PUBLIC ANIME Meetup & Screening: Ghost in the Shell (1995)

PUBLIC ANIME is a monthly meetup for Baltimore-area fans of anime, manga, and Japanese culture and art! On Friday, November 21, we will hangout for board games, karaoke, sip and paint and a screening of the classic anime, science fiction movie, "Ghost in the Shell" (1995).

Doors open at 6 p.m. Come meet fellow anime fans. The screening is free with purchase of food and drink from the venue.

About the Movie: A female cybernetic government agent, Major Motoko Kusanagi, and the Internal Bureau of Investigations are hot on the trail of "The Puppet Master," a mysterious and threatening computer virus capable of infiltrating human hosts. Together, with her fellow agents from Section 9, they embark on a high-tech race against time to capture the omnipresent entity.

Ghost in the Shell took the world by storm in the mid-90's, exhibiting a new dimension of anime with unprecedented, mesmerizing cinematic expression. Seamlessly merging traditional animation with the latest computer graphic imagery, this stunning sci-fi spectacle challenged the boundaries of mainstream animation with detailed artistic expression and a uniquely intelligent story line.

Veteran director Mamoru Oshii skillfully creates the ultimate anime experience in this futuristic masterpiece based on the groundbreaking comic book by Masamune Shirow. A movie that questions human existence in the fast-paced world of the information age, this award-winning, cyber-tech thriller has established itself as one of the leading Japanese animation films of all time.