Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex

[mrgazpacho]

I'm surprised fiend didn't put this up yet:

http://www.production-ig.com/Ghost_TV.html


A TV anime series is being set in the GitS world. Note the chara design for Motoko looks more girly (i.e. human) than the movie design.

[orochi X]

I like the animation looks alot nicer IMO then the movie.

Design sketches look very nice and so do the images, oh Motoko doesnt look naked anymore now it looks like a skinsuit

Cant wait for this :D

[El^Presidente]

oooohhh sexy

*dances*

[Nagha's revenge]

Oooh, looks impressive. Nice art, good colouring, nice CG. I'm getting curious.

[Ngine]

*drool* :jdrop:

http://www.production-ig.com/images/k3/release/image_025.jpg

http://www.production-ig.com/images/k3/release/image_063.jpg

[hGh]

Looks nice, though the pink/purple overall does not look right :p, and the robots don't seem as cool as that spider like beast in the GITS movie, but I will not pass final judgment until I've seen the thing.

[Westlo]

Just read about this before and it seems it's already licensed to Bandai. It starts airing during this October's anime season and guess whos doing the music for this?

Yoko Kanno herself

[hGh]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee, Yoko Kanno - that positively rules. And after looking at the designes and the screenshots a few times more, I am beginning think that they could look pritty cool in their animated form.

[Westlo]

The production of this anime cost twice as much as standard TV series.

As for the website

Updates:

Mondays - images
Tuesdays - designs
Wednesdays - images
Thursdays - designs
Fridays - journal

Not to mention...

1st monday of every month - interviews
2nd monday of every month - character profiles

And the fact there'll be a weekly
column and the movie section...

And as you can see on the site

Based on the official website,

Inquiries concerning :: broadcast and licensing outside Asia ::
Bandai Entertainment Inc. http://www.bandai-ent.com/

Bandai have this anime already licensed in fact they are partially funding it.

[Ngine]

Originally posted by hGh
Looks nice, though the pink/purple overall does not look right :p, and the robots don't seem as cool as that spider like beast in the GITS movie, but I will not pass final judgment until I've seen the thing.

yeah, the fuchicoma's in the manga look way cooler. but at least they've finally put in some, which will lead to alot of kewl action scenes!

[hGh]

And I'll bet we haven't seen all of the toys they have there, I hope there will be some good suprises.

[Fatal Outlaw]

i'll be looking forward to this, since i did not get any of the movie...

[EVA fiend]

Originally posted by mrgazpacho
I'm surprised fiend didn't put this up yet:

Coz you beat me to it...., :p

I like the chara designs on this a lot more than in the movie..., Motoko does seem more human here..., there are also the fuchikoma's present as well.., which were missing from the movie altogether...., :D

Hmmm..., I hope that this series goes better than most of Shirow's other anime projects..., aside from the GitS movie (& maybe the upcoming Appleseed movie)..., the rest of Shirow's animated works have been very, very poor.., doing no justice to his manga works at all...,

[DarkPrimus]

Waitaminute, let me see if I got this straight...

1) A GitS series.

2) Fuchikomas.

3) Yoko Kanno soundtrack.

:jdrop:





I think I just wet myself....

[BigShot Jordan]

The anticipation is killing me!
Yoko Kanno, Shirow, Production I.G.....
How could anything go wrong?!


see you space cowboys.

[Shale]

Originally posted by DarkPrimus
Waitaminute, let me see if I got this straight...

1) A GitS series.

2) Fuchikomas.

3) Yoko Kanno soundtrack.

:jdrop:


Pretty much, yeah. Bandai better do a damn quick trranslation job on this, or I may end up watching it raw...

[Ronin Aquila]

Ka-Chin.

Good as sold for me!!

Can hardly wait!! :D

[Alaunt]

Is anyone else concerned with the amount of 3d that is going to be used, I think the movie had a perfect balance of 2d cell animation and 3d, it was very seemeless. Yet I doubt whether or not the budget is going to be enough to produce such quality every episode, I think it will be very similar to Gundam Wing in that you can see which episodes they spent more on.

[thedarkmarine]

Why are people so afraid of 3D? You can see (Gonzo) that 3D is really starting to bloom. Sucks to them overpaid actors.

[DarkGremlin]

Mmm, finally, for Ghost in the Shell! :cool: :D

Stand Alone Complex, I like that as a name - it sounds nifty ^_^

So much improvement on the animation, and Motoko is looking hot (as always)

[Marius]

Yay is the only word I can find fitting for this news :dance:

[EKnatsumi]

well, Gonzo does it right, at least from what I've seen in Gatekeepers and Vandread. But many of the other anime companies either under-do it or overdo it. And if GITS: Stand Alone Complex doesn't do it right, I'll be SO SO disappointed! Even if I didn't understand everything, I liked the movie a lot!

EK 8 )

[Ronin Aquila]

3D is in the context of the setting, so it won't hurt the integrity of the narrative too much. ;)

[Fatal Outlaw]

just got the report from comic-con Adult Swim panel, Ghost in the shell: SAC was confirmed for Adult Swim :D

wheter or not it will be a simultaneous airing in both japan and US is unknown...but it will come :cool:

[Neo Evangelion]

Wow. I'll be honest with you guys: the movie was quite boring to me, and I ended up disliking it. But the fresh new look of this series is really, really starting to interest me. It looks pretty groovy. Booyaka!

[Ronin Aquila]

The TV's character designs makes it easier to like the leads than the movie's cold and scary look. :kawaii:

[Westlo]

Awesome news that that it's airing on Adult Swim, and production I.G are up their with Studio Bones as far as animation goes. Studio Gonzo aint on their level.

[Ronin Aquila]

But hell, they are getting there.

Gonzo's magnificent rendering of Carmilla's Castle in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust was more than enough to prove their worth in the anime industry. ;)

[Fatal Outlaw]

Originally posted by Ronin Aquila
But hell, they are getting there.

Gonzo's magnificent rendering of Carmilla's Castle in Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust was more than enough to prove their worth in the anime industry. ;)

that was gonzo??? i did not know that...that was one of my favorite scenes!

[Drizzten]

I'll give them respect for their work during the introduction of the castle and the castle's inner scenes, but they were just lazy at the end when the ship took off. Give it another look sometime...all they did in most of the shots was take a still frame of the ship and move it up past the background. Of course, if they weren't responsible for it, Gonzo isn't the lazy animator responsible. Some other lazy company is. ;)

[Ronin Aquila]

It looked so real it seemed that is was built rather than drawn. ;)

[Westlo]

I had thought that it was Studio Madhouse who animated it?

Or was that only the original they worked on?

Ghost In The Shell Standalone Complex should be pretty popular (Cowboy Bebop like), simultaneous airing in Japan and America, Masamune Shirow working on it, Production I.G doing the animation, Yoko Kanno doing the soundtrack.

