Mamoru Oshii filmography
Mamoru Oshii is a prolific Japanese film director, television director, and writer. In a career that has so far spanned more than thirty 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.
Director
| Year | Title | Type | Medium | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977–1978 | Ippatsu Kanta-kun | Animated | TV series | Directed 2 episodes |
| 1977–1979 | Yatterman | Animated | TV series | Directed 2 episodes |
| 1978–1979 | Gatchaman II | Animated | TV series | Directed 3 episodes |
| 1979–1980 | Zenderman | Animated | TV series | Directed 9 episodes |
| 1980–1981 | The Wonderful Adventures of Nils | Animated | TV series | Directed 18 episodes |
| 1981–1982 | Belle and Sebastian | Animated | TV series | Directed 2 episodes |
| 1981–1986 | Urusei Yatsura | Animated | TV series | Served as "chief director" from episodes 1 to 106, directed 24 episodes |
| 1983 | Urusei Yatsura: Only You | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 1983–1984 | Dallos | Animated | OVA | |
| 1984 | Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 1985 | Angel's Egg | Animated | OVA | |
| 1987 | While Waiting for the Red Spectacles | N/A | Radio drama | |
| 1987 | The Red Spectacles | Live-action | Feature Film | |
| 1987 | Twilight Q: FILE538 | Animated | OVA | Directed second part |
| 1988 | Mobile Police Patlabor | Animated | OVA | |
| 1989 | Patlabor: The Movie | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 1989 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | Animated | OVA | |
| 1990 | MAROKO | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 1991 | StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops | Live-action | Feature Film | |
| 1992 | Talking Head | Live-action | Feature Film | |
| 1993 | Patlabor 2: The Movie | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 1995 | Ghost in the Shell | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 2001 | Avalon | Live-action | Feature Film | |
| 2003 | Killers – .50 Woman | Live-action | Short Film | |
| 2004 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 2005 | Open Your Mind | Animated | Musical Drama | |
| 2006 | Kerberos Panzer Jäger | N/A | Radio drama | |
| 2006 | Tachiguishi Retsuden | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 2006 | Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden Ketsune korokke no Ogin: Paresuchina shitō hen | Live-action | Short Film | |
| 2007 | Ani-Kuri 15 – Project Mermaid | Animated | Animated short | |
| 2007 | Shin-Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden – The Golden Fish Girl & Assault Girl | Live-action | Short Film | |
| 2008 | Ghost in the Shell 2.0 | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 2008 | The Sky Crawlers | Animated | Feature Film | |
| 2008 | Kill – Assault Girl 2 | Live-action | Short Film | |
| 2009 | Assault Girls | Live-action | Feature Film | |
| 2010 | 28 1/2 Mousou no Kyojin | Live-action | Feature Film | |
| 2010 | Je t'aime | Animated | Short Film | 12 min. |
| 2014-2015 | The Next Generation -Patlabor- | Live-action | Feature Film | |
| 2015 | The Next Generation -Patlabor-: Syutokessen | Live-action | Feature Film | |
| 2015 | Tokyo Mukokuseki Shojo | Live-action | Feature Film | |
| 2015 | Garm Wars: The Last Druid | Live-action | Feature Film | This is Oshii's first English language live-action film. |
Writer
| Year | Title | Medium | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–1986 | Urusei Yatsura | Television Script | Wrote 7 episodes |
| 1983–1984 | Dallos | Screenplay | Wrote 3 episodes |
| 1983–1984 | Mrs. Pepper Pot | Television script | Wrote 1 episode |
| 1984 | Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer | Screenplay | |
| 1985 | Angel's Egg | Screenplay | |
| 1987 | The Red Spectacles | Screenplay | |
| 1987 | Twilight Q | Screenplay | Wrote second part |
| 1987 | While Waiting for the Red Spectacles | Radio Drama Script | |
| 1988–2000 | Kerberos Panzer Cop | Manga | Illustrated by Kamui Fujiwara |
| 1989 | Gosenzosama Banbanzai! | Screenplay | |
