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GHOST IN THE SHELL - Cut n° 334 - Fine Art Print

Reference: 2024PR021

Condition: New product

Data sheet

Author	Hirosama Ogura
Publisher	Riekeles Gallery
Height (cm)	50
Width (cm)	70
Weight (kg)	0,1

More info

Illustration format: 70 x 50 cm (or 27,56 x 19,68 inches), offset printing on high quality paper.

The context

This illustration shows the production imageboard used during pre-production to direct the artwork of the film Ghost in the Shell.

In the previous cut of this scene it starts raining and daylight gradually turns into night. From this cut onwards, Hiromasa Ogura, the art director of the feature drew the final production backgrounds of the sequence himself.

The artwork features signboards that protrude like tentacles from a deformed building. The impression of the signboards reaching out into the space of the old town in all directions is further emphasized by capturing it with a wide-angle lens.

Ghost in the Shell

The artist - Shuichi Kusamori

Shuichi Kusamori in his studio

(Shuichi Kusamori in his studio - photo © Yasuyuki Takagi, 2023)

Shuichi Kusamori is a Japanese art director and background illustrator. Background artist on Ghost in the Shell. He was also artistic director on the second instalment, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence in 2004, and on other well-known Japanese anime licences such as Metropolis and the Psycho-Pass series.

Ghost in the Shell - The story

Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic manga, written by Masamune Shirow, set in the fictional town of Niihama in the middle of the 21st century. Readers and viewers follow the activities of an elite anti-crime police unit, Section 9, and in particular the character of Major Motoko Kusanagi. Due to an accident when she was younger, she underwent body modifications that turn her into a cyborg, half woman and half machine.

The poster

This print is published by Galerie Riekeles, in collaboration with the author and Kodansha. It is a high-quality reproduction, as faithful as possible to the original work, accurately rendering down to the smallest detail the breathtaking landscapes and backgrounds that made the anime from which they are taken international successes.

The care taken with the choice of paper and the printing technique make these posters a real collector's item.

The movie trailer for Ghost in the Shell:

Ghost in the Shell - The author

A video to find out more about the creator of Ghost in the Shell, Masamune Shirow.

Shipping

If you've ordered from us before, you are aware of the care we take with our packaging, and we have further strengthened the tubes with bubble wrap + reinforced double-wall cardboard + stiffening cardboard!

Pre-Order

Shipments will start Mid-July with tracking in France and also abroad, IF chosen and specified at time of ordering.