French electronic duo took home awards for Record of the Year,...
Depp After a 10-year hiatus, the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards will return on February 15th at Paramount Studios. A new category will make its debut at the ceremony, the Distinguished Artisan Award, which the guild will bestow upon superstar actor and physical chameleon Johnny Depp. Said guild president Susan Cabral-Ebert in a statement, "Make-up and hair artisans agree that Johnny Depp is a wonderful selection to receive our first Distinguished Artisan Award. He, probably more than any other actor working today, uses the skills of our members to delineate his characters... A great artist himself, he allows others to shine."
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Grammys The 56th Annual Grammy Awards held on Sunday night was the gift that keeps on giving for Daft Punk. In addition to beating out Taylor Swift's "Red" for album of the year with "Random Access Memories," the French electronic duo took home awards for Record of the Year,...
- 1/29/2014
- by BJSprecher Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
Cosplay by Lewograph
Snow White And The Huntsman director Rupert Sanders is set to direct the live-action big screen adaptation of the classic anime Ghost in the Shell. Sanders is a talented visual director so he's got that going for him, but the guy seems terrible with actors. I don't know if you saw Snow White and the Huntsman or not, but the acting and script were terrible. Charlize Theron was the best part of that movie.
The film is set up at DreamWorks, and is being produced by Avi Arad, Ari Arad, and Steven Paul. Then of course Steven Spielberg is also a part of the team bringing the movie to life. The plan is to shoot it in 3D.
The script comes from William Wheeler, who hasn't really done anything I've heard of. The story follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the...
Snow White And The Huntsman director Rupert Sanders is set to direct the live-action big screen adaptation of the classic anime Ghost in the Shell. Sanders is a talented visual director so he's got that going for him, but the guy seems terrible with actors. I don't know if you saw Snow White and the Huntsman or not, but the acting and script were terrible. Charlize Theron was the best part of that movie.
The film is set up at DreamWorks, and is being produced by Avi Arad, Ari Arad, and Steven Paul. Then of course Steven Spielberg is also a part of the team bringing the movie to life. The plan is to shoot it in 3D.
The script comes from William Wheeler, who hasn't really done anything I've heard of. The story follows the exploits of a member of a covert ops unit of the...
- 1/25/2014
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
McM Expo/London Comic Con returns to ExCel London on 25th – 27th October. As well as hosting a galaxy of great sci-fi, movie, games, comics, anime and cosplay content, they’ve also got their usual huge line up of special guests – with more guests being added all the time! see www.mcmcomiccon.com for the latest London Comic Con news – but here’s a round-up of who’s been announced so far:
Red hot fantasy-noir show Lost Girl is coming to McM London Comic Com, with stars Ksenia Solo (Black Swan, Life Unexpected) and Rachel Skarsten (Transporter: The Series, Birds Of Prey) plus executive producer Jay Firestone (Andromeda, La Femme Nikita). Stars from hit sci-fi series Warehouse 13: Kelly Hu (Arrow, X-Men 2, The Vampire Diaries); Eddie McClintock (Bones, Desperate Housewives) and actor/director Saul Rubinek (Frasier, Curb Your Enthusiasm). The stars of new crime thriller By Any Means: Warren Brown (Luther,...
Red hot fantasy-noir show Lost Girl is coming to McM London Comic Com, with stars Ksenia Solo (Black Swan, Life Unexpected) and Rachel Skarsten (Transporter: The Series, Birds Of Prey) plus executive producer Jay Firestone (Andromeda, La Femme Nikita). Stars from hit sci-fi series Warehouse 13: Kelly Hu (Arrow, X-Men 2, The Vampire Diaries); Eddie McClintock (Bones, Desperate Housewives) and actor/director Saul Rubinek (Frasier, Curb Your Enthusiasm). The stars of new crime thriller By Any Means: Warren Brown (Luther,...
