Hideo Kojima wanted to invite Mamuro Oshii, the author of Ghost in the Shell anime, to Death Stranding

During the Brain Structure podcast, Death Stranding author Hideo Kojima revealed that he planned to add the director of the full-length anime "Ghost in the Shell" Mamuro Oshii to the game.

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