xeoniq

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@limon_reviews Great, thanks for the info. I'll update the novelisation for sure. I know there were a bunch of OVA shorts as well from SAC but not sure if they should be in this.

@xeoniq Oh good luck with that then, in my experience there's always a piece of GITS to be discovered XD. Two suggestions that come to my mind: the live-action had a novelization, and Arise had a stage play. I hope that helps

I created a media map for the sprawling Ghost in the Shell series, which has a new anime TV show debuting soon by Science SARU.

@JC__Den My personal opinion is that the 1995 film by Mamoru Oshii is worth watching even for non-anime fans. It's very well done in all respects of its production and handles its themes quite maturely.

@xeoniq Never seen GitS. Is the new show a good place to start?

@Cusashorn You're right. I missed those, thanks for pointing them out. I also realised the Japanese release dates for the first SAC manga release had a typo, so I've fixed that too. Updated and uploaded that on the shellzine article.

@xeoniq You didn't include lines of Manga > Oshii or Manga > SAC?

@batmanisbett3r While I love the Oshii 1995 film, I was pretty clueless about the entire franchise and thought most of it was related. As I researched, I realised that each creator pretty much did their own thing. Looking at it as separate creator continuities made it a lot simpler to digest.

@Eysuzu As a big fan of the original Oshii adaptation, I will definitely have a read.

@xeoniq I really recommend people to read the novel Innocence: After The Long Goodbye, between Ghost in the Shell (1995) and Innocence (2004). It's a short novel and really interesting to add extra plot.

@limon_reviews Thank you, yes I will try to keep improving its accuracy. I was surprised how good the art is in that Arise manga. I appreciate everyone who has reached out regarding little errors or omissions. A good thing about hosting it on my site is I can update it as I go.

@xeoniq I see you added the Arise manga in the final version, great map!!

Here is a link to the SHELLZINE article: shellzine.net/ghost-in-the-s… I've updated the map with a few minor manga and light novel additions, which is hosted in high resolution there along with watch orders for different continuities and a master release list table for all GITS anime.

With more and more companies simply relying on low effort and/or AI-generated content for their promotions, projects of this calibre may become rarer and rarer over time. The rest of the article is on SHELLZINE.

Searching on Japanese auctions, I was also able to find a number of posters and even some promotional merchandise that was produced for the Japanese market to promote the T70, including a brand new pack of playing cards, and a set of sealed sticker decals.

I've restored a number of videos and print materials that Katsuhiro Otomo created as promotional work for the Canon T70 35mm camera.

I restored 18 covers and they are hosted in high resolution along with some commentary, on shellzine, which is linked on my profile.

With science fiction novels, the cover art often informed readers of the kind of fantastical imagery within the pages; and these restored images have a uniquely Japanese take on work that has become associated with the cyberpunk genre.

I went through Japanese auction sites and restored some harder to find cover art for classic cyberpunk and SciFi paperback novels. With the advent of AI-generated art, this commercial, but high value, human-made work used for literature, another dying medium, is probably extinct.

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