Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Official Log 1 (DVD) (Japanese Animation) >Out of Print<

DVD: 90 minutes

• Analysis of episodes OA.01 through OA.19 from many points of view.
• Interview archives featuring never-before-seen footage and interviews with Kenji Kamiyama (director), Atsuko Tanaka (Motoko Kusanagi), Osama Saka (Daisuke Aramaki), Akio Ohtsuka (Batou), Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (sound director), Kouichi Yamadera (Togusa), Sakiko Tamagawa (Tachikoma), Kenji Teraoka & Sinobu Tsuneki (mechanical designers).
• 9th Studio Digital Works featuring report on digital animation productions by Production I.G. and interviews with Eiji Inomoto (3D animator), Yumiko Katayama (color), Makoto Endo (3D Director), Nobuhiko Genma (mechanical animation director), Yuichiro Matsuka (producer).

Book: 148 pages

• Introduction:  What is Ghost In the Shell?  Created by Masamune Shirow, the world of GitS is thoroughly explained from manga to movie to game and TV episodes.
• Characters:  Character Profiles starting with Kusanagi and profiles of the main character from Public Security Section 9 with personality and combat data.
• Story: Unraveling the meaning of each episode OA.01 through OA.19, investigating the technological terms and commentary from the GitS creative team as well as investigating the technological terms and background.
• Design and Interviews: Interviews with the main character designers, mechanical and background artists and exploration of the artistic world of GitS featuring Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Production I.G. producer), Hajime Shimomura (character designer), Kenji Teraoka, Sinobu Tsuneki (mechanical designers), Yusuki Takeda (art director), Hiroshi Kato (background art), Kazuhiro Wakabayashi (sound director), Nobuhiko Genma (mechanical animation director), Toshiyuki Kono, Masaki Tachibana, Jun Matsumoto, Kazuki Fusegi, and Kenichi Takeshita (storyboard and unit directors).
• Special Section: Stapa Saito’s essay on GitS: SAC, where he explores the advantages of the cyberbrain life.