It's either going to be one of the best animes ever, or one of the biggest disappointments in anime. I said the same thing when the hack anime was announced and I'll have to side with it being a disappointment. Hopefully Ghost In The Shell Standalone Complex will be good.

[thedarkmarine]

Hot Chick and "Big Guns" and Guns and Robots and 3dCG make thedarkmarine horny.

[death]

Thats just to much info man.

didnt know that gonzo did the castle. Should have guessed thoug.

[MDWigs]

The trailer for this is out. Though the address was slashdotted and thus promptly went off line. There are mirrors popping up around the place but none are stable for long. Everyone wants to see this ^^ Keep an eye out for it, get it if you can, it looks absolutely fantastic!

[Westlo]

This series is 26 episodes, I read off the japanese site which Anime Daisuki took it's information from. I coulnt' understand a word but it had the numbers 26 next to it so i'm pretty sure it's talking about the ep count......

Haven't seen the trailer yet since as MDWigs said it went off line quickly.

[Marius]

Did you check the forums Westlo? I found it pretty easily there.

What can I say? It was ------- unreal!!!!! The animation was awesome and so was the music to go with it. This is deffinately gonna rock the house when it comes out :nod:

[MDWigs]

It has been mirrored on AusGamers now so you can get it from there.

[El^Presidente]

OMG!

I jsut d/led the trailer

OMG!

I WANT IT NOW!

[glennanime]

This may be relevant, its the highlights of the coverage from Comic Con which has the news that came out about GITS:SAC

http://anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=289

-glenn.anime.

[animefan23]

Ghost in the shell was a great anime for its time. This looks very promising! I will be checking this anime out! :yippee: Anyway, when is it saposed to come out?

[Marius]

http://anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=289


*Giggles like a school girl*

:D



[Sorry, Marius, but the webmaster of that site asked me to edit your post for copyright reasons.]

[orochi X]

From ANN

GiTS Trailer update (2002-09-03 22:25:34)
Several people have e-mailed us looking for the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex trailer which was hosted by dmz-plus.com. Cenic from animeshon.net has posted a duplicate of the trailer at www.animeshon.net/downloads/movies/gits.qt. [ No More ]

Trailer can be found here.

Its over 40 megs, thats going to tae me ages to download. is there a smaller version of this?

[MDWigs]

There is a 35 meg mpeg version hosted on ausgamers

[Westlo]

What to dl come October

Gundam SEED
Ghost In The SHell TV
Kiddy Grade

*curses the crapiness of cable in australia*

(I don't have cable but I can dl more than cable on 56k, thats sad and the reason i don't have cable)

[Marius]

That's not sad, it's smart ;)

I don't think I can wait for it to be released :evil:

*joins cue for October*

[DistMan]

I've got high expectations on this series! I'm excited!

GiTS MMI (english) should be released before the end of the year aswell!

[Westlo]

I just dled the trailer then at work with a cable modem :)

Too bad it's the last thing I'm going to get :(

Anyway I just watched it like 4 times it looks really amazing, the animation level on this looks really high.

Now all I want is the Wolf's Rain trailer to become available on the net....

[Marius]

Mmm some of the parts like the eye target thing opening is really smooth.

[dheu]

They're doing a TV series for Ghost in the Shell?! Sheesh, where have I been?

That trailer looks awesome. Smooth, beautiful animation. Looked a little blurry but that's just my stupid connection. :mad: Ahem. Character designs look good, as far as I could tell... and it's nice to see that Kusanagi looks more human!

I'm definitely looking forward to this one. Do you guys know when it's going to be played on Adult Swim?


dheu

[Sigurd Fatima]

I've been waiting for this thing for a couple of months already. Sometimes I'd just feel better if they waited on disclosing the information on a new series because it's such a teaser, despite it being a powerful tactic for raising the hype and all. :heh: I can handle though, I think!

Peace. V

[Marius]

Originally posted by dheu
I'm definitely looking forward to this one. Do you guys know when it's going to be played on Adult Swim?

It has to go to air in Japan first ;)

[Fatal Outlaw]

Originally posted by Marius


It has to go to air in Japan first ;)

well, not neccesarily, theres been rumors that GitS TV will air concurrently in japan and the US this october.

anyhow, its already end of september and no word yet, however, two new shows(confirmed) are coming in december, so i think its safe to say that if gits doesnt come in october, then it will surely come in december on AS. that is the exact reason why im not on line to d/l GitS, i figured id wait 2 months to see it on tv, rather on my computer screen

[Marius]

Originally posted by Fatal Outlaw


well, not neccesarily, theres been rumors that GitS TV will air concurrently in japan and the US this october.

anyhow, its already end of september and no word yet, however, two new shows(confirmed) are coming in december, so i think its safe to say that if gits doesnt come in october, then it will surely come in december on AS. that is the exact reason why im not on line to d/l GitS, i figured id wait 2 months to see it on tv, rather on my computer screen

You're lucky then. I don't have cable TV :(


I do have cable internet though :D

[Fatal Outlaw]

Originally posted by Marius


You're lucky then. I don't have cable TV :(


I do have cable internet though :D

all of us are lucky hehe, the japanese has to pay to watch GitS (its on Pay per view), while we get to see it for free (either on AS, or d/l)

[dheu]

Originally posted by Fatal Outlaw
all of us are lucky hehe, the japanese has to pay to watch GitS (its on Pay per view), while we get to see it for free (either on AS, or d/l)

When you put it like that... :yippee: This is the first time I'm actually glad to be living here instead of in Japan. Well... one of the first times.


dheu

[The_NME]

All I can say is f*ckin' awesome! I can't wait till it comes out in Oz.
Is it set before or after the movie?

[DarkPrimus]

Originally posted by The_NME
Is it set before or after the movie?

I would assume before the movie/manga, since Major Kusanagi seems to be employed by the government still. :o

[Project Akira]

There is the possibility that it is its own story completely :)

[Westlo]

It is a story in the parallel world to the manga and the movie. Kusanagi does not meet the puppeteer, and the story shows the world where she keeps belonging to section 9.

In other Ghost In The Shell related news

Taken from AnimeOnDVD - http://forums.animeondvd.com/dcforum/DCForumID13/6852.html

A brazillian website today posted that the new Wizard has an interview with Shirow, and he says Oshii is directing GITS 2, and it WILL be Man/Machine Interface. How cool is that?
Now, we all expected that (GITS:SAC's director, Kamiyama-san, hinted at that when i interviewed him - yeah, i like to brag about that, can you tell ), but it's nice to have confirmation.

I just hope they use the same chara design and Kenji's music again.

Also Dreamworks may have invested in this as well.

[Westlo]

Heres an opinion I got off AnimeOnDVD but watch the show yourself before you make your mind up. I feared some of the stuff he mentioned would happen though. This is based on the first two episodes.

"Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - a disappointment?"

Ok, the first two episodes of GitS:SAC have been released on SkyPerfecTV's Pay per view network. I also believe a bunch of people have seen an ep or two at AXNY. Now there's alot of hype surrounding the series, its supposedly the most expensive anime series ever produced, and has what is seen as a top of the line staff listing. Virtually a who's who of anime. But after seeing the first episode, I can't really feel anything other than disappointment.

First, let's get SOME things out of the way. Cartoon Network and Bandai Entertainment's involvement in GitS:SAC stop at the money. Period. The OP is in Japanese, the computer text at the start of the episode are in Japanese, filled with kanji. Everyone speaks Japanese, there's blood, there are Geisha robots, etc. It's still a Japanese anime, and if it has faults, its the fault of the creators and NOT of the "involvement of American companies destroying anime".

Now with that out of the way, why was GitS:SAC disappointing to me? Mostly because it's really really mediocre. The plot presented is uninteresting, action packed, but uninteresting. The characters feel like they're just... walking through the role, if that's even possible for an animated character. GitS:SAC feels much like a live-action TV series of a very popular Hollywood blockbuster, with the cast reunited, with top production values, but without someone asking if it was really needed in the first place.

With Man Machine interface coming up in the future, and with the knowledge that SAC, as its name implies, is a stand alone side story, one cannot help but wonder at where the suspense is. We know that the main characters will suvive, that the world will continue to exist and that there will be no epic or unepic or otherwise suspenseful plot that will keep you guessing. Instead we're presented with what appears to be an episodic "days of their lives" look at Section 9. It doesn't help that the characters aren't really very interesting, that they seem to KNOW that they aren't very interesting and just carry out their jobs with elite professionalism.

The production values of the series are questionable as well. I can easily see that much of the budget has been used on the weaponary, firearms and vehicles of the show. But this also leaves the characters and backgrounds looking rather mediocre, in fact, at times everything feels really dry and dull just so the weaponary or tech stuff stand out. For a series that claims to have "twice" the budget of any other series, the production values are really varied. When its good its REALLY good, when its bad, its subpar. The music is rather nice, but it seems to me that Kanno is trying to aim for a Noir-style soundtrack here, but falls short. Instead of the music jumping out and grabbing your attention like in Noir, the music in GitS:SAC sounds similar but stays in the background.

Yes, I know this sounds rather negative, so what's good about the show? Well, it's a rather mediocre and standard sci-fi action series. It's entertaining on face value alone I guess, but definitely nothing groundbreaking at all. If you liked GitS the movie, you'll probably enjoy the series to some degree. But it really doesn't open any doors for people that are looking for the next big thing in anime at all. Considering all the hype, it might be wise for Bandai to play it lower key in the US.

If anyone else has seen it and have a different opinion, feel free to share, I'll give this series a few more episodes before deciding if I'm remotely interested in the R1 release at all now.

[Marius]

That's a shame. I'm still looking forward to seeing it though. Lets hope Kiddy Grade is better :D

[Westlo]

Yeah personally I'm looking forward to Kiddy Grade, Gundam SEED, Heatguy J and Wolf's Rain more than GITS. Though I'm going to watch it before I make up my mind

[jennwenn]

Hmm, well I'll give it a chance. I do agree that fancy looking weapons and mechs are all right, but a show is boring without good characters.

[EVA fiend]

*after reading westlo's post*

Hmm..., I will definately watch this series..., as it's only one person's opinion of the show..., but.., with Shirow's current track record of his manga being turned into anime (read: most of the anime are shite).., I don't really have much in the way of high hopes anyway...,

[Westlo]

Well it's only one person's opinion though I felt he did a nice little review of it anyway that previous post I quoted was based only on the first episode.

Here's Duckroles opinion on the second episode

Ok, just wanted to update my thoughts on the series having seen ep2.
MUCH better than episode 1. Ep2 introduces the Tachikomas (the spider mechas known as Fuchikomas in the manga) with a rather interesting plot about a new Tachikoma seemingly going berserk during a test. If every other ep in future is more like ep2, it might change my mind about the series. Unfortunately, inconsistant production values continue to plague this episode. While the entire action sequence on the highway that's spaced through the entire episode is very thrilling and animated with top notch 2D and 3D CGI, the rest of the animation featuring conversations and other things just scream CHEAP. This ep uses just about EVERY technique possible to save costs, probably because the action sequences were so jawdropping. A pity though, if only they balanced the quality it would have been one of the best eps of anime of late. All in all, it was a good ep, much superior to ep1, but it continues to feel inconsistant and in the end inconsequencial. I still want to know where all that extra yen in the budget is going.


P.S. The Tachikomas are SOOOOOOOOOO cute, and when they talk they're even CUTER! The little extra animation here and there on them really give them alot of personality, which is more than I can say for the rest of the "human" cast.

And here's another person who watched episode one called Turvy

Ok, here's my 2 cents...
After watching ep 1 (aptly titled "a stand alone episode 'Section-9'" (edit : or I could be wrong, and every ep is "a stand alone episode, which would be bad ^^;, which I take to be an introductory episode not connected to the real plot), there's some good and some bad points. Let's see what ducky has to say, and take it from there...

> Mostly because it's really really mediocre. The plot presented in uninteresting, action packed, but uninteresting.
Hrm... The ep itself was not too bad, nothing especially good either, but it got the story (not going to spoil unless people ask me, let's just keep it at "action packed and slightly interesting) across.

> The production values of the series are questionable as well. I can easily see that much of the budget has been used on the weaponary, firearms and vehicles of the show. But this also leaves the characters and backgrounds looking rather mediocre, in fact, at times everything feels really dry and dull just so the weaponary or tech stuff stand out.

Dunno, the style is clean and minimalistic, but I like it. Couple of iffy CGI sequences tho, but that's prolly just my general distaste of over-use of CGI in new anime ^^;;

> The music is rather nice, but it seems to me that Kanno is trying to aim for a Noir-style soundtrack here, but falls short. Instead of the music jumping out and grabbing your attention in Noir, the music in GitS:SAC sounds similar but stays in the background.

I really liked the music a LOT. The op rocks (I think the lyrics are in (at least) 3 different languages or something), and the BGM is exactly what it's supposed to be most of the time, unobtrusive background music that carries the visuals.

