Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. - 2nd Gig (Complete Collection)
by Kenji Kamiyama
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Actor: Dean Wein, Joshua Seth, Michael McCarty (III), Takashi Onozuka, Yutaka NakanoDirector: Kenji Kamiyama
Brand: GHOST IN THE SHELL S.A.C.: 2ND GIG COMPL (DVD
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 650 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-20
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Manga Video
Movie Reviews of Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. - 2nd Gig (Complete Collection)
Movie Review: Builds Upon the Series:So Watch the Series FIRST!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a fitting addition to the SAC series, which is my favorite anime series by the way!
What other reviewers say is accurate: great story and animation.
Please watch the SAC series (both) before watching this. This is NOT a continuation of the feature films, rather this is the conclusion of the SAC series. I believe that Shirow Masamune might be done with Ghost in the Shell: he has moved on to other projects, but he might just give us one or two more of these feature length fimls. It's like being given one of those big, swirly lollipops they sell at theme parks...Anime Candy BABY!!!
Pros: Seriously.........?
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really?
Cons: Nothing...this is pure eye candy!
Viewing Preference: English Dub (Crispin Freeman is the best! He is Togusa by the way)
Summary of Ghost in the Shell S.A.C. - 2nd Gig (Complete Collection)
Based on the manga by Masamune Shirow and directed by Kenji Kamiyama GHOST IN THE SHELL: STAND ALONE COMPLEX takes viewers to a futuristic society where technology has saturated citizens' daily lives. Along with the new technology comes new types of crime that exploit it but female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi and her team of police Section 9 devote their lives to chasing criminals both on land and in cyberspace. In this complete collection of episodes from the epic show's second season (also known as 2nd Gig) Major Motoko Husanagi and Section 9 continue to battle terrorists in the actual world and in cyberspace. This season gives a new spin to Masamune Shirow's popular concept by combining the talents of directors Mamoru Oshii and Kenji Kamiyama and the animators at Japanese studio Production I.G.System Requirements:Length: 360 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ANIME Rating: PG-13 UPC: 669198252679 Manufacturer No: 25267Major Kusanagi and the rest of Public Security Section 9 hit the ground running as the second season of Stand Alone Complex (2004) begins: Their new adventure centers on a complex mystery even more dangerous than the case of the Laughing Man. Terrorist incidents linked to the mistreatment of Asian refugees after World War IV threaten to ignite a powder keg in Japan. Kusanagi, Batou, and even Chief Aramaki chafe when they're drafted to protect Prime Minister Kayabuki from would-be assassins. But the threats to the government are linked to the Individual Eleven, a cell that recalls the May 15th Incident. (On May 15, 1932, a group of junior naval officers and army cadets assassinated Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi, ensuring that power would remain in the hands of the militarists.) The members of the Individual Eleven--except for Hideo Kuze, their charismatic leader--commit mass suicide in a bloody spectacle that recalls the theatrical death in 1970 of Japanese writer Yukio Mishima. Kuze's campaign to win political freedom for the refugees grows increasingly violent, involving suicide bombers, Russian mobsters selling stolen plutonium, and strained relations between Japan and an Imperial America that is trying to reassert its military dominance in the face of economic weakness. And what role does the devious, hideously scarred intelligence officer Kazundo Gohda play in these actions? The Tachikoma robots speculate that as they are abandoning collective consciousness and developing individuality, a dependence on the Net is leading humans in the opposite direction. That trend makes people more vulnerable to cyber-viruses involved in the plot--unless Section 9 acts in time. Most of the adventures take place in bleak, gray and brown settings, which contrast effectively with the bright, colorful cyberworld the Major and the Tachikomas visit. S.A.C.--2nd Gig continues the tight plotting, dynamic action sequences, and interesting character relationships that made the series a hit. (Rated 13 and older: violence, violence against women, brief nudity, alcohol, drug, and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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