Ghost in the Shell Producer Denies Whitewashing, Calls It an 'International Story'Clover HopeFriday 12:04pm1545EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkA producer for the U.S. adaptation of the Japanese manga Ghost in the Shell is trying to skate out of whitewashing controversy by describing the film as “international.” “I don’t think it was just a Japanese story,” he says.