Name: Ghost in the Shell: How To Adapt
Uploaded: 2019-09-11T12:41:18.000Z
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The way in which adaptation of Ghost in the Shell so far has carved out it's own, unique

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Although they might all be similar at first glance, each has differing details in elements

This is one of my favourite aspects of the franchise, the fact that you can switch so

seamlessly from Oshii's blunt subtlety to Kamiyama's flashy excessiveness.

All while staying in the world of Ghost in the Shell.

But of course, this is less to do with what it being adapted and more so how it is adapted.

As we've seen recently, it's not really a case of trying replicate an already existing

These practitioners have been very precise on their adaptations, I want to use this opportunity

to look into how Ghost in the Shell has been adapted before and how it might adapted in

The franchise begins with the Ghost in the Shell manga manga, commonly overlooked in

discussion about the franchise, Shirow created this back in 1989 after writing Appleseed,

The era it was created in is important to note because it comes far before the age of

the internet and doesn't have a huge amount of technology to base it's world on.

Regardless, Shirow goes into immense detail with the intricacies of the world.

In Fact, the technologies and workings of his universe becomes one of the most important

His characters are also drastically different to most adaptations, Motoko for example is

very tongue and cheek, and very flashy with her appearance.

Tonally, the manga is a lot lighter too, It's common for characters to jokingly bounce off

One of the most important elements to take from Shirow's manga is the story structure.

This is an element that never leaves the franchise and kind of makes it what it is.

His manga chapters are always very tightly written, short stories that both start and

finish in the same breath but also play into the larger narrative of the world.

This is a really unique aspect to the series and one that I don't think many other writers

You get the sense of large scale world being developed in the story without having to sit

through hours and hours of development, Shirow's chapters were excellently compact.

The manga was a very unique addition to the wave of Cyberpunk media from the 80s.

Going into the 90s, fans were hungry for more of the franchise, so much so that it was becoming

Later on in the 90s the first adaptation was Mamuro Oshii's film, created in 1995.

Before directing the adaptation, Oshii approached Shirow and asked for complete creative freedom

to adapt the franchise in any way he wanted.

Oshii wanted to use the manga as a base for his film but wanted full control over where

And his approach was completely different to Shirow's original.

Stylistically, Oshii opted to use his photorealistic animation style instead of Shirow's more

Which helped Oshii retain that sense of absolute detail in the story.

His story-telling was very similar to Shirow's style but swayed more towards the philosophical

Shirow's manga definitely had a larger focus on the workings of the technology.

Oshii didn't push this aside completely but his film focused more so on the implications

of that technology rather than its technical operations.

This was also one of the first digitally animated anime films, Oshii chose to embrace this when

most productions were sticking with more traditional methods.

With this he was able to capture a sense of realism that would become one of the movie's

If I were to try and imagine the film using traditional animation and sticking to the

Manga's art style, there's a high chance it wouldn't have ages as well.

Character designs aswell, were one of the biggest changed from the manga, they were

originally very bold cyberpunk designs that fit well into the 80s, Oshii employed a unique

Changes in aspects like hair colour or clothing were toned down to fit into Oshii's style.

And this is quite a predictable choice looking at his work leading up to the adaptation.

Ghost in the Shell picks up from where Patlabor left off, and a lot of similar imagery is

Despite the changes this movie makes, it still stays very similar to the manga at it's

That style of a compact, tight narrative is still present.

It's not a hugely long movie and it keeps its core narratives within that runtime.

It starts and finished a number of different storylines very smoothly, that's something

The level of depth in which it approaches its intricacies is another shared quality.

Both the manga and the movie have impeccable precision in approaching their details.

Whether it be in the manga's technological descriptions or the movie's philosophical

dialogue, they both have a consideration for great detail.

Oshii's movie had a massive reception all around the world, but he kept fans waiting

almost a decade until his next installment with Ghost in the Shell Innocence, or Ghost

This was Oshii's follow-up to the original film, and in my opinion is criminally overlooked.

It rarely gets mentioned alongside the rest of the franchise, i feel like it's been

Which is a shame because it's another really unique instalment of the franchise.

It's not very similar to the original movie or the manga, it takes on a life of its own.

Understandably it's not as accessible as the movie or the manga as the dialogue is

extremely heavy and the themes are almost a challenge to decipher.

Oshii definitely turned off his filter for this, it plays out more similar to some of

his earlier works like Angel's Egg more than it does Ghost in the Shell.

The technical level of the movie's animation alone deserves respect.

It blends 2D animation and 3D animation in a way that is still some of the best i've

ever seen, and Oshii's directing here is hand down some of his best and most creative.

The way he composes shots that expose opportunities for animation rather than hide them is fantastic.

And the surreal world design of the movie's second half if so memorable.

The story has a distinct level of surrealism too.

Themes and plot points are hidden under layers of quotes and large chunks of philosophical

musings, every aspect of the movie is a puzzle in itself to interpret.

Innocence is probably the furthest the franchise has wandered from its original roots but i

genuinely think the movie is underappreciated.

I'd advise any fans of the franchise to give it a few watches.

Innocence has gained it's reputation in small groups of fans who adore it, but it

didn't capture the wide-scale audience that the original movie did, the same can't be

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