This is the fifth (?) time we’ve adapted ghost in the shell, and we’ve become exceedingly efficient at it
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This looks far closer to the original manga character designs than any other adaptation I’ve seen. That’s an interesting choice.
All the clips appear to be directly from scenes in the manga.
Yeah, I recognized quite a few. This actually makes me very concerned about the tone of this new adaptation. The original manga is quite reactionary, and frankly misogynistic and racist. What made the 1995 adaptation work so well is that Mamoru Oshii knew what to adapt faithfully, what to change, and what to jettison.
Spoilers for both the original manga and the 1995 movie
For me the most important change was the interrogation scene of the garbage truck worker. In the manga, his plight of losing his real memories and being implanted with fake ones is treated as a joke by the members of section 9. In the 1995 movie it’s treated with the utmost seriousness. It would be horrifying to be in his situation, and even the jaded paramilitary types in section 9 are kind to him. And the whole time, Motoko is on the other side of the one-way glass and pressing her hand to it in silence as if trying to emotionally connect with the poor guy. Oshii knew what he was doing to both emphasize to the audience the horror of the situation, and to humanize Motoko.
Will this first-time director be able to bring humanity to the manga like Oshii did, or will he just be a hired gun and do straight manga-accurate T&A & violence? I guess we’ll have to wait and see.
Reading through the manga I definitely see your concerns. There is a very reactionary tone that I didn’t see as much in the film or in Stand Alone Complex, though not to ignore the reactionary issues in those medias.
mfers better not doom my yuri
Are you talking about that censored scene in the manga?
mostly about the implied makeouts in the trailer, i’m a filthy tourist and haven’t even read the manga
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_(manga)
Censorship The removal of a two-page lesbian sex scene in Studio Proteus’s localization of Ghost in the Shell was not well received, with readers reacting negatively to the removal of the previously uncensored content that was included in the original Dark Horse release. Toren Smith commented on Studio Proteus’s actions claiming that requirement of the “mature readers only” would translate into a 40% loss in sales and likely have caused the immediate cancellation of the series. Shirow, who grew tired of “taking flak” over the pages, opted to remove them and reworked the previous page as necessary.
Toren Smith on Manga Censorship http://www.sazan.net/digest/news/toren.shtml
Nothing much happens between Motoko and Curtain in the manga relationship-wise, they seem to already have a stable friendship that has a sexual dimension, or relatively casual ongoing romance, and are both ringleaders of an illicit cyberbrain lesbian orgy scene.
it better be silly
Science Saru is Masaaki Yuasa’s studio, I’m ready to slurp up the slop.
He was forced out a couple years ago. He founded a studio called Ame Pippin basically immediately after. Might want to keep an eye out for that.
Oh I didn’t realize, was just talking a friend into watching Inu-oh a few days ago
Just like Jason Statham movies, keep em coming, I’ll eat that slop all day
This is going to be peak guys
July 7th?!
Better carry on reading through the manga then.
