Ghost in the Shell Exhibition Shows Franchise's Full Reach
The exhibition's scope, from the original film to the upcoming Science SARU series, shows how the franchise's multiple continuities are being treated as one cohesive body of work for its anniversary milestones.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
An immersive Ghost in the Shell exhibition ran at Tokyo NODE in Roppongi Hills from January 30 through April 5, covering every major anime iteration of the franchise. The multi-room show featured an interactive Tachikoma, a wrap-around data screen with touchscreen search kiosks, key art posters, and production materials from every major entry. The exhibition plans to open at the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe this summer.
The exhibition's centerpiece was a giant wrap-around screen suspended from the ceiling, fed by touchscreen kiosks that let visitors search a database of scenes, characters, terminology, and sci-fi objects from every Ghost in the Shell anime iteration. A hallway displayed key art posters, and a TV played interviews with Mamoru Oshii, Kenji Kamiyama, Kazuchika Kise, and Shinji Aramaki, though those interviews were not subtitled.
The largest room held production material displays from every major anime entry, with items under glass on tables or suspended between glass panes. The show ran at the top of the 49-story Toranomon Hills Station Tower, and its next stop is the Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art in Kobe this summer.
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- Anime News Network See Ghost in the Shell's Reach Across Decades at Official Exhibition