Artists would return from location scouting around Japan only to render streets, alleyways, and cityscapes that were too flat. In the above behind-the-scenes look feature, produced for a new 4K Ultra HD release timed to the 25th anniversary of the seminal cyberpunk film, animation historian and curator Stefan Riekeles explains how the typical practice of background art didn’t satisfy the director’s vision for just how aggressive the world of Ghost in the Shell needed to be.
Oshii referred to the approach as an “overflow of information.” The goal was to make every element explode off the animation cels - even the background art viewers might only catch out of the corner of their eyes. For all the bells and whistles that special effects studios could bring to the table, Hollywood’s live-action remake of Ghost in the Shell could only go so deep into the Japan of 2099 that Masamune Shirow brought to life in the pages of his manga.īut Mamoru Oshii, who directed the anime adaptation from 1995, wasn’t constrained by America’s appetite for realism, the often bubbly shine of CGI, or a timetable driven by a release date.
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