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[Hideous Snake]

The Ghost in the Shell Netflix series is about to drop, and some new Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045 looks are being shared ahead of its April 23, 2020 worldwide launch. Japan has received a new trailer, while the official Twitter account offered pictures of the cast from Character Designer Ilya Kuvshinov.

There will be 12 episodes in the first Ghost in the Shell Netflix season.

 

[Tesseract]

thanks bro, i'll check it out

gits is life

 

[GAMETA]

Ehhh, it's looking kinda lame, isn't it?

Netflix should do a traditional animation Berserk like the did Castlevania. I don't think they have the balls, tho.

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

Gross. She looks nothing like ScarJo.

 

[zeorhymer]

No. No no no no no. They all look like Barbie dolls.

 

[Tesseract]

only a couple days away, reserving judgement until it's out

not looking great tho

 

[God Enel]

What's this shit? RE2 cgi?!

 

[Tesseract]

What's this shit? RE2 cgi?!

 

[Jill Valentine]

I think it's looking great. This is the part where I say something like "haters gon' h8" for attention, but I completely understand everyone's concern, especially with the tacky "crappy CGI" look. If it's the choice between this and potato quality 2D like Arise, I'll go with this stuff. Digital 2D doesn't scale up well without a large budget to add details or more animation frames. I'm not watching anything these days.

イリヤのイラスト・マンガ

イリヤ・クブシノブ ロシア出身、日本在住のイラストレーター

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[Shizumapower]

 

[Ovek]

Still looks like shit. I have zero problems with it being fully CG, but holy fuck does it look cheap as Hell and the appalling animation is well.. appalling.

I haven't seen CG look this bad since Babylon 5 and that was made on a bunch of Amigas in 1993.

 

[sol_bad]

Still not enjoying the art style but I love the world of GiTS so will still be watching it. Wonder if we'll get any random hardcore porn scenes.
HAH!

 

[near]

The animation does look smooth I'll admit but the 3D models look really awkward.

 

[Jill Valentine]

yo is the whole series out on the first day since this is Netflix?

 

[macfoshizzle]

I was hoping the art style would be more Masamune Shirow style.

 

[near]

yo is the whole series out on the first day since this is Netflix?

I believe so. All 12 episodes of the first season.

 

[JareBear: Remastered]

I'm gonna watch it but damn what an odd choice of art style

 

[mortal]

Still can't get over that art style, the CGI is not all that appealing.

No knock against Ilya Kuvshinov, but he's not a good fit for GitS. Characters are either too kawaii or too handsome for my liking.

Mamoru Oshii's adaptations are still the ideal aesthetic and tone for me. Still have yet to see any adaptation match or surpass the production quality of those.
Sucks that he's essentially done with anime altogether.

 

[jshackles]

This looks like

Not sure I'll be able to sit through this, even watching that trailer was tough.

 

[plushyp]

Still can't get over that art style, the CGI is not all that appealing.

No knock against Ilya Kuvshinov, but he's not a good fit for GitS. Characters are either too kawaii or too handsome for my liking.

Mamoru Oshii's adoptions are still the ideal aesthetic and tone for me. Still have yet to see any adaptation match or surpass the production quality of those.
Sucks that he's essentially done with anime altogether.

I swear Production IG has no idea of how to choose the right character artist for their projects. They did the same thing with Psycho Pass and are now doing it here. Like you said, this isn't a slight on the character artists but their art style doesn't suit the projects at all.

Also the 3D CGI makes it look like a pre-2010 video game.

 

[Ozzy Onya A2Z]

Stiff animation is stiff, not much life in these trailers. Madonna strike a pose.

 

[Fbh]

Why is every damn Netflix anime CGI? These all look so cheap and unappealing.

At least they have moved from PS1 to Ps2 era visuals

 

[Tesseract]

ja it's stiff, should've hired some poor skunk rats from rural towns to pump up the animation

netflix is always dropping the ball in one or more areas, sucks

 

[jshackles]

Why is every damn Netflix anime CGI? These all look so cheap and unappealing.

At least they have moved from PS1 to Ps2 era visuals

 

[Come On Tars]

Ehhh, it's looking kinda lame, isn't it?

Netflix should do a traditional animation Berserk like the did Castlevania. I don't think they have the balls, tho.

I keep hearing that berserk is like the best shit ever. And I want them to make exactly this so I have the motivation to jump in. I did play the Dreamcast game, and that's it.

