Netflix's Ghost In The Shell Anime Learned The Wrong Original Film Lesson
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War highlights the Netflix anime's biggest mistakes compared to the original Ghost in the Shell movie from 1995. Released as a compilation of Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 season 1 in the lead up to season 2, which will premiere on May 23, 2022, the Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War anime is yet another addition to the long list of Ghost in the Shell movies, yet one that does not add much to the franchise's history–especially for those who have already watched season 1.
Netflix's Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 takes place in the «SAC universe», a chronology of films and shows different from the one in which Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence are set. The SAC chronology involves the TV shows Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig, as well as the 2006 animated film Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society, plus other compilations and novels. On top of those two different universes, there is also the separate chronology in which the Ghost in the Shell: Arise show is set. Despite this difference in universes, comparisons between Netflix's new Ghost in the Shell anime and the 1995 film are unavoidable, especially because of how iconic the latter is.
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Perhaps because the creators already anticipated those comparisons with the original film, Netflix's Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 opted for an overall characterization of the main character, Major, more similar to the 1995 film than to the original manga. Given the global cultural impact ofGhost in the Shell (1995), it is easy to forget that the Mamoru Oshii film was
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