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Mamoru OSHII

押井 守


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Family name (in kanji): 押井 
Given name (in kanji):  
Date of birth: 1951-08-08 
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan 
Favorites:
Animator: Koji Morimoto 
Director: Andrzej Wajda 
Director: David Lynch 
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville 
Director: Kinji Fukasaku 
Director: Ridley Scott 
Director: Robert Aldrich 
Director: Robert Bresson 
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro 
Director: Yoshishige Yoshida 
Every time he goes to the USA he visits a shooting range 
Film: 1984 
Film: Blade Runner 
Film: Emperor of the North Pole 
Film: La Jetée 
Film: Solaris 
Film: Stalker 
Film: The Flight of the Phoenix 
Film: The Mirror 
Gabu (short for Gabrielle), his basset hound 
He loves guns 
Mentioned being inspired by French filmmaker Jean Luc Godard at Cannes 2004. 
Web Diary / Blog:
Twitter (Japanese) 
Non-anime staff credits:
Director for "Avalon" (live-action movie) (Polish) 
Director for "Tachiguishi retsuden" (live-action film) 
Supervisor for "Mobile Police Patlabor Comes Back: MiniPato" (Japanese) 
Review:
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Japanese Box Office (Mar 8, 2005)
Movies From Oshii (Aug 29, 2004)
Wired on Anime (Aug 26, 2004)
Windy Tales Correction (Mar 9, 2004)
Windy Tales first look (Mar 9, 2004)
Suzuki interview (Dec 25, 2002)
All About Japan Anime (Mar 14, 2002)
Ask Oshii (Mar 11, 2002)
No Angel's Egg in 2002 (Oct 25, 2001)
Patlabor 3 Details (Sep 14, 2001)
EX is back (Jun 25, 2001)
Lots of Bandai News (Apr 5, 2001)
Japanese Theatre News (Nov 13, 2000)
Avalon Preview online (Nov 10, 2000)
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More Blood News (Sep 29, 2000)
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eps 10, 14, 17, 21, 27, 33, 39
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eps 3, 9, 14, 29, 38
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eps 14, 31, 37, 41, 44, 48
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Halo Legends (OAV) as Himself (Making-of) 
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