Releases sometime in 2026, made by Science SARU. The PV is here. Check out the ANN article for additional information. By 2026, TOHO will have completed its acquisition of Science SARU that it announced just the other day.
I adore the style.
But that’s mostly because it’s literally just the style of the original manga…
I’ll love it if they basically just do that, but well animated.
The PV is just a montage of manga panels… So I’m gonna assume the’ve barely started and that’s all they could do, and that this isn’t a House Husband style “moving comic” type deal.
I wonder how people will react to that considering the difference in mood and atmosphere between manga and anime. I’d certainly like to give it a shot.
I don’t think GITS fans will complain.
The movies, Arise, SAC, all have their slightly different tones and canons.
It’s the overall exploration of sci-fi concepts around machine intelligence, human consciousness, and technologically advanced society, that keeps the fans coming back.
Totally, I’m just curious because from what I’ve heard manga is a bit more humorous than the movies/shows so it might be a bit of a shock (especially for those who don’t even know about the source material). I also have some… interesting experience watching various fandoms being confidently wrong about a lot of official stuff so that might be why I’m thinking about it.
Anyway, I’m on board with a manga adaptation - still haven’t read the thing myself and that could be a good push to finally do it.
“Waiter, there’s levity in my dark sci-fi dystopia”
One of the things I like about GITS, and SAC and the manga in particular, is how comfortable Kusanagi is “in her own skin”.
She’s a full conversion cyborg, yet she’s fully confident that her idea of “me” is real in all the ways that matter. It makes GITS a much more hopeful vision of the future, which brings up issues that technology might bring forth, yet it’s a story about characters tackling, and resolving, those issues.
And with concepts like the stand alone complex, how traditional ways of thinking might need to evolve in response to new societal phenomenon.
Just so we’re clear, I completely agree with everything you wrote here. At the same time, I’ve seen people seriously holding the opinion you started with and those are the ones I was talking about. These are just my random musings though, they weren’t meant as a serious discussion about fandom or how this project will be received. All I know is I’ll be there for more GitS.
Saame.
The doomers can go somewhere else if GITS is too hopeful for them. It was never devoid of that, IMO.
It’s more of a “humanity will achieve amazing things” type of franchise and how with that, new problems requiring new solutions will arise.
I mean, if you watched the movie then you’ve experienced the manga minus the filler. It’ll be interesting to see an adaptation truer to the tone of the manga though.
This is exiting. I love the original movie and other installments. Base on PV, they are gonna adapt the original manga for this. From what I have seen from a small portion of the interview with the original director, the manga goes more complex than the anime. And Science SARU adapting, surprised it is not Production IG. Really looking forward to this. Hope this also brings that feeling of futuristic but not so-futuristic sci-fi world that the original movie brought with it.
For now, I will go and finish GITS:Arise.
always glad to see new Ghost in the Shell. I enjoyed 2045 even though lots of people didn’t. It wasn’t as smart or sophisticated as SAC, but I was able to enjoy it on a base level. Hopefully this is a return to form
I hope the audio mastering is better than SAC. I thought maybe it was just adult swim, but every source, including the DVDs has hella low dialogue audio that in many scenes is completely blown out by the music.
Does this mean 2045 is dead?
If the poster is meant to signal that they’re making an Anime in the style of the PSX game cutscenes then SIGN ME UP!!
The only adaptation with Fuchikomas. They could also remaster the game while they’re at it.
I was ready to ask you if you’re sure since I could’ve sworn I saw them animated before somewhere, but you’re right of course - what I saw are tachikomas, not fuchikomas (in Stand Alone Complex, if anyone is wondering)
And Arise had Logikomas
The team members are driving something new that resemble Fuchikomas at the end of 2nd Gig & in Solid State Society. But I think that was just an easter egg (that whole scene was visually lifted from the Manga).
Weren’t they named Uchikoma or something like that?
