Ghost in the Shell: Season 1
Monday, 28. September 2009. 02:55 by admin
Product Description
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 Ka… More >>
September 28th, 2009 at 3:12 am
First of all, I just want to mention that I was always interested in GITS SAC, but between the other expensive collection floating around and the fact that it only airs once a week at 4am, I’ve never really had the chance to take a closer look. That is, until this convenient, affordable set-up.
Well, anyway, GITS SAC revolves around the investigation of a cyber-terrorist known as the “laughing man.” Throughout the series attempts are made to stop this heinous criminal only to reveal that the plot is much thicker and deeper than first imagined.
Along with the overlying plot, stand alone episodes act as avenues for character development, philosophical questioning as well as world building. Perhaps two of the better (or at least entertaining in my point of view) episodes consist of Batou’s backstory while investigating a fighter and the tachikoma’s consistent questioning of life and death.
Though these stand alone episodes offer much in the way of development, they have a habit of breaking the pace a little. If you are not intending to watch large chunks of the series at a time or in reasonable sucession, important details can easily be forgotten.
All and all, GITS SAC offers espionage, action, philosophical debate and characters that you can’t help to feel for. Just remember one thing while diving through the GITS SAC world: Nothing is at it seems. And one other thing: it doesn’t hurt to keep the remote in hand to rewind to what you missed.
Rating: 4 / 5
September 28th, 2009 at 5:51 am
This anime is one of the most complex stories ever…
But if you listen closely and keep a watchful eye, it WILL all make sense in the very end!
I really can’t explain too much of this story, without confusing, or giving away anything…
What I can say is if you like Cowboy Bebop’s plot: Stand alone episodes combined with a subliminal plot then you will enjoy this.
I can also say that the theme about the series is: At point is a man a machine once he becomes a cyborg? At if a machine obtains individuality, is he/she/it human?
And lastly, if something occurs, that appears differently to others eyes, does it become what the others thought?
Philosophy, action, sci-fi, complexity, and excellence is what you will get with Ghost in the Shell.
Rating: 5 / 5
September 28th, 2009 at 8:08 am
I just bought this title (again) and it’s really the way to go if you are into SAC. There is however a flaw with the set that has continued from the initial release of the limited edition disks. Specifiacally disk two. The limited edition releases came with two disks, a conventional disk and one coded for DTS. Volume two’s disks were the only disks in the series that were silk screened in reverse so that the DTS disk was labled as if it were the standard version. This problem continues in this set. What this means is that a conventional DVD player will not give you any volume from the disk and you can tell on the main menu because it will read DTS disk in the right corner of the menu. Maybe Bandai will concede to replacing the erronious disk with one that will play on standard players but, I haven’t gotten that far yet. That’s the ONLY reason I can’t give it a 5 star rating.
Rating: 4 / 5