#Solid State Society

[wet--milk]

[lokixq]

character - motoko Kusanagi

Anime - ghost in the shell : stand alone complex - soiled state society

[kinghijinx22]

YOOO they put out a poster for the new Ghost in the Shell adaption and it looks so good!

Beautiful art style that is the most faithful to the original GITS manga that any animated adaption as ever looked. I'm super excited to see an animated GITS that actually keeps the tone from the manga which, is still serious when it needs to be and has complicated sci fi stuff but is also, and often very silly.

The Major's new design is so badass and is the most that she's ever looked like her original manga self as well. Her outfit is so cool, she has the classic hair but it's a lighter blue, and a very interesting aspect of her design is her arm being the most visibly robotic she's ever looked outside of seeing her body being built or when her arms get ripped off in every adaption, like she's usually all covered skin and stuff. Also one other thing to point out, of course it's the red Fuchikoma in the background from the original manga, and not the blue Tachikoma from SAC.

For the sake of comparison, every version of the Major-

Her design in the new poster looks especially how she looks with this outfit from the manga-

The black armor is pretty similar which, full combat gear Major is always the best in every version but the long coat over it and the visible robot arm just makes it even more badass. Very excited for this new, more manga accurate adaption of Ghost in the Shell. Seeing what is pretty much the manga Major actually being animated is going to be really cool too, and looking forward to seeing her sillier side actually being adapted. Also hoping that she's still an explicitly polyamorous bisexual with infinite rizz and that her girlfriends make an appearance, I mean they did in Stand Alone Complex as well.

The whole art style looking very 80s/90s is so good and very unique for something released today. Keeping that 80s flair but with a modern polish, going by this poster looks so fucking cool and I'm excited to see it animated.

[morganhopesmith1996]

Kuze Edited Screencaps by morganhopesmith1996

[robotrightsactivist]

unfortunately now that I watched Solid State Society I will be resigning from public life to become a full time Proto from Ghost In The Shell fic writer. like what do you mean this literal elf from Lothlorien Middle Earth was reincarnated as a prototype artificial human with a soft-spoken disposition in a world full of violently powerful cyborgs and full time full body internet enjoyers who casually talk about Descartes and shit

[thepersonaofwill]

Batou always has Motoko Kusanagi's back | Solid State Society

[gainaxvel3o]

Gotta confess something... during a flight, I watched the original Ghost in the Shell, then watched the Solid State Society movie. Since I did no research before watching them, I thought Solid State Society was a sequel to the original and Motoko's absence was because of what happened in the original. Was confused why she had purple hair and had a new body, but I figured that was some weird evolution thing from the ending of the last one hahahaha. I didn't know Solid State was a separate continuity.

[bozemane]

Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society OST, 2006

[animebackgroundmusic]

"Zero Signal" by: Yoko Kanno From: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

[smol-bean-of-the-smols]

realizing i've made an artwork where nebulas uses a contraction despite him explicitly Not Using Those but it's okay because im thinking that maybe he speaks to his vessel in their head with whatever language he wants but around Other Humans his speech changes and become far more clear and sophisticated (a mix of habit and the feeling of superiority)

anyways.

[a-silent-observer]

Only when I'm at my most miserable I truly understand the fucked-upness of the current state of the world.

[kinghijinx22]

I just got done rewatching GITS SAC Solid State Society

Still an incredible film and a good cap off to the Stand Alone Complex series, interestingly enough it has elements of both Oshii films, this and those being different adaptions of a storyline from the original manga but this Stand Alone Complex does something different with it. Both with the case being investigated, it explores some different and interesting political issues in this one, and also with the personal story of the Major. Speaking of the Major, she's still awesome as ever and has some great moments here, also this might be her coolest design?

It's the trench coat, and she sick sunglasses in this scene. At night. Also this song is fucking awesome as well. They got the singer back of the opening themes of both seasons, it sounds absolutely beautiful, has a part where it just rocks out AND THEN IT EVEN HAS A RAP VERSE!? Bro… it's too good.

I love the credits song too, awesome rock song but not as experimental.

But yeah I loved watching it again and with that I have now rewatched all of Stand Alone Complex. Still incredible and probably my favorite adaption of Ghost in the Shell.

