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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.
The more Shirow we can get, the better. The art's gorgeous, and there's nothing like freaking out people with pictures from GitS.
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Um... the Ghost in the Shell sequel has been known about for quite some time now.... am I missing something here? Not really news, is it?
Nonetheless, it looks completely awesome, the trailer alone has some of the coolest 2D/3D hybrid animation I've seen.
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A Ghost in the Shell sequel! I hope this one pushes back the boundaries of animation as much as the first one did! Dude, that film was revolutionary! It had guns and everything! Even James Cameron liked it!
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I was a real believer in Shirow during, about, the early days of Appleseed, but he never really delivered... just degenerated into pin-ups and obsessing over types of weapon...
I guess there's always a new generation ready to look at cyborg lesbians, though
Whence? Hence. Whither? Thither.
Matrix was clearly ripped off Ghost in the Shell.. so will we soon get a new matrix sequel ripped off innocence... i wonder?
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What are you smoking? Stand Alone Complex is one of my favourite series out there. And Innocence looks like it will be more like SAC than the first gits movie, despite supposed to be taking place directly after the first movie. Oh well.
If you can, get all Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Episodes, where really GREATs, maybe the better anime you can wach. Also get the Tachikomas episodes, has a bonus.
Some people think that these episodes where BETTER than the original Film itself.
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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).
Someone once told me that there was a tremendous amount of Japanese cultural reference in anime. Any input on this? Is there a reputable online source where I might learn some of this material and reattempt to enjoy these movies?
Alternatively, I begin to suspect that anime is to film what trance is to music. And again, I'm just trying to draw a framework, not just troll... Both strike me as eye/ear candy that expect the audience to be non-skeptical of the legitimacy of the plot/expression and enjoy the experience without critical analysis. But I've already admitted that I don't truly understand the culture that produces anime.
At any rate, I like films by Kubrick and Wim Wenders among others, but I'm also a fan of tacky role playing games. I've played The Crescent Hawks Inception and the first Mechwarrior to completion, so I should have some affinity for giant robot fighters, right?
I guess what I'm looking for is the History channel documentary on anime that will give me enough insight to appreciate what makes anime interesting, or at least the internet's version of such a thing. Any suggestions?
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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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I'm currently up to episode 11 of stand alone complex. So far I'm enjoying it immensely. I enjoyed the GiTS movie, but, to make it movie length too many things got cut out.
SAC although a different storyline, is touching a lot more subjects that were covered in the original manga.
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If you read the manga, you'll see that GiTS SAC is much more closer to it than the movie was. I still love the movie but SAC is much better than the movie in story-terms.
One may find it very interesting to read the original manga, of which Dark Horse had made quite a nice translation several years ago (with the infamous Three Lesbian Pages out, but who does really care?).
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First of all, Shirow began drawing Kokaku Kidoutai (the original name of GITS) back in 1989, the last years of Soviet Union. The plot is heavily based on the Soviet intrigue, not without the funniest blops, like calling an aircraft carrier Pirozhki, which means Patties. Note that the Soviets line was not featured anywhere else but the original manga, although in Standalone Complex and the following series both opening songs are in a strange Russian-English language mix and are sung by a Russian actress Olga Yakovleva.
Yeah, and the manga also features Annapuma and Unipuma "The Famous Catgirls" from the very Shirow's Dominion.
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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...
Appleseed, in my opinion, was always a better story than Ghost in the Shell. GitS was pretty superficial, jumped around a lot, and now suffers from a massive incomprehensibility complex, not unlike one of his other manga, Orion.
Frankly, I also enjoyed his art more before he started doing this blend of CG and penciling.
I hope this anime lives up to the manga. That's tough, but I already recognized parts of the story in the trailer, and it certainly looks pretty. I also hope that they get some decent voice acting for Deunan and Briareos. I have an idea of what their voices should be like in my head, and if Deunan ends up with a bimbo-y voice, and Briareos has a whiny bishonen voice, I'll be pretty sad.
http://www.filerush.com/torrents/gits_innocence_tr ailer4.mov.torrent
http://www.filerush.com/torrents/appleseed_trailer -anime.mov.torrent
One a mildly related note, realdoll.com now has an anime doll (named Annie Mae... sheesh...) with pink hair and big blue eyes. I dunno... it just looks creepy to me. I've seen other attempts to do realistic images of big-eyed anime women, and it just gets disturbing. Although the same could be said about a Picasso. :) Some things should stay in the world of art.
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I'll have to check out Lain, but it is pretty clear that GitS was influentian. As an example notice how the agent lands on the roof of the building, cracking the tiles underneath him, holding his gun at the side of his head.
There is also a lot of discussion about the nature of reality and things plugging into the back of people's heads. Also arguments about whether an AI is a sentient entity, though that is more from the Zion Archives stuff on the Animatrix.
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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.
Is keeping it real the 'most' important thing? In being willing to dwell in the fantastic, one can be said to be exploring the reality of human nature.
I'm going to invoke the big one: "Neon Genesis Evangelion," and submit that sure Hideki Anno and Co. are presenting larger than life humanoid artificial life things, and man is trying to play god, but isn't that always the case? Isn't the frailty of life and the human heart the story they are trying to tell - rather than 'oh big robots! cool!'.
The first "Ghost in the Shell" was a little hard to follow seeon once, but I certainly got a lot more from it watching it again and reflecting than what you are describing above.
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The Japanese region 2 GitS:SAC DVDs don't have English subtitles. What you got are the Hong Kong bootlegs. You may want to check http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/piratefaq.html for more info.
Agreed. It was terrible, and had little to nothing to do with the manga. Let's just ignore it.
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And with the Smith/Neo fight at the end of Revolutions, we now know that a live-action Dragonball Z is possible.
And also thanks to the Smitch/Neo fight at the end of Revolutions, we now know that a live-action Dragonball Z would totally, totally suck.
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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).
SAC really is worth the time (and money) to watch. I already have the first season as fansubs as well as the first few episodes of the second season, but the moment the DVDs start to be released I will be picking them up as quickly as possible. It really is a series worth owning in my opinion.
The second season, so far as I have seen, is looking to be just as good as the first, if not better.
- 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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