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Ghost in the Shell
Film
FilmNR1995
Ghost in the Shell
Directed by Mamoru Oshii
In the year 2029, the barriers of our world have been broken down by the net and by cybernetics, but this brings new vulnerability to humans in the form of brain-hacking. When a highly-wanted hacker known as 'The Puppetmaster' begins involving them in politics, Section 9, a group of cybernetically enhanced cops, are called in to investigate and stop the Puppetmaster. From TMDB
240 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Lemmy, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
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| Lemmy * | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| TMDB reviews * | 2 | 0 | 0 |
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Ghost in the Shell is a 1995 action animation science fiction film, directed by Mamoru Oshii, starring Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Otsuka and Iemasa Kayumi.
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60 of 240 · most liked firstOpen for work! 18 years experience in AAA games film/tv. What have I worked on? 6 Assassin's Creed games, Marvel MCU shows and films, Magic the Gathering cards, shorter stints on franchises like Deus Ex, Halo, Paths of Exile, Ghost in the Shell, Pirates of the Caribbean and many more.
neutral · AI labelView post →From Kodansha's "Light Hole" papercraft stop-motion branded film, featuring Akira, Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell and many other mangas. Directed by Toru Katori (Animation director: Takuro Oishi). Full video >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIL_...
neutral · AI labelView post →Anrealage "GHOST" (Paris Fashion Week FW/2026). Fashion designer Kunihiko Morinaga paying tribute to Mamoru Oshii's "Ghost in the Shell" movie. >> www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELF8...
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy 30th anniversary to "Ghost In The Shell" movie by Mamoru Oshii (released in Japanese theaters on November 18, 1995).
neutral · AI labelView post →Did you know, each time you hear synchronised female choir, used in films to represent alienation/native cultures (Avatar, Star Wars, Ghost in the Shell, Brother Bear). It's Bulgarian native singing 🇧🇬 Today marks day of Slavonic Alphabet & Bulgarian Culture. Balkan Slavs, aka, native/aliens.
neutral · AI labelView post →I mean, if I'd directed such a world-changing, genre-defining artistic masterwork as the original Ghost in the Shell movie, I'd avoid Fallout 4's main quest like the plague as well
positive · AI labelView post →The year is 2026. We have a new Ghost in the Shell anime, a new Higurashi anime, a new Patlabor anime, a new Utena movie, a new Madoka Magica movie, Touhou 06 is coming out AGAIN too. This must've been what those Star Wars fans felt like when the sequels were first announced
neutral · AI labelView post →I think I forgot what a tour de force in every way Ghost in the Shell is. Was the manga as interested in the philosophical as the movie?
positive · AI labelView post →Watched the first two episodes of the new Ghost in the Shell anime- I prefer the more contemplative and philosophical overtones of the 1995 film, and this show so far is a bit too frantic for my tastes, but it’s still a lot of fun. The character designs and colors are super vibrant.
neutral · AI labelView post →If you like any of the following: Perfect Blue Ghost in the Shell Chinatown The Animatrix movies as a whole movies as a concept you will love this See. This. Movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →I rewatched Ghost in the Shell! The movie was 1h 23m long. This movie is a classic, and it still slaps! My favorite part of this movie when I was younger was the action, and as an adult I now also appreciate the deep story and philosophy! The sci-fi setting goes crazy as well, it's an awesome movie!
positive · AI labelView post →In case anyone was wondering, as I was, there does not appear to be a complete list of the films that were found in the initial search; however, there are three standouts mentioned in a later article: - Ghost in the Shell - Rumble Fish - Eraserhead www.theguardian.com/film/2007/de...
neutral · AI labelView post →A fanart of this classic animation film: Ghost In The Shell Directed by Mamoru Oshii Original story and manga by Masamune Shirow
neutral · AI labelView post →Watched the first episode of the new Ghost in the Shell anime. As a fan since the original manga, it was great to see an adaptation that adheres closely to the style and tone of the original. Super fans of Oshii's film and Stand Alone Complex are going to get whiplash from Gremlin Motoko 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →A Pretty Hate Machine profiled in '95: Naomi Armitage. The Armitage III OVA would be recut into a movie the following year. And like Ghost in the Shell in 1995, it would receive high-profile theatrical runs outside of Japan. 📖: Anime UK, April 1995
neutral · AI labelView post →Saw Ghost in the Shell in the theater, I've seen this movie MANY times, watched it on loop as a teen, but I haven't seen it in maybe 10-12 years. I'm happy to report It's EVEN MORE TRANS & GAY than I remembered, thank you GitS for blasting my teen brain with the queer medicine it desperately needed
positive · AI labelView post →I have new Motoko Kusanagi stickers in the shop. Just in time for the series finale for The Ghost in the Shell, and the 30th anniversary of the 1995 movie! Find them here: ⟪Motoko (Anime Version) | Motoko (Movie Version)⟫
neutral · AI labelView post →Then there’s original Ghost in the Shell film, where the Puppet asks for political asylum and then argues it can’t be denied based on not being alive because they can’t prove its not alive only for Aramaki to say “Huh, good point there. However we don’t grant asylum to criminals.”
