Ghost in the Shell (1995 film)Directed byMamoru OshiiScreenplay byKazunori ItōBased onGhost in the Shellby Masamune ShirowProduced byYoshimasa MizuoKen MatsumotoKen IyadomiMitsuhisa IshikawaStarringAtsuko TanakaAkio OtsukaIemasa KayumiCinematographyHisao ShiraiEdited byShūichi KakesuShigeyuki YamamoriMusic byKenji KawaiProductioncompaniesPalm PicturesProduction I.GBandai VisualManga EntertainmentDistributed byShochiku (Japan)Metrodome DistributionManga Entertainment (United Kingdom)Release dates18 November 1995 (1995-11-18) (Japan)8 December 1995 (1995-12-08) (United Kingdom)29 March 1996 (1996-03-29) (United States)Running time82 minutesCountriesJapanUnited KingdomLanguageJapaneseBudget¥330 million($3 million)Box office$10 millionGhost in the Shell is a 1995 Japanese animatedtech noiractionthriller film directed by Mamoru Oshii from a screenplay by Kazunori Itō, based on the 1989 manga by Masamune Shirow.
Ghost in the Shell (manga)Ghost in the Shell (Japanese: 攻殻機動隊, Hepburn: Kōkaku Kidōtai; lit.'Assault Shell Mobile Squad') is a Japanese cyberpunkmanga series written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. It was first serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Young Magazine Zōkan Kaizokuban from 1989 to 1990, and was then compiled into a single tankōbon volume. Shirow produced two sequels: Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor and Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface.
Masamune ShirowMasanori Ota (太田正典, Ōta Masanori; born November 23, 1961), better known by his pen nameMasamune Shirow (士郎 正宗, Shirō Masamune), is a Japanese manga artist and designer for video games and anime productions. Shirow is best known for his award-winning debut work, Appleseed, and his widely known manga, Ghost in the Shell.Public Security Section 9Fictional intelligence department Public Security Section 9A fan artist's impression of Section 9's sign platePublication informationPublisherKodansha (Japan),Dark Horse Comics (US) (CA)First appearanceGhost in the Shell #03 "Junk Jungle" (1989) (after official formation)Created byMasamune ShirowIn-story informationType of organization Special law enforcement Cyber threat intelligence and criminal intelligence unit Offensive domestic counter-cyberterrorism actions Leader(s)Daisuke AramakiAgent(s) Motoko Kusanagi Batou Togusa Maven Ladriya Borma Ishikawa Saito Pazu Proto Azuma Yano (Deceased) Hikagi Soma Purin Ezaki Public Security Section 9 (Japanese: 公安9課, Hepburn: Kōan Kyūka) is a fictional gendarmerie-style information security and intelligence department from Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell manga and anime series.
Ghost in the ShellGhost in the Shell is a Japanese cyberpunkmilitary science fictionmedia franchise that began with the eponymous manga series, written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow. The manga, first serialized from 1989 to 1991, is set in the mid-21st-century and follows the fictional counter-cyberterrorist organization Public Security Section 9, led by protagonist Major Motoko Kusanagi. Animation studio Production I.G has produced several anime adaptations of the series.
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Hepburn romanizationHepburn (Japanese: ヘボン式ローマ字, romanized: Hebon-shiki rōmaji, lit.'Hepburn-style Roman letters') is the main system of romanizationfor the Japanese language. The system was originally published in 1867 by American Christian missionary and physician James Curtis Hepburn as the standard in the first edition of his Japanese–English dictionary.
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