Mamoru Oshii

Mamoru Oshii

Date of Birth: 08 Aug 1951

Country: Japan

Biography: Introduced introspective philosophical speculation into the world of animation, influencing at the same time movie creators all around the globe with his visionary style.

Total Credits at Criticker: 4 (Actor), 32 (Director), 22 (Writer)

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    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
    Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is set in 2032, when the line between humans and machines has been blurred almost beyond distinction. Batou, a cyborg detective for the government's covert anti-terrorist unit, is investigating the case of a gynoid - a hyper-realistic female robot created specifically for sexual companionship - who malfunctions and slaughters her owner. (Go Fish Pictures)
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    Ghost in the Shell
    A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master (imdb)
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    Avalon
    In a future world, young people are increasingly becoming addicted to an illegal (and potentially deadly) battle simulation game called Avalon... (imdb)
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    The Red Spectacles
    It is the end of the 20th century. The Metropolitan Police have begun to lose control of the city; crime runs rampant and people are no longer safe. The solution: the establishment of the Anti Vicious Crime Heavily Armored Mobile Special Investigations Unit.
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    Talking Head
    Its a surreal meta-film mystery involving the production of an anime called Talking Head.
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    Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops
    To combat the rising crime rate, the Japanese Government created the Kerberos Police Force. Infused with a strong sense of justice, these "super cops" set out to tame the wild streets of the beleaguered country.
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    Patlabor: The Movie
    A mysterious suicide and strange robot malfunctions are clues to a devastating sabotage plot that Special Vehicle Unit 2 must stop. (imdb)
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    Patlabor 2
    When a terrorist attack is blamed on the Air Force, Special Vehicle Unit 2 gets caught in the middle of a growing political conflict. (imdb)
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    Mezame no hakobune
    A 2005, three-act musical drama presented on a multidisplay IMAX-like theme theater and mixing CG-animated video with live-action footages (answers.com)
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    Angel\
    Angel's Egg (1985) - Direct-to-Video
    A young girl is the sole protector of a very precious, large egg. Her lair is near a large, abandoned, decaying gothic city inhabited by restless shadows. A mysterious young man arrives one day, and eventually wins her trust... (imdb)
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    Urusei Yatsura 2: Byûtifuru dorîmâ
    Lum is a cheerful alien who now lives with her human fiancée, Ataru and her goods friends on earth. The night before the school festival, the world begins to change, things seem to be repeating themselves. Gradually, all necessary functions come to a stop, people disappearing, streets deserting, buildings decaying except Lum and her friends who live ever happier. When they begin to probe the truth, they find out it's somebody's dream that is changing the world... (imdb)
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    The Sky Crawlers
    Kannami Yuichi is a fighter pilot who is newly transferred to Urisu Base to replace a pilot who died in battle. Yuichi strangely does not age like normal people would, and the base commanding officer Kusanagi Suito seems to have the same ability. They are revealed to be Kildren, a group of ageless adolescent pilots who are genetically-created to engage in endless dogfights between two companies, Rostock and Lautern. (nihonreview.com)
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    Tachiguishi retsuden
    Mamoru Oshii's Tachiguishi Retsuden attempts to convey the entire dietary history of Japan via CG animation.
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    Kiru
    Four segments shot as if they're the climax of four action Movies by four different Directors. Set in the near future in Japan, depicts the fierce conflict between refugees from the rest of Asia--who have flooded into Japan when their economies have collapsed--and the Japanese armed police. (asianmediawiki.com)
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    Halo Legends
    Halo Legends (2010) - Direct-to-Video
    This anime anthology explores the origin and historical events of the Halo universe with both canon and non-canon stories, brought to life by some of Japan's top animation directors.
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    Ghost in the Shell 2.0
    A hacker known as the Puppet Master is hunted by a female cyborg cop and her partner.
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    Assault Girls
    Three women are transported to the virtual world of Avalon F, where they must test their fighting skills against monsters known as Sand Whales.
