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Ghost in the Shell; awesome anime
Topic Started: Jun 28 2007, 01:42 AM (316 Views)
Mike D 27
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Since many of us TS fans are admirers of other anime, I want to make a thread on one of them I love to watch. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and the newer version: 2nd gig that are periodically on CN (ACTN) late at night. Originally from a comic book (manga), the series was already successful.

The show takes place in Japan in the distant future (late 21st century?) and humans lost the ability to function like we originally intended, with high-tech "cyberneural" chips wired into their brains. I'm sometimes reminded of people with autism (like myself) or other disorders on their mindset don't operate the "regular" way, so I can relate to the psycho-dramatic theme.

The main character, Motoko kusanagi (hope I spelled it right) is a police detective who's smart and pretty, and fellow policemen (i.e. Batoo with strange-looking eyes) assist her to fight villainous bots and people. The humans get assistance of spider-like robots (Takachikoma), but those intelligent bots have IQs like children. Does anyone else watch (and like) the show?
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I agree with Trillium!
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i know it since i was a little girl xD wamdue project did a video with it, but i never watched that anime ^^;
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Very cool show...but I chat with other GITS fans and told me more on Motoko has a "cyber" body, because she had an accident as a child. So she's mostly made by machine parts, but with a human head...the title "ghost in the shell" describes her condition as a "soul" originally from a human inside a cyber-organic body.

And the robots (Tachikomas...the correct spelling) have to slowly grow a human intellegence, but the theme of GITS "2nd gig" speaks of a new era by the rise of humanoid all-robots. This reminds me of sci-fi shows or movies about "Cylons" from Battlestar Galactica and "the Borg" from Star trek, the next Generation.
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It sucks, I watched one episode of it and got seriously bored <_<
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I LOVE this anime! Catch it during the old series. And it was half way through. :D I love the Major. (Not like that.) The Major is my favorite character in the show next to Bato. <333

I saw the recent eppy. ^_^
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All I've seen is the "Ghost In The Shell" movie like three times. And I still have no real idea what the whole thing really meant.

Also, being an anime and whatnot, I'm gonna move this to the anime forum.
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Jul 15 2007, 05:10 PM
All I've seen is the "Ghost In The Shell" movie like three times. And I still have no real idea what the whole thing really meant.

You should watch Utena: The Movie then. :lmao:

I wouldn't really say Ghost in the Shell sucks, but I've always been barely interested in it. I think the new show they have on CN is probably very well written, but I can't say I care too much for the really realistic style they aim for. I do think the main android chick is pretty hot though. :lmao:

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I've never seen this anime or heard of it :sweat:

I've only really since a few animes, Naruto and Pokemon (like them), and ones I hated, Yu-Gi-Oh :><: (eugh!)

And I've seen Teen Titans, which is kinda an anime, but it's also not... :whistle:
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Jul 15 2007, 07:03 PM
I've never seen this anime or heard of it :sweat:

I've only really since a few animes, Naruto and Pokemon (like them), and ones I hated, Yu-Gi-Oh :><: (eugh!)

And I've seen Teen Titans, which is kinda an anime, but it's also not... :whistle:

Than you need to start watching it. The anime comes on at 1:00 Sunday morning.
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Ok...but it was on 12AM Pacific time tonight. On that episode: Motoko met a young boy (a tramp) who introduced her to part of his organized crime unit, known as "Yazuka" in Japan.

The best scene was Motoko breaks down the hideout doors with her gun pointed at a bouncer's eye...and she came in there and beat the crap out of the refugee Yazuka. I feel sorry for that young boy...maybe she shown him a way out of what can be a life of crime.
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I agree with Trillium!
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