Ghost in Spielberg’s Shell
Posted by Robert on Apr 14, 2008
We didn’t know Steven Speilberg was such an anime lover.
The director fought off Universal and Sony in aquiring the rights for the Japanese manga, “Ghost in a Shell.” His company, Dreamworks, is planning to turn this scifi-philo-thriller animation into a 3-D live-action feature.
So what is it about? The story is about a cyborg member of a Japanese National Public Safety Commission covert ops group that handles tech-related crimes. The series was created by Masamune Shirow and was first published in manga form in 1989. Since then it’s gone wild on nearly all media: two more manga novels, three anime film adaptations, an anime TV series, and three video games.
“ ’Ghost in the Shell’ is one of my favorite stories,” Spielberg said. “It’s a genre that has arrived, and we enthusiastically welcome it to DreamWorks.”