Topic: Original Ghost in the Shell showing in cinemas in the USA and UK! (Read 346 times)

If you like Ghost in the Shell.

You might also enjoy Battle Angel Alita.

They both have similar themes.

 

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention how amazing the music is...

Here's a recent performance of the main theme, it seems they'll be using it in the remake (thank god)... Well worth a listen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXGPERcDvio

In my opinion, the original 1995 film is the best. It's really fucking good, incredible animation and a great plot. Watch it with subtitles.

I've read the manga that inspired it, I've also watched the second film (GitS 2: Innocence) and both series of the anime that came after (Stand Alone Complex & SAC 2nd Gig).

They're all pretty good, but the original film is the gem in my opinion. There was some more stuff made after SAC (Arise?) but they weren't so great.

As for the sex robots, well I think that idea predated the GitS series by hundreds of years, philosophers have pondered this question a lot. That's actually one of the interesting concepts in the film, the "Major" appears to be a sexualized, feminine character at first, but as the film progresses we learn that she is really just a normal person, albeit with the capabilities of an advanced cyborg. One of the final scenes portrays her facing off against a weaponized tank, and it's gut-wrenchingly emotive and extremely compelling - can this "woman" overcome a mass of armoured metal and guns, even with her supreme cyborg abilities?

I would recommend watching the original 1995 film, then if you enjoy it (you will), watch "GitS 2: Innocence". The sequel has beautiful animation but a weaker plot, and gets up its own ass philosophically (much like The Matrix sequels). The series' are good too, they incorporate some other elements from the manga, such as the self-aware Tachikoma tanks and some of the secondary character's backgrounds.

Is the original ghost in the shell, the best?

Was that the movie that started japanese on their quest to create the perfect sex robot?

The original 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie is showing in hundreds of cinemas across the UK on the 25th of January, and the USA on February the 7th and 8th!

I highly recommend anyone who hasn't seen the original anime film to watch it on the big screen, before the remake releases. It is a masterpiece of animated film and inspired many more recent films such as The Matrix. One of my favourite anime films, it's gonna be a blast to watch it in a cinema!

UK: http://gitsmovie.co.uk/#latitude=51.508531&longitude=-0.125741&zoom=11
USA: http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/ghost-shell-anime-film-returning-theaters-962573

USA screenings can be found here: http://www.funimationfilms.com/movie/ghostintheshell/