Is there something before the 1995 movie?

I do love her design in the original movie. She certainly had some tomboyish outfits in it, but I would hardly call her androgynous, considering it opens with her baring her chest.

When it comes to the 2017 movie, which is what I assume you're referring to when you say remake, that whole thing is a travesty. I do not consider it a proper entry into the GITS franchise. It adapts a mix of elements from several GITS stories haphazardly, and fails to make any of their points succinctly. Worst of all it reduced Kusanagi into a generic "chose one" when in all other series she's simply been a "normal" full-conversion cyborg, if an exceptionally competent one.

SaC had much more substance, though Makotos sex-appeal is upped in comparison to the 1995 movie there as well, but it's integrated well into who she is as a person in that story. There's a scene I especially like, where Batou asks the Major why she doesn't just swap her brain-case into larger male body for superior physical performance, and she replies without a word, by invading his systems before he can notice, making him punch himself in the jaw. She has a brain, she can access brawn anytime she needs to.

I'd personally attribute the difference between the original and the 2017 movie to the times. 1995 "sexy" isn't the same as 2017 "sexy". There's also the fact that the movies were made by very different people (again, I don't think the people behind the 2017 movie even knew what GITS is really about).

If you want more of the tomboyish Major, look into the ARISE tetralogy. If you haven't watched/read multiple GITS series yet, it's worth noting that while they are set in similar worlds, each "series" (SaC/ARISE/Original Trilogy) has its own separate canon. Same characters, slightly different personalities, backstories, settings.

The overarching theme is that of exploring different problems that the advancement of technology might come with. Post-human tech, especially. The 2017 movie had nothing in particular to say on that front, IMO, it was just another hollywood ripoff that vaguely gestured at things other GITS series had already explored more thoroughly.

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