I'm going to give it a few more eps for the plot to kick in before giving my final verdict, but at least it made it past the "one ep and I don't EVER want to see ANY of this AGAIN" mark

NOTE TO SELF : square brackets don't show up -_-

And another opinion from someone who has seen the first two eps

i just finished watching the second episode, so my comments only pertain to the first two so far.
while i do think the show's going to work out to be pretty episodic in nature, i don't have a problem with that. it's pretty much what i expect for TV releases as opposed to movies. they may spring something on us later. second episode was definitely superior to the first, and the preview for the third makes it look interesting as well.

definitely looks nice. CG whoring as i expected, but well-done. it's funny how we've come such a long way in seven years. the movie was state-of-the-art in its time and i prefer the effects like the thermoptics in SAC.

mecha look nice, setting looks nice, hardware looks nice. loved saitou, the sniper dood (is he going to be a regular?) and ishikawa's enormous "goo gun" in ep2. like batou's hair but overall i'm not much of a fan of the character designs. that's personal opinion; they're serviceable and look fine for what they are. i liked the CG for cars, tanks, etc., and i liked how it was meshed in, but i found animation for the characters was the one place that really lacked. maybe it was just in comparison to the smooth CG. i don't watch a lot of tv series any more so maybe this is standard, but it definitely seemed to be a ways behind a detailed movie.

sound is good. they managed to get all the original seiyuu back! did they publicize that at all? i wasn't keeping track. while i usually watch the movie dubbed i was really pleased to hear all the familiar voices. again, good attention paid to hardware sound-wise. i like the OP/ED a lot, but the bgm didn't stand out at all. i agree with the comparison of noir-style "battle music". noticed that. although SAC's music is less intrusive than noir or .hack, it's not as good. i miss kawai kenji. kanno youko is a versatile composer, but i think she's out of her element in SAC for some reason.

>First, let's get SOME things out of the way. Cartoon Network and
>Bandai Entertainment's involvement in GitS:SAC stop at the money.
>Period. The OP is in Japanese, the computer text at the start of the
>episode are in Japanese, filled with kanji. Everyone speaks Japanese,
>there's blood, there are Geisha robots, etc. It's still a Japanese
>anime, and if it has faults, its the fault of the creators and NOT of
>the "involvement of American companies destroying anime".

you and i know better, at least. if anything, SAC feels *less* international than the neo-hong kong setting we got with the movie. looks just like ordinary tokyo so far.

i don't know, i came away with a pretty favorable impression. noir's the only tv show in YEARS to get my interest. i think i'm going to keep watching this beyond these two episodes, which says a whole lot.

Of course in a few days time the people who follow fansubs will be able to make up their own opinions on the series but I thought these opinions were well thought out.

If you want to view the original thread just go here - http://forums.animeondvd.com/dcforum/DCForumID13/6876.html

[AchtungAffen]

And this would be a prequel or sequel?

[Westlo]

Originally posted by AchtungAffen
And this would be a prequel or sequel?

Neither as the name suggests its a standalone thing.

It occurs in a parallel world to the manga and the movie and Kusanagi does not meet the puppeteer.

[Ronin Aquila]

So she'll keep that sexy body of hers?

Alright!! :D

[Westlo]

ANN did an interview with Production I.G the creators of the GITS anime

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature.php?id=97

[Westlo]

The first episode is out by AnimeOne

So whats the thoughts on GITS standalone complex from the AB members?

[Marius]

I'll let you know as soon as I find it.

[mtyoo]

I was going to comment on the first episode earlier, but it's kind of a must-see fansub right now, so not many people will/should miss it.

Of course it looks good (ova qual), going cgi for landscape pans and cars was a good choice. The story is 'political intrigue', though that shouldn't be a big surprise to anyone. We see most, if not all of kusanagi's compatriots, and we see a lot of skin from kusanagi, who wears a particular get-up everywhere (Is it her 'work clothes' (not that kind) or her normal dress?) Not like that's a complaint, but it's kind of weird to have some buxom cybernetic superwoman walking around in what amounts to lingerie, albeit made of kevlar.

Bursts of violence and then talking heads; hopefully the plot in the series won't be too intricate as to require too much explanation.

I didn't really like the music, but it wasn't terrible or anything. It's Kanno right?

It 'feels' exactly how gits should feel like, which is good :P

[Marius]

Whoa, this is great!

It's exactly like mytoo said, this is how GitS should be like. I love it already. I hear ep 2 is out now correct?

[DistMan]

Yupp it has been released

[Master Jag]

I've just watched the 2 released episodes and I like it a lot.:thumbup:

Great animation (drawn and CGI), cool mechas and nice songs (by the way what is the name of the intro song?).

I can't wait to see the next episodes.

[Shale]

*finally finds the episodes*

OK, that rocked. The first episode in particular is everything a Ghost in the Shell anime should be - great action, good story, and subtly philosophical without throwing anything in your face. The second...meh. Better action sequences, but there was a spark the first ep had that this one didn't. The story just seems played-out, although the twist at the end was cool. The did the Fujikomas really well, at least; comic relief is good. I just hope they animate the "rebellion" scene from the manga...God, that was classic.

Great music in any case, though - "Inner Universe" is amazing. I don't know what posessed Yoko Kanno to write it in Russian, but it works really well.

[Marius]

Well now I've seen the first two episodes, I can safely say I'm really enjoying this series. Especially the opening theme song, it's beautiful.

The Tachikoma's are pretty funny. What with the cute voives I wonder?

[Westlo]

Well I've got the first episode haven't watched it yet, except for the opening a few times.

As for the opening Inner Universe, it's good but I was expecting more from Kanno.

Anyway the main reason I'm posting here is does anyone know why the 3rd episode hasn't been fansubbed. Has it aried in Japan yet?

[mtyoo]

Aren't they being aired every two weeks? Maybe longer, I can't remember.

[Shale]

I heard it was airing at two episodes per month.

[AchtungAffen]

And where did you find the episodes??

[Shax]

Shame on you, AchtungAffen :nono:

http://animeboards.com/rules.php

:p

Anyway I was also wondering about the same thing. (about the 3rd ep) So when will it air?

[AchtungAffen]

...hehehehe.... nevermind. Just wonder how some people got it sooo fast....

[hGh]

Originally posted by Shax
Shame on you, AchtungAffen :nono:

http://animeboards.com/rules.php

:p

Anyway I was also wondering about the same thing. (about the 3rd ep) So when will it air?

It airs twice a month... so sometime in November :p.

Anyway... the first two episodes really rocked, especially the second one. I could go on a praising spree but I am going to sum it up with few words - the GITS TV series totally rocks :D (I've watched the 2 episodes aired so far about 5 times, and I just love them).

[AchtungAffen]

I saw at last this 2 eps. Even though I like them, there's something I miss from the movie. And it was that you could know wether someone was an android or not.

My flaming quote for this anime....Red eye complex

[j99]

Woohoo! Episode 3 is out!

Production IG hasn't updated their site about it, and I don't think it's been fansubbed yet, but it's been aired in Japan now :)

Just a matter of time...

[Marius]

Sweet. Now we play the waiting game.

[BigFire]

The waiting game sucks. Let's play Hungry Hungry Hippos!!!

