Oshii Mamoru

The plot for Tenshi no Tamago is not something that can easily be related in words. The film is largely about the presentation more than action, and understatement instead of open revelation. Existentialism abounds, heightened by the moody artwork and the dialogue, which asks more questions than it answers. Bear in mind, however, that the conflict in the plotline primarily…

The date is 2002, three years after the events of Mobile Police Patlabor: The Movie. The destruction of a United Nations Labor team in south-east Asia begins the build-up to a deadly terrorist plan that threatens to send shock waves throughout Japan's military. With evidence of an impending military takeover, the scattered members of the original SVD (Special Vehicle Division…

At the top of a large structure in Tokyo Bay, a scientist walks to the edge and, despite the cries of onlookers, throws himself into the sea to his death. Weeks later, the Special Vehicle Division (SVD) has had little respite due to a recent rash of Labor malfunctions resulting in massive citywide destruction. No one seems to know the cause of the malfunctions; the only hint…

The electronics maker Panasonic sponsored a stereoscopic 3D animation project of Ishinomori Shoutarou's classic science-fiction manga Cyborg 009 with director Oshii Mamoru and the studio Production I.G. The high-definition anime short, which is four minutes and 45 seconds long, was unveiled at the Panasonic booth at the CEATEC Japan 2010 trade show. The show run at the…