Ghost in the Shell: Old man wanders the streets aboard a Tachikoma, the clip goes viral

A Japanese elderly man went viral on Twitter after being filmed in a strange blue vehicle that many users consider. have designated kind of a copy of Ghost in the Shell’s Tachikoma. The video shared by another Japanese citizen exploded on social media attract the attention of hundreds of thousands of viewers.

Tachikoma is an artificial intelligence that was introduced in Ghost in the Shell, the work of Masamune Shirow, and appeared in the anime Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex (Seasons 1 and 2) e Solid state society, as well as in the range of shorts Tachikomatic days. In Shirow’s imagination, he appears as a robot spider that can carry people and support them in battle.

In the video attached below it is possible to see elderly people doing it circulates through the streets of Japan on board a somewhat more limited representationbut the legs that obscure the vehicle’s wheels leave little room for doubt. A kind of electric scooter with the same characteristics that we see on the street every day, but with a science fiction twist that is sure to make fans of the great Shirow series smile.

Speaking of Ghost in the Shell, we remind you that the home video of the film adaptation of Mamoru Oshii is available as a home video thanks to Eagle Pictures. So if you haven’t restored it yet, don’t miss the opportunity to give it a ‘look!

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