[Marius]

SAC has now been unofficially scheduled for release on DVD next year in Australia!

:dance:

[El^Presidente]

I've got the first episode and I must say that it is really good. I'm getting the second episode as we speak :D

just a side note, it has been fansubbed.

[MANTA]

I started watching Stand Alone Complex and right off the bat I have to say the opening song is awesome. But about the show, I think I am enjoying it more than the movie (although in all honesty I saw the movie a long while back so I barely remember it). I enjoy the whole android/non-android interaction and how they are percieved in society, while some people accept it as a nessecity (androids seems to be far superior at many things), others still see it as an abomination. It really does a good job portraying how the world would be if and when cybernetics come into play. Well, that's just my two cents.

[Westlo]

I got this off a animeondvd thread (http://forums.animeondvd.com/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=19&topic_id=16205&mesg_id=16205&page=2)

curious what people will think of this month's ghost in the shell episodes if anyone else has seen them. episode 3, 'sasayaka-na hanran' (a little rebellion), is another 'stand alone episode' -- another one-shot revolving around an android suicide incident. on the other hand, "shikaku yousu wa warau" (visual appearance will laugh, more or less literally; too tired to give a clean translation but it will make sense after seeing episode 4) is the first example of 'complex episodes', which is to say part of a larger story arc i'll be very very interested to see more of next month. there is an amazing new all-rendered OP sequence for these two episodes. duckroll theorizes (quite reasonably) that they will spend a ton of money on a cool new OP every month. can't say i have any problem with that =) same ED.

the story is picking up and the presentation is still top-notch; if anything it keeps improving with some _very_ impressively animated sequences. the big budget is plainly visible, and i really hope they can maintain these production levels consistently. i did not notice a lot of background music in either episode, but there seemed to be a pronounced absence in #3. the soundtrack is probably on my to-buy list, but if it does not include the op/ed (as seems to be the trend these days) i may give it a miss.

from the preview of next episode i would say the story is getting better and better. while i greatly enjoyed the gits movie, i really like the style of storytelling that the tv format is allowing. the mix of 'stand alone' and 'complex' gives us a greater range of work for the team to explore, and the supporting cast seems to get a larger share of the limited screentime.

someone's definitely got my money.

The opening has a new animation sequence and keeps the song from the first two episodes, while they think they might have a new animation every month I'll go with this theory.

Although the new OP used in episode 3 & 4 looks very gamish as compared to the actual show. I wonder if they opted to use the in-episode footage for episode 1 & 2 because the all CG OP wasn't ready yet?

[Shale]

Story episodes?

All ****in' right! This is so going on the "to buy" list...

Pity, I rather liked the opening animation. Although I did wonder if they'd do something like this, since there was a large amount of animation from the first two episodes.

[Westlo]

Yeah I'm suprised they had a story ep so early in the series.

Anyway AnimeOne has released episode 03.

[Marius]

The more I see of this series, the more I like it. Can't wait for the DVDs next year.

Episode 04 is out now as well.

[Sylvan]

The new opening for the 3rd episode was a lot worse than the first one. If you can't make CGI look awesome with what you're doing it with, why change it to CGI from the years of mastery of animation.

[DarkPrimus]

Second episode... still downloading... third episode... barely started downloading...

ARGH! The waiting is the worst part!

Oh, but the first episode kicked arse. :cool:

Only thing is... when did Batou get a ponytail? :confused2

[jennwenn]

OK, seen episodes 1-4, never read the manga, and I've sadly forgotten the movie. (must rewatch!)

Opening Sequence- Love it love it love it. The song is great. Haunting techno-folk feel, like Earth Girl Arjuna. I prefer the first one to the CG one, but they were both good. I always like the surprise of watching an OP/ED from a new series, so I think its a great idea to change it every month. Its like a present every time! yeah!

Music- The best use of music in GiTS animation was that scene in ep 2 where the beserk tachikoma is reaching out to his parents. That really got me. *sniff* (Reminds me of Roujin Z and one BGC episode) However, I agree with what someone said, there is definitely a lack of background music in a LOT of these episodes. I don't want Kanno's music to overpower the visuals, but I can't even hear it if its not there!

Animation Quality- Excellent. The best animation in a long TV series I've seen up there with X TV and Earth Girl Arjuna. I like the CG integration, no problems. The scene that really made me go "cool!" was when they tackled the suspect in Episode 1.

Character- I'm getting a feel for characters now. And someone mentioned the scantiness of Kusanagi's clothing in her work environment. I couldn't agree more! How can the team have a professional conversation with her when she looks like that? :lol: But Kusanagi herself is no bimbo, so I don't have a problem with it. Speaking of that, in Episode 3, when Kusanagi is looking for the hacker making the Jeryy virus, we see a guy put some money on the table and staring at her. Did he mistake her for a sex android? :lol: I couldn't help laughing at that, but I think I was misinterpreting the scene. :lol: haha, but god the idea is so funny.

At least GiTS: SAC doesn't stoop to the level of focusing on fanservice. Definitely a more sophisticated series than Kiddy Grade.

Plot- Not sure I can comment on this now. I like how its going so far though. I find the conflicts in every episode are pretty well-written and interesting. And I agree with you MANTA on the depiction of technology aspect. I keep thinking about Armitage III and Bubblegum Crisis when it comes to cyborgs/androids and their treatment in society. It seems to me Armitage and BGC really brought the idea to an extreme, and Armitage kinda freaked me out....But it was so good! Now if only Stand Alone Complex can have that kind of effect on me. I'll see.

[AchtungAffen]

:( She looks fat with those fetiche clothes!:(

[DarkPrimus]

Saw episodes 2 and 3 today. Sa-friggin-weet.

I'm gonna call up my local import store to see if they have the OST in... :cool:

[jennwenn]

Originally posted by AchtungAffen
:( She looks fat with those fetiche clothes!:(

What how can she look fat?!?!?! She's like a friggin supermodel without the bimbo-ness!!! Plus she's an android. They don't make fat androids. Her body should be at optimal specifications for physical prowess.

[AchtungAffen]

That's just the impression that particular pattern of fetichist clothing gives me, perhaps a bad first-glance visual impression. I've been expecting through the episodes for her to change her clothes, at least once (I think she does in ep 1, don't remember).

I don't know, is the series finished by now in Japan? Perhaps if not, some comment of this might have reached the production team, and perhaps they changed her clothes at least once in the next episodes.... who knows?

[Westlo]

I don't think they will change the opening each month, I think they run out of time to complete the opening and just used scenes from the opening episodes.

GITS SAC airs twice a month on pay tv in japan, I'll say it's alot closer to a OVA series than TV since they are paying to watch it.

