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GitS Sequel and Appleseed Remake Are Coming
LocusMote writes "Masamune Shirow, the creative genius behind the manga and anime Ghost in the Shell , has a few new irons fresh from the fire. One of his earlier manga, Appleseed, already exists as a rather disappointing television quality anime. Shirow thought so too, apparently. He went back to the original manga storyline, blew off the dust, and has produced a beautiful new all-CG Appleseed which hits the Japanese theaters in April. (Quicktime required) Oh yeah, there's a Ghost in the Shell sequel in the pipeline, too, called Innocence ... w00t!" Beautiful.
This news is mostly misguided in that respect.
Shirow is only behind the manga.
GitS the movie would never have been the wonder it was without the genius that is Mamoru Oshii.
I'll go as far as saying that Mamoru Oshii gave more power to the story than Shirow ever could.
Even the anime design shouts "Mamoru Oshii team" all over it.
Kenji Kawai is part of the "Mamoru Oshii team", so, well, even though he has his detractors, I always found him to be on par with the like of Joe Hisaishi or Youko Kanno (geniuses), and sound plays a great role in the feel of Oshii's anime (like for Sergio Leone films).
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In case anyone wanted to know
The trailer is also available as a Windows Media stream from the official Appleseed site, which also features an introduction to the film and soundtrack info.
http://www.a-seed.jp
It'll be starting on the country wide "Road Show" at a Toho Cinema theater near you. "One Piece", the pirate mange/anime, also has a movie starting at the same time. I'm hoping it'll be a double feature (in my dreams, incompatible demographics). 1700yen (US$16-17) for a regular showing is expensive. I really miss getting ripped off at American theaters. The japanese ones I've seen are generally nicer, but the snack bar prices are about double for half.
I wonder if that's how they subsidize rebuilding Tokyo everytime Godzilla attacks?
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they were better because they more closely followed the flow of the manga. the feature-length film compressed everything into a somewhat hard to understand, but beautiful, package. i know a lot of people who fell asleep watching the GitS movie, but loved standalone complex.
It might look like I'm standing motionless, but I'm actively waiting for my problems to go away
Wait on the legit dvds. They are coming fairly soon. Heres the press release (stolen from animeondvd.com )
BANDAI AND MANGA JOIN TOGETHER TO RELEASE THE NEW GHOST IN THE SHELL "STAND ALONE COMPLEX" ANIME SERIES ON TV AND DVD IN 2004
February 11, 2004 -Chicago, IL - Japanese animation distributors, Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment will jointly distribute the all-new "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" anime TV series worldwide (ex-Asia). Based on Masamune Shirow's popular manga/comic series, "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" was co-produced by both companies along with Japan's acclaimed Production I.G. (Kill Bill, Blood the Last Vampire, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade). "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" consists of 26 futuristic half hour episodes that will be released on DVD this summer along with a subsequent U.S. cable television broadcast.
Manga Entertainment CEO Marvin Gleicher says: "We are very excited to join with our friends at Bandai Entertainment in releasing this excellent new anime series. There is no title that better represents the bright future of Japanese animation than Ghost in the Shell."
"Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" presents a new vision of the future in which female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her fellow police officers of Section 9 must hunt down criminals in both the real world and online world. Set in the not too distant future where technology plays a key role in everyday human life, this top-notch sci-fi action series combines the latest in full CG animation featuring dramatic themes, illustrious characters, and meticulous design.
This highly anticipated anime series was produced by an incredible creative team including Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop), Kenji Kamiyama (Blood the Last Vampire, Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade) and the talented staff at Production I.G. (Dead Leaves, Patlabor 1&2). "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" has recently made its debut on Japanese television and will begin airing in the U.S. on Cartoon Network's late night Adult Swim block later this year. "The release of 'Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex' marks an exciting and important milestone for anime and its ever increasing popularity in mainstream pop culture here in the United States" said Ken Iyadomi, Executive Vice President of Bandai Entertainment.
The original Ghost in the Shell feature film is one of the most widely recognized anime films ever released and continues to be a best seller today. The film was a key influence for the Wachowski Brothers in creating The Matrix trilogy and is featured prominently on the Animatrix DVD extras along with being the first Japanese animated film to reach #1 in the U.S. Billboard Video Chart - (August 1996.)
"Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" is set for release on June 27, 2004 and will be supported by a joint summer marketing campaign between Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment. www.ghostintheshell.tv
Bandai Entertainment Inc. is the premier distributor of Japanese animation on DVD home video in North America. The company has distributed notable titles like Superior Defender Gundam Force,hack//SIGN, Cowboy Bebop, and Witch Hunter Robin. Bandai Entertainment Inc. is a subsidiary of Bandai America Inc., who makes the toys for the hit television series, Power Rangers, Digimon, and Mobile Suit Gundam. All U.S. operations are headquartered in a large, ultra-modern facility in Cypress, Calif. Bandai Co., Ltd is the third largest toy company in the world comprising 53 subsidiaries in 18 countries. In addition to toys and children's entertainment, Bandai Co.'s global interests include video game software, multimedia, music and full-length feature films, vending machines, trading cards, candies, and licensed apparel. Bandai Entertainment is headquartered in Cypress, California and additional company and product information is available through our website at www.bandai-ent.com.
