Of course, I immediately recalled several (obvious and loosely related) things."This desire to include quotes by other authors came from Godard. The text is very important for a film, that I learned from him. It gives a certain richness to cinema because the visual is not all there is. Thanks to Godard, the spectator can concoct his own interpretation. [...] The image associated to the text corresponds to a unifying act that aims at renewing cinema, that lets it take on new dimensions."
1) The episode 3 of Ghost in the Shell, stand alone complex, makes direct quote references to "Breathless", one of Godard's films. (This series is from completely different creators, but I believe the reference is a nod to Innocence and obviously the sharing of same interests/ideas.)
2) The relationship between Oshii and Kojima, specifically when Kojima did Policenauts and Oshii played the game. And Kojima being a fan of Oshii's work.
3) The Goddard name in Policenauts. The katakana representation of the name is ゴダード (though romanization is always (?) Goddard).
4) Kojima also likes placing quotes here and there, though it is neither as direct (or not translated as literally).
What do you guys think?