It helped give anime the attention it deserved as a legitimate art form -- and animation as a whole -- and made for one of the most memorable cyberpunk-themed productions in pop culture.
On the theatrical front, the 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie stands alongside the likes of Akira as one of the driving forces for the anime genre in the west. It helped give anime the attention it deserved as a legitimate art form -- and animation as a whole -- and made for one of the most memorable cyberpunk-themed productions in pop culture.