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[Spoiler-free] An intelligent cyberpunk story with an excellent balance of action and philosophy.
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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (which I'll just refer to as SAC) is an exemplary cyberpunk tale which reminds us of why we fell in love with the genre in the first place. With its beautiful aesthetics well ahead of its time coupled with the…
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When i first watched this a few years ago i thought it was great but nothing special. After watching it again, its a very comfortable 10/10. Almost every episode is great, something which is rare to see in a 26 episode anime. With anime this long, there's usually at least a few weak episodes that fe…
Read full review on AniList →Fun as hell cyber-punk with interesting psychological, philosophical and sociological themes.
STORY 10/10
In the not-so-distant future (2030), a complete body transplant from flesh to machine is possible. Main protagonists are agents of “Public Security Section 9” (an elite secret police squad of 7 people) whose level of prosthetic enhancements ranges from minor modifications to full cyborg.…
Read full review on AniList →Anime cyberpunk masterpiece
Science Fiction has come a long way from stories involving the unknown reaches of space by the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells to stories that draw social implications of our society from famed authors George Orwell and Phillip K. ****. There is little doubt that anime productions have tackled a…
Read full review on AniList →Complexos In(ter)dependentes
Baseado nos trabalhos de Masamune Shirow, Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex, ou Gits Sac, foi um anime produzido pelo Productions IG e que contou com duas temporadas.
Situado em um ***ão nos anos 2030, após acontecimentos como a III guerra mundial, o show nos arremete às operações investigati…
Read full review on AniList →(SPOILER FREE) A thought provoking Sci-fi Classic everyone should watch
I). Plot Structure/Execution- GITS SAC has two types of episodes-
Stand Alone Episodes and Complex Episodes
A) Stand Alone Episodes- They can be effectively summed up as being double-edged swords. Ghost in the Shell feels like a lived-in world, as the worldbuilding is intricate and meticulously don…
Read full review on AniList →An exceptional series that falls just short of greatness
With the new SAC spinoff series coming out, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to revisit this old classic. The original 1995 movie is one of my favorite movies of all time, and back when I first dove into the GitS franchise, I considered this to be right up there with it in terms of quality.…
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