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Indie gamedev, former Agetec, former EA long ago. Electronic musician. Space age Cecil Harvey. NB they/them. Made When There Is No More Snow, a retro text mode visual novel. My games: https://whydoisay.itch.io/ My music: https://violencemars.bandcamp.com/

Even the Scarlett Johansson-led version of Ghost in the Shell that released in 2017 isn’t an adaptation of the manga at all—it’s a terrible copy of Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 film.
Every single Ghost in the Shell adaptation before Science Saru’s version has instead chosen to replicate the changes Mamoru Oshii made to the source material. Major Kusanagi is more of an emotionless and stoic badass, the aesthetic is darker and noticeably more depressing, and even the violence has evolved into something more realistic and less slapstick. Even the Scarlett Johansson-led version of Ghost in the Shell that released in 2017 isn’t an adaptation of the manga at all—it’s a terrible copy of Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 film.
That being said, the anime-only crowd isn’t entirely to blame for this disconnect. While Mamoru Oshii’s 1995 film was the first Ghost in the Shell adaptation, it was followed by the likes of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Ghost in the Shell: Arise, and Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie. And this is where the issue lies; none of those versions of Ghost in the Shell are manga-accurate either. Some attempt to closely follow the manga’s narrative, whereas others are more akin to original stories set in a version of Masamune Shirow’s world—but all of these adaptations have opted not to faithfully replicate the manga’s characters or its goofier elements.
This has resulted in an influx of anime-only Ghost in the Shell fans flooding Reddit and X with posts expressing confusion or dissatisfaction with the direction of Science Saru’s adaptation. Likewise, reviewers on Letterboxd and IMDb have accused the studio of “character assassinating” Major Motoko Kusanagi and ruining Ghost‘s “serious and dark” aesthetic.
Cradle of Thorns shrine over a giant Skinny Puppy - Too Dark Park poster with a big SP logo in the center and a bunch or little monsters.
A framed collection of material for goth rock/industrial metal band Cradle of Thorns aka Videodrone. Includes a press kit with a description of their music and announcing their third album Download This!, a photo of the band members circa Download This!, two concert fliers, one for a performance with CoT headlining with Manipulators of the Frequency, My Suicide, and Penal Colony (Featuring Members of The Texas Vamps & Ex-Voto), and a later show from November 20, 1999 in San Francisco with the headliner Machine Head. Although it is not stated that Videodrone played before Machine Head on the flier, I assure you they did! The ticket stub for the same show in 1999 is also there.
And white robot with blue, red, and yellow trim, Salya's Light-Type Guncannon lurks in the hallway of a darkened space fortress.
Red scrawny robot, it's the Light-Type Guncannon again.
A big red robot with two cannons on its shoulders, one up and one down. It has pretty cylindrical arms and legs.
A green-ish white robot with a red chest and red feet, the RGM-79 GM.
Sayla Mass: An ace pilot of the Earth Federation Forces. During the First Battle of Solomon, it's recorded that she destroyed a Big Zam piloted by Vice Admiral Dolze Zabi of the Principality of Zeon forces. It seems she also had some kind of relationship to the enemy pilot Char Aznable.
Due tonthe loss of the RX-78-01 01 Gundam and the RX-78-02 White Gundam in the attack on Side 7 by Char Aznable, the "Red Comet." the Earth Federation Forces were forced to drastically change their plans for mobile suit mass production. Instead of the highly versatile Gundam, they opted to use the RX-77 Guncannon, which was designed for bombardment, as a template for mass production. After fine-tuning it with production in mind, the Federation forces completed their first formally adopted machine, the RGM-79 Light-Type Guncannon. At the end of the One Year War, this became the backbone of the Federation Forces, and was deployed in the Battle of Luna II and during the fighting at Solomon. Some of the Light-Type Guncannons were assigned to Federation Forces ace pilots, including Sayla Mass, who was known for destroying the Big Zam. Its coloring was changed to white, blue, and red tricolors, showing that this was a personalized machine. It's recorded that it broke into Solomon after it began its descent towards Granada, and engaged Char Aznable's Red Gundam in combat. Apparently, it used a hammer in the course of this battle.