Cyberpunk
What is Cyberpunk?
Cyberpunk is a science-fiction sub-genre dealing with the integration of society and technology in dystopian settings. Often referred to as “low-life and high tech,” Cyberpunk stories deal with outsiders (punks) who fight against the oppressors in society (usually mega corporations that control everything) via technological means (cyber). If the punks aren’t actively fighting against a megacorp, they’re still dealing with living in a world completely dependent on high technology.
Cyberpunk characteristics include:
- Dystopian city setting where mega-corporations rule
- Full integration of technology into society, featuring cybernetic implants
- Outsider protagonists (punks) who often are very familiar with the technology around them
- Hard boiled detective and film noir vibes and influence
- Themes dabbling in trans-humanism, existentialism, and what it means to be human.
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I think the art could have been a nice change of pace. And orangutan Aramaki could have been funny. But just from the trailer I'm seeing a lot of fan service, so I'm guessing the full movie will be even worse. The other movies certainly didn't shy away from it, but with a change in art style I was hoping for one adaptation that wasn't pandering to horny folks.
the of manga was horny as fuck. If anything I would expect this to tone it down considerably compared to the manga
I totally get your point and I'm often taking the same position
But, I think, in the context of GitS it's actually a "4th wall body horror" rather than fan service.
She's a cyborg. IIRC in first anime there is a piece where she starts wondering how human she still is. But if she looks like a human, acts like a human, makes you react to her body like a human, is she still a robot? And in a wider take, the story of the antagonist also asks us where the line between a person and an object lies.
It's just that this question is not asked directly