News Kenji Kamiyama and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Q&A Transcript
posted on 2005-03-11 13:11 EST by Christopher Macdonald
Anime Advanced has posted a transcript of the Q&A session with Kenji Kamiyama and Mitsuhisa Ishikawa from the TAF event in Hollywood. Most of the Q&A focuses on Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
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