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The teaser is short, but it gives us a first look at an unexpected visual style.
Today, Netflix released a short teaser trailer for its CGI adaptation of the iconic mangaShirow Masamune, which in turn was the source material for the popular (Anime filmGhost in the Shellby Mamoru Oshii.
Netflix’s new series is titledGhost in the Shell: SAC _ 2045and will be made byGhost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex‘s Kenji Kamiyama andAppleseed‘s Shinji Aramaki. (Appleseedwas also based on a manga by Shirow Masamune). Netflix first announced the series in a tweet last December, but there’s still one thing that will surprise fans who were enticed by that initial announcement.
Netflix has opted for 3DCG animation and an art style similar to that ofLand of the Lustrous– in other words, CGI that emulates hand- drawn anime. While that approach wascritically acclaimedin that anime, it has been controversial in others, and it differs significantly from the artwork Netflix originally showed to promote the new series (pictured below).
Enlarge/The first key art forSAC _ 2045, revealed by Netflix on Twitter just under a year ago.
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Little else is known about this adaptation, other th an that it will of course focus on Major Motoko Kusanagi. And the teaser doesn’t offer up too many more details, so we’re still in the dark here. A more informative trailer is likely in the coming months, and the series is set to premiere on Netflix in 2020.
Also, Netflix released trailers for a few other anime projects alongside this one, includingThe Disastrous Life of Saiki K .: Reawakened,Eden, andLevius.
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