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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 14, SERAPHIM

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Harmony, Lupin III

MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 04, PANZER COP

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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 21, YUBAE SAKUSEN

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Angel's Egg, Hundred, Shigeru

MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 05, DRAGON RETRIEVER

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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 17, GIANT KILLING

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Giant Killing

MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 20, GARM WARS

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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 12, PAX JAPONICA

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Space Battleship Yamato

MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 18, ZOMBIE DIARY

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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 10, TACHIGUISHI RETSUDEN

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Tachiguishi Retsuden

MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 11, RAINY DOGS

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Shigeru, Kurenai

MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 07, PANZER COP PART 2

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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 19, ZOMBIE DIARY 2

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The Sky Crawlers

MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 09, AVALON GREY LADY

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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 15, KERBEROS PANZER JÄGER

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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 22, ANGEL'S EGG (ANIMAGE BUNKO)

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Angel's Egg

MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 08, NIGHT OF THE BEASTS

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Blood: The Last Vampire, Jarinko Chie

MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 16, BOW-WOW MEIJI RESTORATION

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MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 44, MAMORU OSHII IN POLAND

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MAMORU OSHII book review [fiction] Part 13, THE GIRL OF HARAHARA TOKEI

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Tachiguishi Retsuden, Urusei Yatsura

MAMORU OSHII book review: INDEX

nonfiction filmography and career My Dear, Hayao Miyazaki 1984 Roman Album PERSONA 1996 Complete Works of Mamoru Oshii 1996 My Dear, Mamoru Oshii 1998 INNOCENCE Material Book 2004…

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Angel's Egg, Ghost in the Shell, Giant Killing, Lupin III, Tachiguishi Retsuden

MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 40, 1968

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Angel's Egg

MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 43, AVALON MAKING BOOK

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Wizardry

MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 45, AVALON PRE-PRODUCTION BOOK

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Wizardry

MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 47, ANGEL'S EGG GUIDEBOOK

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Angel's Egg, Lupin III

MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 48, Storyboard of Talking Head

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MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 46, STRANGE TALES, TACHIGUISHI RETSUDEN

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Tachiguishi Retsuden, Twilight Q

MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 41, Ein Brief von den Hunden

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Nora, Shigeru, Urusei Yatsura

MAMORU OSHII book review [extra] A FLEDGING PRODUCER'S DIARY

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Urusei Yatsura, Tomorrow's Joe

MAMORU OSHII book review [nonfiction] Part 42, THE ANALYSIS OF GHOST IN THE SHELL

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Ghost in the Shell

#OshiiOct Mamoru Oshii October Announcement

So, I’ve been hinting at this all week with my subtly called not Mamoru Oshii week. You know, because I am just so clever like that apparently. So…

Mechanical Anime Reviews

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Patlabor 2 (Oshii, 1993) Scene Analysis

This is an analysis I did a few years ago for a film studies course, where the class was asked to choose a movie, and choose to analyze…

The Animation Compendium

Feb 11, 2017 • Subscribe

Nation, War, and Japan’s Future in the Science Fiction Anime Film Patlabor II

(Kido keisatsu patoreiba the movie 2, 1993) By Michael Fisch (original article here ) In the opening scene of Oshii Mamoru’s…

Nihon Cine Art

Feb 14, 2016 • Subscribe

BABYLON, Ghost in the Shell, Kurenai

Interview with Mamoru Oshii on Angel's Egg

If you watched the Mamoru Oshii TIFF interview , you probably were very curious to hear his dry and discouraging comments on Angel's Eg...

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Angel's Egg, Ghost in the Shell

Lupin the Third Part 6 – 04 (OSHII Mamoru does Ernest Hemingway #Lupin6)

AstroNerdBoy reviews Lupin the Third Part 6 - 04. Lupin, Jigen, and Fujiko re-enact Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers" 'cause "reasons".

