Me: they’re the same picture

It looks and sounds great.

But it turns Motoko, who is just a common full conversion cyborg, if a hypercompetent military grade one, into just another generic chosen one. Yet another “first” and “only” one. GitS is about what happens when posthuman science has gone so far that the kinds of things it enables are “normal”.

The movie completely misses that and is left with literally nothing narratively worthwile. It mashes together a bunch GitS moments with no respect for the original message, while simultanously butchering Motokos characterization and also glorifying her into literally the most important person in the history of cyberization.

FFS some of the originals they make a point of Togusa being the “special” one because he’s the only actual “human” on the team!

The franchise is everything that exists with GitS written on it. There’s an actual definition. That’s not debatable.

You’re coming up with one, because you feel this new piece of it doesn’t fit the parts you like. Nevermind that there are already parts that are like this. You’re just disregarding them.

And no-one is claiming it’s all the same. In fact, GitS is one of the most non-homogeneous franchises there are, even excluding the manga. (Movies, SaC, Arise, MANY games). Multiple versions that are in no way sequentially related. Few other franchises do something like that.

And that’s all fine. Like the parts you like. But you’re really leaving no room for tastes to differ.

Confirming you’re incapable of comprehending the other position really doesn’t reinforce yours.

So, from my point of view, this is definitely offensive to the franchise. It’s like turning John Wick into a pastel colored show about a petting zoo and saying that it’s still the same because the theme of him liking dogs is still intact.

About a petting zoo?

Did you miss the part where the Major assassinates a foreign national because he’s a problem?

Or the child brainwashing factory?

Your example would be accurate if the dog still dies and John still goes on a killing spree. But the style is cuter.

The hollywood “adaptation” shits all over GitS, because it misapplies and mixes the themes of the franchise in ways that defeats the purpose of exploring them.

Despite how cool it looks and sounds, it’s a far greater insult.

Changing the tone, colors, or sounds, doesn’t have to stop a series from being about the things GitS is supposed to be about.

The point of GitS was never the style. It was the themes about posthumanism, information infrastructure, and augmented society. That’s clearly still here.

It’s not for you. But its hardly offensive to the franchise.

I’m not sure yet, but this might actually land next to Dungeon Meshi for me.

It’s just so full of charm.

I am in love.

It’s delivering on everything the PVs made me hope for.

They added kawaii to my kakkoii and it is better, not worse.

Netflix doesn’t make anime.

“Only” publish it. Their involvement here is much, much smaller than with their live action shows.

“This, is the cutest girl, in the world”

I’m referring to the art-style specifically. Designs have changed, but the style sticks with the era.

Yes.

The style is based on the Manga.

IT LOOKS SO GOOD

AAAAAAAAAA

:3

!helltaker@sopuli.xyz

Wierd pick, but Dorohedoro.

The world and main plot are undeniably dark. But at the same time side threads and charachters have a juxtaposed wholesome and positive outlook, and tonally things work like a slice of life a lot of the time.

It’s great.

I had to scroll to the comments to remember her names was Yunyun 🤣

😚👌

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A torso was not the first thing my brain saw.

Chii ❤️