rich 1.0 For this week's Special Guest Watchcast we've got none other than Austin Walker joining the show to tell us all about a seminal work of cyberpunk anime (that just happens to coincide with a new revival hitting the airwaves very recently) in the 1995 adaptation of Ghost in the Shell! CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) - The Nextlander Watchcast Episode 184: Ghost in the Shell (1995) w/ Austin Walker (00:00:26) - Intro. (00:03:32) - Talking about this week's movie, the manga and other adaptations, and how it feels to watch this in 2026. (00:25:53) - Do we understand what happened in this movie? We think so! (00:32:49) - Some talk about the animation techniques used, and then rampant cyberbrain chat. (00:39:48) - Break! (00:40:17) - We're back, and tackling some lingering questions before we launch into the plot. (00:45:40) - Setting the stage. (00:51:58) - Sorting the sections, and setting up the Puppet Master. (01:06:07) - The Major's cop buddies. (01:11:16) - The garbage men. (01:23:35) - I wanna sink to the bottom with you. (01:37:21) - The Puppet Master has demands. (01:52:57) - Ishikawa. (01:58:58) - The decoy, and the run-up to Old Town. (02:08:21) - The Puppet Master's pitch. (02:17:55) - Well, everyone's dead. Guess we'll just wrap this one up. (02:24:55) - Sequel talk, and final thoughts. (02:36:50) - Housekeeping for next week's movie: Night of the Hunter with Scott Benson! (02:38:48) - Austin's plugs, and outro. The Nextlander Watchcast https://audioboom.com/channels/5117047-the-nextlander-watchcast Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43762927/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8933157/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>