Beschreibung:
Upon its US release in the mid 1990s, Ghost in the Shell , directed by Mamoru Oshii, quickly became one of the most popular Japanese animated films in the country. Despite this, Oshii is known as a maverick within anime: a self-proclaimed 'stray dog'. This is the first book to take an in-depth look at his major films, from Urusei Yatsura to Avalon .
The first in-depth look at the films and career of Mamoru Oshii, the maverick director of Japanese animated films such as the classic Ghost in the Shell
1. An Introduction to Oshii 2. Urusei Yatsura (1981-84) 3. Angel's Egg (1985) 4. Twilight Q 2: Labyrinth Objects File 538 (1987) 5. Mobile Police Patlabor (1988-93) 6. Ghost in the Shell (1995) 7. Jin-Roh (2000) and Blood the Last Vampire (2000) 8. Avalon (2000) 9. Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) 10. The Sky Crawlers (2008) 11. Assault Girls (2009) 12. Conclusion