Ghost In The Shell Live Action [Archive]

azupanda

2007-03-20, 19:30

Production I.G, Inc. has finalized with Kodansha Ltd. an agent agreement to represent the live-action rights for the property Ghost in the Shell, of which Kodansha Ltd. owns the exploitation rights to the original work.

The comic book Ghost in the Shell, originally created by Shirow Masamune in 1989, was transposed into an animated feature film in 1995, instantly earning worldwide success and topping N. 1 of Billboard Magazine video sales chart in 1996, marking an unprecedented achievement for a Japanese animated production. The movie Ghost in the Shell, directed by Mamoru Oshii, further proved to have great influence on Hollywood creators, starting from the Wachowski brothers' The Matrix.

In 2004, Mamoru Oshii directed Innocence, the ideal sequel to the 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie, that thanks to its introspective plot and visionary style received the honor to be the first Japanese animated feature film to be nominated for the Palm d'Or at the Festival de Cannes.

Starting from 2002, the Ghost in the Shell franchise was expanded into a TV series, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, directed by Kenji Kamiyama. The show was certainly action-packed with high quality animation, but also featured political and social issues, and soon gained a huge following. Immediately after the first 26-episode series, a second season, entitled Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig, was aired in Japan and then in several countries in the world, for a total of 52 half-hour episodes that turned into a million seller in the home video market. In 2006, a new chapter was added to the Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. project, with a theatrical-quality direct-to-video feature film entitled Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society, again directed by Kenji Kamiyama.

Pursuant to the agreement with Kodansha Ltd., Production I.G. Inc. will represent the author of the original work and the publisher in negotiations with major film companies for the production and distribution of the live-action Ghost in the Shell.

Source:
http://www.productionig.com/contents/news/2007/01/ig_represents_g.html

Not to sure if it's been posted, but errrm if they did end up making a live action of GITS, think it be any good?

~Panda

Drytchnath

2007-03-21, 08:54

I have the sinking feeling that it will be utter crap unless it gets an enormous budget and some top tier Hollywood talent to direct it.

WanderingKnight

2007-03-21, 18:39

and some top tier Hollywood talent to direct it.

I have the feeling, based on past Hollywood adaptations, that it'd be utter crap if that happens.

Drytchnath

2007-03-27, 19:30

Peter Jackson could pull it off(Lord of the Rings, the King Kong remake). Or maybe team Jackson up with Tarantino since he seems to love over-the-top asian action stuff.

toxic_trance

2007-03-28, 00:17

azupanda

2007-03-28, 04:37

well..all i would say is...they might be able to match everything...but to find a girl even 10% close to the hotness level of Motoko is going to be impossible.

Even if the movie is made well...if the MAjor isnt good enough...it just wont be the same

Oh so true.. If they find a crap Motoko, then the movie is 100% crap.
However, I feel if they can't find somone good enough, they won't do the movie.

~Panda

xnormx

2007-03-28, 09:06

i so hope this happens - i think it could turn out brillient though i do think it may be hard to find a convincing motoko - as for directing i think it should be done by mamoru oshii. jackson sucks in my opinion

Bazaa

2007-03-28, 14:28

Yeah, if they don't find the right Motoko, Ghost in the Shell wouldn't be the same....
But I can already imagine a Motoko with a purple Sailormoon-drama like wig XD

Xellos-_^

2007-03-28, 14:31

Yeah, if they don't find the right Motoko, Ghost in the Shell wouldn't be the same....
But I can already imagine a Motoko with a purple Sailormoon-drama like wig XD

How about a Utena singing and dancing musical :heh:

donquigleone

2008-04-15, 12:55

Seems Spielberg is directing a live action version more info :http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-15/dreamworks-to-make-3d-live-action-ghost-in-the-shell (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-15/dreamworks-to-make-3d-live-action-ghost-in-the-shell)

So who'd make a good major? I'm thinking Summer Glau

minhtam1638

2008-04-15, 12:57

Blaat

2008-04-15, 13:13

American director adapting Japanese anime? Insane...Nah its the latest Hollywood craze for more money, I believe the Dragon ball movie is almost done.

