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Miyazaki scholar observed that the urban settings have a "China Town style" and resemble the cityscapes of Mamoru Oshii's "Ghost in the Shell" animated film adaptation, in production at the time. While Miyazaki has been non-committal about the nature of his winged entity in "On your Mark", Kanō noted that the manga "", an unfinished collaborative effort by Oshii and Satoshi Kon, with its "Angel Disease" theme, was still serialized in Animage at the time Miyazaki was creating "On Your Mark" in 1995.