Watch: Detailed And In Depth Video Essay Explores Identity And Space In 'Ghost In The Shell'

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Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 sci-fi “Ghost in the Shell” is often considered one of the best anime films of all time. For those who haven’t seen it, the film is about a female cyborg police officer in the (now much nearer) future who goes after a mysterious and dangerous hacker. The notion of identity plays a key role in the film, resounding as one of its primary themes. In the most recent addition to their “Understanding Art Case Study” video series, Nerd Writer drew an interesting correlation between identity and space (not as in outer space, but physical environment). Nerd Writer explains, “There’s a 3-minute and 20-ish second long scene in the middle of the animated, sci-fi action thriller ‘Ghost in the Shell’ that doesn’t really qualify as sci-fi, action, or thriller. It’s a sequence of 34 gorgeous, exquisitely detailed atmospheric shots of a future city in Japan that’s modeled after Hong Kong.” In just over 8-minutes, Nerd Writer brilliantly and...