Ah well I wonder if the project goes beyond pre-production unlike Evangelion for example.

silencer.001

2008-04-15, 13:46

Well, give this one a chance, we are talking about Steven Spielburg here, so it ought to be good

anyway, i am looking forward to this

KholdStare

2008-04-15, 14:21

Next thing you know Hollywood will start making Dragonaut movies... But since I haven't seen GitS yet, I might find the Hollywood adaptation amazing with no expectations beforehand.

Vexx

2008-04-15, 14:48

Actually... I can see Dragonaut appealing to the network execs who greenlight most garbage (man, the theaters are full of crap at the moment).

Stephen directing? or producing? He tends to be a better producer ... though he has shown he can do "gritty" or "depressing". I do know he'll spend what it takes. Ah well... it'll be a couple of years before we know.

Ryo.Massaki

2008-04-15, 15:03

NOOOO!! KANEDA!!!

Ups wrong thread.
No, wait, wat?
:confused::twitch::frustrated:

Makes you want to throw up a little in your mouth, Ya?
I did.

*goes insane after imagening someone like Kate Beckinsale in the role of Major Kusanagi.

escimo

2008-04-15, 15:17

*goes insane after imagening someone like Kate Beckinsale in the role of Major Kusanagi.

Man that's a bad one... My mind is contaminated forever with that image. :uhoh:

Daughter!

2008-04-15, 16:28

Why are they making movies out of this?

If you're going to make a film out of an anime, at least choose one where something actually happens.

NoSanninWa

2008-04-15, 16:43

So who'd make a good major? I'm thinking Summer Glau

Absolutely not. As much as I love seeing Summer Glau in an action role, she always appears waifish and delicate even when kicking butt. The Major needs to be badass and scary.

Xellos-_^

2008-04-15, 16:55

If Linda Hamilton was 20 years younger, she might make a good Major. In T2 she certainly she had the muscles for it. Not sure about who the current crop female movie stars could do a physically demanding role like the Major.

escimo

2008-04-15, 17:14

I'm really afraid that they'll cast someone like Drew Barrymore to play Kusanagi and Spielberg directing, the end result is something like Mission Impossible 2 having sex with Dawson's Creek just it will be 3 hours long but feel more like 3 years.

I really can't think of a single anime I'd like to see going through the Hollywood action-nonsense shitfactory.
True enough there has been many excellent releases lately but most of the pure action flicks that have come out lately have been utter bullshit and if an anime gets Americanized the end result will with most probability be just pure actioncrap.

GitS may well be one of the easiest out there to turn into Live-action film and certainly one of the most known animes. But still I can't see hollywood machinery taking appropriate approach to making it into a film so it will most probably be just fireworks and special effects with no content what so ever.

Maybe a slight exaggeration... But none the less, can't say I'm looking forward to this.
:D

Sci-Fi

2008-04-15, 17:50

http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?id=52230

"3-D Live Action"...doesn't sound promising. If they have a killer script and make good casting choices, it might work out and they'll have a trilogy. If not, I hope they keep making GitS anime movies.

Tommy

2008-04-15, 18:32

"Variety reports that Universal and Sony also negotiated for the rights, which the Production I.G anime studio was pitching for the manga's original publisher Kodansha. What turned the dealmaking in DreamWorks' favor was co-founder Steven Spielberg's enthusiasm for the project. The entertainment trade newspaper quotes the acclaimed director and producer: "Ghost in the Shell is one of my favorite stories. It's a genre that has arrived, and we enthusiastically welcome it to DreamWorks."

Well at least a talented director/producer wants to do it and not someone like Micheal Bay.

Now if they end up casting Angelina Jolie for Major then you can start to worry.

Seditary

2008-04-15, 18:36

10 bucks it just ends up a derivative action flick?

Tri-ring

2008-04-15, 19:05

I wonder how faithful they will be to the original material in terms of settings.
I hate it to see the set moved to some washed up eastern coastal city in the US.
I bet the Wachowski Brothers would be more than happy to participate.

escimo

2008-04-15, 19:23

I bet the Wachowski Brothers would be more than happy to participate.
Speaking of the devil... Carrie-Anne Moss wouldn't be a bad choice for Kusanagi. Maybe a bit obvious typecast though.