[morganhopesmith1996]

Someone on a podcast I was listening to pointed out that the puppeteer in Solid State Society looks like Kuze and Motoko soooo could she be like their child??!!

[skaamit]

На «YouTube» канал «Ghost in the Shell» выложили опенинги всех 3-х «Stand Alone Complex». Не в 4K, увы, а только 1080p, но довольно хорошем качестве и чистые – без титров. Красота.

«SAC2» под «Rise» : 🔴 youtube.com

«SAC1» под «Inner Universe» : 🔴 youtube.com

«Solid State Society» под «Player» : 🔴 youtube.com

[nocreativityfornames]

Everything we know about Solomon so far, lore wise.

WARNING: SPOILERS FOR ALL SEASONS

➤ He's humanity's most powerful sorcerer (swd: 2-A) and one of RAD's first exchange students who has pacts with 72 different demons (swd: 2-2), two of which are Asmodeus and Barbatos (swd: 2-A).

➤ He was the one to rescue MC from Lucifer when the demon was threatening them during the dance party at the retreat, and when MC asked him how to control a demon who's in a pact with them, Solomon explained that they didn't have the magic abilities to that yet but lent them his powers, saying he was "interested to know what would happen if he did." (swd: 8-8) And his powers came in handy later on when MC and the others were escaping from Henry 1.0 and MC used his borrowed powers to summon Asmodeus and charm the giant snake. (swd: 8-13)

➤ He's in possession of the Ring of Wisdom, which grants him the power to control demons. It was given to him by Michael himself, as a way to help Solomon during a time when he was feeling "lost." (swd: 29-5)

➤ He made himself immortal by accident while researching new forms of magic and as a result of it, can no longer grow old or die. (swd: 36-3)

➤ He was the first to suspect that MC's powers were becoming a threat to the three realms when he connected MC's return to the Human World to the "natural disasters" that started happening in ancient locations that were connected to the other realms. And to test if his hypothesis was correct, he brought them to Devildom with him. (swd: 37-4)

➤ Being the one to find out about MC's "situation", he was also the one who told Diavolo and Barbatos about it (swd: 37-4). For a while, they were the only ones who knew, as the prince decided to keep it a secret until there was solid proof that MC was the cause of the disasters happening around them. Eventually, though, Solomon was able to convince Diavolo that it was a good idea to tell Simeon, making him the fourth to know. (swd: 32-16)

➤ After giving it some thought, he decided to go against Diavolo's request and tell MC about their powers anyway. He was beginning to tell them when Lucifer fainted, affected by MC's powers (swd: 36-18). The secret was out to everyone then.

➤ He stole the Night Dagger - the item that was supposed to be used on MC to sever their pacts with the brothers when their powers were proven to be a threat to everyone and everything around them - from Thirteen's cave. (swd: 37-9)

➤ When he found out that to use the Night Dagger to save the three worlds he needed to kill a high-ranking demon with it first he made a plan to kill Lucifer himself, but the idea of MC hating him because of it made him change his mind. (swd: 38-15)

➤ He took MC as his apprentice to help them learn how to control their powers (swd: 38-19) and from then on became their teacher, guiding them through the journey of becoming a full-fledged sorcerer.

➤ According to Michael, he's a decent human with a good head on his shoulders, but can be even more troublesome than demons at times. "He acts as if he understands his own powers, but he doesn't." The angel tells MC - who had been sent back in time to when the brothers were still angels in the Celestial Realm through a dream due to eating Solomon's cooking - before bringing them back home. (swd: 44-18)

➤ He founded the Sorcerers’ Society with one of his past apprentices who he later had a strong disagreement with, which led to Solomon distancing himself from the society. (swd: 45-4)

➤ His pact with Asmodeus was made in a tavern long long ago while the brother was drunk out of his mind. (swd: 53-16) Solomon saw that the demon was in no coherent state and took advantage of that to propose a pact between the two of them. (nb: 6-18 and 17-13)

➤ He met Barbatos even before he met Asmodeus when he risked death to summon the butler (swd: 53-16), desperately needing his powers to control time for reasons that are still unknown (swd: 49-A).

