The classic anime movie Ghost in the Shell is getting a make over. The new version of Ghost in the Shell that has been released on Blu-ray is a remastered version that Mamoru Oshii released to a small number of theatres in Japan back on July 12th 2008. The idea for Ghost in the Shell 2.0 was to go back to the original source and enhance it by recreating certain scenes with all new 3-D CG animation and digital effects, whilst also completely remastering the audio in collaboration with Randy Thom over at Skywalker Sound. From the lips of Oshii himself:
“In terms of CGI, there are over 90 cuts that have been altered and enhanced. And with extensive use of filter effects and colour correction techniques throughout the rest of the film, it’s fair to say that pretty much the entire movie has been enhanced in some way.”
Some of the changes might appear to be pretty jarring.
Original 1995 Version
2.0 Version
Original 1995 Version
2.0 Version
Original 1995 Version
2.0 Version
Original 1995 Version
2.0 Version
I don’t know why they would go back to mess with this film. The original movie was ground breaking, and featured amazing animation. I don’t know why you would make changes to that. And looking at these still images, I think that I’ll prefer the original version. There’s a quality to the 2-D animation that the 3-D animation can’t copy. It just doesn’t have the same feel to it. I’ll have to watch the movie to see how it comes together, but looking at these stills I get the feeling that the 3-D might feel slapped on and unnecessary. I don’t know why they would mess with a classic.
More screen shots from both versions can be seen here.
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