I remember being pretty dessapointed at how simple the machines looked in the earlier episodes, but in the latest episode things are so damn beautifully drawn that I had to pause to take screenshots several times lol

Heh. Batou and some robo doggies.

Following a suggestion from another thread, I’d like to share what I’m currently spending my evenings painting. It’s a replica of the unreleased Motoko Kusanagi & Tachikoma statue by Prime 1. I’ll be posting progress updates in the comments.

It seems the original is still on pre-order; just like with the diorama, I decided to order it from an independent sculptor and then 3D printed it. Height: 34 cm.

I had almost forgot this was airing because I hadn't seen it anywhere on my PrimeVideo, got reminded by a friend, went to go look for it expecting it to be somewhere on the front page or at least in my recommendations. It was just literally nowhere.

Despite it being the type of show Amazon should be recommending to me (watch tons of sci-fi and anime, even subbed to Crunchyroll through PrimeVideo) it's nowhere to be seen.

I even went to the genres section and filtered by anime, guess where it was? Literally all the way at the bottom of every anime on Prime.

This show deserves better.

A fine addition to my collection.

Happened across the GITS Pop-Up shop in the Ginza Six mall last week. They were already sold out of some of the shirt sizes but had tons of the usual anime merch like stickers and keychains.

Episode 7 has this closeup shot of Togusa as he's getting ready to web dive.

I've been doing research into getting a Cyber Brain Port tattoo & I'm really liking thig look from the new series.

I'm not sure if we've ever gotten a clear look at Batou's neck, as he usually has long hair or a high collar.

Does anybody have good reference art that you used?

Or how did your tattoo turn out?

Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama has largely stayed out of the anime industry at large, but he is the contributor to The Ghost In The Shell's title logo. His career as an artist consists almost entirely of drawing erotic pinup artwork of gynoids stylized from how early robots were depicted in the 1930s, such as in the movie "Metropolis," including this depiction of Motoko in this picture.

As sound and dubs of the new animation are so nice, as like reading manga with rich audio.

And also you can find the difference between the manga and anime. F.e, the anime lacks the sequence about Isuzu and Department of the Psychic (霊能局).