Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society, directed by Kenji Kamiyama and released in Japan in November 2006, has been awarded with the Jury Prize at the 21st Digital Content Grand Prix.

Produced by Production I.G, Bandai Visual, Bandai Entertainment, Dentsu, Nippon Television Network, Victor Entertainment, Tokuma Shoten and Manga Entertainment, and based on the original comic books written by Shirow Masamune, Solid State Society is the latest chapter of the world-hit Japanese animation saga Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, started in 2002 with a hugely successful TV series.

In the past, Production I.G has been honored twice with Digital Content Grand Prix recognitions. In 2003 (18th Digital Content Grand Prix) President & CEO Mitsuhisa Ishikawa received the Chairman Prize for his achievements as producer and entrepreneur, and in 2004 (19th Digital Content Grand Prix) Mamoru Oshii's Innocence received the Grand Prix in the Hit Content Division.

The Award Ceremony of the 21st Digital Content Grand Prix will take place at the Akiba 3D Theater, UDX Building, Akihabara, Tokyo, on February 16, 2007.

With more than 1.5 million copies sold in Japan and 100.000 copies per volume sold in the USA, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex has consolidated his place among the classics in the world of science fiction. Now, after two years from the acclaimed 52-episode TV series that started all in 2002, director Kenji Kamiyama and his creative team have produced a completely new chapter: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society, is a feature-length 105 minute movie that has required an unprecedented budget of 360 million yen (or 3.20 million dollars), in order to provide theatrical quality. The USA DVD release is scheduled on July 3, 2007.

The 21st Digital Content Grand Prix, cosponsored by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Digital Content Association of Japan (DCAJ) to praise those people or companies who brought such technologies, service systems, and hit digital content as helped the Japanese digital content industry grow in 2006.

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