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm so happy the next Ghost in the Shell looks so good. Being someone who likes Ghost in the Shell after that live action movie is like a humiliation ritual, nothing ever goes right. Until now
positive · AI labelView post →Not Evangelion but Happy 30th Anniversary to Ghost in the Shell, one of Mamoru Oshii's best and a film that changed my life.
positive · AI labelView post →Finally got to see Ghost in the Shell at a real movie theatre, still the best movie about an AI safety incident ever made Incredibly prescient film about the world we're currently living in, one of those bits of 80s/90s scifi that only gets more relevant with age letterboxd.com/josephpolita...
positive · AI labelView post →The Criterion Collection's streaming service Criterion Channel will add Gunbuster: The Movie and the first season of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex to the service in March.
neutral · AI labelView post →GHOST IN THE SHELL 2: INNOCENCE (2004) is absolutely the superior film to GHOST IN THE SHELL (1995), many of us are just so attached to the legacy of the original and the popular iconography of how we expect to see Major Motoko Kusanagi in it to fully come to grips with it
positive · AI labelView post →Is the new Ghost in the Shell a good entry point for newcomers based on the first episode? Or should I at least watch the original film that I’ve owned for like 10 years?
neutral · AI labelView post →GITS: Stand Alone Complex (aka the best Ghost in the Shell adaptation) and the Gunbuster movie are coming to Criterion Channel next month bit.ly/4aJwic3
positive · AI labelView post →This is an official Ghost In The Shell poster that we did for a special 25th anniversary screening. What’s cool is that it wasn’t shown before the night and you couldn’t buy it— it was a surprise present for the audience at the end of the movie. #art #movies #posters #scifi #anime @bsky.art
neutral · AI labelView post →Scarlett Johansson as Motoko in Ghost in the Shell. That film is extremely racist.
negative · AI labelView post →I rarely do this sort of style, so I figured I could try another go at it. With moody Ghost in the Shell movie ambient music playing in the background...🤷
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't think I've ever unsubscribed from a youtube channel for a movie opinion before but "I liked the Ghost in the Shell movie with Scarlett Johansson, I will never watch the anime or read the manga and I'm sure that makes me a bad person but I'm fine with that" turned out to be a red line, huh.
negative · AI labelView post →Maaya Sakamoto returns to voice Motoko Kusanagi in THE GHOST IN THE SHELL. Her previous roles include Motoko's younger version in the 1995 film, her remote body in Stand Alone Complex, and the titular main role in ARISE. www.theghostintheshell-anime.jp/en/character...
neutral · AI labelView post →Seeing them go back to more og manga style made me thing the cursed thought of "The Ghost in the Shell movie is the Metroid Prime of Ghost in the Shell"
neutral · AI labelView post →Something I'm so pleased by is the characterization of the major in the movie. She isn't an anime girl at all. There is nothing cute or demure about the way she moves or speaks. This is a non binary dyke. It's called Ghost in the SHELL because we're watching her egg get CRACKED
positive · AI labelView post →Some of the panels/previews at Annecy Festival 2026 : - "Dive into The Ghost In The Shell" (with director Mokochan) - "Lysistrata" (Richard Williams' posthumous short film) - "Batman: Knightfall" (Part 1) >> www.annecyfestival.com/en/the-festi...
neutral · AI labelView post →Can the new Ghost in the Shell do the thing from the movie where she gets jacked as fuck to try and rip a tank apart? That was cool.
neutral · AI labelView post →Preorders open now! With Fans! Ghost in the Shell (1995) Motoko Kusanagi Original Color Edition From the 1995 "Ghost in the Shell" movie comes a figure of Motoko Kusanagi in her original manga colors! Preorder: https://goodsmile.link/XWr6Cu #goodsmile
neutral · AI labelView post →Decades later, the director still has a Ghost in the Shell story left to tell!
neutral · AI labelView post →Hot Anime News from Late 1995! Ghost in the Shell getting preview screenings at the London Film Festival in the UK, and Pioneer has a goal to shake off the 'Violent Porn Cartoon' image of anime with a new logo, a wider remit of material, and an 'Anime Senshi' squad. 📖: Anime FX, issue 8.