- 10/18/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Tiff’s Midnight Madness program turned 25 this year, and for two and half decades, the hardworking programers have gathered some of the strangest, most terrifying, wild, intriguing and downright entertaining films from around the world. From dark comedies to Japanese gore-fests and indie horror gems, the Midnight Madness program hasn’t lost its edge as one the leading showcases of genre cinema. In its 25-year history, Midnight Madness has introduced adventurous late-night moviegoers to such cult faves as Richard Linklater’s Dazed and Confused and Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs. But what separates Midnight Madness from, say, Montreal’s three and half week long genre festival Fantasia, is that Tiff selects only ten films to make the cut. In other words, these programmers don’t mess around. Last week I decided that I would post reviews of my personal favourite films that screened in past years. And just like the Tiff programmers,...
- 9/18/2013
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Tokyo-based animation studio Production I.G. is producing a hand-drawn animated feature, Giovanni’s Island, directed by Mamoru Oshii collaborator Mizuho Nishikubo.
Scripted by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai, the film is set on an island in the aftermath of a devastating global conflict and follows the relationship between two children from different countries who are brought together by the war.
Presented by the Japan Association of Music Enterprises (Jame) to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the film will be released in Japan by Warner Entertainment Japan in early spring 2014.
Production I.G is handling international sales.
Nishikubo has worked on most of Oshii’s films including Ghost In The Shell (1995), Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004), which played in competition at Cannes, and The Sky Crawlers, which premiered at Venice in 2008.
His own credits as director include Musashi: The Dream Of The Last Samurai (2009), which was written by Oshii and screened at Locarno, Sitges, Warsaw...
Scripted by Shigemichi Sugita and Yoshiki Sakurai, the film is set on an island in the aftermath of a devastating global conflict and follows the relationship between two children from different countries who are brought together by the war.
Presented by the Japan Association of Music Enterprises (Jame) to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the film will be released in Japan by Warner Entertainment Japan in early spring 2014.
Production I.G is handling international sales.
Nishikubo has worked on most of Oshii’s films including Ghost In The Shell (1995), Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (2004), which played in competition at Cannes, and The Sky Crawlers, which premiered at Venice in 2008.
His own credits as director include Musashi: The Dream Of The Last Samurai (2009), which was written by Oshii and screened at Locarno, Sitges, Warsaw...
- 9/9/2013
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society Ova
Vocal Talent (Japanese): Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ohtsuka, Koichi Yamadera | Vocal Talent (English): Mary McGlynn, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman | Written by Masamune Shirow, Kenji Kamiyama, Shotaro Suga, Yoshiki Sakurai | Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society has got to be one of the longest anime titles going, but fitting as this is the final part of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series based on Masamune Shirow’s manga.
Ghost in the Shell is a cyberpunk police thriller, whose main protagonist is Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg and member of Section 9, a covert ops section of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission, whose remit is technology-related crime. Originally a manga by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell was made into an animated film that rates in...
Vocal Talent (Japanese): Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ohtsuka, Koichi Yamadera | Vocal Talent (English): Mary McGlynn, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman | Written by Masamune Shirow, Kenji Kamiyama, Shotaro Suga, Yoshiki Sakurai | Directed by Kenji Kamiyama
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society has got to be one of the longest anime titles going, but fitting as this is the final part of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series based on Masamune Shirow’s manga.
Ghost in the Shell is a cyberpunk police thriller, whose main protagonist is Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg and member of Section 9, a covert ops section of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission, whose remit is technology-related crime. Originally a manga by Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell was made into an animated film that rates in...
- 5/9/2012
- by Baron Fornightly
- Nerdly
Mamoru Oshii (Kokaku Kidotai, Innocence, Patlabor 2, Sky Crawlers) has one hell of an impressive resume, containing some of the biggest, challenging and most successful animation films out there. At the same time he never stopped experimenting, expanding his oeuvre with smaller, more artistic films (think Tenshi no Tamago or Tachiguishi Retsuden). Talking Head clearly belongs to this second category of films and should be approached with at least some level of caution.Talking Head is part of the unofficial live action trilogy Oshii directed between '87 and '92. It's not a true trilogy though as Talking Head has little (actually nothing) to do with the other two films. Red Spectacles and Stray Dog are both set in the Kerberos universe, Talking Head is a meta...
