Who is Mamoru Oshii?
Mamoru Oshii is the Stanley Kubrick of anime. Oshii tends to direct films that move slowly and deliberately; they also touch on philosophical concepts most live-action films would never dream of taking on. Oshii’s brilliance came to the forefront with his art film Angel’s Egg, which contained less than 25 lines of dialogue yet stunned audiences with its visual conceptualizations of a world of shadows based primarily on Christian symbolism. Most of the rest of his work is vastly more commercial, such as the Patlabor movies. His best-known work to date is Ghost in the Shell, which has done extremely well despite mixed reviews. His newest effort, Jin-Roh, is considered to be another must-see. Why do 99% of all anime characters look Caucasian? And what’s up with the big eyes? There are several reasons why anime characters typically look Caucasian rather than Asian. To get into all the details would take a long time, but I’ll go over the primary ones. The anime industry got its start in the