ApostleOfGod

2008-04-15, 19:23

A lot of Michael Bay critics. Personally, I've never seen his other works such as The Island, but I really enjoyed Transformers adaptation (of course, Spielburg was involved in the project, so once again I can't say much). However, as far as the manga or the anime Transformers goes, I don't know, and I don't much care; Bay delivered a good popular movie that people were able to enjoy.

GitS is different, as it's not one of the general mainstream anime that is open to public viewing and gets dubbings running forever. However, I'm looking forward to how Dreamworks is going to come about this project. I can't think of any fitting Hollywood stars right now, and I wouldn't mind a currently-no-name actress for Major either (of course, I'm expecting excellent performance nevertheless). But they better have good support and a damn good Aramaki as well.

GitS was simply one of the sickest animes that I've watched, no doubt. I'm hoping the live action will keep the reputation too, and perhaps Spielburg can toss in a few of his prestigous and intriguing extras.

Tri-ring

2008-04-15, 19:31

I think it all depends on the main audience the producers are going to be targeting.
If they are going after kids 14 and under it is going to be stink big time, on the other hand if they prusue the actual loyal audience of the original anime then it is going to be the baddest thing since the Matrix. I hope it is going to be rated R and not some watered down PG.

WanderingKnight

2008-04-15, 19:35

Oh... I think I'll be scarred for life if I watch this. I'm a huge GITS fan, and no Major Kusanagi means no GITS. :(

Daniel E.

2008-04-15, 20:45

Now if they end up casting Angelina Jolie for Major then you can start to worry.

God, no! :(

I much rather see a new face than her. >_< !

Happy_Chip

2008-04-15, 20:55

Well, give this one a chance, we are talking about Steven Spielburg here, so it ought to be good

IMHO I am not a fan of Steven Spielberg, he is quintesentially Hollwood. Yes he has talent (I thought "Duel" was, on the whole, a pretty gripping film). But nevertheless, I think this gentleman has a point:

http://people.bu.edu/rcarney/carncult/showbiz.shtml

quote:

"Now, fans of films like Schindler's List and Saving Pvt. Ryan will claim that those films reveal new truths too. But I can't see much difference between Spielberg's so-called serious movies and his boy's book movies. Saving Pvt. Ryan is a John Wayne "storm the trenches and carry out my buddy" movie with gore, grain, and a hand-held camera. Wow. That's sure profound. Schindler's List simply rehashes Spielberg's inflatable, one-size-fits-all myth about how a clever, resourceful character can outsmart a system. Is that what the meaning of the Holocaust boils down to–Indiana Schindler versus the Gestapo of Doom? Schindler is a Hollywood producer's self-congratulatory fantasy of how giving people a chance to work for you is doing them a big favor. What real courage did it take to make this movie? What new understanding of the Holocaust did it reveal? Spielberg could have made a really courageous film if he had dared to make a movie sympathetic to the SS, a movie that deeply, compassionately entered into the German point of view in order to reveal how regular people with wives and children could be drawn into committing or silently consenting to such horrors. How about a movie that showed that, at least potentially, we are them? A film that didn't locate the bad guys in an emotional and historical galaxy far away? Of course, Spielberg could never make that film even if he tried to, because it would require too much insight on his part. And if he did make it, it would not get Academy Awards. It would require viewers to think. And thinking, real thinking, is always dangerous. Audiences might be forced to confront truths that they would rather avoid. Instead of affording them another opportunity to revel in their own virtue, they just might be made to squirm a little."

Tri-ring

2008-04-15, 21:02

I will not accept anybody but Kanno Yoko doing the music ! ! :frustrated::bow:

Ryo.Massaki

2008-04-15, 21:55

I will not accept anybody but Kanno Yoko doing the music ! ! :frustrated::bow:

:rolleyes: Excuse me, but you mean Kenji Kawai? Right? RIGHT??

WanderingKnight

2008-04-15, 23:23

Excuse me, but you mean Kenji Kawai? Right? RIGHT??

Keiji Kawai was fine for Oshii's delusions of pseudo-philosophic grandeur, but Kanno was the final twist that made Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG so awesome.