- 5/3/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Mamoru Oshii's (Tenshi no Tamago, Patlabor 2, Sky Crawlers, Tachiguishi Retsuden) Innocence is without a doubt one of the trickiest accomplishments of his already rich and challenging career. From the get go the film was doomed to fail, back then it simply seemed impossible for a sequel to live up to the standard of its predecessor (Kokaku Kidotai). But Oshii persevered and created what would become another benchmark in Japanese animation.To me Innocence is the perfect sequel. It's everything a good sequel should be, while at the same time avoiding all the predictable traps so many other sequels fall victim to. It's a film that respectfully refers to its predecessor but stands well on its own. It shares the same perks as Kokaku Kidotai, but...
- 3/9/2012
- Screen Anarchy
Japanese animation has been pushing the boundaries of the field for decades, and Hollywood is only now catching up to the trends that anime films have already set.
In honor of Disney's American release of "The Secret World of Arrietty," which has already grossed $125 million outside the U.S., we're listing the most important masterpieces of the anime genre ... at least the ones that don't feature pervy monsters and Japanese schoolgirls.
'Akira' (1988)
It goes without saying that Katsuhiro Otomo's glimpse at the futuristic dystopia of Neo-Tokyo is a landmark of both animation and science fiction in general. Biker gang leader Kaneda is forced to do battle with lifelong best friend Tetsuo when the latter's latent psychic powers begin manifesting in horrifying ways. It's a subversive cyberpunk fable which functions as both cautionary tale of military run amok and full-throttle action movie. Though an Americanized live-action remake is in limbo, the...
In honor of Disney's American release of "The Secret World of Arrietty," which has already grossed $125 million outside the U.S., we're listing the most important masterpieces of the anime genre ... at least the ones that don't feature pervy monsters and Japanese schoolgirls.
'Akira' (1988)
It goes without saying that Katsuhiro Otomo's glimpse at the futuristic dystopia of Neo-Tokyo is a landmark of both animation and science fiction in general. Biker gang leader Kaneda is forced to do battle with lifelong best friend Tetsuo when the latter's latent psychic powers begin manifesting in horrifying ways. It's a subversive cyberpunk fable which functions as both cautionary tale of military run amok and full-throttle action movie. Though an Americanized live-action remake is in limbo, the...
- 2/16/2012
- by Max Evry
- NextMovie
H+ Trailer. Bryan Singer‘s H+ (2011) trailer is directed by Stewart Hendler, stars Samuli Vauramo, Hannah Herzsprung, and is written/created by John Cabrera and Cosimo De Tommaso. H+‘s plot synopsis: “H+: The Digital Series takes viewers on a journey into an apocalyptic future where technology has begun to spiral out of control…. In 2019, 33% of the world’s population has retired its cell phones and laptops in favor of a stunning new device – an implanted computer system called H+.
This tiny tool allows the user’s own mind and nervous system to be connected to the Internet 24 hours a day. But something else is coming… something dark and vicious… and within seconds, billions of people will be dead… opening the door to radical changes in the political and social landscape of the planet — prompting survivors to make sense of what went wrong.”
H+ will be an episodic two-and-a-half hour series.
This tiny tool allows the user’s own mind and nervous system to be connected to the Internet 24 hours a day. But something else is coming… something dark and vicious… and within seconds, billions of people will be dead… opening the door to radical changes in the political and social landscape of the planet — prompting survivors to make sense of what went wrong.”
H+ will be an episodic two-and-a-half hour series.
- 7/24/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Directed by: Mamoru Oshii
Written by: Kazunori Itō, Masamune Shirow
Cast: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Tamio Ōki, Yutaka Nakano, Shigeru Chiba
Music: Kenji Kawai
A question posed throughout all of human history, one possibly more insightful and more relevant than the meaning of life, deals with that of humanity.
What makes a human being? Is it our body? Our intellect? Our consciousness? What makes man any different from a machine performing functions? Could a machine be more human than a human? The list goes on and on, and there’s still no definitive answer to the question - but it certainly gets us to think, doesn’t it? In 1995, an anime readdressed this question using cyborgs.
Science fiction often asks this question, as well as its other related issues, and much of this discussion began in the popularly writings of Isaac Asimov. Ghost in the Shell, produced by Production I.
Written by: Kazunori Itō, Masamune Shirow
Cast: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Tamio Ōki, Yutaka Nakano, Shigeru Chiba
Music: Kenji Kawai
A question posed throughout all of human history, one possibly more insightful and more relevant than the meaning of life, deals with that of humanity.
