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G.i.A.m.
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Member # 14

posted 23-08-2002 09:01 PM

hehe was shopping today and switched to one of the the comic shops to see if there was something new.

and was almost leaving the shop when I saw that gits2 has finaly arrived.needless to say that i instantly cancled my shopping tour.

and moved home.

so what can I say about this book, its like a trip, its colorful, its a new experience its immersive,
and 90% the time you dont know what the heck is going on.

Personaly I dont like the 3d backgrounds that much,
and prefer the small passage that was full colored but with Shirows(or one of his assistant) handdrawn BGs.

Overall it is a cool mix of manga and some of the cg generated european comix you can get here (the coloring technic is nearly identical, but they come as A4 hardcover).

The story is hard to follow.
Even more tech talk than the first books, so I guess I have to read it one or two times more to fully understand it.

Only thing I realy hate about it is, that there is not one single fuchikoma *sniff*

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Bugsy
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Member # 9

posted 23-08-2002 09:04 PM

whoa sweet, maybe I'll start looking out for a copy :]

Personally, I'm looking forward to the GitS tv series, produced by IG!

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Shirai
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posted 23-08-2002 11:42 PM

In English?

The untranslated one has been out for quite some time, just waiting on the english :/

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G.i.A.m.
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Member # 14

posted 24-08-2002 07:58 AM

Nope in German

(thats better IMO

And a tv series, holy shit.
Now I have something new to wait.

I guess it will be in realistic style like the movie tho(like the shirow style more).

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Jackel
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Member # 47

posted 28-08-2002 06:16 AM

Are they gonna make an anime based off this comic too?

I liked the first one.

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G.i.A.m.
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Member # 14

posted 28-08-2002 12:22 PM

I kinda doubt,
it the story takes to 90% place in cyberspace overall the action is not that prominent (it is still good tho).

oh by the way for the tv series check this link out
official english page got it through a print magazin.

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Bomu
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posted 28-08-2002 05:30 PM

I have the Japanese edition! Infact I got it the same week it came out in Japan so there

It looks pretty and explains what Shirow's been doing since his last works on the first GITS, AppleSeed Etc. I'd reccommend if for the pictures, but an English translated copy sure would be nice! I gotta admit I like the hand drawn BGs better as well, not that the 3D is crap or anything..

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Organic Metal

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the metalman
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Member # 42

posted 07-09-2002 07:19 PM

sigh..ive seen pictures of the series..and im still dissapointed by the visual style of it...
SHE LOOKS FAT!!..or something...and shes just wearing a coat with these black panty like things...not soo kool ;/...
but ill watch it though

there is an article about it in the september Newtype issue..if yall want me to scan it...i could

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G.i.A.m.
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posted 13-09-2002 08:43 PM

well I guess they keep the more realistic style from the movie.

But when those blue things you can see in the screenshots (on the site) are meant to be fuchikomas I will be dissapointed.

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G.i.A.m.
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posted 17-09-2002 03:30 AM

just thought I let you know that they are holding a wallpaper design contest on the official site.

And they made highres screenshots from the TV serie avaible as a source .

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Bomu
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posted 17-09-2002 03:40 PM

What's the URL to this official site? I might check it out!

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G.i.A.m.
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posted 17-09-2002 04:08 PM

here click me Allready posted it a few replies above

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neo
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posted 18-09-2002 12:38 AM

Are fuchikomas those spider mecha? 4give me its a while since i saw it.

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FunkyC
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posted 18-09-2002 01:32 AM

quote:
Originally posted by neo:
Are fuchikomas those spider mecha? 4give me its a while since i saw it.

Yep yep they are...and in my opinion, one of the coolest things in the series ^__^ If you could buy one...I would...with uh...the billions of dollars I have, heh

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neo
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Member # 88

posted 19-09-2002 12:45 AM

Id rather have that stealth suit coat thingy myself.

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G.i.A.m.
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posted 19-09-2002 02:45 AM

By spider mecha you're refering to the machine motoko is fighting in the end, right neo?

Thats not a fuchikoma here is a model of one.

They took them out of the movie dunno why.

And I would choose the fuchikoma over the stealth suit every given day for those reason.

The stealth suit is most effectiv when worn naked .

The fuchikoma on the other hand is armored,
has two machineguns,
plus a gattling gun,
can drive on weels,
is able to climb walls,
has a grappling hook
and has a AI build in, so it can operate on its on.

And last but not least it has a cloacking device aswell, cool ne .

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