IcExAlcHeMy

2008-04-16, 04:25

LOL i had to post this from another thread here :heh:

Obligatory image.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5048/6292a2beme3.jpg

Match made in heaven. (well, ok, not as much as Patrick Stewart as Prof. X :heh:)

Tri-ring

2008-04-16, 04:46

LOL i had to post this from another thread here :heh:
Obligatory image.

http://img249.imageshack.us/img249/5048/6292a2beme3.jpg

Match made in heaven. (well, ok, not as much as Patrick Stewart as Prof. X :heh:)

I just fell off from my seat laughing ! !:heh:

Tri-ring

2008-04-16, 06:16

Keiji Kawai was fine for Oshii's delusions of pseudo-philosophic grandeur, but Kanno was the final twist that made Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG so awesome.

Any song that can match this as an ending theme song?

J5X1H7puyIk

I think not.
Just look at the lyrics;

she's so cold and human
it's something humans do
she stays so golden solo

she's so number nine
she's incredible math
just incredible math

and is she really human?
she's just so something new
a waking lithium flower
just about to bloom
I smell lithium now
smelling lithium now

how is she when she doesn't surf?
how is she when she doesn't surf?
how is she when she doesn't surf?
I wonder what she does when she wakes up?
when she wakes up

so matador
so calm
so oil on a fire
she's so good
she's so goddess lithium flower
so sonic wave
yeah, she's so groove, yeah
she's so groove
yeah

wow, where did she learn how to surf?
wow, where did she learn how to surf?
wow, where did she learn how to surf?
you know I've never seen the girl wipe out

how does she so perfectly surf?
how does she so perfectly surf?
how does she so perfectly surf?
I wonder what she does when she wakes up?

I wanna go surfing with her
I wanna go surfing with her
I wanna go surfing with her
I wanna go surfing with her

My Ultimate goddess, you are my master. :bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow::bow: :bow:
And it wasn't just the second gig the first SAC was awsome as well.

Ryo.Massaki

2008-04-16, 11:36

I have to disagree. Both of the endings didnt do anything for me, way too mainstream. I don't think that a) rock music b) folk c) pop music or d) techno music is fitting. Thas why i think the end music for both seasons is mediocre at best.
The intros are pretty good, and the background music for the series is good too, but sometimes i think they are going too far into mainstream.
GitS should have a more ambient like electronic soundtrack (no techno!!!) mixed with a traditional japanese style. Thats why i think Kenji Kawais score is perfect, and Yoko is merely 2nd choice.
But this is only my opinion.
And no matter what, the music for the spielberg film will suck (like the rest of the movie) when you compare it with the original.

kujoe

2008-04-16, 14:56

orion

2008-04-16, 15:33

Has Kanno or Kawai done live-action scores?

I think that they are probably going to use Hollywood composers. This is a Hollywood production for an American film so it's best that they use people that they work well with.

kujoe

2008-04-16, 16:36

Besides anime and games, Yoko Kanno has also done work for some Japanese movies and tv shows. I'm not sure about Kenji Kawai.

MrProphet

2008-04-16, 17:00

I'm not sure about Kenji Kawai.

Oh, plenty. I think Kawai did more composing for Live Action than for anime.

In fact, he composed music for Oshii's Avalon. If you haven't seen that movie, then let me tell you: that IS live action "Ghost in the Shell".

Malgorzata Foremniak is basically playing Kusanagi.

http://img.stopklatka.pl/wydarzenia/07000/07300/7373-07.jpg

http://content6.flixster.com/photo/32/74/59/3274592_gal.jpg
http://content9.flixster.com/photo/30/94/53/3094539_gal.jpg
http://content8.flixster.com/photo/32/74/48/3274486_gal.jpg

kujoe

2008-04-16, 17:21

Whoa... That last image in particular really has that GITS feeling. Just like the Major herself.

MrProphet

2008-04-16, 18:04

Well, like I said, Mamoru Oshii's "Avalon" really is as close to live action GITS as you can get.

And it's a good movie to watch even without that element. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon_%282001_film%29

orion

2008-04-16, 19:00

I really loved Avalon.

Thyrz

2008-04-17, 09:22

Avalon was awesome, it was like GitS world in Russia.

But I don't see the appeal in a GitS live action, especially an American one.

They better make it very un-hollywood-like. It's pathetic, all this copying. I hated The Departed as well, it was painful to watch DiCaprio and pretty much the whole thing.

