Ghost In The Shell - Solid State Society
Starring: Michael McCarty (III), Dean Wein, Yutaka Nakano, Takashi Onozuka, Joshua SethDirector: Kenji Kamiyama
Studio: Manga Video
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Running Time: 109 minutes
DVD Release: July 3rd 2007
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DVD Review
The television movie Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society (2006) continues the adventures of the cast of Stand Alone Complex, the TV series based on Mamoru Oshii's watershed feature. It's been two years since Major Kusanagi left Public Security Section 9 and struck out on her own. Batou pursues only investigations that interest him. Togusa is in charge of the Section, largely by default. All three characters, plus Chief Aramaki and the Tachikoma robots, join in the investigation of a string of suicides by agents of a foreign general. The trail leads them to a terrorist plot involving micro-machines created to release a deadly virus, and to the master-hacker known as the Puppeteer. The depiction of a corrupt politician using resources earmarked for the care of an aging population for his own ends reflects recent scandals in Japan. But Solid State Society feels derivative. The plot borrows heavily from the "Laughing Man" storyline, and the general lack of inspiration is evident in the failure to resolve the mystery satisfactorily. (Rated 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon
User Reviews
Quick ship - Rating: 5/5
Thanks to the seller for quick shipping. I just gave this to my son for his birthday.
Two years after... - Rating: 5/5
...Major Motoko Kusanagi has resigned from her post and Section 9 has been forced to confront a dangerous hacker called the Puppeteer after tracing a series of suicides to this terrorist. As they dive deeper into what may be a government conspiracy they start to cross paths with the Major. Is this an accident or is she working for the wrong side? Get ready to become paranoid in this action-packed movie based on the Stand Alone Complex series. Extras include interviews with some of the English voice actors and storyboard subtitles.
GitS Rocks - Rating: 5/5
Two thumbs up........
Continues the adventures of Section 9 Two years after 2nd gig
Defective - Rating: 2/5
I might rate it higher if I got to watch it. It began skipping at 10 minutes in on my main DVD player. While it didn't skip at 10 mins on another player, it did have the Ch15 skip (an earlier reviewer had mentioned) on all my players. I am currently in the process of getting a replacement through Amazon, hopefully it won't have the errors.
bad disks (Chapter 15),..skips 40 seconds - Rating: 4/5
My copy freezes at 07 seconds into Chapter 15 then jumps to 46 seconds later. If one watches the timer, one will see it did more then freeze. After it freezes you can back up to 8 seconds into Chapter 15 and continue. A few small things do happen in the during the jump. We checked out 4 copies and all were bad.
As for the movie , I am a big fan of Ghost in a Shell and love them all. And as for one reviewer, it is dubbed into English by them same crew.
