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Anime collaborations are everywhere, starting with Gundam Watches and Naruto Nights In major league stadiums only on anything Evangelion. But these Ghost in the shell keyboards From Aconex They are some of the coolest examples I’ve seen of everyday, anime-inspired technology. They look sick and write and play great. At $249, it’s a significant extra cost over the regular version’s $169, but that’s still a fair price for the excellent build quality and unique designs.
Standard Aconex EV63 that Ghost in the shell The release is based on a 65 percent Hall effect keyboard aimed at gamers. It features a compact design, an 8000Hz polling rate, and highly sensitive hot keys (popularized by Wooting) to gain a competitive advantage over opponents with lower gear. It’s also wired only. These days, wireless mechanical keyboards are everywhere, but if you want an 8K panel that also has the Hall effect, it’s wired. The regular EV63 has some stylish designs, but it’s both Ghost in the shell Editions are difficult.
They come in two designs: shell core and Cyber blueboth are decorated inside Ghost in the shell Aesthetics, iconography and character art. They have aluminum housings with bright RGB lighting, pre-programmed with a light pattern that matches their color schemes, and frosted keycaps on the escape, space bar, left shift, enter, and arrow keys that allow colored light to shine through.
While these consoles coincide with the new July release The ghost in the shell Animated, their appearance is inspired by the 1995 film by director Mamoru Oshii, with close-ups of the characters’ faces on several modifier keys. The cyber blue model also features a toned-down outline of Motoko “The Major” Kusanagi’s nude file from 1995 Theatrical release poster On the keycaps and bottom case. The effect is very subtle on the keycaps, since it’s a black-on-dark gray outline split across a set of keys, and it’s much less revealing than the source material, but I’d still think twice before bringing this into a stuffy office.
The keyboards feature top-notch build quality. At 2.7 lbs/1.2 kg, it’s pretty hefty, weighing in at about the same weight as a 13-inch MacBook Air, but in a dense package. Typing on the Iqunix EV63 is very satisfactory, especially for the Hall effect panel; They’re generally designed more for gaming performance than feel and sound. the Ghost in the shell Editions are used KeyTok Nova linear magnetic switchesit’s light and crisp, and the keyboard stand gives everything a sharp, bottom-out feel. (The standard EV63 uses Iqunix X Pro or Ultra magnetic switches, which I did not test.)
The EV63 is even capable of great sound. It’s not as deep, warm, or marbley as the non-HE premium panels out there, for example EvoWorks Evo80but she has a satisfying voice. Compared to very similar Dry Studio Snow Ring 63 RTthe Gates The EV63 sounds much better to my ears. the Chilk Slice 75 H.E It has more of that chunky sound I usually prefer, but this keyboard doesn’t sound like these little works of cyber art.
A 65 percent gaming keyboard designed for competitive shooters is fairly decent, and this Ghost in the shell The versions are more than that, but they are great. There have been anime keyboard collaborations before, but many of them look like… A little inspiration. I’ve bought my fair share of anime-inspired keycaps, which I think it looks amazingbut it is generally an unauthorized greeting. It’s great to see properly licensed consoles that look and sound good. Designed for the biggest fans and specialized enough for the most hardcore enthusiasts. Major should be proud.
Photography by Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge
