is a 1993 Japanese
anime film directed by
Mamoru Oshii, who also directed . It was produced by
Production I.G,
Bandai Visual and
Tohokushinsha. The movie has taken some liberties from being a mecha-themed movie in theme to a political-themed one with domestic and international issues that the Japanese government had faced during the 20th century. The main theme of the movie is mainly based on the status of
Japan, which had been economically, politically and technologically progressing under prosperous years without being involved in another war after the nation's defeat and occupation by the
Allied Forces after the end of World War II.