Because of this, many of the earlier and more 'classic' GitS pieces have dealt heavily in themes of nationalism, nihilism, working from within the governmental system always as much as possible, etc. There is a lot of battle and war to overcome in the very deeply ingrained nationalistic nihilism that is practiced by Japan's wider culture. Over all of this, has always been the trouble of presenting these concepts to the Japanese public at large. Things like: What it really means to be human, the concept of primacy of consciousness, individual autonomy as a self-evident virtue, how do you deal with an ever increasing access to information as well as human ability, how do you try to seek out morals and justice in a corrupt or imperfect society, how do you deal with loss of identity in the face of technological integration with humans, how do you identify the real threats to forward human progress, or the real culprits of legitimate human suffering and deal with the problem, etc. (Be warned, I also rather enjoyed Ghost in the Shell: Arise as well, but I can tell you why.) Ghost in the Shell from the beginning has always been about tackling a few ideas that are consistently played with over the different iterations. (Be warned, I also rather enjoyed Ghost in the Shell: Arise as well, but I can tell you why.) Ghost in the Shell from the beginning has always been about I've been a huge fan of the Ghost in the Shell series from the beginning, and the 2017 movie is by far my favorite iteration of it. I've been a huge fan of the Ghost in the Shell series from the beginning, and the 2017 movie is by far my favorite iteration of it.
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