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NEWS: Shirow Masamune and Production I.G. Announce Ghost Hound




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Deltakiral



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:14 pm Reply with quote
Well Ghost Hound certainly has a great cast of people that are going to be working on this project, and with IG behind this it's sure to at least have some pretty good animation. I can't wait to see how this turns out, hopefully Shirow can write a story that we'll all love....
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 5:37 pm Reply with quote
I know Masamune Shirow has a couple of posterbook collections called "Hellhound" and "Galhound." I wonder if this series is going to be related?

I'm hoping he's using the word Ghost in order to make an association with GiTS. If so then I will be very happy if the new series is based off the sci-fi police world created in "Galhound." But then again Ghost could also be implying supernatural and therefore be based on "Hellhound," which I wouldn't care for because of it's use of tentacle erotica. Don't get me wrong, "Galhound" is also erotica, but even GiTS included some erotica that never made it into animated form, so I hope it would be the same for "Galhound."

Has there been new posterbooks or other Shirow works recently that this new series could be based on?

Edit: Perhaps I should have looked at Wowow's page first. The background art certainly doesn't look sci-fi to me. My hopes up for nothing, oh well, perhaps it will be good to see Shirow out of this element.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:07 pm Reply with quote
Well This has me pretty excited. I like Shirow's stuff pretty well, written or otherwise. From the link Avatar provided(aswell as ANN on the FP) I think it will be a trip. And I disagree, it looks very SciFi. If not, it will be interesting to see.

Or it could be a bunch of Japanification of mindless mush. But I would like to think it will be more good than bad.

Anyway, sounds cool.


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v1cious



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:10 pm Reply with quote
what's with that logo? is this based in the Ghost in the Shell universe?
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:16 pm Reply with quote
looks good Smile Smile Smile i really enjoyed the ghost in the shell series
i hope this one is just as good ghost in the shell
or better Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:17 pm Reply with quote
Sweet!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:48 pm Reply with quote
I agree with Avatar: it doesnt look sci-fi at all. It does look good, though.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 6:49 pm Reply with quote
I can almost promise you this will not have anything to do with GitS. Having watched this closly I can promise you this has nothing to do with Galhound or Hellhound either. I remeber Shirow saying a long time ago this he wanted to move away from GitS because as an artist he was completely fed up with only being know for it.
I can't find said interview so I can't be 100% on that but from the look for the art and the fact that those are tree, not cities or some cyber landscape, behind the girl then this will most likly be a supernatural affair.
However, as seen in his early work like Orion, this could have a techno magical theme. Shirow loves tech so I can't rule it out either that this could be something like GitS but I really feel that he wants to move away from all that and begin something new and different. This is what all us Shirow nerds been waiting for, some new work! Cheers!
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:14 pm Reply with quote
Well, I already put up a thread on this yesterday, but received no replies. Ah well, I made it to be known, and am just glad to see it getting attention.

Deltakiral wrote:
I can't wait to see how this turns out, hopefully Shirow and Konaka can write a story that we'll all love....


Fixed. Razz

Anyway, like I mentioned in the thread I created, this has the potential to be the best anime of 2007. I can't remember being this excited for an upcoming anime ever, and we don't even know the premise yet. The talent so far listed just makes me positively giddy.

And as for this being similar to Ghost in the Shell, there's no question that it won't. If it's anything like what has been described for the anime it will be distinctly different.

AnimaNation News wrote:
Japanese news site Anime! Anime! has reported that Production IG will collaborate with manga artist Masamune Shirow again on the co-creation of a franchise called "Shinrei Kari." Reportedly Production IG is already at work on an anime titled "Shinrei Kari/Ghost Hound," that will debut on the WOWOW satellite TV network this fall. A manga serial titled "Shinrei Kari ANOTHER SIDE," illustrated by Asahi Souta, will premier in the May issue of Comic Blade Magazine. The manga is described as "occult tactic action."


"Occult tactic action"... now that sounds unique.

Edit: Spruced up the post.


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darknightmare



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 7:17 pm Reply with quote
Agree, that sound GREAT! Loving the idea. Imagine an anime with the same depth as GitS tactics wise, but with ghosts and goblins and monsters and such. Geeking out now!
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Ktimene's Lover



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PostPosted: Fri Mar 23, 2007 10:03 pm Reply with quote
What is this? GOST for dogs?
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nicomorr



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 10:55 am Reply with quote
darknightmare wrote:
I can almost promise you this will not have anything to do with GitS. Having watched this closly I can promise you this has nothing to do with Galhound or Hellhound either. I remember Shirow saying a long time ago this he wanted to move away from GitS because as an artist he was completely fed up with only being know for it.
I can't find said interview so I can't be 100% on that but from the look for the art and the fact that those are tree, not cities or some cyber landscape, behind the girl then this will most likly be a supernatural affair.
However, as seen in his early work like Orion, this could have a techno magical theme. Shirow loves tech so I can't rule it out either that this could be something like GitS but I really feel that he wants to move away from all that and begin something new and different. This is what all us Shirow nerds been waiting for, some new work! Cheers!

I love Orion, particularly for its mix of magic/occult & hitech, also for its' incorporation of Shinto Gods & myth. If GH is in this vein it could be a wonderfully quirky look at current Japanese supernatural/spiritual & futuristic/hitech memes through the eyes of my favourite Mangaka!

Orion is also extremely funny & it'll be nice if they keep that vein of humour .... I've found a lot of humour in Shirows' mangas - usually seems to disappear in the resulting Anime.

Is he taking a personal role in the production? I read somewhere that after an early Anime of one of his Mangas that he worked on - he never wanted to actually work directly with Anime again .... hence the divergence of all later Anime from the Mangas as he seems to have told Oshii et al - 'go for it, don't bother me'. GiTS Manga was often hilarious - GiTS films & TV lost that - although Oshii CAN use humour or at least comedy - viz Patlabor.

Hope it won't be too CG - can anyone list the peeps ivolved so far. Very exciting this Anime smile + sweatdrop

Regards,
Nico M
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mrgazpacho



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 12:12 pm Reply with quote
nicomorr wrote:
an early Anime of one of his Mangas that he worked on


That would be Black Magic M-66 (OAV) which I've never seen, and felt a little underdeveloped even in the original (relatively short) manga.
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nicomorr



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PostPosted: Sat Mar 24, 2007 2:30 pm Reply with quote
mrgazpacho wrote:
nicomorr wrote:
an early Anime of one of his Mangas that he worked on

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That would be Black Magic M-66 (OAV) which I've never seen, and felt a little underdeveloped even in the original (relatively short) manga.


Ah yes - thanks - I have a Manga Entertainment UK DVD years old somewhere (must get sorted out). Enjoyed it but no real memory of it - unlike all the others .... hmmm. Wierd - looks like a good team was on it - I must look it out & watch again & Dominion Tank Police.

Wonder why Orion was never made into an anime? It's about his only one that isn't, isn't it? And I loved the bratty Seska character - maybe too much nudity in it?

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