What makes a human being? Is it our body? Our intellect? Our consciousness? What makes man any different from a machine performing functions? Could a machine be more human than a human? The list goes on and on, and there’s still no definitive answer to the question - but it certainly gets us to think, doesn’t it? In 1995, an anime readdressed this question using cyborgs.
Science fiction often asks this question, as well as its other related issues, and much of this discussion began in the popularly writings of Isaac Asimov. Ghost in the Shell, produced by Production I.
- 1/13/2011
- by Geek With Taste
- Planet Fury
Originally conceived as a feature length video release to conclude the Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex saga, Kenji Kamiyama's Solid State Society proved successful enough that it has been retrofitted in 3D and will soon be released theatrically in Japan. Which means, of course, a new trailer.
For those unfamiliar with Ghost In The Shell, let me say this. It deserves its reputation as one of the great scifi titles of all time with all of the different incarnations standing up beautifully. The series follows a squad of police who investigate cyber-crimes which would be a boring job now but when you live in the world where humanity has become heavily modified and augmented with technology, hackers have access to the consciousness. And that simple fact allows the show to strike a balance between heady philosophical issues and straight out action. If you're a neophyte I'd recommend...
For those unfamiliar with Ghost In The Shell, let me say this. It deserves its reputation as one of the great scifi titles of all time with all of the different incarnations standing up beautifully. The series follows a squad of police who investigate cyber-crimes which would be a boring job now but when you live in the world where humanity has become heavily modified and augmented with technology, hackers have access to the consciousness. And that simple fact allows the show to strike a balance between heady philosophical issues and straight out action. If you're a neophyte I'd recommend...
- 12/24/2010
- Screen Anarchy
Dreamworks have signed “Shutter Island” writer Laeta Kalogridis to adapt their big screen adaptation of Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell. Dreamworks bought the rights to the popular Manga property late last year and intend for the film to be made as a 3D, live action spectacle.
Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul have been attached to produce the picture and are originally responsible for bringing it to Dreamworks in the first place, according to Variety:
Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment are attached to produce and originally brought the project to DreamWorks.
Created by Masamune Shirow, “Ghost in the Shell” was first published in 1989. It went on to generate two more manga editions, three anime film adaptations and an anime TV series. The second anime film, “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence,” was released in the U.S. by DreamWorks in 2004.
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Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul have been attached to produce the picture and are originally responsible for bringing it to Dreamworks in the first place, according to Variety:
Avi Arad, Ari Arad and Steven Paul of Seaside Entertainment are attached to produce and originally brought the project to DreamWorks.
Created by Masamune Shirow, “Ghost in the Shell” was first published in 1989. It went on to generate two more manga editions, three anime film adaptations and an anime TV series. The second anime film, “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence,” was released in the U.S. by DreamWorks in 2004.
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- 10/27/2009
- by Craig Sharp
- FilmShaft.com
DreamWorks has had its eye on the popular Japanese cyberpunk property Ghost in the Shell for some time now. Created by Masamune Shirow and first published as a manga (Japanese for "comic book") in 1989, Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic thriller that details the exploits of sexy cyborg Motoko Kusanagi and Section 9, the elite covert crime unit she leads. The original spawned two additional manga editions, three animated movie adaptations, three video games, and a long-running TV series.
DreamWorks' connection to the film began in 2004 when it released the second film, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. DreamWorks acquired the rights to adapt the property for an American audience in April 2008 and announced plans to produce a 3-D live-action movie. DreamWorks founder Steven Spielberg has admitted his love of the property and was instrumental in acquiring the rights.
Ghost in the Shell is one of my favorite stories. It's a genre that has arrived,...
DreamWorks' connection to the film began in 2004 when it released the second film, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. DreamWorks acquired the rights to adapt the property for an American audience in April 2008 and announced plans to produce a 3-D live-action movie. DreamWorks founder Steven Spielberg has admitted his love of the property and was instrumental in acquiring the rights.
Ghost in the Shell is one of my favorite stories. It's a genre that has arrived,...
- 10/27/2009
- by BrentJS Sprecher
- Reelzchannel.com
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