Sanders also talked about Ghost in the Shell's central character, Major, who he described as being 'powerful, sexual, and just a fundamentally exciting character.' She is both human and machine, which make for a very interesting and multi-faceted character, Sanders said. 'My goal was to build a bigger film around the source material while honoring the heart and philosophical essence, as well as the iconic images that have made the story universally popular.' 'We didn't want to copy it frame for frame, but we also didn't want to reinvent it from the ground up since it is so essential to how fans experience the story. That imagery has enraptured fans all over the world and it was the cornerstone for us as we developed the movie,' he said.

'I first returned to the visual language of the original manga, which really caught my imagination. In a post on the PlayStation Blog, Ghost in the Shell director Rupert Sanders talked about the challenge of translating the anime into a live-action movie.

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