Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, 2nd GIG, Volume 04 (Special Edition) | 
| Actor: Ghost In The Shell
Studio: Manga Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $49.97
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 63299
Format: Animated, Box Set, Color, Dvd-video, Limited Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.7 x 2.3
MPN: 25230
UPC: 669198252303
EAN: 0669198252303
ASIN: B000E5KUM4
Release Date: March 21, 2006
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Stand Alone Complex (2nd Gig) continues to grow more pointedly political as it progresses. The agents of Public Security Section 9 discover that the cases they're investigating are linked to the troubled relations between Japan and Imperial America: The latter is attempting to reassert its global military dominance while grappling with its economic weakness. But the prime minister and her cabinet face those problems. Batou, the Major, and the rest of the Section have to deal with unrest among the refugees, suicide bombers, and the Individualists. The members of the Individual Eleven--except for Kuze, their leader--commit mass suicide in a bloody spectacle that recalls the theatrical death of the great Japanese writer Yukio Mishima in 1970. 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 the micro-machines and cyber-viruses of the Individualist plot--unless Section 9 can thwart it in time. The Special Edition in a tin box offers one disc with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, the other with DTS and stereo, plus three easy-to-assemble plastic figures, including a good one of Batou. (Rated 13 and older: violence, violence against women, brief nudity, alcohol, drug and tobacco use) --Charles Solomon
Product Description
Chasing Phantoms While on the trail of Kuze Section 9 tracks down the person who made his one-of-a-kind prosthetic face. There s only one problem the designer is dead. And the person who killed him is Paz or someone who looks exactly like him! And Section 9 has some downtime which they put to good use. During a friendly poker game Saito recounts his first encounter with the Major when they were both looking down the barrel of each other s guns. But there s still a lot of work left to be done as everyone tries to unravel the mystery of the Individual Eleven and discover the whereabouts of Kuze. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM Rating: NR UPC: 669198252303 Manufacturer No: 25230
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| Customer Reviews:
better than advertised March 24, 2006
D. Galloway
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I have been following the Laughing Man fansubs, so I've covered all this material before. I'm acquiring the DVDs as they come out to have legit copies.
The desc says 2 collectibles toys, it's actually 3. There is Batou on the plate like Motoko from Vol 3. In fact, the base plates fit together, which makes me belive that vol 5 will have another piece that will fit together to complete a composite set. The other two toys are the Chinese assassin with the gun-arm and the old robot unit from the organ-farming business (with the fake southern accent). These are easier to put together, I had problems with the Tachikoma from the last set, it broke when I tried to put the legs on. Haven't gotten around to the super-glue session yet.
The product itself: Stand Alone Complex - 2nd Gig continues some of the best animation and smartest television ever produced. Buy it, share it with those persons worthy/capable of appreciating it.
What you would expect! February 8, 2008
Tom E. Thompson (California)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is what you would expect from the team that makes this awsome film and series! Visuals are as always, Top notch in the anime world, with thought provoking story lines, that make it so you can't wait to watch the next episode in the series. If you like you anime like i do with realistic looking charaters, and just alaround good damn movie. you have to have this in your collection, along with the whole series!
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