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- Nov 18, 199592% CONFIDENCEfrom myanimelist.net
Ghost in the Shell Releases in Japanese Theaters
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- MyAnimeList8.27/10
- IMDb7.9/10
- Rotten Tomatoes95%
- Metacritic76/100
Production I.G's Ghost in the Shell opens in Japanese theaters, Mamoru Oshii's cyberpunk thriller adapting Masamune Shirow's manga, following cybernetic Section 9 agent Major Motoko Kusanagi as she hunts a mysterious hacker known as the Puppet Master.
- Movie by Production I.G (Bandai Visual, Kodansha, Aube) released Nov 18, 1995, 1 hr 22 min, the first film to adapt Masamune Shirow's manga, directed by Mamoru Oshii[1]
- Set in 2029 Niihama City, Major Motoko Kusanagi of Section 9 hunts the Puppet Master, a hacker whose victims lose their memories, while Section 6 gets involved[1]
- Condensed the manga, moved the setting to a Hong Kong-like city and mixed cel animation with digital effects; the first film to reach #1 on Billboard's video best-seller list and an inspiration for the Wachowskis' Matrix films; a 2.0 edition came in 2008[1]
- Scored 8.27 by 369,665 users, ranked #362[1]
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- [1]92%Ghost in the Shell Releases in Japanese Theatersmyanimelist.net· Posted Sep 15, 2026· Starts Nov 18, 1995· 100% of score
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