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Lupin III, LUPIN THE 3rd PART 6

A Philosophical Talk with Legendary Director Mamoru Oshii

“Part of what artists do has to withstand the test of time. I suppose you could call it 'universality.' People who live by entertainment generally live in the…

Anime News Network - Views

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Interview: A Philosophical Talk with Legendary Director Mamoru Oshii

Back when Anime Now! was on its last legs, I got to interview acclaimed Ghost In The Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Sadly, that interview never had the chance…

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Ghost in the Shell

Tokyo Revengers – 06 –Part of His Plan

Takemichi is still watching Draken from the shadows as Mikey is chauffeured away from the hospital. I kept waiting for Draken to tell him to come out because…

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Tokyo Revengers

Ghost in the Shell. Directed by Mamoru Oshii. Created by...

Ghost in the Shell. Directed by Mamoru Oshii. Created by Production I.G. Ghost in the Shell (DVD)

AnimeBackgrounds

Jun 19, 2013 • Subscribe

Ghost in the Shell

Director Mamoru Oshii Reflects on His Anime Classic Beautiful Dreamer

"In a way, it's a movie that's made up of 'wishes.' It's made up of different people's desires."

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MAMORU OSHII analysis: WHAT ARE THE LYRICS OF UTAI ABOUT?

I think that the lyrics of this iconic anime song tend to be misunderstood. Here are my thoughts on the lyrics. The original lyrics 吾が舞へば麗し女 酔ひにけり 吾が舞へば照る月 響むなり…

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Interview with Mamoru Oshii on Urusei Yatsura 2 - Beautiful Dreamer

( Urusei Yatsura 2 Byutifuru Dorima, 1984 )   By Masumi Homma and “John” of Central Park Media [Thanks UncleChuckTH for…

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Nov 15, 2013 • Subscribe

Idea, Urusei Yatsura, Ghost in the Shell

Angel’s Egg (天使のたまご, Mamoru Oshii, 1985)

A solitary girl and a nihilistic soldier find themselves on opposite sides of an ideological divide in Mamoru Oshii’s surrealist animation.

Windows on Worlds

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Angel's Egg

Interview: Director Mamoru Oshii Reflects on His Anime Classic Beautiful Dreamer

Back when Anime Now! was on its last legs, I got to interview acclaimed Ghost In The Shell director Mamoru Oshii. Sadly, that interview never had the chance…

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Book Review: Tokyo Stories: A Japanese Cookbook

Tokyo Stories is a journey through the boulevards and backstreets of Tokyo via recipes both iconic and unexpected! Though having published other books (his humorous biographical essays ‘Tune…

Diverse Japan

Jan 7, 2020 • Subscribe

Book Review: Tokyo Swindlers Lacks a Payoff

The book Tokyo Swindlers is the basis of a new series from Netflix. Here's why our reviewer says you can give this con a pass.

Unseen Japan

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Tokyo Revengers – 06

While it feels like things are coming to a head, we're still basically in the prologue stage.  Read more

Lost in Anime

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Tokyo Revengers

Akiba Maid War #06 — Turf War

  Way to fridge that girl. Impressions: Oh, hey. Just like I mentioned last week, that one helpful maid gets herself shot in the face as part of…

Tenka Seiha

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Akiba Maid War

Patlabor

A manga about a future Japan where construction robots called Labors are being used for crime. To battle against Labor crime the Tokyo police form the Patrol Labor…

Manga Machinations

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Northern War #06 — War is Hellishly Boring

  Oh no. Not… dude who I still don't know his name. Impressions: Yawn. This show is dull as paint drying when there aren't any anarchist clowns or…

Tenka Seiha

Feb 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Tokyo 24-ku (06)

Episode Synopsis Hunted by SARG, Ran grieves Kunai’s death and works to understand what caused his friend’s tragic downfall. Shu tries unsuccessfully to help his friends reconcile, whil…

The Con Artists

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Tokyo 24th Ward