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There’s been plenty of controversy about the casting and plot, but something else jumps out at me in the latest preview.
21 years after the original, Scarlett Johansson tries her hand at one the most legendary fights in Japanese animation history.
Anime director Kenji Kamiyama teased news of a new Ghost in the Shell in his official Twitter account on September 19.
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