![]() ![]() I should have known! Naturally this invites comparison between it and the original. ![]() That’s why I hoped the new film might add a more grounded installment to the saga, more in line with Jin-Roh, though I was confused by it being a Korean production.īut Illang: The Wolf Brigade isn’t an addition so much as a retread. Actually, they come off like college art-house films, which is probably why these films aren’t well regarded. This could explain why Jin-Roh is much more grounded and easier to follow than The Red Spectacles and StrayDog: Kerberos Panzer Cops, which don’t really feature the iconic armor. While Oshii was writer and director for the two live-action films, in the animated Jin-Roh, he only wrote. These movies are kind of weird to put it mildly.Ī lot of anime fans ignore live-action works, and I dragged my heels getting around to watch them myself. Thing is, these films are not like Jin-Roh. It’s set before the two live-action films, both directed by Oshii. While plenty of my fellow weebs know of Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, most don’t realize it’s actually the third adaptation of an alternate-history manga written by Mamoru Oshii ( Ghost in the Shell, 1995). When I heard that there was going to be another addition to the Kerberos Saga, a live-action movie made in South Korea, I was cautiously optimistic. Ungrounded Jin-Roh retread misses the point
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