Ghost in the Shell SAC Complete 1st Season Collection Box Set
by Kenji Kamiyama
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Actor: Barbara Goodson, Dino Andrade, Kevin Brief, Loy Edge, Michael GregoryDirector: Kenji Kamiyama
Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Producer: Charles McCarter
Producer: Kaoru Mfaume
Writer: Dai Sato
Writer: Mary Claypool
Writer: Shotaro Suga
Writer: Yoshiki Sakurai
Writer: Yutaka Omatsu
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 750 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-10-31
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Manga Video
Movie Reviews of Ghost in the Shell SAC Complete 1st Season Collection Box Set
Movie Review: This show gets the "world" of GitS
Summary: 5 Stars
GitS SAC is one of the most well thought fictional worlds I've ever encountered. Little snippets of info from what seem to be nonsensical conversations, over many episodes, build a portrait of a government, military and civilian society in the future that is addicted to machines. Truly, in GitS SAC, nothing is said without meaning.
Beyond such, what the show attempts to tackle is also challenging and delightful to ponder. For instance, I do like how this show accepts that Section 9--which houses our heroine--is basically a quasi-legal, definitely unethical, possible police squad that really functions beyond all boundaries of law. At one point, in season 2, I think the Major actually refers to Section 9 as being closely related to "terrorists." This organization is your worst 1984 nightmare. While occasionally hampered by bureaucracy, Section 9 freely interrogates without making arrests, preforms searches without warrants, crosses all measures of privacy with its hacking and seems to decides its own work and policies--is it any wonder why, in episodes 24-26 (SPOILER), the government can sell to the public that Section 9 was planning a coup d'etat (SPOILER END). It goes to show the lengths of detail woven into this show that reveal how all major arms of society are being manipulated to work together. Meanwhile, Section 9 is also an anti-terrorist squad, and their intelligence gathering is an effective method of thwarting civil unrest that threatens to become violent. In this instance, their services are essential to this society, be it however scary that they exist at all.
Expect these kind of mental knots from GitS. You won't get any straight answers from this show. Instead, it will challenge you to ask yourself how far you'd be willing to bend your personal morals and convictions if you were in such situations.
While the Laughing Man episodes are certainly the best, the "stand alone" episodes are also important. The side stories about the Tachikoma, the Chiefs struggles with his professional/personal boundaries and the Major's connection to her watch all ask serious questions about law enforcement, machine "life" and humanity.
I was sucked in by the show. If you were a history, poly sci, sociology or techno dweeb in school...you'll find this show keeping you on the edge of your seat.
Summary of Ghost in the Shell SAC Complete 1st Season Collection Box Set
The Smash First Season Anime Extravaganza in one complete set! Major Motoko Kusanagi is a beautiful but deadly cyborg that is squad leader of Section 9-the Japanese government's clandestine unit assigned to battle terrorism and cyber warfare Surrounded by an expertly trained team, Motoko faces her ultimate challenge- the Laughing Man- a terrorist who orchestrated a kidnapping and extortion plot many years ago and has suddenly reappeared. In order to discover the identity of this enigmatic criminal, Motoko and Section 9 are drawn into a deadly labyrinth and they'll have to use all their expertise to survive This acclaimed anime series is from Production I.G (Kill Bill) and features the amazing music if Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Behop) with stories by Kenji Kamiyama (Blood, Jin-Roh) and Dai Soto (Eureka SeveN)The 2002 broadcast series based on Mamoru Oshii's landmark film Ghost in the Shell (1995) takes place in a parallel world, where Major Motoko Kusanagi didn't vanish into The Net. Although its production values are lower, and director Kenji Kamiyama never matches Oshii's inspired camerawork, Stand Alone Complex does an impressive job of recreating the setting and characters. With the help of the other officers from Public Security Section 9, Kusanagi moves through a deadly city of mecha, cyborgs, humans, and human-prosthetic hybrids. Batou emerges as a more complex and compelling character in the TV series than he was in Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence: He engages the other characters, instead of endlessly quoting philosophers.
Politics and cyber-espionage collide in a somewhat tangled plot that centers on the pursuit of The Laughing Man, an ?ber-hacker whose pseudonym is linked to J.D. Salinger's 1949 story of the same name. The master cyber-criminal leads Kusanagi and Batou into a web of murder and deceit involving bogus cures for "cyberbrain sclerosis" and?corrupt government ministers. In the secondary story, the Tachikomas, crab-like robots used by Section 9, develop personalities and an awareness of their existence. The Tachikomas recognize some of the implications of their growing consciousness, but their childish voices--modeled after the performance of Japanese actress Akiko Tamagawa--sound odd discussing philosophical questions. Not surprisingly, the story ends with Kusanagi, Batou, et al. tackling a new case that leads into the 2nd Gig. (Rated 13 and older: considerable violence, violence against women, grotesque imagery, nudity, alcohol and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
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