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Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell (GHOST IN THE SHELL／攻殻機動隊 Gōsuto In Za Sheru/Kōkaku Kidōtai, lit. Ghost in the Shell/Mobile Armoured Riot Police) is a 1995 anime film directed by Mamoru Oshii; an adaptation of the manga Ghost in the Shell by Masamune Shirow, produced by Production I.G, and written by Kazunori Itō. A sequel, Innocence, was released in 2004.
Directed: Mamoru Oshii
Produced: Yoshimasa Mizuo, Ken Matsumoto, Ken Iyadomi, Mitsuhisa Ishikawa
Written by Kazunori Itō
Starring: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ōtsuka, Kōichi Yamadera, Tamio Ōki, Iemasa Kayumi (Japan)
Mimi Woods, Richard Epcar, Christopher Joyce, William Knight, Tom Wyner (USA)
Music: Kenji Kawai
Cinematography: Hisao Shirai
Editing by Shūichi Kakesu, Shigeyuki Yamamori
Distributed: Shochiku (Japan), Manga Entertainment (North America, Australia and UK)
Release date(s) Japan November 18, 1995; UK December 8, 1995; AUS December 8, 1995; USA November 29, 1996
Running time: 82 minutes
Country: Japan
Language: Japanese, English
