Memories (1995)
Mar 9, 2001Anime Anthology
An anthology made up of three short films all adapted from the works of Katsihiro Otomo of Akira fame, of which Otomo also directs one of the segments
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Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Jul 30, 2002Cyberpunk Anime
Classic anime from Mamoru Oshii, a Cyberpunk work with a heroine who is a cyborg special forces officer, a work that delves deeply into the philosophical questions of what is human and what is machine
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998)
Oct 3, 1999Anime/Werewolf Anti-Terrorist Squad
Conceptually ambitious anime that builds a complex metaphor out of Little Red Riding Hood and the wolf in a story centred aroundthe self-doubting member of an anti-terrorist squad
Spriggan (1998)
Oct 14, 2001Anime/Alien Artefact/Psychic Kid Amok
Katsuhiro Otomo overseen anime about the discovery of Noah's Ark, an alien artifact that gives a child vast psychic powers in a swathe of destruction not dissimilar to Akira
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001)
Aug 14, 2003Anime/Future Bounty Hunters
The feature film spinoff of a cult anime tv series about intergalactic bounty hunters who in the plot here are on the track of a stolen nanotech virus
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)
Jul 24, 2005Cyberpunk Anime
Mamoru Oshii's follow-up to Ghost in the Shell where he makes a work that pushes both an artistic envelope and his philosophical fascination with the Cyberpunk world to a stunning level
Short Peace (2013)
May 10, 2017Anime Anthology
An anthology of short anime pieces from various directors, including creator Katsuhiro Otomo, the cult creator of Akira. The four episodes vary from historical to fantasy to futuristic warfare and, as with any anthology, vary in quality from the okay to the watchable
Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013-2014)
Dec 22, 2014Cyberpunk Anime
Reboot of the Ghost in the Shell series in a quartet of prequel stories. This funnels the essence of Cyberpunk superbly, creating a conceptually dazzling world with cyborgised security services fighting terrorists hacking people's brains