Tag: ghost in the shell

April 28, 2020 · 0 comments

“Deep Diving” Jeremy and Andy are back to bring you a show with a heavy focus on the Ghost in the Shell franchise and the new Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 series on Netflix! Our first podcast of the week see Jeremy and Andy return and end doing a big deep dive into Ghost in the Shell! […]

November 21, 2018 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Interpreting Anime’s author is Christopher Bolton, Professor of Comparative and Japanese Literature at Williams College in Massachusetts, and an Associate Editor of the anime academic journal Mechademia. In his book, Bolton recalls teaching students about Ghost in the Shell. He was making connections between the 1995 film and an essay from ten […]

April 17, 2018 · 0 comments

By Andrew Osmond. Like or hate it, last year’s live-action Ghost in the Shell performed a service in reminding many people of the Japanese original. But many people probably thought of one Ghost only. At least in Britain and America, it does seem that the 1995 cinema anime film, directed by Mamoru Oshii and co-produced […]

February 23, 2018 · 1 comment

By Andrew Osmond. The name of Kenji Kamiyama, director of Napping Princess, is not as well-known to savvy mainstream critics as Miyazaki, Oshii or Satoshi Kon. One reason is that most of Kamiyama’s important work has been for television rather than cinema. But for anime fans, he’s been a big beast for fifteen years, for […]

November 29, 2017 · 0 comments

By Jasper Sharp. The Paramount live-action remake of Ghost in the Shell (1995) arrived with much fanfare and more than a little controversy earlier this year. Andrew Osmond’s pocket-guide companion to the anime original was initially intended to arrive in time to capitalise on its success, although for various reasons, the publication was held up […]