{"product_id":"ghost-in-the-shell-攻殻機動隊-original-release-japanese-movie-poster-1995-ultra-rare-b1-size-approx-73-103-cm-copy","title":"“Ghost in the Shell” (攻殻機動隊), Scarce Original Japanese Artpresto CYBERNETICS 5 Untrimmed Production‑Proof \/ Printer‑Control Sheet 1997, Large Format c. 78.5 × 59 cm Q145","description":"\u003cp data-end=\"576\" data-start=\"170\"\u003eThis is an \u003cstrong data-end=\"243\" data-start=\"181\"\u003eoriginal Japanese Artpresto large-format promotional sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cem data-end=\"268\" data-start=\"248\"\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/em\u003e, produced in Japan in 1997 and preserved in an unusually revealing \u003cstrong data-end=\"390\" data-start=\"336\"\u003euntrimmed production-proof \/ printer-control state\u003c\/strong\u003e. Rather than a standard finished wall poster, this example retains its wide raw factory margins, crop and registration marks, colour-control strip, and lower-margin production metadata.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"949\" data-start=\"578\"\u003eThe sheet is marked \u003cstrong data-end=\"632\" data-start=\"598\"\u003e“ARTPRESTO 1997 MADE IN JAPAN”\u003c\/strong\u003e and carries the rights line \u003cstrong data-end=\"735\" data-start=\"661\"\u003e©1995 Masamune Shirow \/ Kodansha \/ Bandai Visual \/ MANGA ENTERTAINMENT\u003c\/strong\u003e. Artpresto was active in official character goods, posters, and specialty printed promotional material.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1308\" data-start=\"1279\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"1308\" data-start=\"1279\"\u003eDating and identification\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1522\" data-start=\"1310\"\u003eThe lower production margin contains printed technical information including \u003cstrong data-end=\"1396\" data-start=\"1387\"\u003eCMYBk\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"1426\" data-start=\"1398\"\u003e“Job Name: koukaku_T_ap”\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-end=\"1454\" data-start=\"1428\"\u003e“Folder No.3 Top flat”\u003c\/strong\u003e, and the Japanese output line \u003cstrong data-end=\"1521\" data-start=\"1485\"\u003e出力日時：1997年06月06日（金）21時36分28秒 JST\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"1916\" data-start=\"1524\"\u003eThis identifies the sheet as a production-stage object connected to the print workflow. The Japanese term \u003cstrong data-end=\"1638\" data-start=\"1630\"\u003e出力日時\u003c\/strong\u003e is best understood as \u003cstrong data-end=\"1681\" data-start=\"1661\"\u003eoutput date\/time\u003c\/strong\u003e, rather than a handwritten annotation or later seller description. The timestamp places the sheet on \u003cstrong data-end=\"1814\" data-start=\"1783\"\u003e6 June 1997 at 21:36:28 JST\u003c\/strong\u003e, in the same period as the broader 1997 \u003cem data-end=\"1875\" data-start=\"1855\"\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/em\u003e merchandising and promotional programme.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2367\" data-start=\"1918\"\u003eThe retained margins are central to the object’s significance. The right edge shows a full vertical \u003cstrong data-end=\"2047\" data-start=\"2018\"\u003eCMYK colour-control strip\u003c\/strong\u003e, while the upper and side edges preserve crop and alignment guides. These features would normally be outside the finished image area and removed or excluded from a standard trimmed poster. This example is an \u003cstrong data-end=\"2366\" data-start=\"2311\"\u003euntrimmed printer-control or production-proof sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2748\" data-start=\"2369\"\u003eThe circular device at upper left reads \u003cstrong data-end=\"2428\" data-start=\"2409\"\u003e“5 CYBERNETICS”\u003c\/strong\u003e, identifying this as the \u003cstrong data-end=\"2471\" data-start=\"2454\"\u003eCYBERNETICS 5\u003c\/strong\u003e design within Artpresto’s numbered \u003cem data-end=\"2527\" data-start=\"2507\"\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/em\u003e CYBERNETICS sequence. Publicly documented examples from related CYBERNETICS numbers suggest a broader numbered series, making this a scarce surviving example from that production group rather than a one-off retail issue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"2767\" data-start=\"2750\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"2767\" data-start=\"2750\"\u003ePoster design\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3136\" data-start=\"2769\"\u003eThe composition is a densely layered cyberpunk montage centred on \u003cstrong data-end=\"2860\" data-start=\"2835\"\u003eMajor Motoko Kusanagi\u003c\/strong\u003e, shown in the foreground holding a compact firearm against a luminous mechanical landscape. Her figure is rendered in deep violet, red, and blue tones, merging human anatomy with synthetic surface and suggesting the film’s central tension between body, machine, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3479\" data-start=\"3138\"\u003eBehind