neutral · AI labelView post →the reference for this one was Ghost in the Shell. rewatched the first film in order to really take in the art direction. i love the stark white lighting and the beautiful range of pastels throughout, lots of teal and violet shadows going to black - all letting pops of primary colour stand out
positive · AI labelView post →Ghost in the Shell (1995) original Japanese movie poster illustrated by Hiroyuki Okiura and designed by Teruhisa Tajima, based on character art by Masamune Shirow.
neutral · AI labelView post →I used a frame from the Ghost in the Shell movie to make an Elster. I just feel the melancholic vibes match so well. #signalis #art
neutral · AI labelView post →In terms of "anime franchise I have collectively expressed the most love for", probably Ghost in the Shell. The 1995 film is really foundational in the kinds of movies/TV I enjoy and how I enjoy them that I could probably talk in circles about it.
positive · AI labelView post →•Startled• Watercolor in A6 size. Slightly ghost in the shell inspired. A movie that has lingered in my head for a looooong time inspiring me. #watercolor #art #illustration #ghostintheshell
positive · AI labelView post →In 1988 & 1989, before the iconic Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow released a manga & film called Dominion Tank Police!, a concept that at the time seemed so outrageous that it could only appear in anime but is now a reality that many find the idea of defunding to be too radical.
neutral · AI labelView post →10 shows to get to know me, in no order Psycho-Pass Ghost in the Shell: SAC Ergo Proxy NieR: Automata Witch from Mercury RahXephon Re:CREATORS Claymore Perfect Blue (movie not show) Harmony (also movie)
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my ongoing bits is pointing out that pretty much every weird or oppressive thing in our cybernetic present was accurately predicted by the animes Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002-2005, or the original 1995 film) or by Serial Experiments Lain (1998). The og GitS film got this one.
positive · AI labelView post →News: Soukou Kihei Votoms (Armored Trooper Votoms): Haiiro no Hexe movie reveals main visual; Mamoru Oshii (Ghost in the Shell) directs at Sunrise, with first part opening on November 20 #ボトムズGH #votoms listani.me/votomsgh-anime
neutral · AI labelView post →In our case, I think this happened most resonantly with Oshii's Ghost in the Shell. I showed them the film and within a week they showed it to someone else.
positive · AI labelView post →One last post before bed but I own more copies of Ghost in the Shell than any other film, each copy different enough from all the others to justify the purchase.
positive · AI labelView post →GHOST IN THE SHELL (Mamoru Oshii, 1995 Oshii is one of our most philosophically profound filmmakers. This one covers technology, gender, identity, the forces in society which bind us. Fun stuff. The Major's disassociation speaks to something intrinsic about my own experiences for whatever reason.
positive · AI labelView post →The cast of the live action a Gundam movie has me feeling like we’re about to get another Ghost in the Shell scarjo experience 🥲 www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
neutral · AI labelView post →Fun fact: Ghost in the Shell was the first movie I ever watched on Netflix's streaming service all the way back in 2008.
positive · AI labelView post →Ghost in the Shell (1995) is such a good fucking movie like goddamn also I am once again getting gender envy about The Major
positive · AI labelView post →Yeah Roger Ebert brought up Heavy Metal as a clear influence in his off-the cuff assessment of the Ghost in the Shell movie and well, not surprised he was right on the money.
neutral · AI labelView post →“Director” number three waxed ecstatic about the Black communities love of anime and how he couldn’t have made the film without AI. It was Ghost in the Shell meets Demon City Shinjuku with more boobs and lesbians. Oddly, no Black characters or much dialogue for that matter. Groundbreaking
neutral · AI labelView post →Keyframe drawn for the live action Ghost in the Shell movie. I can’t remember what I’ve posted and where #storyboard #storyboardart #keyframe #conceptart #ghostintheshell
neutral · AI labelView post →No one has been thought about the Scarlett Johansson Ghost in the Shell movie for at least 8 years except for TCW
neutral · AI labelView post →Reminds me of how they Deus Ex: Human Revolutioned the original Ghost in the Shell movie in 2008 dubbing it "2.0"
neutral · AI labelView post →I will say the Ghost in the Shell movie holds a special place in my heart because nobody went so it was the easiest theatre shifts of my life.
positive · AI labelView post →Remember when they made a live-action Ghost In The Shell movie starring Scarlett Johansen What the fuck was up with that
neutral · AI labelView post →finished the '95 Ghost in the Shell movie. Damn That's Crazy
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