Photographic brand placement in Ghost In The Shell

[jaredangle]

The 1990's/2000's anime series "Ghost in the Shell" (3 movies, 2+ TV seasons) is about a specialized secret police counterterrorism unit operating in a futuristic Japan in the 2040's, with many of the characters having cyborg body parts, etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_shell

In several different scenes across different episodes, current optics/camera brands can be seen on devices used by the characters, such as a tiny "Carl Zeiss" on the iris of the main character's cyborg eyes, and a separate scene where a character uses a set of binoculars labeled "Mamiya".

Just thought this was interesting, later I can add links to screenshots.

[regularchickens]

There's a number of anime I've seen that obviously had camera geeks on staff (or at least were very well-researched). Every so often you'll see a Nikon F2, an M, a Rolleiflex (especially popular these days), etc.

[Freakscene]

It is cool; we've noted that here before. I can completely believe that Carl Zeiss could/will develop bionic eye technology.

There's another thread here containing GiTS discussion - there was/is(?) a member here whose screen name was Ghost in the Shell - he is/was an aspiring anime artist.

Marty

[gerikson]

I think they were inspired by the "Zeiss Ikon" bionic eyes in William Gibson's Sprawl trilogy, starting with "Neuromancer" in 1984...