[Anime] Ghost in the Shell: Arise

I can't believe it, I literally jumped out of my chair when I read this. On January 15th, 2013 it was announced on IEEE 802.11's blog that Ghost in the Shell: Arise has been confirmed for launch in 2013. Already this news is making a huge splash across the world, Crunchyroll, Anime News Network and Twitch reported it just minutes after the blog post went live.

Kazuchikla Kise is the chief director with Tow Ubakata managing and writing the series' scripts. IEEE 802.11 also reported that Cornelius is the composer and also posted a piece of visual art featuring the heroine Motoko Kusanagi. According to Crunchyroll we'll be able to see a website live for the anime at kokaku-a with tweets being made at @kokaku_a.

For those of you unaware of GITS, here's a little history:

GITS isn't actually the root of the series, Appleseed is. Appleseed was a manga released in 1985 created by Shirow Masamune with 4 volumes and ending it's run in 1989. Appleseed is uniquely famous for popularizing early Cyberpunk along with the concept of volume published manga. The first Appleseed OVA released in 1988 was one of the first full CGI movies produced. Appleseed received two OVA adaptations, one T.V. adaptation and two video game adaptations.

Ghost in the Shell also created by Shirow Masamune was a manga released in 1989 (ending in 1990) shortly after Appleseed finished it's run. The plot involves a counter-terrorism cell called Section 9 that carries out clandestine operations. I would explain the theme and world more in-depth myself but these two paragraphs on the Wikipedia page do a bang up job:

"The works of Ghost in the Shell serve as vehicles for social commentary and about humanity itself. With cybernization the boundary between human and machine is defined by a "ghost" (ゴースト gōsuto?) which is defined as an individual's consciousness. By integrating brain tissue with electronic circuitry, a cyberbrain is created. The ghost of the user is retained within the cyberbrain. Cyberbrains are commonplace in the Ghost in the Shell world, and such prevalence has led to scenarios involving sexuality, body swapping, copying and immortality. Political corruption and terrorists are a frequent antagonists of the franchise which allows for philosophical dialogue about concepts relating to morality, nationality and humanity.

Ghost hacking, the act of taking control of another person's cyberbrain is a serious crime in the Ghost in the Shell universe. The victim is controlled by the hacker to commit any act including murder, and often the memories of the victim may be altered or deleted without the victim ever realizing it."

You can find a list of characters and their descriptions here (Warning: may contain spoilers). Over the years Ghost in the Shell has received many adaptations, video games, T.V., OVAs you name it. The series has reached critical acclaim not only in Japan but across the world and is also famous for being a major inspiration for the well known movie The Matrix.

The anime adaptation is now continuing with a third installment titled Ghost in the Shell: Arise. The team being put together looks great so I have high hopes for it, and I'm sure everyone else who's seen any content relating to GITS does as well. I'll post more information and revise the thread when need be, but for now all I can say is "FUCK YEAH!".

Appleseed and GITS are related. Never knew.

All I've watched are the two movies of Appleseed and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence . Not really a fan but it was enjoyable.

First thought: Oh ya! New Ghost in the Shell! Its going to be awesome!

Second thought: Does Motoko really look like that in the new series? She looks..... Less awesome, like a lot less awesome

Motoko looks very... hmm, too human? I like the older range of almost-there-but-still-uncanny-valley versions, but this could be good!

Major returns!!! ( > w <)/

Bumping for great justice and so duplicates don't arise. The first episode aired not too long ago, off to a good start.

Does the Major look like that in the new one? Because...meh. Not as appealing. Guess if she still has her attitude it might work.

Been reading the mango. Waiting for more seeds on the torrent.

I own Both Apple Seed movies. And have watched all of the Ghost In the Shell animes. GITS I grew up with. So it has a nice place always in my heart. It also leads me to believe/hope in the near future That there will really be augmenting human bodies.

First episode was pretty good.

Which torrent/group?

I went with eraser, definitely not the best, likely not even his own work, but at this point the only option.

http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=view&tid=446684

http://www.nyaa.eu/?page=view&tid=446143
I have no idea but im getting 500k... hoping it not a shitsub.

Edit... yep decent subs, nice vid/audio... not sure if it's bdmv.

From what I now understand it's an OAV with official subtitles being released on BRD, there is no fansubbing involved so it's all about getting the best encode.

can't wait for this to come out I've got all the GITS videos and figurines I could get my hands on. If you couldn't tell, I'm a huge fan.

episode 2 trailer

Ep2 is out... was meh.

Edit:
Ep3 is out now. Had to convert srt to ass... FUCKING SRT