her rises a pale cybernetic face, fractured by red circuit-like lines and partially overlaid with exposed mechanical structures. A futuristic city skyline occupies the upper left field, while a hovering rotor craft projects a vertical red beam downward, intensifying the sense of surveillance, intervention, and technological control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"3909\" data-start=\"3481\"\u003eAt the right edge, the title \u003cstrong data-end=\"3532\" data-start=\"3510\"\u003eGHOST IN THE SHELL\u003c\/strong\u003e appears in a tall vertical masthead over a dark, neon architectural ground. The typography is metallic and imposing, integrated with red linear circuitry and digital colour fragments. The overall design has the visual character of a late-1990s Japanese specialty print: saturated, reflective, highly graphic, and unmistakably tied to the cybernetic aesthetic of the franchise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4268\" data-start=\"3911\"\u003eThe sheet is printed on a \u003cstrong data-end=\"4011\" data-start=\"3948\"\u003emetallic finished reflective substrate (not normal paper stock)\u003c\/strong\u003e, with a pronounced sheen visible across both the image and the margins. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"4307\" data-start=\"4270\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"4307\" data-start=\"4270\"\u003eWhy collectors prize this example\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-end=\"5596\" data-start=\"4309\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"4467\" data-start=\"4309\" data-section-id=\"1lxbc8r\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"4368\" data-start=\"4311\"\u003eOriginal 1997 Japanese Artpresto production artefact:\u003c\/strong\u003e marked \u003cstrong data-end=\"4410\" data-start=\"4376\"\u003e“ARTPRESTO 1997 MADE IN JAPAN”\u003c\/strong\u003e with period rights information for \u003cem data-end=\"4466\" data-start=\"4446\"\u003eGhost in the Shell\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"4647\" data-start=\"4469\" data-section-id=\"1bjvxay\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"4507\" data-start=\"4471\"\u003eUntrimmed printer-control state:\u003c\/strong\u003e retains wide factory margins, crop guides, registration features, colour bars, and workflow metadata normally absent from finished posters.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"4798\" data-start=\"4649\" data-section-id=\"1bgbraj\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"4687\" data-start=\"4651\"\u003eTimestamped production evidence:\u003c\/strong\u003e the lower margin records \u003cstrong data-end=\"4742\" data-start=\"4713\"\u003e6 June 1997, 21:36:28 JST\u003c\/strong\u003e, giving the sheet unusually specific documentary value.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"4952\" data-start=\"4800\" data-section-id=\"1n5yaik\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"4827\" data-start=\"4802\"\u003eCYBERNETICS 5 design:\u003c\/strong\u003e part of the desirable Artpresto CYBERNETICS sequence, with the upper-left roundel clearly identifying this numbered variant.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"5142\" data-start=\"4954\" data-section-id=\"2mo50\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"4994\" data-start=\"4956\"\u003eMajor Motoko Kusanagi key imagery:\u003c\/strong\u003e a strong cybernetic composition combining Kusanagi, exposed machinery, a synthetic face, city architecture, aircraft, and vertical title treatment.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"5338\" data-start=\"5144\" data-section-id=\"kb5253\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"5184\" data-start=\"5146\"\u003eSpecialty reflective presentation:\u003c\/strong\u003e the metallic-looking surface and production margins give the sheet a distinctive industrial quality closely aligned with the franchise’s visual language.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-end=\"5596\" data-start=\"5340\" data-section-id=\"h6xse5\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-end=\"5374\" data-start=\"5342\"\u003eMore than a standard poster:\u003c\/strong\u003e its importance lies not only in the printed image, but in the preserved evidence of manufacture, making it attractive to collectors of anime production material, Japanese promotional print culture, and cyberpunk ephemera.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"5611\" data-start=\"5598\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-end=\"5611\" data-start=\"5598\"\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6016\" data-start=\"5613\"\u003eVery Good \/ Excellent condition overall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-end=\"6269\" data-start=\"6018\"\u003eThe production borders remain intact, including the right-side colour-control strip and lower workflow metadata. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-is-only-node=\"\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-end=\"6560\" 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