Manga Entertainment Inc. specializes in the production and distributio
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Well, Anime is just a medium. You can expect to find very bad, very good, very weird, very boring, very exciting, very cute, very gruesome, very lovable anime. And there is no one-size-fits-all (tm).
But, if you're into movies. (I prefer series) Check out Grave of the Gireflies, Wings of Honneamise and perhaps Jin-Roh (the wolf brigade) or Akira (Personally I don't like it -that- much, but I know some people who swear by it).
In series, I would recommend: Cowboy Bebop (ofcourse), Scrapped Princess, El Hazard, Photon, Planetes, Escaflowne. I'm not sure about evangelion, it's good, but a bit over-hyped I think.
But anyway, just like with 'normal' movies and series. There are anime-movies and series for every different tastes. But I admit that most anime follows the 'action & sex & humor' strategy to attract as large a late-teen audience as possible -grin-.
Good Luck & Have fun.
Mod me all you like, those who have seen it know that it really was _that_ bad
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
I had a look through the official site, including an interview with the director, and they never touched upon an overseas release, so I'd guess that you'll have to wait a while longer...
maybe afterburner
http://www.filerush.com/torrents/gits_innocence_tr ailer4.mov.torrent
http://www.filerush.com/torrents/appleseed_trailer -anime.mov.torrent
According to this post from an earlier story, Dreamworks has the US distribution rights and plans to release it sometime midyear. I can't wait. I hope it gets wider distribution than the last one Dreamworks brought over, Millennium Actress.
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We've learned that the release will definitely be anamorphic, both language tracks will be in 5.1 and Bandai does have the Tachikomatic Days Animated Shorts. We should know later this week what the final US release date is as well.
Check out Anime On DVD for any update. The forum is a friendly place to pick up info too.
And if you think anime has absolutely no meaning usually, I would suggest watching Neon Genesis Evangelion in its entirety.
For a good source of free to download (unlicensed in America) anime, you should try Animesuki.com. They are one of the top bittorrent trackers out there. I should mention they only serve unlicensed anime, there ARE search engines which allow you get the licensed stuff, but I won't mention it here, suffice to say a quick Google search would give you what you seek.
I should also mention that typically the UNLICENSED anime is better than the LICENSED anime. Although companies are getting better about what they choose to license. For example, they snapped up Last Exile ASAP. It's a great series. But they still have not licensed Naruto, which is probably the most popular current anime. It's already at episode 72 fansubbed release, and plans for like 5 more seasons. Extremely immersive anime, about ninjas, and you can actually pick up some ancient Japanese culture from it.
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Innocence official US site at Go Fish Pictures (subsidiary of DreamWorks)
Far less impressive site though, compared to Japanese official site. I doubt their promotion - at least they should spend enough amount of money for web design, as it should cost not so much as "real" PR. Isn't internet for such virtual advertisement?
Now Japanese official site has gorgeous final trailers in wmv, small/medium/large.
The theme song, "Follow Me" is by Kimiko Itoh, and the new version of her 1989 jazz hit (English profile here).
The big eyes are actually an artifact left over from animation from the United States in the 30s and 40s (Think, Felix the Cat). The Japanese saw our big eyed animation and loved the expressiveness of it. Like our automotive industry in the early 80s, they took our idea, refined and improved upon it and sent it back across the ocean to us. : )
A Ghost in the Shell 2 trailer that is actually subtitled can be found here (~55MB, 6min, XviD video format):
s t_ in_the_Shell_-_Innocence_Trailer_(ExtendedHQ)[Koto noha].avi.torrent
http://a.scarywater.net/hawks/[haWks-DisTrO]Gho
um, there should be no space in the word 'Kotonoha' in that link. I don't know why the post submission window is inserting one automatically. might be easier to just go to http://a.scarywater.net/hawks/ and just click the link there.
- Hint #1: you can't generally get a full 26-episode season of an anime legitimately for under $100ish (if not more: see the original prices on the Cowboy Bebop and Trigun box sets).
- Hint #2: No 'official' release is going to be region-free.
- Hint #3: no legitimate release is going to squeeze 26 episodes onto 4 DVDs (the box set I saw) and (almost) no official release is going to have english that bad, not in this day and age.
On the bright side, Cartoon Network has just recently acquired the broadcast rights for GitS:SAC, so legitimate versions will no doubt be coming soon.Oh, and for the record, virtually no legitimate anime soundtrack is going to be $10 or even $15 either. There's more information on anime bootlegs here for those who want it.
one can hardly take the Urusei Yatsura movie to be representative of his work.
Oshii directed sizable chunks of the long running UY TV series as well, and it is my favorite of all his works (possibly my favorite anime series). So yeah UY is a quality representation of Oshii's quality work.
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You'd probably prefer Excel Saga then.