➤ He has Barbatos' grimoire, which the butler gave to him himself out of trust and respect for him. (swd: 53-16)

➤ After MC completed their trials to become a sorcerer and before the brothers left the Human World, he gave MC a sorcerer's ring. (swd: 59-11)

➤ When teleported away by Barbatos as punishment for summing him, he found himself in a dining room where Diavolo and Simeon were arguing over which side should be the one to “guide” humanity, demons or angels. They asked Solomon to make a choice but he told them that humans don't need their protection, claiming that he wants humanity to be free and that's part of an agreement he has with someone. Then, everything goes black and an unknown voice ( who we later find out is Nightbringer ) accuses Solomon of being “difficult” and tells him that things would be easier if he chose his side, even bringing up MC to ask if the sorcerer would change his mind if his apprentice was to “get caught up in the middle of it.” In response Solomon asks if that's a threat and tells Nightbringer that he's acting like a demon, explaining later that he knows MC wants the same thing as him. The voice calls him overconfident for this, saying that Solomon is sure to the point where he becomes arrogant, and tells him that he is the one behaving like a demon. Solomon isn't surprised by this, replying that it's to be expected considering that Nightbringer is “the one who made him who he is today.” (nb: 9-A and 10-A)

➤ He met Thirteen when he was still a child, and she wasn't even an apprentice reaper yet. The meeting was a surprise to both of them but to Solomon even more, who shrieked in terror when he saw her. According to her, Solomon's soul was as bright as MC's back then, but ever since becoming "The Witty Sorcerer" that changed and it no longer sparkles the same way. (nb: 11-10)

➤ Thirteen blames Barbatos for how much he changed. She told MC that Solomon used to be very lovable and innocent when he was younger, but that Barbatos let him experience whatever he wanted and that's the reason why nothing scares or fazes him anymore. (nb: 11-10)

➤ Although he's immortal there are still ways to kill Solomon by using certain magic and cursed items, and Thirteen is waiting for the day he dies to have his soul. (nb: 11-10)

➤ He was given the title of “the Witty Sorcerer” by Barbatos when the demon brought him to the Fountain of Knowledge for the first time while Solomon was on the verge of death. Barbatos then declared that the human was supposed to protect the spring, and Solomon stayed there until his wounds were healed. (nb: 11-10)

➤ He was raised in a place where magic was a thing to be feared and people were locked up and killed for simply having been rumored to have been seen using it. For that reason, Solomon's parents locked him in a basement away from the world when he started developing magic skills as a child out of fear of what the townsfolk could do to him and the rest of the family if they knew. (nb: 14-14)

➤ While locked away Solomon had a friend ( most likely another child ) who would visit him every now and then and chat with him through the bars of the window in the basement. Something happened to that friend, but Solomon couldn't bring himself to say what. (nb: 14-14 and 14-16)

➤ His life goal is to be powerful enough to protect humanity and to create a world where humans demons and angels can finally stand as equals (nb: 14-14 and 14-16), as opposed to now where humans are seen as an inferior race that to one side ( demons ) is prey and to the other ( angels ) are weaker beings that must be protected. That's also why he's determined to continue to make pacts with powerful demons such as Lucifer, to obtain more power from those pacts.

➤ In a book Satan found there is a passage about Solomon that reads: "Long ago, in a corner of the human world, a sorcerer of rare and extraordinary power was born. He was extremely unique, both in power and nature. As such, he was unable to find a place within human society, and was persecuted by his people, who refused to accept such an aberration. For quite some time he fought to suppress his own power; until he could do so no longer, and lost control. He ended up causing tremendous damage and destruction to the human world." "Once it became clear that the sorcerer posed a threat not just to humans, but to all three worlds, a lone demon appeared before him, offering him guidance. The demon made him guardian of the Fountain of Knowledge and gave him a new lease on life. And so, as the freshly minted protector of knowledge itself, he was thereafter known as 'the wise sorcerer, a title he retains to this day." (nb: 16-4)

➤ He fought a war against the Devildom by himself. (nb: 7-8) It started with Solomon proposing to the Demon King that the demonic realm partnered up with him and demons worked under him to further the Human World’s development, which angered the king and gave start to the war, which lasted 7 days. (nb card: "unforgettable past")