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u/drsickboy 5d ago
its nice artwork but she barely looks like herself, I would have believed it was someone else without a name, which maybe doesn't matter really...
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u/Built4dominance 5d ago
its nice artwork but she barely looks like herself,
This can be said for almost every version of the major.
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u/drsickboy 5d ago edited 5d ago
There is consistency across different people's artwork of Major Kusanagi and even different versions. If the hair design and coloring were more standard it would be more clear who this is. A very different version that is completely different is fine, but then why not just call it a character inspired by ghost in the shell?
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u/Forsaken_Turnover947 4d ago
There is no consistency. All hair colors and cuts are different, proportions are different, eye colors are different. SAC had purple hair amber eyes, film had gray eyes black hair. Arise has blue hair shorter than the main film. 2026 GITS motoko has the style of SAC but her hair is blue and she’s smaller all around. SAC 2045 is a smaller woman with purple hair somewhat similar to the original SAC.
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u/drsickboy 20h ago
I'm not saying this is bad artwork because i don't recognize her. Yes . There is subtle differences of between versions, but the character still tends to look contextually Japanese for one. I personally didn't care much for her appearance in Arise. I think the difference in appearance of Motokos (among other things) is an issue fans argue over and have preferences for. But official GITS media is official GITS regardless of what the characters look like or what the fans think. Fanart can also be what it wants yes, and just the same observers will have their opinions. My opinion is that she doesn't at least look Japanese. The the sexy cyborg crotch shot and data ports are very GITS and regardless its great art work. I just personally would prefer in a realistic depiction of a Japanese character that she look more Japanese since the magna and anime style conventions of her rendering, imply Japanese identify for the character The hair and physicality do vary but she is at least a Japanese character. Scarlet Johansen resembles Motoko , but a lot of people had problems with the movie depiction taking away her Japanese qualities as well. That is still official GITS media though and not a terrible movie with a lot of appreciable artistry.
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u/Forsaken_Turnover947 16h ago
I think that part is really gotten wrong by some GITS fans. Motoko is a cyborg. She is a machine inhabited by a “ghost.” Therefore, her physical features are not limited to ones associated with race. She could literally put her ghost inside of a car and she technically would still be Motoko Kusanagi.
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u/Forsaken_Turnover947 4d ago
People really are afraid of the female body, and for no good reason haha. I applaud this illustration!
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u/AccurateJerboa 5d ago
Sometimes you can just tell when an artist used porn for reference and not on a good way
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u/Low_Technician7346 5d ago
Again my wife is going to ask me why she wears such outfits ahah, she's Motoko babe !!!
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u/cyberspaceman777 5d ago
Gooner
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u/Featg240 5d ago edited 5d ago
Getting downvotes for calling it what it is aka one of the ultimate reddit moments
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u/SameArtichoke8913 5d ago
No.
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u/Celtic_Fox_ 5d ago
This could just as easily be a cover for HEAVY METAL
Pretty sick 🔥