To be honest, Scarlett Johansson doesn’t physically resemble the character. Disregarding unrealistic anime eyes, the facial proportions don’t match. Most notable is Scarlet’s western nose that takes too much attention from her eyes relative to the visual balance between Motoko Kusanagi’s nose and eyes. Also, Scarlet’s…

Some commentators are approaching the anime the wrong way, an ethnocentric way. Judging from some comments, there is a segment of anime/manga fans that are isolated from Japanese culture and other east Asian cultures. Some poster’s comments indicate they lack live action exposure, dramas and movies, and they don’t…