I'm disappointed in the music in this series so far but Kanno herself said it was hard to create themes for it. Here's the quote anyway


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I also saw on one of the Japanese Kanno fan sites that there was a press conference regarding the Ghost in the Shell TV series, where Kanno appeared and made a speech. The entire project is an estimated 800 million yen, with a full 26 TV episodes planned. The series will be brought to American and Europe starting spring 2003. Kanno said in her speech that the work is challenging and dense, and difficult to convey the import of the Ghost in the Shell themes (cyborgs, advanced civilization, computer technology, etc.) into music. There were some other parts of her speech, but I couldn't understand them very well. Regardless, I'm sure she is going to do an excellent job as usual.
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[jennwenn]

Originally posted by Westlo
I don't think they will change the opening each month, I think they run out of time to complete the opening and just used scenes from the opening episodes.

GITS SAC airs twice a month on pay tv in japan, I'll say it's alot closer to a OVA series than TV since they are paying to watch it.

I'm disappointed in the music in this series so far but Kanno herself said it was hard to create themes for it. Here's the quote anyway

Aww, no new openings? :( There goes my idea.

Yes, with just 2 episodes a month I wouldn't really consider this a regular TV series. With that budget and time frame, it BETTER be good.

I think I need to hear more of the music to make a judgement. The only music I really like so far are the Opening theme, Ending theme, and the music that played in the Episode 2 climax. Other than that I can't hear a thing! I hope Kanno makes some more striking stuff later, but I can understand the difficulty she was talking about.

[Marius]

How cool are the Tachikoma's voices?

[DarkPrimus]

Originally posted by Marius
How cool are the Tachikoma's voices?

Able to keep your Pepsi cold for a year. That's how cool.

[jennwenn]

Originally posted by Marius
How cool are the Tachikoma's voices?

Yes, I'd have to say I love em! The way they move really fits their hyperactively-cute voices too. Some poster here said they thought the Tachikomas were the best depicted characters, and in a sense I have to agree!

But are they supposed to be like that in the manga? Never seen the manga, so I can't tell...

[Shale]

They're even goofier in the manga.

On that subject; I wasn't sure before I saw the series, but now that I know how they're being treated, there's a classic one-page sketch where one of them tries to start a Terminator-style robot rebellion that desperately needs to be adapted for the show.

[DarkPrimus]

"You gotta bug! You gotta bug!"

"Ack! Don't say that word!"

:D

[j99]

If anyone's interested and hasn't noticed this yet, production IG just put up screen caps for episode 5 on their official site. Looks pretty interesting :)

[Project Akira]

I finally got the chance to see an episode of this series and have to say that it's the best adaptation of a Shirow work that I've seen so far. It does what every good adaptation whether book, comic, or film does; create something uniquely its own while retaining the spirit and essence of its source material. I can't wait to see more of this series :)

[Shale]

Just saw the fourth episode - the first part of the "complex", the overarching story. Not bad at all; the conspiracy setup is definitely cliche, but it's playing out well, and I'm definitely confused about what's going on.

SPOILERS




I am fairly sure of one thing, though; that official at the end was ghost-hacked. A ghost-hack, on a high-ranking administrator, in the middle of an important press conference, acting against the interests of the consipiracy? I smell the Puppet Master....

[AchtungAffen]

Yes, I smell the same. But my question is, did all of the officials have eye implants to see the trick?

[Marius]

Episode 4 was very interseting. I'll have to watch it again to make sure I understood everything.

[Westlo]

For all of those people wondering if she will change her clothes well just wait and you will see ;)

Anyway OST info

http://forums.animeondvd.com/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=17&topic_id=2821

And I got the mp3 of the ost clip where they play 3 secs of each song. While I've said I've been disappointed with the music so far if this is anything to go by the ost will be great.

[Marius]

I want episode 5 now dammit :mad:

[AchtungAffen]

I just found out that eps 5&6 have been already encoded, raw that is, and are available on the wired. But I found a version with spanish subs for ep 5. For those who understand japanese, you can watch it by now.

[Marius]

Those have been around for a while but it appears the english subs haven't been done yet :(

Well I'm not home for another 2 weeks so it doesn't matter anyway.

[Shax]

Hmm... then why do I have an english sub of ep 5? :D

[Marius]

Good for you then. When I looked they weren't on any p2p programs.

[j99]

I'm glad to know an english sub of 5 is out there at least... too bad I can't find it, but it's encouraging to know its there ... somewhere.

[AchtungAffen]

Why hasn't animeone kept doing the releases?

[mtyoo]

Things called finals.

[Westlo]

Animejunkies are the group that released episode 5 though if you value good subs then give that episode a miss until Animeone or AnimeKraze release their versions.

Talking to an op in Anime-Kraze (Davis-chan) I was told that episodes 5 & 6 of GITS SAC were subbed but the encoders HD died on them.

With no other Gundam SEED episodes being released for along time (something else I'm really hanging out for) it seems that were in for a long wait from them.

[AchtungAffen]

So it was a technical problem? I bet they were using WinXP

[thedarkmarine]

I've just seen all 5 episodes and they are not bad at all. Proof that robot chicks kick ass.

[AchtungAffen]

Does Kusanagi change her clothes in ep 5, or just we see another evidence that those clothes are in fact a bodypainting.

[j99]

For the most part her clothes stay the same (lingerie), but she actually wears a somewhat conservative military outfit during part of episode 05. Check the screen caps on Production IG's official site if you wanna see it. She looks alot more respectable in it, IMHO

[Westlo]

Lo and behold Anime-Kraze & AnimeOne have released episodes 5 & 6 of GITS SAC.

Trust me avoid that Animejunkies crap, they were shakey before they split let alone now but if you want japanese > korean > english subtitles then you can get their ----.

[AchtungAffen]

My sister gave me as a birthday present 2 Witch Hunter Robin VHS (sorry pal, no DVD's here) and they were Anime Junkies (only in Spanish sub, but from Spain), and well I can recall some things:
1)Those spaniards have less idea of what a sub is! Man they chose the worst font, and unreadable one, and also included some things of their own to the translation
2)Openings and Endings cut at some places
3)One episode cut in the beginning, and I mean they didn't even leave some blank space at the beginning of the tape. You put play and the episode already started.

And at the beginning of the episode they said "Thanks to Aku Fansubs". Of course, God creates them, they associate by themselves. I still remember the Aku-fiasco with Fruits Basket.


On topic back again: Episode 5 Kusanagi actually changes her clothes to a nice infantry uniform. Cute.

[DarkPrimus]

Episode 5 was a cliffhanger too! Noooooo!

[AchtungAffen]

Whaddya mean by cliffhanger?

[AchtungAffen]

BTW: on ep 5, what was that house full of women that Kusanagi attends to doing some research? Is she some kind of lesbian or something?

[thedarkmarine]

It was a sex-shop-using-robots and they had some of those robots in question. However, about her sexual orientation, I'm not sure. I've heard in the manga, she has lesbian fantasies. In the series, we also see her in some expensive hotel with 2 other chicks. Frankly, she's just hot.

[Westlo]

AchtungAffen Witch Hunter Robin rocks dl the fansubs by either Rice-box or HQA/Anbu they both did a great job.

DarkPrimus episode 6 has been available for a while so get that to stop the cliffhangar or are you having some probs getting it?

[AchtungAffen]

So it was a robot-burdel? A quimera come true huh?

About the dls. Yes I will now, still I'm sorry my sister had to spend money on those crappy VHS. Another evidence that Spain and anime are totally incompatible. You should see what they did to Eva's manga. Just imagine one thing: They changed Evas logo...

I still don't understand what you all mean by cliffhanger.

[Westlo]

Yes I will now, still I'm sorry my sister had to spend money on those crappy VHS. Another evidence that Spain and anime are totally incompatible.

How much money did she waste on that?

You should see what they did to Eva's manga. Just imagine one thing: They changed Evas logo...

Really I wouldn't give a ---- as long as the content of the manga wasn't changed

oh and btw I haven't seen episode 5 or 4 or 3 or 2 (need to find the ------- codec for it) so I have no idea what Dark Primus is on about with the Cliffhangar.

[AchtungAffen]

36 bucks, wich feel like 36 bucks (pocket feeling) but its real value would be something around 10 US Dollars.

Try getting this program called G Spot, wich analizes videos and tells you if you have the codec installed. Or try getting this famous "Nimo Codec Pack" wich is a file containing lots of codecs. Yours should be there.

Nimo Codec Pack Here (http://www.btinternet.com/~nimosiro/)
Gspot here (http://www.headbands.com/gspot/)

Well, changing the logo is somewhat changing the content. Also some covers have been changed for color drawings the manga should contain. All color pages the original releases had, were eliminated, translation is quite bad, and there are no translation nor explicative notes at the end (in difference from the Argento edition wich has what I call the best notes of all manga, wich explains from the Dirac Sea, to Yamashiro and etceteras)

Well, look by yourself...

http://www.evangeliondef.org/comics/2es/images/eva01.JPG

[mrgazpacho]

About the lesbian thing:

Dunno if it came up before, but apparently (so I heard) Kusunagi rents herself out as some sort of female sexual experience. Girls jack themselves into her and she outputs something nice for them.

In the original GitS manga, I don't know if she was an active participant (EVA fiend will have to enlighten me) or just the controller. Haven't read GitS 2 so no idea in which direction this all heads...

[Westlo]

Animenation Guru John has seen episodes 7 & 8 of GITS SAC.

Ghost in the Shell TV episodes 7 & 8 were both stand alone episodes. Episode 7 initially fooled me into believing that it was actually as simple as it first appeared to be. Episode 7 was certainly the most violent episode of the series so far. Episode 8 seemed a bit simple and mundane, but watching it in raw Japanese made it a bit difficult for me to understand. Getting to see a lot of tachikoma action made it worth it, though. And we're now up to 8 episodes and only 3 sets of clothes of Ltn. Kusanagi.

Shouldn't be too long until they are subbed.

[DarkPrimus]

Originally posted by Westlo
DarkPrimus episode 6 has been available for a while so get that to stop the cliffhangar or are you having some probs getting it?

It still had six hours to DL. Luckily it sped up so I only had to wait two hours.

[AchtungAffen]

GiTS 2? I'm not much versated on its manga, but I thought there was only one book.

[DarkPrimus]

Originally posted by AchtungAffen
GiTS 2? I'm not much versated on its manga, but I thought there was only one book.

Man-Machine Interface came out last year in Japan, it was the direct sequel to the Ghost in the Shell manga.

[AchtungAffen]

EPISODE 7 (AONE) RELEASED!!!! WEEEEEEEEEE

[AchtungAffen]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEe...... doublepost... sorry

[Westlo]

I heard it's the most violent of the series so far, well is it?

And stick with Aone they do good stuff.

[aREIzing]

its not too too violent, if you dont want to hear what happens, dont read what im about to write.

its pretty much just some guy punching a cop in the face, and he flys back against the wall with a crushed head. When he hits the wall bloody spatters all over. There are a couple of decent gun and martial arts fights as well.

On a side note though,after watching episode 7 the major is like the best anime chick ever next to misato in my opinion .

[AchtungAffen]

I still haven't seen it, but they tell me it has CHICK FIGHT weeeeeee.

BTW: Someone just showed me what the majors lesbianism was. Of course in the uncensored version of the manga (didn't know the manga was full color). That's some heavy sh*t, can't take those images from my mind OH GOD!

[Westlo]

Hmm I see not that violent.

Hmm I don't know if I want to see those images hm....

[AchtungAffen]

Seems like ep 8 is about to come, I saw some raws going around. BTW, does anybody know where to get good images of GITS SAC_

[Westlo]

Episode 8 has been fansubbed by Animejunkies but when you just rip off a korean site (kscripts) and translate that you are bound to have quick releases and grammar problems.

AnimeOne and Anime-Kraze shouldn't be too far away.

[aREIzing]

episode 8 has funny tachikomas

[thedarkmarine]

Originally posted by AchtungAffen
Seems like ep 8 is about to come, I saw some raws going around. BTW, does anybody know where to get good images of GITS SAC_

Try their offical web site. Look around; I don't know the url.

[Westlo]

Anime-Kraze released ep 8 in SHQ.

[Blade]

yes! finally another episode

[Westlo]

Got this off AOD

Here's a screensaver based on the concept of eps 4-6

http://www.bandaivisual.co.jp/kokaku-s/headline/news/021225/archive/theLaughingMan.zip

[StAtIc NiNjA]

How many episodes is Stand alone complex going to be? I only can get up to episode 6 off Kazaa can anyone help me track down 7 and 8?

[AchtungAffen]

26 eps in total. There are 8 released from different fansubbers, some of them are just raws and you gotta get the softsubs. But I don't like doing that, so I stick to Aone releases, they go by number 7.

Westlo: Did you see in the screensaver, when pressing options that it says:
"Laughing man logo: Paul Nicholson"

Who is that guy? Has this logo anything to do outside GITS SAC?

[AchtungAffen]

AONE 8 RELEASED!! AT LAST!!!!

[Westlo]

Look I've been in Aone since their Animemmu days when they had 50 people in the channel.

I knew the founder before Animemmu/Animeone was created.

Animeone and Anime-kraze versions are both excellent.

Just avoid Animejunkies releases.

[AchtungAffen]

I don't hear good comments about AK's work on GITS.

[Westlo]

Anime-Kraze's work on GITS is good.

If I was going to be biased towards one group it's fairly obvious which one it would be.

[AchtungAffen]

And what about Aku fansubs? Ever heard what the fuckups did to one of Fruits Basket episodes? That was no joke for me.

