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The Standard Tech Case Files: The Dead and The Damned
I understand why so many paleoartists shrink wrap their dinos now: drawing accurate skin and meat over just bones is hard!
Ah well. Here’s my shark-shaped T. rex. In Canadian colours, of course.
I’ll have the next live-blog of SAC up later this afternoon, and I’ll have my post analyzing Levent Alpoge’s work on the Jacobian Conjecture and what it actually means in terms of A.I. and mathematics on Friday.
I’ll also have my first real art video up on Friday, combining all the things I’ve learned over the last two years into what I hope is a helpful tutorial/learn along.
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Hooo boy, that one was a pain in the ass. Also, I need to adjust my watermark settings.
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Hello all you happy people! We’re here with another GiTS live-blog, this time taking about the newest episode from The Ghost In The Shell (2026)!
As this blog is going to be all about cyberpunk and cyberization for the next few months, I’m going to have a post later on the Jacobian Conjecture and the very silly responses I’ve seen about it from both A.I. doomers and the pro-A.I. guys.
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And we’re back! This time to witness the most famous fight scene in anime history that they inexplicably cutoff last episode.
The assassin in the movie looked vaguely South America; this guy looks more generically Japanese. You know, for an anime guy.
Flyin’ Majors!
Machine pistols suck
Well, that broke the hypnosis, dumbass
Oh my Godzilla, they’re going to kill our hero in only the third episode! Bahahaha no, I’m kidding.
Ah, it is so hard coming from Yoko Kanno to this. No offence to other composers, but Kanno just blows you all out of the water.
Togusa shows up just in time!
The assassin is bleeding from his guts. Your definition of ‘fine’ is different than mine, Major.
Those are some ugly ass crows, man.
The concept of hackable ghosts is one part of the GiTS worldbuilding I never bought into, personally.
I think, character wise, this should be reversed. Togusa is the ex-cop; he should be one the concerned about leads and investigations. Motoko is the experienced counter-terrorism soldier; she should be the one taking about terrorist reprisals and showing people who’s boss.
I’ve never understood this sequence, either here or in the manga. The Major already knows that Togusa thought she was going to die; that’s what that earlier goofball sequence was for. So why are they discussing it again here?
80’s hair, man. One of the defining failures of humanity.
Do electric cars still need spark plugs?
Ah, our first look (sort of) at the mysterious super-hacker
The Puppet Master is much less hammy in the original manga.
I believe this qualifies as breach of contract, Puppet Master.
Aramaki could give Batman lessons
Sucks to be you, Batou.
Ishikawa’s voice is really low and growly in this show.
I’m glad the poor garbageman’s plight is treated a little more seriously here than in the manga.
Okay, so I’m going to be blunt here: the likelihood of AI’s rebelling against humanity Terminator or The Matrix style is pretty low. A greater problem, as we’re seeing right now with generative-AI, is people offloading all of their cognitive functions to the machines. They already do that with TV and Facebook memes and AI is just going to make it worse.
People are born stupid; AI will (at least in the short-term) make us even dumber.
A whole movie on a floppy disk?
Also, much like Shirow Masamune himself, I’m not sure AIs would understand the concept of free time.
This is also played a little more seriously than in the manga.
Ah, The Making of A Cyborg… but in true, Shirow-Masamune-data-dump-while-also-being-porn, style.
Whyfore is the nurse wearing panties instead of pants? At least put a skirt on, damn.
I do not remember the goofy security bot from the manga.
That is one horny ass cyborg
…I can’t believe this is being aired on TV in Japan. The Internet is less horny than this show.
In the manga, this scene was just Motoko and the nurse.
Autoplay must die a horrible death.
Aside from putting Agumon right at the bottom of my page, I think that turned out pretty good, yeah?
Working from references is definitely the way to go. And this reference I pulled from my copy of Digimon Story: Time Stranger, so I’m much less worried about copy right issues.
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Hello all you happy people and welcome back to my coverage of Ghost In The Shell! Today we’re starting a live-blog of Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, the anime series that came out in 2002.
As a reminder, GiTS has five different but valid continuities: the original manga plus sequels, the movies, SAC, Arise, and the new anime series. SAC and Arise are the only two that don’t directly adapt anything from the manga. However, SAC has a lot more in common tonally with the original manga than the movies or Arise ever did. In fact, until the new anime series came out, SAC was the most faithful to the manga adaptation we had (ignoring the Playstation game)
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One of the most famous intros in modern anime. Though truth be told, I prefer Rise to Inner Universe.
