Abstract
After a five-year hiatus, Oshii returned to feature directing in 2000 with the film Avalon. Through his new film, Oshii would revisit many of the characteristic visual themes he had been working on in Ghost in the Shell, but this time he would move away from animation and conduct his film in the realm of live action.
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Ruh, B. (2004). Avalon (2000). In: Stray Dog of Anime. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403982797_8
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