I wish they kept the original cast, but Maaya as Motoko doesn't sound bad.
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Ghost in the Shell Arise announced - Details updated in OP
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I wish they kept the original cast, but Maaya as Motoko doesn't sound bad.
They didn't want to because this is a prequel with the cast as younger characters before they joined Section 9.
heliosRAzi
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They should've just did a 3rd gig and did episodes that revolved around the other characters like what they did with Saito and Paz in 2nd gig.
Their faces looks small.
Yoko Kanno needs to come back.
It doesn't look so bad to me. I mean she's a cyborg, she beats up people, and reflects internally at times. All those things were in the trailer! Though Motoko's character has been pretty different in every GitS adaptation so it's hard to say which one is the best or more accurate version.
I do think it's funny that outside Motoko, Batou, and Arakawa no one else looks younger.
It doesn't look so bad to me. I mean she's a cyborg, she beats up people, and reflects internally at times. All those things were in the trailer! Though Motoko's character has been pretty different in every GitS adaptation so it's hard to say which one is the best or more accurate version.
I do think it's funny that outside Motoko, Batou, and Arakawa no one else looks younger.
Maaya has historically played young versions of Motoko, both in SAC and in the original 1995 movie. So she's a natural pick for the role.
No gray hair/No hair = Younger (?)
ElectricBlue187
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I do not care for green eyed Batou
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I'm ok with this. Like someone else mentioned, the faces look a little small but the rest of the characters look a lot more on model than the Major. Maybe a little too bright in the colour specturm overall though but it does look like GitS to me.
SolidusDave
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They don't look so much younger apart from Motoko and the Chief
I didn't think the whole team would be in this, now it looks more like the beginning of Section 9 and not early Motoko... (hasn't she done a lot of stuff by then already? I remember the Saito backstory in which she fought against him in WWIV or whatever. Using an older looking cyborg body
).I think I would have preferred a full season but I don't think this OVA looks bad. Actually looks very much like SAC to me, style-wise.
It's a 4-part movie/OVA. 50mins each.
Neither. ;]
To be fair, Japanese drama is mostly pretty shit with bad acting and writing. All of the serious crime/drama that have tried to emulate CSI is dreadful. So in a way their right, CSI is better quality than what Japan tends to make. Sad really.
Doctor Decimate
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i'm confused. what is this a prequel to?
Simple but i like it. What the fuck at Saito with a mohawk smh. Seems to be the rise of Section 9 which i'm a-ok with.
Yeesh. How come the faces suck so much?
ElectricBlue187
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Seems more actiony than I was expecting Moe GiTS to be. Reminds me of the Ergo Proxy trailer, girl acting melancholy in a shower, action scenes in a future envrionment and no plot
If it's popular enough don't see why not. Series or movie could be on the cards.
Zeouterlimits
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ComputerMKII
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It looks ugly!
hu? what else?
TheKaeptain
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Doesn't look bad.
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Yeah, seriously. I need more Cyberpunk in my life.
I doubt it. The multiple short movies thing has been sort of a trend with bigger anime projects recently and it seems to be more profitable than regular TV series. If this does well I imagine it would just lead to another series of movies or something.
They all look okay to me, except Motoko.
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She looks like a stick. Needs more hips.
I'd be cool with that.
Safer to have it do its own thing instead of making it an extension of something people may or may not have seen.
Separate continuity.
ElectricBlue187
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I doubt they will have time to concern themselves with Saito's backstory
Likely it's a different universe.
That being said it sorta doesn't make any sense. For one I thought Togusa was supposed to be the "younger guy". He looks older than the Major in this. Also, it's weird that Aramaki looks exactly the same except he has darker hair (although wasn't his hair colored in the manga?). Anyway, the only one who actually looks young is the Major.
So I dunno....... I think I'm officially in the sceptical camp until this actually comes out....
ElectricBlue187
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they played up the rookie aspect of Togusa's character more in the first movie than the TV show. In the show he was a mostly human family man who has great detective skills and is occasionally the victim for the episode. And of course the Mateba.
FlashbladeGAF
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Maybe Togusa is still a detective in this and crosses paths with section 9 on multiple ocassions
Crazymoogle
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The major doesn't exactly age anyway, so can't really make judgement calls vs. Togusa on that front.
Count me as needlessly excited!
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There is no Section 9 in Arise. This is 2 years before Section 9 is even formed. There are details in the character profiles on the official site which indicate what some of the characters are doing though.
Motoko is a major in the 501st Division in the army, some sort of special forces unit. She runs into Aramaki when he consults her on a certain case. It's not clear where he's working, but probably at public safety (since he later starts Section 9 there). Togusa is indeed a detective in the special investigations department in the Niihama Police Station. Paz is an undercover cop working for the military police, and he runs into Motoko during a deep cover operation. Batou is apparently investigating the murder of a coworker of his, and suspects Motoko is involved. The other characters don't really have any details other than their general description.
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