The only ones that kept the original: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ghostintheshell.section9/posts/10168265956373438/

The USSR is now Volgarena and the US is now the MAG Union.

Interesting comment from under this youtube video that gets into the censorship:

Golantoruという国名は日本語じゃないと分かりにくいかもしれない、GolanHeightsをToru(奪う)という造語だ MAGAllianceは言わなくても分かるよね 制裁する側のアメリカに居ると体感できないかもしれないが 他の国にとって今イスラエル周辺を話題にするのは大変危険だ アメリカ大統領がICC所長の日本人にした事を考えれば、SARUの選択肢は先見性があったと言える いつ米国の制裁を受けるか分からないのだから

machine translation renders it as:

The country name “Golantoru” might be hard to understand unless you know Japanese—it’s a made-up word combining “Golan Heights” with “Toru” (to seize). I’m sure you all know what MAGAlliance is without me having to say it. Living in the U.S., which is imposing sanctions, you might not feel it firsthand, but for other countries, discussing the situation around Israel right now is extremely dangerous. Considering what the U.S. president did to the Japanese head of the ICC, you could say SARU’s decision was far-sighted. After all, you never know when the U.S. might impose sanctions.

  • Nori@ani.socialEnglish
    1·
    6 hours ago

    Kinda hate the name changes a lot just because they make it even harder to follow. I’m bad with names anyway and I can’t for the life of me remember these fantasy names that don’t even sound like countries.

    Still really like it, but this really isn’t helping with my one big complaint about this otherwise fantastic adaption.

  • Walters, Fern@bookwyr.meEnglish
    51·
    13 hours ago

    I wouldn’t call it censorship when you don’t want to get sued or bombed on for making a prediction so well in advance about countries seeing us more expendable than androids. We are seeing GitS play exactly how capitalists intended, and you had three generations to prevent this dystopia from occuring.
    Yet here we are, four apartheid genocides into the 21c, and not a damn change.
    I agree with @cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com in the /₀🧵: so what? Are you just noticing artists have had to not mention WIPO signing nations direct names and creatively name them something else in their art? Get creative, luddite.

    CX

    The only ones that kept the original: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ghostintheshell.section9/posts/10168265956373438/

    I now see what this about. Your LA Spanish localizer decided to change it back to Israel, and wants to get Luigi’ed. Good for them.

  • punkisundead [they/them]@slrpnk.netEnglish
    5·
    20 hours ago

    Dont know the context in which Israel gets mentioned in the original or Ghorantl in the new anime. Could you maybe fill me in on that?

    Besides that, my hopeful interpretation is that the creators dont believe Israel would (still) exist in tga universe

    • Walters, Fern@bookwyr.meEnglish
      6·
      13 hours ago

      Not to do OP’s homework, but no. Both the anime & manga utterly believed Zion would still be apartheing Palestine. We are playing out a 40 year old prediction to a damned T.
      And none of your parents or you did anything to deter it.

        • Walters, Fern@bookwyr.meEnglish
          1·
          9 hours ago

          It’s rhetorical. Like telling someone watching an open flame “don’t touch it, you’ll burn yourself!” and they still do it anyways.
          I don’t know you. I don’t know if you are a ghost, hacker, android, politician, child trafficked slave, cop, [insert all examples in GitS], etc… The machinations predictions in a work of fiction are becoming exceedly true. Are 🫵you going to do anything about it?

  • menas@lemmy.wtfEnglish
    112·
    18 hours ago

    “True socialist state are slavery one”, people complaining about union and major Kusanagi is eager to make a new unit to kill terrorists. This is the first 10 minutes of the 1st episode. So no surprises that thos dumb right-wing creator protect Israel too.

    Whatch Stand Alone Complex

    • themachinestops@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
      10·
      15 hours ago

      I would not call the producer a dumb right wing, they might have changed the names, but it is obvious what they refer to:

      Ghorantl or Golantoru: Israel (Golan Heights), toru means to take. Meaning take Golan Heights.

      Mesamia: Syria (Mesopotamia)

      Volgarena: The USSR / Russia (Volga River)