 

[GAMETA]

I keep hearing that berserk is like the best shit ever. And I want them to make exactly this so I have the motivation to jump in. I did play the Dreamcast game, and that's it.

Read the manga. No anime, no matter how good, will be able to look like the manga. A Berserk anime would be just a good extra, and it deserves it.

Read the manga, It's a masterpiece! (but take your time, Miura takes ages to release new chapters anyway)

 

[Tesseract]

you could get an anime out that surpasses the manga

if it can be thought, it can be filmed

 

[GAMETA]

Why is every damn Netflix anime CGI? These all look so cheap and unappealing.

At least they have moved from PS1 to Ps2 era visuals

Because it's a lot cheaper, specially when it looks like shit.

 

[Despera]

This looks like

Not sure I'll be able to sit through this, even watching that trailer was tough.

The saddest part isn't the shitty quality it's the lack of artistic expression.

25 years ago who could have predicted that this medium would regress so much...

 

[Weiji]

I don't understand how Netflix can get castlevania so right and almost everything else anime so very very wrong.

 

[Dacon]

I don't understand how Netflix can get castlevania so right and almost everything else anime so very very wrong.

Might have something to do with Castlevania being an american cartoon, produced with western sensibilities in mind idk.

The art style here is really off putting and I'm still debating if I'm gonna bother watching.

 

[Tesseract]

dat s03 of castlevania tho, phew

yo MiyazakiHatesKojima get itt and judge my use of the obama brow beat banner

 

[Kamina]

The character art is good, but the trailer is just...

 

[Naibel]

The saddest part isn't the shitty quality it's the lack of artistic expression.

25 years ago who could have predicted that this medium would regress so much...

The only problem the original movie had was its length. I was so into it, and then bam, it was over...

Other than that, it's pure perfection. I can rewatch it over and over and over again. And the soundtrack gives me shills every, fucking, time...

I'm not sure about this series however, as I said in the past. I'm gonna wait for your feedback first.

Is the art style really such a turnoff ? Is Netflix gonna inject unnecessary contemporary "wokeness" into it ? I really want those questions answered before diving into it.

They can do a pretty good job, as they did with Castlevania and to some extent Beastars, but they can also shit the bed completely. I don't want them to massacre one of my favorite anime series.

Spoiler

At least not more than the live action movie did

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

dat s03 of castlevania tho, phew

yo MiyazakiHatesKojima get itt and judge my use of the obama brow beat banner

I rike it!

 

[Ivory Blood]

I just can't take it seriously with the shitty 3D.

To this day I rewatch SAC seasons at least once a year - GitS has a special place in my heart, but looking at this Netflix show is painful.

 

[kunonabi]

I don't understand how Netflix can get castlevania so right and almost everything else anime so very very wrong.

There is nothing "right" about their take on Castlevania either.

 

[Javthusiast]

Fugly.

 

[jonnyp]

How incredibly bland.

 

[June]

Looks like someone spent their weekly grocery shopping budget on these visuals

 

[Bwesh]

Kengan Asura was pretty okay for a 3D anime. How did they fuck this up?

 

[Tesseract]

Kengan Asura was pretty okay for a 3D anime. How did they fuck this up?

they don't have the right stuff at netflix

maybe one day

 

[infinitys_7th]

Beast Wars had better animation. It's a shame that 3D anime is (for the most part) stuck at 90s-level CGI.

 

[Northeastmonk]

That animation feels like I'd have a brain aneurysm after watching it. I had the VHS tape of the original when I was 12 years old.

 

[Werewolf Jones]

The character designer I've only ever seen draw women, drawing that Batou must have been extremely painful for them.

 

[Jill Valentine]

 

[ValiantTraveler]

Thank God it's anime and not live.

 

[Shizumapower]

thanks bro, i'll check it out

gits is life

Maybe it's time to rehang this..

(not my pic, and the actual poster is huge)

 

[Jill Valentine]

Maybe it's time to rehang this..

(not my pic, and the actual poster is huge)

Why is she in that position with her breasts hanging out in formfitting catsuit?

 

[sol_bad]

Read the manga. No anime, no matter how good, will be able to look like the manga. A Berserk anime would be just a good extra, and it deserves it.

Read the manga, It's a masterpiece! (but take your time, Miura takes ages to release new chapters anyway)

I want to start getting the deluxe editions of Berserk.
But there are MANY things in life I want.