Hollywood live-action adaptions of popular anime properties have an unfortunately long history as big studios attempt to market a popular story to an audience unfamiliar with, and uncomfortable watching, anime. While there has been the occasional success, the general consensus is that attempting to make a live-action adaptation of an anime is ultimately a poor business venture. One studio didn’t listen to this however and Ghost in the Shell, an adaptation of the popular 1995 anime of the same name, was released in 2017. There are multiple reasons why this adaptation, like many others, failed to succeed.