![]() Masamune Shirow's stunningly believable vision of the future makes the jump from manga to anime remarkably well. The film is stylish, artistic, and beautiful. Every time I show this movie to non-anime fans I have to explain beforehand that Ghost in the Shell is a serious work of science fiction and that everything in it, including the adult content, is part of the point the movie makes about where our society is headed. The movie kind of gets in its own way- within the first five minutes we see the heroine's nude body as well as a very messy head-exploding scene, and many of the viewers who would otherwise end up enthralled by the film's abundant style and intelligence immediately dismiss it as exploitative anime trash. ![]() I find it terribly unfortunate that the only American viewers familiar with Ghost in the Shell are anime fans, many of whom overlook the film's complexity and see only its nudity and violence. ![]() I would go so far as to say that it's the second best science fiction film I've ever seen (behind 2001, of course), but no one knows about it. ![]()
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