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Sequel to Ghost In The Shell

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the pretty-moving-pictures dept.

News for nerds writes "Innocence: Ghost In The Shell as the sequel to Ghost In The Shell, anime film directed by Mamoru Oshii, has been announced. Due out in spring of 2004 in Japan, with Mamoru Oshii as screenplay/director, produced by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa of Production I.G, and co-produced by(!) Studio GHIBLI."

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  1. Merkac Dot - Google Links, Slashdot Summary by mikecheng · · Score: 3, Informative
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    "Innocence: Ghost In The Shell as the sequel to Ghost In The Shell, anime film directed by Mamoru Oshii, has been announced [G]. Due out in spring of 2004 in Japan, with Mamoru Oshii as screenplay/director, produced by Mitsuhisa Ishikawa of Production I.G [G], and co-produced by(!) Studio GHIBLI [G]."

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  2. More info... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative

    More info on the sequel:

    Dark Horse Comics

    Anime Review

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  3. About the director by SteweyGriffin · · Score: 5, Informative
    Mamoru Oshii is the director of Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer, Angel's Egg, both Patlabor movies, and Ghost in the Shell and its sequel (mentioned in this article).

    He was born in the early 1950s and Oshii is considered one of the leading directors of the younger generation.

    I personally feel that Oshii's movies are darker and more cynical than Miyazaki's, yet Oshii and Miyazaki are good friends. Oshii has been offered a director's job at Ghibli several times, but the projects were never realized.

  4. Oh man, I've been waiting for this by Freston+Youseff · · Score: 5, Informative

    For some time now! Behold and drool over another preview/interview.

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  5. Various quotes, links about Ishikawa by SteweyGriffin · · Score: 5, Informative

    "In the Japanese animation industry, there are three types of producers: (1) the executive producer, who collects funds for the production; (2) the line producer, who manages the production; and (3) the producer who plans the production. I do all three of those roles. I try to train the young people at I.G. who want to become producers in the same way: to manage all three categories. This production method is one strong point about Production I.G., and helps explain why we have been able to last this long while targeting solely the Japanese market."

    Ishikawa's production company: [link]

    "I definitely see the American market as part of my future. The Japanese animated films that are most commercially successful are the ones that are targeted toward the U.S. and other English-speaking territories. Seventy to eighty percent of non-Japanese profit comes from English language sales."

    Ishikawa's "Blood: The Last Vampire", which would've won an award but wasn't longer than the required 70 minutes, so it was ineligible. [link]

    From a question & answer session:
    Q: Would it be a fair prediction that your next feature will be 70 minutes or longer?
    A: (laughing) Yes. The Academy, you know...

  6. There's a Ghost in hte shell tv series airing... by ultrapenguin · · Score: 4, Informative

    in japan currently on PPV for 800 yen for 2 episodes monthly.
    Not too many japs are paying for it, but at least good old koreans capture the stuff for free so fansub crowds can enjoy it...

  7. Ghost in the Shell TV - Standalone Complex by satsuke · · Score: 3, Informative

    Don't forget about the currently running TV show. Good show, basically picks up and follows the manga rather than the Movie. Several groups have been subbing it and posted to alt.binaries.anime & alt.binaries.multimedia.anime .. haven't looked in alt.binaries.multimedia.anime.reposts .. but you get the idea. www.productionig.com/Ghost_TV.html

    1. Re:Ghost in the Shell TV - Standalone Complex by Ranger+Rick · · Score: 2, Informative

      I'll second that... Standalone Complex is incredible. Closer to the manga, and just better done than the movie, I think. The movie was pretty light on character development, even though it was technically beautiful.

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    2. Re:Ghost in the Shell TV - Standalone Complex by kupo+zero · · Score: 1, Informative

      The tv show is great. The animation is crisp, the action sequences are top notch. However, I dislike how there are only two episodes per month. Makes the wait seem like it took forever.

  8. Re:There's a Ghost in hte shell tv series airing.. by DaggerWare · · Score: 2, Informative
    Since only two episodes air per month, not all that many have been released, which is one reason why there aren't many fansubs so far. I think at this point only six have aired, and I'm told that fansubs of 5-6 should be out shortly.

    The other aspect, of course, is that the series is very licensed: Bandai grabbed it before it even premiered and has been helping to fund the production, so a lot of fansub groups are avoiding it for ethical reasons.

  9. Trailers & Desktops by kmfdmk · · Score: 2, Informative

    Here are some Scans from Man Machine Interface manga: http://kukaku.free.fr/scans.shtml Google's Cache: http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:jMoIPAePIMUC: kukaku.free.fr/scans.shtml+&hl=en&ie=UTF-8 And Links to the entire un-translated GitS 2 Manga, scanned, HI-Res 3000x2000 dpi, it's about 300 jpgs, and 337MB zip file. http://www.anime.diaspora.ru/manga/ Googles Cache: http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:kL7rI1miR0UC: www.anime.diaspora.ru/manga/+&hl=en&ie=UTF -8 Ghost in the Shell desktops http://www.wallpapershq.com/gal.php?id=1433

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