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    Urusei Yatsura: Only You
    When everyone in town receives invitations to Ataru's wedding, they are shocked to see that his sweetheart Lum is not the bride. Eventually they learn that when Ataru was playing games as a little boy, he stepped on a girl's shadow. Unbeknownst to him, the girl was from extraterrestrial culture where stepping on one's shadow is a form of marriage proposal, and now she and her family have come back to see that Ataru keeps his promise... (imdb)
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    Urusei Yatsura Memorial Album
    "Memorial Album," the Mendou clan's personal satellite narrates the story of the Mendou family, again using a mixture of new animation and scenes from the original series. (houseofanime.org)
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    Dallos
    Dallos (1983) - Direct-to-Video
    In a near future, mankind has moved from a drained Earth to the Moon. Rebel acts of terrorism lead to conflicts with the Earth Federal Government. A mysterious entity called Dallos appears to restore hope. It is widely considered the first OVA ever released. (Wikipedia)
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    Twilight Q
    Twilight Q (1987) - Direct-to-Video
    {Reflection} Mayumi is diving in the ocean, when she makes a strange find: a camera. Stranger still, the film in the camera holds a picture of herself on the arm of a man whom she's never before seen. When she discovers that the camera is of a model that has yet to be released, she begins to see the vague outlines of a very... {File 538} As airplanes mysteriously disappear in the sky, a private investigator spying upon a strange father-daughter pair finds himself caught up in their mystery. (animenewsnetwork.com)
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    Garm Wars: The Last Druid
    In a world where clone soldiers from three military tribes are locked in a perpetual battle of air, land and technology, one clone is separated from the battle and finds herself on the run with a group of unlikely companions. (imdb)
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    Kagaku ninja tai Gatchaman II
    Two years after the defeat of Galactor and the apparent death of Condor Joe, a cruise ship is attacked by Leader X, killing nearly everyone on board. One of the survivors, a young girl, is captured by X and rapidly aged into the bizarre, masculine-voiced villainess Gel Sadra. Though she has the appearance of an adult, Gel Sadra is not immune to throwing childish tantrums and behaving immaturely. (myanimelist.net)
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    Patlabor: Early Days
    Patlabor: Early Days (1988) - TV Mini-Series
    In the future, rapidly advancing technology gives birth to giant robots known as "Labors," so named for their usefulness in heavy industry. However, this also gives rise to "Labor crimes," resulting the the need for a new branch of law enforcement equiped with and dedicated to the policing of Labors. (myanimelist.net)
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    Urusei Yatsura
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    Cyborg 009: The Reopening
    A short 3D CGI anime of Cyborg 009 produced by director Oshii Mamoru. (MyAnimeList)
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    Je t\
    Je t'aime (2010) - Short Film
    Set in Tokyo in the near future, when all humanity has been wiped out, a lonely basset hound wanders around a deserted city. Its only wish is to feel the warmth of a human being once more. (MyAnimeList.net)
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    Maroko
    Theatrical anime movie created from the OVA 'Gosenzosama Banbanzai', written and directed by Mamoru Oshii.
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    Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!
    The Yomota family is small and typical: father Kinekuni (42), mother Tamiko (38), and son Inumaru (17). One day, a beautiful girl appears at their front door, calling herself "Maroko Yomota," granddaughter of Inumaru who travels back in time with a time machine to visit her ancestors. Despite of Tamiko's strong objection, Kinekuni and Inumaru welcome her to stay with them, and the structure of a happy family has begun to collapse. (ANN)
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    Gekijô-ban Nirusu no fushigi na tabi
    Farmboy Nils is lazy and disrespectful to his fellow man and enjoys abusing animals in his spare time. A magical creature shrinks Nils so he becomes much smaller than the animals who are out for revenge against him.
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    Ketai Sosakan 7
    Masaka Kubota plays high-school student Keita, who leads a secret life as a "network investigator" for a secret organization. In the introductory episode, Keita has moved to a new school in Tokyo but doesn't like it. His best friend from his previous school comes to Tokyo, and they run away together. Passing through a construction site, the pair are attacked by a robot but are then saved by a man named Takimoto and his strange sidekick, a cell phone with arms and legs.
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    I can\
    A friendly vampire girl goes to school and meets humans, who together open a blood donation club.
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