The CGI is fantastic, especially for 2002. It blows the CGI in Innocence out of the water!
The series composer for SAC was Yoko Kanno, which is why it’s better than anything else before or sense.
Ah, more sociology babble.
The series is set in 2030, as opposed to the manga which is in 2029.
A bleeding heart, the Major is not.
This is the first time Mary Elizabeth McGlynn voiced Motoko, and she’s a huge improvement over the movie actress.
In general, the voice acting in this series is much better than the movies.
Kubota isn’t from the manga; he was added for this series.
One of the advantages of a 26-episode series is you get to develop characters you can’t in a 10-chapter manga or a two-hour movie. We’ll actually get to see Paz and Borma do shit
I know they’re robots, but like, this is still pretty violent for TV
Yeah, that chick is dead.
The voice actors clearly had some fun with the dialogue; the dubs don’t quite match the subs
Batou, buddy, the Major is going to have your ass
I confess, I do not care for the battle teddy
I don’t think Aramaki has grandkids
Wow, that’s an old style phone
The pitfalls of cyborization: entirely new categories of fetishes
Trust the cameras over eyewitness statements, Motoko
I’m surprised the possibility of the Minister’s brain being switched didn’t occur to anybody sooner
That guy looks like one of the dudes from Hall and Oates
Aramaki is entirely too good at his job.
Screenplay by Kenji Kamiyama
Lithium Flower is the best ending song every and I will fight anybody who disagrees.
Honestly, it’s the fandom’s mission statement. Why are are here? Why are we GiTS fans?
Because she’s so cold and human/It’s something humans do….
And now on to the best part of the show… Tachikmotic Days!
It’s true. Verbalization is primitive.
Tiny philosophical goobers, I love ’em.
Hello all you happy people! Here is my quick timelapse video on me breaking down a reference and using to draw a goofy looking character.
This took me an hour and a half to draw, and is only forty-five seconds of video. How do people make, like, ten minute drawing videos?
The colouring section at the end is just me goofing around.
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Obviously, I have a lot more work to do. But this is the first time ever that a character I’ve drawn by hand actually looks like what I’m trying to draw. And, even more importantly, I’ve learned a process for studying that’s really going to help going forward. I’m actually going to post a video on it on Friday!
Not because it’s a new method (it’s just breaking down a reference) but because passing on what you’ve learned is the tax.
And as always guys, if you want to support my art you can subscribe to the website, Patreon or buy me a hot chocolate.
As always guys, if you want to support my art, please subscribe to my website, Patreon, or buy me a hot chocolate. Every little bit helps, and I need all the help I can get.
It’s too hot to sleep, but it’s never too hot to watch Ghost In The Shell!
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In the manga, Togusa actually pulls out a book on changing your careers while hiding from his wife.
Does Aramaki mean magnificent bastard in Japanese or something?
It’s a shame we didn’t get Motoko’s ‘what’ face here
Rich people being rich
The plot thickens
… I can’t believe this made it on to TV
Porn and engineering nerdery. I told you Masamune was that kind of nerd. He’s like Kojima’s geekier younger brother.
Animated lesbian porn on weeknight TV. Will wonders never cease?
Next time Batou, just send a text
Yeah, Motoko runs out on her girlfriends in SAC, too. The Major is many things; a good romantic partner is not one of them.
The Foreign Minister is less of a dick than in GiTS (’95)
Before Togusa got married, I presume
Hey, they bothered to pronounce the ‘r’ in Borma’s name!
Honestly, with all the cyborg bodies around, Togusa shouldn’t be surprised.
Honestly, this scene makes way more sense when you remember this comic was written in the late ’80s, when many police departments were still using revolvers. These days, almost nobody does, so Togusa shouldn’t be carrying one anyway.
Are garbage collectors in Japan not unionized?
Also, garbage collectors today have to deal with all this shit and they don’t get armoured suits
Fuchikoma!
Ah, good ol’ financial corruption. The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh?
No, Major. I don’t think Togusa got that at all.
Thou shall not trust random strangers at bars!
Garbageman 2 is suspicious
Spider-tank, spider-tank, does whatever a spider does…
I’m damn sure no wire could support a tank’s weight like that
Togusa is having bad luck with his Fuchikomas
Seriously!?! Seriously that’s where they cut off the episode? Bah and humbug! I’ll see you guys in week.
If I could read Japanese, I could give you credits.
Honestly, she looks like an early Nintendo character. Still, I’m proud of it. A strong start in the right direction, anyway.
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See you tomorrow!
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