Mamoru Oshii filmography
Introduction Mamoru Oshii is a prolific Japanese film director, television director, and writer. In a career that has so far spanned more than forty years, Oshii has been involved in directing OVAs, feature films, short films, television series, and radio dramas. His first occupation in the anime industry was as a storyboard artist, and in the 1970s he storyboarded a variety of anime television programs for Tatsunoko Productions. As a writer, Oshii is a frequent screenwriter, and an occasional novelist and manga artist.Though primarily known as a director of animated films, mostly for Production I.G, Oshii has also been involved in several live-action projects.
Anime ===Film=== Year Title Director Writer Notes 1983 ''Urusei Yatsura: Only You''   1984 ''Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer''   1989 ''Patlabor: The Movie''   1990 ''MAROKO''   1993 ''Patlabor 2: The Movie''   1995 ''Ghost in the Shell''   1999 ''Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade''   2004 ''Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence''   2005 ''Open Your Mind''   Musical drama 2006 ''Tachiguishi Retsuden''   2007 ''Ani-Kuri 15'' – ''Project Mermaid''   Short film 2008 ''Ghost in the Shell 2.0''   2008 ''The Sky Crawlers''   2009 ''Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai''   Also producer 2010 ''Je t'aime''    Short film;Twelve minutes TBA ''Chimera''   '''Other credits''' Year Title Role Notes 2000 ''Blood: The Last Vampire'' Co-planner (Team Oshii) 2009 ''Halo Legends – The Duel'' Creative director Short film 2012''Kick-Heart'' Consultant ===Television=== Year Title Director Writer Notes 1977–1978 ''Ippatsu Kanta-kun''   Directed 2 episodes 1977–1979 ''Yatterman''   Directed 2 episodes 1978–1979 ''Gatchaman II''   Directed 3 episodes 1979–1980 ''Zenderman''   Directed 9 episodes 1980–1981 ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils''   Directed 18 episodes 1981–1982 ''Belle and Sebastian''   Directed 2 episodes; Also production assistant  1981–1986 ''Urusei Yatsura''   Directed 24 episodes;Wrote 7 episodes;Also served as "chief director" from episodes 1 to 106 1983–1984 ''Mrs. Pepper Pot''   1 episode 1989–1990 ''Patlabor: The TV Series/Mobile Police Patlabor''   5 episodes 1990–1992 ''Patlabor: The Mobile Police: New Files''   4 episodes 2021 ''Lupin the 3rd Part 6''   2 episodes 2023–present ''The Fire Hunter''  '''Storyboard artist''' Year Title Notes 1977–1978 ''Ippatsu Kanta-Kun'' 4 episodes 1977–1979 ''Yatterman'' 2 episodes 1978–1979 ''Gatchaman II'' 3 episodes 1978–1979 ''Majokko Tickle'' 1 episode 1979–1980 ''Zenderman'' 10 episodes 1980–1981 ''The Wonderful Adventures of Nils'' 11 episodes 1980–1981 ''Rescueman'' 6 episodes 1981–1982 ''Yattodetaman'' 6 episodes 1981–1982 ''Belle and Sebastian'' 2 episodes 1981–1982 ''Golden Warrior Gold Lightan'' 2 episodes 1981–1983 ''Miss Machiko'' 1 episode 1981–1986 ''Urusei Yatsura'' 21 episodes 1983 ''Urusei Yatsura: Only You'' 1981–1986 ''Dashu Kappei'' 1 episode 1982–1983 ''Gyakuten! Ippatsuman'' 7 episodes 1983–1984 ''Little Mrs. Pepperpot'' 1 episode 1983–1985 ''The Yearling'' 2 episodes 1983–1984 ''Dallos'' 3 episodes 1987 ''Zillion'' 3 episodes 1988 ''Mobile Police Patlabor'' All 6 episodes 1989–1990 ''Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! '''''Other credits''' Year Title Role 2004-2005 ''Windy Tales'' Supervisor 2004 ''Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG'' Story concept 2005 ''Blood+'' Co-planner===OVA=== Year Title Director Writer Notes 1983–1984 ''Dallos''   Wrote 3 episodes 1985 ''Angel's Egg''   1987 ''Twilight Q''   Second part, "''Mystery Article File 538''" 1988 ''Mobile Police Patlabor''   1989 ''Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai!'' 2002 ''MiniPato: Mobile Police Patlabor Minimum''   2021 ''Vlad Love''
Live-action ===Film=== Year Title Director Writer Notes 1987 ''The Red Spectacles''   1991 ''StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops''   1992 ''Talking Head''   2001 ''Avalon''   2003 ''Killers'' – ''.50 Woman''   Short film 2006 ''Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden Ketsune korokke no Ogin: Paresuchina shitō hen''   Short film 2007 ''Shin-Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden'' – ''The Golden Fish Girl & Assault Girl''   Also executive producer 2008 ''Rebellion: The Killing Isle'' (aka ''Kill'') – ''Assault Girl 2''   Short film;Directed one of four shorts in the film;Also executive producer 2009 ''Assault Girls''    2010 ''28 1/2 Mousou no Kyojin''    2015 ''The Next Generation Patlabor: Shuto Kessen''   2015 ''Tōkyō Mukokuseki Shōjo''   2015 ''Garm Wars: The Last Druid''   English language film 2019 ''Blood Friends''   '''Other credits''' Year Title Notes 1987 ''In the Aftermath'' Uses footage from ''Angel's Egg'', which was written and directed by Oshii===Television=== Year Title Director Writer Notes 2014–2015 ''The Next Generation: Patlabor''    2017 ''Sand Whale and Me''   Miniseries
[[Radio drama]]  Year Title Director Writer 1987 ''While Waiting for the Red Spectacles''  2006 ''Kerberos Panzer Jäger''
Manga  Year Title Illustrator 1988–2000 ''Kerberos Panzer Cop'' Kamui Fujiwara 1994–1995 ''Seraphim 266,613,336 Wings'' Satoshi Kon 2003–2005 ''Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs'' 2006–2007 ''Kerberos & Tachiguishi''
Novel  Year Title 2000 ''Avalon: Gray Lady'' 2004 ''Tachiguishi Retsuden'' 2005 ''Blood: The Last Vampire: Night of the Beasts''
Music video  Year Title Notes 1999 ''King of My Castle'' Single by Wamdue Project. Music video is composed of footage from ''Ghost in the Shell''
Video game  Year Title Role 2004 ''Mobile Police Patlabor Comes Back: MiniPato'' Supervisor 2008 ''The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces'' Special consultant
References === General ===* Ruh, Brian (2004). ''Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii''. Palgrave Macmillan. * * *   Production I.G=== Specific ===