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Wasn't the original Ghost in the Shell based in Hong Kong?

• toyg 10y ago
  Per wikipedia: "Primarily set in the mid-twenty-first century in the fictional Japanese city of Niihama, Niihama Prefecture (新浜県新浜市 Niihama-ken Niihama-shi), otherwise known as New Port City (ニューポートシティ Nyū Pōto Shiti)" There are episodes where they operate abroad, but the overall setting is clearly Japanese.
  • gpderetta 10y ago
    The first GItS movie is actually set in Hong Kong (although never explicitly stated, IIRC). There is no shared continuity between the manga, the two anime series and the movies. The new live action movie is probably also in its own continuity.
    • Xophmeister 10y ago
      Yes, sorry, I meant "original" to mean the 1995 movie. I remember watching a documentary about GitS which pointed out that you can identify the setting as Hong Kong by the low flying aircraft over the city, which also dates it to before Kai Tak Airport was closed and HK got its new international airport on reclaimed land.