Having grown up watching old school anime like Golgo 13: The Professional and Vampire Hunter D, the first thing I noticed about Ghost In The Shell was the standard of animation which has improved in leaps and bounds over those earlier movies. Much like 'Blade Runner', the film offers a deep exploration on the nature of humanity vs technology as well as reversing traditional gender roles. Please note that the version of the film I watched was in its original Japanese with subtitles and not the English dub as seen in the trailer. It has since gone on to become recognised as one of the best anime films of all time. Initially a box office disappointment with global takings of just $10 million, the film became a cult hit via home release and went on to influence a number of filmmakers including the Wachowskis who were heavily influenced when they produced The Matrix. The film is also notable for combining traditional hand-drawn animation with CG.
It became the first anime film to be released simultaneously in Japan, the US and Britain as part of a strategy to increase the global appeal of anime films. The film is a cyberpunk thriller following a cyborg security agent on the trail of a notorious hacker known as the Puppet Master. Ghost In The Shellis a Japanese anime film released in 1995 and is based on the manga series of the same name created by Masamune Shirow.
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