Ghost in the Shell Manga Review
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- I review the incredibly influential manga "The Ghost in the Shell" by Shirow Masamune.
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I really like the way masamune draws the major, but non of the anime kept his character design. I would have liked the uncensored version, it was the best scene in the whole book, I have it on untranslated Japanese version and you also get one page of in his intron depot 1 art book. For fans of his art I recommend the intron depot art books. Especially the first 2
I noticed quite a few differences stylistically between the manga and its adaptations from the tone, the art and even character personalities. Even though I ended up preferring many of its anime adaptations, I'm still glad to have read the manga and it would be cool to one day see an adaptation that closely followed the manga. Only thing is I think a lot of people would be quite confused by the shift!
Those "lesbian sex" pages actually provided surprisingly in-depth look on how sensory systems of cyborg shells work, and how incompatibilities between male and female nervous systems arise when interfacing cyborg bodies built around male and female brains. In short: male interfacing to a female shell can have unexpected feeling of shock due to the lack of certain bits down, and presence of certain bits up.
This is actually somewhat explained in some anime adaptation (SAC I think, it's been a few years since I watched it). Shame Shirow decided to remove them from all current releases, but I own the Solid Box so whatever. Can't take that from me.
Agreed. Should have never been censored. Not at all pointless/gratuitous.
Man that Astro picture in the background is dope as . To be honest stand alone laughing man would be up there my favourite anime of all time.
Thanks m8! That is a great season!
What a coincidence. I'm reading GiTS for the first time now. I'll make sure to leave my opinion once I'm done with it.
I've also rewatched GiTS Innocence last week and I'm still not a big fan. I think the vibe is completely different from the first one, which is not a problem anyway.
I'd appreciate that.
Fair enough. It seems I'm in the minority when it comes to actually liking that movie.
@@Immortallium I've finished reading yesteday. To be honest, I went totally blind to the manga and was kinda expecting some similarities with the first movie. Overall, it was nice to see the beggining of GiTS and the artwork is really old school and good of course. Like you said, there's a bit of unexpected comedy which is weird compared to the more serious tone of the movies/series. The stories were interesting but not all of them grabbed me. In the end, I did enjoy it but it didnt become one of my favourites.
Sounds like a very similar response that I had.
I'm in the minority but I prefer the manga to the anime.
Fair enough. We all have our own tastes.
I was looking at the page count is 368. Does it feel too short? I've only read manga that has multiple volumes. So they are way longer
I wouldn't say so. There's quite a bit that happens that wasn't present in the film so it's worth reading from that perspective.
Also, to the side:
Oshii Mamoru: Ghost in the Shell manga was an extremely hard material to adapt. I had to re-read it twenty eight times to even start working on the script.
80% of reviewers who took a look at the manga: Bah, the manga's just episodic tomfoolery, movie's better.
Interesting info about the lesbian sex scenes. Everyone I've heard say it was unnecessary so it's interesting to hear that there was something of substance there. I definitely wouldn't call it episodic tomfoolery but I do confess that I'm one of those people that preferred the movie over the manga. Thanks for commenting!
I first got hip to GITS sometime after 2006, before 2010. I enjoy the movies, I love the anime, and I just today wondered about the manga. Hearing that content was removed sucks...especially something that is openly advocated for in the US. In regards to Major, that is actually a very important bit and I haven't read it yet. Ha, I remember when Bato wanted that thang. lol I think I want to get the Manga set anyway...
As a fan of Ghost in the Shell, it makes perfect sense to check out the manga. I personally find it to be rougher than some of the anime adaptations but it's unique enough that I still found it a very interesting read.
@@Immortallium I will definitely buy the manga set. Now, is the Netflix adaptation apart of the manga series?
@@OHKNEECHAN Are you talking about Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045? That series is apparently in the Standalone Complex timeline.
@@Immortallium Yep! Okay cool! I really enjoyed it.
THANK YOU FOR THIS! No one else has reviewed this revolutionary creation on UA-cam. Too lazy to read I guess? Or too dumb to read? Equally bad.
Thank you very much! Yeah, I remember being surprised myself about that.
I feel a ravenous compulsion to do a deep dive as a Neuroscientist and Manga/Comic creator into this work. Try to break down some of the genius things all too often missed. It may be my background? But this work is/was Prophetic with unique insights.
I'm ex-US military too. So I very much appreciate the satire on government interventions, corporate rule and US IMPERIALISM, Military Industrial Complex etc. Shiro demonstrates the problems in "US Empire" and "NATO spies" and "Western Imperialism" very often. Does it with incredible accuracy with what happens today. Also have many "hacker" friends at Raytheon. Accurate there too.
私は日本人ですが、海外の方が漫画版を読んでいないのが悲しいです。
アニメもいいですが、漫画版が至高です。
I am Japanese, but I am sad that people overseas have not read the manga version. The anime is good, but the manga version is supreme!
@@chihi_melody123 Thanks for translating and thanks for commenting!
@@chihi_melody123 I fully agree. The manga for me was way more fun to get into.
@@chihi_melody123 Totally disagree.
I think you would really enjoy reading promised neverland
Maybe. I've heard good things about it but I haven't got around to reading it yet. I take it you'd recommend Promised Neverland yourself.
Nine times out of ten the source material is preferable to the adaptation, but Ghost in the Shell is that 1/10 when it isn't. This is a very nice release though, more manga needs to be released with these larger page sizes.
Apt way to put it. Yeah, this release is beautiful and I agree that I would like to see some other manga released in this format.
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Is it a mix of black and white and color pages
Most of it is in black and white but several times we get colour pages. It's quite nice.
Where are you from? I've never heard film pronounced that way
Any chance you could write down the time? I'd like to hear it myself. To answer your question BTW, I'm Irish but I've been told my accent is weird, probably because I consumed an enormous amount of British and American media as a child.
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