[Westlo]

What does Aku-Fansubs have to do with this?

And it was pretty funny, I mean they were losing the subbing race and they just completely dissed the other group.

Aku fansubs have now merged with Anime_pixel (I think thats what they were called) and they are now Aku_Pixel or something like that.

[AchtungAffen]

Funny depending on the situation. It aint funny if that's the ep you've been looking for such a long time, the toughest cookie on your queue, and a 3 weeks dl. And when you see it, you get that. That isn't funny.

But on topic again:

AnimeKraze (http://d.homelinux.org/animekraze.jpg)
AnimeJunkies (http://d.homelinux.org/animejunkies.jpg)

[ps3ud0nymph]

I found .this (http://www.discountanimedvd.com/dvd_list2.asp?categoryno=62) . I even found those on eBay. I also found eps 7 & 8 on Kazaa, but no subs. The official 7 & 8 are comming in March and more in June I think

[AchtungAffen]

How strange those DVD's, I'm not sure if the whole series has been aired yet in Japan. BTW: I've seen raws until ep 10. Hope aone hurries with the releases. They told me ep 9, now subbed by AK, is nothing but a bunch of nerds talking. Anyone seen it?

[thedarkmarine]

Any regionless DVD screams "BOOTY!"

[Marius]

Originally posted by ps3ud0nymph
I found .this (http://www.discountanimedvd.com/dvd_list2.asp?categoryno=62) .

Bootlegs. Anything that has Chinese subtitles and region free encoding is usually a bootleg.

[Marius]

https://www.sazuma.com/images/BCBA-1391.jpg

That's what the real R2s look like anyway.

[AchtungAffen]

Well, ep 10 was subbed by AJ, but because that group is on my enemy list, I won't get it. But people tell me its really really violent, and its about some serial murder. Has anyone seen it? How violent it is?

[aREIzing]

I was just skimming through it... when the murderer kills these girls, he cuts the skin from about mid arm to their waist off.. so you see some peeled people...

[AgentHarm75]

Episode 10 isn't that violent, the most violent episode so far was when that cop got his face punched into the wall :lol:. The character's reactions to watching the videos may make appear violent though.

^^^^^^^^^^Spoiler^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^



I got a minor question about the way the killer was cutting of the skin of his victims espically the female ones, how did he cut their skin off their chests without taking the breasts?

This might sound sick to some, but it bothers me a little though. Maybe the artist didn't want to show that ?



^^^^^^^^^^End of S^^^^^^^^^^^

[DarkPrimus]

Originally posted by Marius
https://www.sazuma.com/images/BCBA-1391.jpg

That's what the real R2s look like anyway.

That is one bland DVD cover.

[Westlo]

Originally posted by AchtungAffen
Funny depending on the situation. It aint funny if that's the ep you've been looking for such a long time, the toughest cookie on your queue, and a 3 weeks dl. And when you see it, you get that. That isn't funny.

But on topic again:

AnimeKraze (http://d.homelinux.org/animekraze.jpg)
AnimeJunkies (http://d.homelinux.org/animejunkies.jpg)

The animejunkies way is horrible.

Translation, quality of the encode (from the pic it looks pretty average).

The only bad thing about the AK one is the font chosen.

What does the AOne version say in the same scene?

[AchtungAffen]

The pics are gone now, but the Aone one didnt say anything about "nekkid kids incidents", I think it was like the AK sub.

[AchtungAffen]

AONE 9 & 10 OUT!!

[thedarkmarine]

Episode 10 was really cool.

[Westlo]

Anime-Kraze released a GITS SAC Special, what is it?

[AchtungAffen]

This is the only thing I know:

"It's a documentation about GitS and GitS:SAC. It explains who the characters are etc."

I haven't got it yet.

[AchtungAffen]

Seems like AK ceded to AonE after ep 10. Beacause AonE 11+12 are already out! And I just found out, the PPV channel in Japan airing the series, something like SkyperfectTV or something, just aired 13 episodes. Seems like that's their source, and that might explain that little blue thing on top-right of the screen... heh

[StAtIc NiNjA]

I really love this series but does anyone else notice the huge difference between the relationships between the characters in Stand Alone Complex as opposed to the movie?
The characters also seem to be developing differently. The Batou in the movie, when compared to the one in the series seem like completely separate people. Does anyone know what version holds truer to the original manga? I could also be totally off, so if i am please take the time to tell me how retarded i am.

[AchtungAffen]

I really don't know, the only thing I read from the manga were the censored pages. But well, he seems different allright. In the episode when they go after the Southamerican hero, that Batou appears behind a window... well, he resembled to Totoro to me.

[StAtIc NiNjA]

Originally posted by AchtungAffen
well, he resembled to Totoro to me.
:lol: I could not stop laughing when i read that.
Ok getting serious again...
Good i'm glad i'm not alone I thought people were going to come here and tell me i'm crazy. I don't mind the variation in persona's its just seems odd being that I have seen the movie probably about a billion times. I am really tempted to grab the manga now to see what version is closer to the original.

[tucki]

I just watched ep.1-4 and so far it has been really good.

Is the stand alone complex a prequel to the movie or set in a parallel world, and do any of the stories have any relationship to the manga (which I have not read)

[AchtungAffen]

A parallel story. After all, the human guy (who had no cyber implants) was new on the movie, while he's a vet on the series.

[Kyrakasa]

The movie had very little correlations to the manga...

Stand alone complex gives you the relations the way the manga did...

Even shows part of the humour that the manga had...

I hated the movie... not because it wasn't good...

The movie simply wasn't the manga.... It was completely different... It wasn't shirow...

Shirow would never draw like that... :liplick:

[aREIzing]

the tachikoma part of episode 12 is awesome

[DarkPrimus]

Originally posted by aREIzing
the tachikoma part of episode 12 is awesome

Waaa! I can't find it! :bawling:

[UNITMK1]

hihi

GITS: SAC is a great series...
I've dled up to epp 12 and it is ****ING AMAZING!

Anyways, anyone know when the rest of the epps will be available?

bye!

[Kyrakasa]

I thought they came out once a week or two weeks in japan?

:liplick:

maybe I'm wrong...

[j99]

2 per month :)

Another 14 episodes to go... so at least 7 months 'till they're all available.

[Westlo]

2 episodes of GITS SAC air a month andboth air on the same day the first.

[aREIzing]

the tachikoma special is pretty alright.

[StAtIc NiNjA]

what date each month are the episodes aired? or does it depend on the month?

[DarkPrimus]

Originally posted by StAtIc NiNjA
what date each month are the episodes aired? or does it depend on the month?

*cough*

Originally posted by Westlo, on the same page even
episodes of GITS SAC air a month andboth air on the same day the first.

*cough*

[StAtIc NiNjA]

lol please excuse my lack of reading comprehension :heh: