In the past 25 years many Ghost in the Shell adaptations arose from Shirow Masamune's original Manga series.
The first episode gave me more an Appleseed feeling. (also a cyberpunk manga, also from Shirow Masamune and it's movie adaptations are) (Appleseed, - Ex Machina, - Alpha) some things really felt pretty Deunan and Briarieos to me
Only later it was giving me any hint of Ghost in the Shell (GitS), mostly due to character recognition. While the computer graphics are not particular impressive compared to full CGI movies I saw before the images are well rounded and recognizable and even somewhat original within it's own context. The suspense and typical dark cyberpunk feel from the movies or the original stand alone complex is absent. It feels very light, and almost comic like, but the core feeling I had with the other movies is not here. It feels more like a sequel to the live action movie GitS then a successor of the original Anime. However all Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex main characters return. And it's 12 episodes watching section 9 doing something somewhere and as such I'll watch it, even if it is only to trigger memories to the many series and movies I cherish.
It is enjoyable, and if you like a light adventure I'd certainly watch it, but it doesn't feel connected, which is becoming the rule in the GitS franchise. Video is good, The characters sound recognizable, Music is not what I expected.
I'm not a perfect judge, but I saw GitS, GitS 2.0, GitS 2 Innocence, GitS The New Movie, GitS Sac Solid State Society, GitS (live action) GitS SAC, Gits Sac 2nd Gig, GitS Arise.
And I saw the 3 Appleseed movies. And own and read the Ghost in the Shell, 1, 2 and 1.5 manga, and Appleseed 1,2,3,4...
The first episode gave me more an Appleseed feeling. (also a cyberpunk manga, also from Shirow Masamune and it's movie adaptations are) (Appleseed, - Ex Machina, - Alpha) some things really felt pretty Deunan and Briarieos to me
Only later it was giving me any hint of Ghost in the Shell (GitS), mostly due to character recognition. While the computer graphics are not particular impressive compared to full CGI movies I saw before the images are well rounded and recognizable and even somewhat original within it's own context. The suspense and typical dark cyberpunk feel from the movies or the original stand alone complex is absent. It feels very light, and almost comic like, but the core feeling I had with the other movies is not here. It feels more like a sequel to the live action movie GitS then a successor of the original Anime. However all Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex main characters return. And it's 12 episodes watching section 9 doing something somewhere and as such I'll watch it, even if it is only to trigger memories to the many series and movies I cherish.
It is enjoyable, and if you like a light adventure I'd certainly watch it, but it doesn't feel connected, which is becoming the rule in the GitS franchise. Video is good, The characters sound recognizable, Music is not what I expected.
I'm not a perfect judge, but I saw GitS, GitS 2.0, GitS 2 Innocence, GitS The New Movie, GitS Sac Solid State Society, GitS (live action) GitS SAC, Gits Sac 2nd Gig, GitS Arise.
And I saw the 3 Appleseed movies. And own and read the Ghost in the Shell, 1, 2 and 1.5 manga, and Appleseed 1,2,3,4...