....ghostpage................tHE gHOST in THE sHELL........the first japanese animation to explore the phenonomen of cyber punk as a not distant future reality............ The settings are gruelingly down to earth, sometimes in a congested outdoor market square, othertimes, taking to the air above complex freeway systems. The latest cyber-tech cops take on the jobs that an ever more sophisticated criminal element procure and the result is extreme action......but even this new breed of law enforcer must question their own place as the sparwling living metropolis moves into a new frontier.....cyber-space.......