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Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ohtsuka, Kōichi Yamadera, Yutaka Nakano, Toru Ohkawa, Takashi Onozuka, Tarô Yamaguchi, and Sakiko Tamagawa all reprise their respective roles as Motoko Kusanagi, Batou, Togusa, Ishikawa, Saito, Paz, Borma, and the Tachikoma from previous anime installments in the franchise. Osamu Saka returns from the various Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex anime as Daisuke Aramaki.

Staff: Directed by Shinji Aramaki and Kenji Kamiyama. The character designer is Russian artist Ilya Kuvshinov.

Release Date: April 2020 on Netflix

Abandon all hope

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

3D animation

 

[mcz117chief]

Nah...not even remotely close to the original. Funny, you got a great show with some fantastic writing and an occasional action. Now its all action and no substance...tragic.

 

[Javthusiast]

What is this moe major, ps2 cg cutscene looking, shitty music having, designed by the overrated Ilya, trash.

 

[Nightrunner]

This looks lit.....as lit as a dumpster fire tbh.

 

[mcz117chief]

What is this moe major, ps2 cg cutscene looking, shitty music having, designed by the overrated Ilya, trash.

Bruh, the PS2 game looks legendary in comparison.

 

[Javthusiast]

Bruh, the PS2 game looks legendary in comparison.

Nevermind ps2, here's psx gits. Closer to Shirows original designs. Looking good.

 

[Animagic]

I'll give it a chance, because I love GITS, but it looks like the Star Wars Rebels version of GITS.

 

[GreyHorace]

Well... they got the original cast plus the director of the original Stand Alone Complex series, so it might be good.

But that CG did not look good. It looks like a last generation PS3 or Xbox 360 game. And I'm not liking the emphasis on action, as GITS:SAC was always more of a cerebral show. Still, the trailer probably focused on the action to hype things up. There may be some room for good writing yet.

 

[Fbh]

I see ugly CG anime on Netflix is getting slightly better. We've moved from Ps2 era to early Ps3

 

[Ivory Blood]

What a steaming pile of shit. Original movies and SAC will never be topped, certainly not with this level of "quality".

 

[TrainedRage]

Expectation zero!

 

[Werewolf Jones]

It looks rubbery but in a good way.

Composers are the same people who did Ultraman, not that I've seen it. I might watch it.

 

[Naibel]

It's a sliiiiiight improvement from the teaser, but not by much. CG quality is still stuck in the early 2000's which sucks.

It also seems too action-focused. But then again trailers tend to be misleading on that front. I hope what remains of the SAC cast keeps the spirit of the original works, especially the philosophical/existential angle.

Btw, what on Earth is that crappy soundtrack ? Where's Kenji Kawai or Yoko Kanno when we need them ?

All in all, I'm still keeping an eye on it because GITS is the GOAT but my expectations are kept in check.

 

[petran79]

Didn't they learn from Appleseed cgi adaptations that sucked?

 

[plushyp]

Not a fan of anything about this new show but what annoys me the most is that Production IG chose the wrong character designer for this.

 

[Kamina]

 

[iconmaster]

3D animation

Cheap 3D animation at that.

it looks like the Star Wars Rebels version

Great comparison.

 

[zeorhymer]

Ugh. What is up with 3D animation and Netflix. I watched 5 seconds of Saint Seiya and the horror of it. Now they're going to do it for Ghost in the Shell?

 

[newtypepilot]

lol oh man....

3D animation is gonna take another unfair criticism because the showrunners decided to go for an awful art direction (like Sonic movie). I'm 99% sure the client wanted something along the lines of "we want a cartoony look like Borderlands but realistic. It has to be cartoony but it cannot have cel shading."

 

[HermitSperg691]

CGI? What the fuck?

CGI is fucking garbage.

 

[Kamina]

CGI? What the fuck?

CGI is fucking garbage.

 

[Mikado]

Aramaki huh. Expecting that the mocap will probably be okay but story will be terrible. The appleseed cgi movies were largely unwatchable.

Spoiler

I thought the white-washing of Briarios in Appleseed:ExMachina was especially lame.

Edit: Watched the trailer; corrected my expectations.

 

[The Cockatrice]

 

[brap]

Looks like fucking dogshit just like all the other anime made for netflix

 

[Jill Valentine]

Looks pretty gud to be honest. Arise was ass.

 

[PhoenixTank]

There's definitely a "RTX On" meme to be had here.

 

[mortal]

 

[Valonquar]

GITS:SAC & 2nd Gig were so fucking good man. Everything since then has been trash.

 

[Ichabod]

It does look like PS3 era graphics, but imma still watch it. Loves me some Major and Tachikoma.

 

[finowns]

Gross. Ghost in the Shell is amazing leave it alone. I'm now fully convinced Netflix is on the outs they can't produce anything good.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

They really messed up how the major looks. She looks like any other anime character...

 

[plushyp]

This is the ED of the new show. Sorry everyone.

 

[Rean no Kiseki]

Netflix really loves to mess up beloved Anime franchises huh.
First Saint Seia and now GITS, how the fuck did they make Castlevania?

 

[Halo is Back]

My god.......what have they done to my favorite anime

 

[Halo is Back]

What is your point?

 

[Kamina]

What is your point?

Showing how much more awesome the anime style is?

 

[Halo is Back]

Showing how much more awesome the anime style is?

Oh I thought you were trying to say that was CGI