Four of the most legendary anime movies of all time will soon have a new streaming home in the United States. The Criterion Channel will be adding numerous new titles to its growing online platform this August.
Criterion’s official website shared the news that four of Japan’s most celebrated anime films would be added to The Criterion Channel in August 2025. The featured titles include the 1995 cyberpunk masterpiece Ghost in the Shell, an avant-garde anime film called TAMALA 2010: A Punk Cat in Space, the 2006 psychological thriller Paprika, and 2009’s sci-fi racetrack adventure Redline.
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Criterion Channel Adds Legendary Anime Movies to Streaming Service
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Ghost in the Shell was directed by Mamoru Oshii and based on Masamune Shirow’s manga of the same name. It tells the dystopian story of Major Motoko Kusanagi, a cyborg security agent who hunts down a hacker known as the Puppet Master. It is widely considered one of the greatest anime sci-fi films of all time, with a controversial Hollywood live-action reinterpretation starring Scarlett Johansson being released in 2017.
Redline was directed by Takeshi Koike and is also set in a distant future, telling the story of a man named JP as he faces numerous challenges while trying to become the victor of the titular underground race. Like Ghost in the Shell, Redline has become a cult classic film in the years after its original theatrical release.
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Satoshi Kon (Perfect Blue) delivered a surreal high-concept thriller with Paprika, mixing elements of sci-fi and fantasy to tell the story of Psychiatrist Dr. Atsuko Chiba, who works on a device that allows people to share their dreams and explore their unconscious. When the device is stolen, the lines between dreams and reality begin to blur as Dr. Chiba enters her patients’ dreams as her alter-ego, Paprika, and tries to recover the lost device.
TAMALA 2010: A Punk Cat in Space was directed by the two-person team known as t.o.L (“trees of Life”). With designs similar to Hello Kitty and Astro Boy, the film follows Tamala, a cat living on Planet Cat Earth in the Feline Galaxy, as she meets Michelangelo and learns more about her homeworld Orion.
The Criterion Channel is an independent streaming service that mixes classic and contemporary films. Monthly subscriptions are currently listed at $10.99, with an annual membership costing $99.99. A free 7-day trial is available for those looking to try the channel out before committing, although this is only available for those living in the United States and Canada.
Ghost in the Shell, Redline, Paprika and TAMALA 2010: A Punk Cat in Space will arrive on The Criterion Channel this August.
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Ghost in the Shell
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December 8, 1995
- Runtime
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83 Minutes
- Director
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Mizuho Nishikubo, Mamoru Oshii
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Redline
- Release Date
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August 14, 2009
- Runtime
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102 minutes
- Director
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Takeshi Koike
Cast
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Takeshi Aono
Old Man Mole
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Paprika
- Release Date
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November 25, 2006
- Runtime
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90 Minutes
- Director
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Satoshi Kon
- Writers
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Yasutaka Tsutsui, Seishi Minakami, Satoshi Kon
Source: Criterion
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