New 'Ghost in the Shell' TV Anime Announces Main Staff

Its been over 20 years since i saw the last good GITS stuff...will it cook?

Do I have to watch any past GITS to get to this show and wait for it?

@RobertBobert No

@ZXEAN Because it's a completely new original project? Or is it basically a remake/reboot of an old anime?

@RobertBobert More faithful adaptation to the original manga unlike Mamoru Oshii's 1995 movie which is a classic but wasn't faithful to the manga.

@ZXEAN So, the rest of the anime was essentially original?

Do I have to watch any past GITS to get to this show and wait for it?

@RobertBobert As things stand, you should read the manga... And wait to see if the oldest one gets "naughty" in both this series and the original.

@Andreapova I don't know how deeply I'm willing to invest in this, as cyberpunk has never been a particularly favorite genre for me.

Do I have to watch any past GITS to get to this show and wait for it?

@RobertBobert Cyber requires attention to history and details, and if so, you should ignore it. It's not the meaning of life either.

@Andreapova Are you suggesting that I won't pay much attention to this show if I'm not a big fan of the genre?

@Orororurando How big of a difference are these timelines? Are they just different arcs or are they like three different works with the same characters?

@Andreapova Are you suggesting that I won't pay much attention to this show if I'm not a big fan of the genre?

@Orororurando How big of a difference are these timelines? Are they just different arcs or are they like three different works with the same characters?

It's more of the latter. Each timeline has its own set of conflicts or story arcs that the characters deal with, and there is no real overlap between them (aside from maybe a couple of callbacks/references here and there, mostly coming from Arise which is a pseudo-prequel). The Major herself largely feels like a different character in each of the timelines (her character arc in the '95 Oshii movie is not consistent with how she's characterized in the SAC series, for example).

The overall tone/vibe is very different between timelines, too. The Oshii movies are very philosophical and introspective in nature, while the SAC series is more of a straight-forward, semi-episodic police procedural, and Arise is more action-oriented in general.

@Orororurando So, all of this is like different reinterpretations of Kusanagi and the GitS setting in different genres?

@RobertBobert
I wouldn't go so far as to say they're different genres, since they all do still share the same cyberpunk genre conventions and tropes for the most part; but yes, they're stylistically different enough from each other that calling them "reinterpretations" sounds about right.

Now, I haven't read the original GitS manga so I have no real authority to speak on it... but from what I gather, it's not really a plot-driven nor a character-driven story, but more of a showcase for Shirow's ideas and vision of a futuristic society in a cyberpunk setting; the worldbuilding is its main appeal. Hence, none of the GitS anime titles so far have really tried to do a faithful 1-to-1 adaptation of the manga; it's more like the creative people behind them have instead opted to take all these various elements and character attributes that Shirow presents in his work, and use them as inspiration to spin their own story.

@Orororurando Well, to be honest, I've been wanting to get to know this franchise for a long time, although it's not really my area of ​​interest. But I didn't know where to start, since I didn't see any starting point for all the versions. This is one of my problems with old original titles, they often lack a particular vision and what you are used to associating with them can very easily be thrown out in subsequent reimaginings.

@SuperAdventure Sorry, but what's wrong with Amazon? Is it because they don't promote their shows enough?

@RobertBobert
Well, if you ever wanna try to get into GitS before this new one comes out, then either the '95 Oshii movie or Stand Alone Complex Season 1 are perfectly fine starting points.

You can just pick whichever one sounds like it fits your vibe better:
do you feel like watching something atmospheric, mindfucky, and visually arresting? Go with the original movie.
Do you like episodic format shows that allow for fleshing out the worldbuilding and a variety of interesting cases/scenarios? Then start with the SAC series.

Some might try to suggest starting with the Arise OVAs since they're pseudo-prequels that feature a younger Kusanagi and the formation of Section 9... but I honestly wouldn't recommend those in general 'cause I just think they're kinda boring and mediocre, lol.

And yeah, personally I don't mind seeing different artists getting to flex their creative liberties by reimagining established IPs, but I can understand why the lack of a consistent vision and direction for the long-term would be a turn-off for some people.

>The staff are either nobodies or people with bad resumes

Yeah, that manga accurate art won't fool me, this show is doomed.

2 things

1. LOVE the 90s artstyle

2. aren't the original anime way different from the manga? is this gonna be manga accurate?

@EcchiGodMamster
This is what has me excited the most. Late 80's/early 90's artstyle with modern animation techniques? Hell yeah. This show is going to look stunning.