This week's anime review is a doozy: an all-time classic movie, turned into an all-time classic series.  I was originally going to do episodes on both seasons, but I managed to squeeze a longer runtime out and get details on both instead.  I imagine GITS will be a gold mine franchise to dig in many, many times in the future.  As it is, I wanted to begin with what I feel was the gold standard this series put out.  A methodical thinkpiece, more concerned with the hows instead of whys. There is gritty action yes, but much like the Matrix it inspired, Ghost in the Shell is more concerned with looking and feeling rather than doing.  It won't be everyone's cup of tea, but this show in particular stands head and shoulders above many for me.  That comes to down to a very strong cast of characters, a unique sci-fi aesthetic, and the look and feel of something almost...inhuman.  

Timestamps

0:00 - Intro

7:00 - Characters (The Major: 10:00 - 16:02)

26:46 - Plot

34:05 - Positives/Negatives

46:57 - Outro

Tentative schedule (based on Tuesday Dates)  

April 12th: Persona 5 Royal 

April 19th: .hack//SIGN 

April 26th: .hack//Infection/Mutation/Outbreak/Quarantine 

May 3rd: .hack//Roots 

May 10th: .hack//G.U. Last Recode 

May 17th: Toradora  

Anime: Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex 

Release Dates: 2002-2006 

Studio/Publisher: Production I.G./Bandai Entertainment  

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