Ghost in the Shell

GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995)

Timing: 1:23 (83 min)

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All about film

Video 11

Photo 136

Actors and characters

Release date

1995-11-18

Country

Japan, United Kingdom

Production

Kodansha, Bandai Visual, Production I.G, Manga Entertainment, Manga

Genre

Action, Animation, Science Fiction

Budget

$600 000 000

Revenue

$550 328

Website

https://www.lionsgate.com/movies/ghost-in-the-shell

Director

Mamoru Oshii, Mizuho Nishikubo

Actors

Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka, Iemasa Kayumi, Koichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Tamio Ohki, Tessyo Genda, Naruki Masahisa, Masato Yamanouchi, Shinji Ogawa
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Mitsuhisa Ishikawa, Ken Iyadomi, Ken Matsumoto, Shigeru Watanabe, Teruo Miyahara, Takashi Mogi, Andy Frain

Operator

Hisao Shirai

Composer

Kenji Kawai

Artist

Audition

Editing

Shuichi Kakesu
All team (72)

• The film was created with financial support from the American anime distributor Manga Entertainment. The company invested in Oshii’s film because they were tired of waiting for the Japanese to create something comparable in scope to “Akira,” the previous anime hit in America.
• In the manga, Masamune Shirow’s Motoko Kusanagi looks younger than in the film and has a more restless character. The film’s character designer, Hiroyasu Oгура, believed that Motoko in the script was too serious and profound a character to appear as a girl on screen.
• One of the first anime films to make extensive use of computer graphics and computer enhancement of hand-drawn frames.
• The film was financially supported by the American anime distributor Manga Entertainment. The company invested in Oshii’s film because they were tired of waiting for the Japanese to draw something comparable in scope to 'Akira,' the previous anime hit in America.
• In the manga, Masamune Shirow’s Motoko Kusanagi looks younger than in the film and has a more restless character. Character designer Hiromasa Ogura believed that Motoko is too serious and profound a character to appear as a girl on screen.
• After a limited theatrical release, the anime became a hit on home video. In the summer of 1996, 'Ghost in the Shell' became the first anime to reach number one on the Billboard Top Video Sales chart.
• Production took 10 months. Work on the anime began in September 1994 and ended in July 1995.
• The film was created with financial support from the American anime distributor Manga Entertainment. The company invested in Oshi's film because they were tired of waiting for the Japanese to create something comparable in scale to "Akira," the previous anime hit in America.
• In the manga, Motoko Kusanagi looks younger than in the film, and has a more restless character. Character designer Hiroyasu Oгура believed that Motoko was too serious and profound a character to appear like a girl on screen.