Netflix releases the opening credits (Tank!) for the new adaptation, which comes out in November. Original here, for comparison
I’m curious what others think. I’m torn! I really want this adaptation to be good! I’m generally down with the casting (honestly my favorite choice thus far is Jet, he looks awesome). The style they are going for in the credits reminds me of Sin City or something…which is good and bad? It seemed like their plan was not to be too tied to the original, which I thought was smart…TV isn’t anime, and has its own strengths and weaknesses (anime fans be damned). But this makes it look like they are trying really hard to have a more “anime-esque” TV show…which makes me a little worried. It’s entirely possible they just played that up to make the opening credits match up with the original, though (which honestly is what I hope!)
That said, I’m glad Mushroom Samba made it. The casting for the characters looks great and that’s a really fun episode from the original.
Honestly the think I’m most excited about, by far, is that they got Yoko Kanno to work with them. If we get some new music out of this then the rest be damned, it will have been worth it…