The other animated feature in this year's programme, Oshii Mamoru's The Sky Crawlers, will be screened at Venice on Wednesday.

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The Sky Crawlers, meanwhile, sees Oshii Mamoru, creator of celebrated anime Ghost in the Shell, bring his philosophical outlook to a science-fiction romance about young fighter pilots.

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The two main individuals behind AmwWorld are Mamoru Saito and Takahito Sakagami, both of Japan, who are named in ongoing civil litigation on behalf of investors claiming to have been defrauded (Southern District of New York, Case No. 1:10-civ-06465 BSG-GWG).

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