| 1989–1990 | Patlabor: The TV Series/Mobile Police Patlabor | Television Script | Wrote 5 episodes |
| 1990 | Maroko | Screenplay | |
| 1990–1992 | Patlabor: The Mobile Police: New Files | Television Script | Wrote 4 episodes |
| 1991 | StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops | Screenplay | |
| 1992 | Talking Head | Screenplay | |
| 1994–1995 | Seraphim 266,613,336 Wings | Manga | Illustrated by Satoshi Kon |
| 1999 | Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade | Screenplay | |
| 2000 | Avalon: Gray Lady | Novel | |
| 2002 | MiniPato: Mobile Police Patlabor Minimum | Screenplay | |
| 2003 | Killers – .50 Woman | Screenplay | |
| 2003–2005 | Kerberos Saga Rainy Dogs | Manga | |
| 2004 | Tachiguishi Retsuden | Novel | |
| 2004 | Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | Screenplay | |
| 2005 | Blood: The Last Vampire: Night of the Beasts | Novel | |
| 2005 | Elle is Burning | Screenplay | Unfilmed screenplay |
| 2006 | Kerberos Panzer Jäger | Radio Drama Script | |
| 2006 | Tachiguishi Retsuden | Screenplay | |
| 2006–2007 | Kerberos & Tachiguishi | Manga | |
| 2006 | Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden | Screenplay | |
| 2007 | Shin-Onna Tachiguishi Retsuden | Screenplay | |
| 2008 | Kill – Assault Girl 2 | Screenplay | |
| 2009 | Musashi: The Dream of the Last Samurai | Screenplay | |
| 2009 | Assault Girls | Screenplay | |
| 2014-2015 | The Next Generation -Patlabor- | Screenplay | Co-writer |
| 2014 | Garm Wars: The Last Druid | Story | Screenplay by Geoffrey Gunn. |
Storyboard artist
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1977–1978 | Ippatsu Kanta-Kun | Storyboarded 4 episodes |
| 1977–1979 | Yatterman | Storyboarded 2 episodes |
| 1978–1979 | Gatchaman II | Storyboarded 3 episodes |
| 1978–1979 | Majokko Tickle | Storyboarded 1 episode |
| 1979–1980 | Zenderman | Storyboarded 10 episodes |
| 1980–1981 | The Wonderful Adventures of Nils | Storyboarded 11 episodes |
| 1980–1981 | Rescueman | Storyboarded 6 episodes |
| 1981–1982 | Yattodetaman | Storyboarded 6 episodes |
| 1981–1982 | Belle and Sebastian | Storyboarded 2 episodes |
| 1981–1982 | Golden Warrior Gold Lightan | Storyboarded 2 episodes |
| 1981–1983 | Miss Machiko | Storyboarded 1 episode |
| 1981–1986 | Urusei Yatsura | Storyboarded 21 episodes |
| 1981–1986 | Urusei Yatsura: Only You | |
| 1981–1986 | Dashu Kappei | Storyboarded 1 episode |
| 1982–1983 | Gyakuten! Ippatsuman | Storyboarded 7 episodes |
| 1983–1984 | Little Mrs. Pepperpot | Storyboarded 1 episode |
| 1983–1985 | The Yearling | Storyboarded 2 episodes |
| 1983–1984 | Dallos | Storyboarded 3 episodes |
| 1987 | Zillion | Storyboarded 3 episodes |
| 1988 | Mobile Police Patlabor | Storyboarded all 6 episodes |
| 1989–1990 | Gosenzo-sama Banbanzai! | Storyboarded all 6 episodes |
Miscellaneous
| Year | Title | Medium | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–1982 | Belle and Sebastian | TV series | Production Assistant | For 2 episodes |
| 1987 | In the Aftermath | Feature Film | Directed by Carl Colpaert. Uses footage from Angel's Egg, which was written and directed by Oshii | |
| 1999 | King of My Castle | Music video | Single by Wamdue Project. Music video is composed of footage from Ghost in the Shell | |
| 2000 | Blood: The Last Vampire | Feature Film | Co-Planner (Team Oshii) | |
| 2004 | Mobile Police Patlabor Comes Back: MiniPato | Video game | Supervisor | |
| 2004 | Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG | TV series | Story Concept | |
| 2005 | Blood+ | TV series | Co-Planner | |
| 2008 | The Sky Crawlers: Innocent Aces | Video game | Special Consultant | |
| 2009 | Halo Legends – The Duel | Short film | Creative Director | |
| 2012 | Kick-Heart | Short Film | Project Consultant | Project directed by Masaaki Yuasa |
References
- Ruh, Brian (2004). Stray Dog of Anime: The Films of Mamoru Oshii. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-4039-6334-7
- Mamoru Oshii at the Internet Movie Database
- Mamoru Oshii at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Production I.G
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