I also disagree with Summer Glau being Major, doesn't fit the tough chick role whatsoever.
Maybe a Russian.. Milla Jovovich, the chick from Resident Evil. I'd say she can gain a couple of pounds and play the role perfectly, always thought Major had kind of Russian-like characteristics.

Sinestra

2008-04-17, 10:10

This really pisses me off i have no doubt in my mind that it will end up being sub-par and utter crap i dont care whose the director is. I really wish they would stop doing this. Isnt it enough that they are making a live action Dragonball and the horror that is soon to be Speedracer.

kujoe

2008-04-17, 15:09

But I don't see the appeal in a GitS live action, especially an American one.

They better make it very un-hollywood-like. It's pathetic, all this copying. I hated The Departed as well, it was painful to watch DiCaprio and pretty much the whole thing.
Well, let's see now...

Trying to be optimistic about it, movies like Blade Runner, Minority Report and The Matrix have shown that properly portraying such futuristic, somewhat utopian or dystopian settings are indeed possible in film. But on the other hand, there's also the thought that the story will have to be tweaked in order to appeal to a general audience. For example, will the story take place in Japan in the year 2030? Will we still have characters like Aramaki, Togusa and Batou, or will Section 9 be made into some special branch of the FBI (...or something)?

So many possibilities for this movie I think. To me, at this point, the movie is either going to greatly disappoint, or it's going to turn out really well. Personally, it's not a good thing when one feels this way.

Thyrz

2008-04-18, 14:47

I love the movies you mentioned, they are great pieces of art. I'm not flaming American sci-fi, just the remakes from Asian movies (especially anime) to American ones.

You mention a lot of negatives, but not one positive. What could they possibly do well?

1. There should be some seriously awesome Transformers-owning CGI. Then again, the anime had incredibly awesome CGI itself. Especially detailed in the HD version.

2. Keep the dialog as awesome as it was in the manga. I don't know how they can meet this requirement. The audience will be newly introduced to S9 and everything will be slow and uninteresting.

The thing you don't really feel in GitS is the corny moments AFAIR. I doubt this remake will have none.

I would have been able to tolerate writing an anime script into Japanese main stream cinema, but an anime script to American main stream? Come on.

Ryo.Massaki

2008-04-25, 18:48

1. There should be some seriously awesome Transformers-owning CGI. Then again, the anime had incredibly awesome CGI itself. Especially detailed in the HD version.

2. Keep the dialog as awesome as it was in the manga. I don't know how they can meet this requirement. The audience will be newly introduced to S9 and everything will be slow and uninteresting.

1. is not a problem. Technically i expect no problem at all. Just take a look at Minority Report. (I found some of the designs especially the airship look like they could be from Shirow).If Hollywood can do one thing, than its making good looking Special Effects. That goes so far that you can have the best CGI of the year in the worst movie of the year. (transformers)

2 is a problem. Since FX will be very expensive the producers would want to minimal the risk of losing money, so they will go for a PG-13 rating and try to dumb it down as much as possible, so that the last trailerpark inhabitant could understand it.

3. Major Kusanagi will be played either by Kate Beckingsale or Milla Jovovitch (with chest implants) and they will have her throw out corny dialog parts every 30 seconds.

4. Shia LaBeouf will have a role too, you will see.

now excuse me i have to search for bucket to puke into.:frustrated:

vspirit

2008-04-29, 11:57

Nah its the latest Hollywood craze for more money, I believe the Dragon ball movie is almost done.

The sad thing is, I can't tell whether you're kidding or being serious.

kaworu1427

2008-04-29, 13:38

The sad thing is, I can't tell whether you're kidding or being serious.

The even sadder thing is, he is not lying. It is set to air on April 8, 2009
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1098327/

Back to GitS live action, I do believe they need to pour some money for the FX / CGI to make it half-good. The other half is to keep the plot / conversations / etc without dumbing them down....

in other words, I'll just wait and see...

Hedd

2008-04-30, 01:13

How about Ron Pearlman as Batou and Patrick Steward as Aramaki?

NoSanninWa

2008-04-30, 03:11

lol. That's actually good casting!

2. Keep the dialog as awesome as it was in the manga. I don't know how they can meet this requirement. The audience will be newly introduced to S9 and everything will be slow and uninteresting.Are you kidding? Shirow does some things very well, but his dialogue sucks. It reads like a textbook and it is awkward for a real human to talk that way. The anime was only marginally better. Big rewrites of the dialogue are necessary because its hard to look up obscure political, technical and philosophical terms in the middle of a darkened theater.

james0246

2008-04-30, 03:37

4. Shia LaBeouf will have a role too, you will see.

LOL, I feel your pain. Hopefully Spielberg would use him in the Togusa role...wait, what am I talking about, Spielberg would never use Shia LeBeouf for this film (not muscular enough).

That being said, I am not that worried about the production side of the movie (specifically the director (even if I feel that someone like, say, David Fincher should be directing), special effects, and possible composer choices), and I am not even worried that much about the casting side of the film (if they are going to truly 'Americanize' the film, I would suggest a Black Actress for the Major's role (just not Halle Berry) or possibly a Latino Actress (...just not any currently working American Latino actress :)).

My biggest complaint right now deals with the writers and producers. Specifically Avi Arad is extremely hit or miss (he was the main producer for the Spiderman, X-Men, and Blade Trilogies, but he also did the tripe that was Ghost Rider, Elektra, Daredevil, and most recently Bratz) and Steven Paul is just awful and James Moss, as far as I know, only has one real sreenwriting credit to his name, and that was as an incidental scene/dialogue writer for the flop film Street Films, which was good, but not good enough. There needs to be some serious work done if Spielberg or Dreamworks wishes to produce a high quality film and not just a Matrix rip-off, which would be ironic considering the fact that The Matrix was a rip-off of GitS.

WanderingKnight

2008-04-30, 12:01

Are you kidding? Shirow does some things very well, but his dialogue sucks. It reads like a textbook and it is awkward for a real human to talk that way. The anime was only marginally better. Big rewrites of the dialogue are necessary because its hard to look up obscure political, technical and philosophical terms in the middle of a darkened theater.

Well... I wouldn't say it sucks. I personally love the degree of detail to which he's able to go--not many people can do it and stay coherent within the universe they've created.

Also, these are not normal human beings. We're talking about the single most badass police squad in history.

-KarumA-

2008-04-30, 14:04

It depends on what kind of film it's going to be. Kenji Kawai's music is perfect for exuding that sense of alienation, ambivalence, and at times, the surreal. It fits with Oshii's human/machine themes.

Yoko Kanno's music has a more hip vibe to it, which goes in line with the cyber police drama stories of GITS SAC. It's rather eclectic, a fitting sound for a setting which is both familiar and futuristic to us in the present.

With that said, I think that a live action movie of GITS would work by going with the SAC formula. I just can't imagine it pulling an Oshii on the audience. But overall, the idea of a GITS live action movie just doesn't sit well with me. I'm just being pessimistic about it I guess, but I find it hard to be excited about it so far.

i would go for Kenji when it comes to a movie because of the vibes it gave out with the GITS movies. i would want this movie to carry those vibes and not those from the anime

dont get me wrong i love Yoko's music, specially what she did for the tv series but for a serious movie i would prefer Kenji over her because he gives out that thrilling theme to it

pyormin

2008-05-16, 16:10

i would go for Kenji when it comes to a movie because of the vibes it gave out with the GITS movies. i would want this movie to carry those vibes and not those from the anime

dont get me wrong i love Yoko's music, specially what she did for the tv series but for a serious movie i would prefer Kenji over her because he gives out that thrilling theme to it

me too, prefer Kawai's scores more than Kanno's.

james0246

2008-05-17, 16:29

^Kanno has a more "American" feel to her scores (what with the inclusion of jazz/be-bop and various other Western-centric musical styles). So, she might be a better choice or at least a more likely choice for an American movie. But, I doubt either Kanno or Kawai will be used, besides maybe a track or two (maybe). It is far more likely that Spielbeg will use a muscian that he knows or can at least easily work with (i.e. no language barrier).

AkinaGod

2008-05-26, 16:31

The problem with the live action is it is going to have to have mature nudity, great/exact action scenes that are short but sweet, and majestic/epic future cityscape in a economically effected city. The greatest thing about the anime is the art of the surroundings. The city was used. The characters were perfect. The Cyborgs weren't emmotional but curious. Everything was perfect. If they make a Live Action out of this it will be REALLY tough to just equal that of the anime. Let alone beat it.