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Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence Ani-Manga Box Set

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for starters to put it in a nut shell this is a direct paper print of the movie Ghost in the Shell 2:Innocence, every page contains exact frames from the movie, so if you have seen the movie this ani-manga box set is NOT going to offer you anything new, when it comes to the story...

moreover there's a lot of un-translated sound effects...so you will get to read what the characters said in the movie but the stuff as the word BOOM or Clank, is left in Japanese...and there are pages upon pages of landscape shots from the movie that have these sound effects all over them..also there are a good 3 pages or so of credits slides from the move too...and there in Japanese..

moreover..the only real value this thing has is collectors value..the box is nicely made and durable ..and the 4 mini-mangas are awesomely printed *very high quality* and have the smoothest covers on the planet...

overall this ani-manga is cool but not that cool, without offering anything new to the movie..and short changing the sound-effects..when the main printed dialogue is in English?!?!?!...the product falls short of expatiation for its price..MOREOVER...it also fails recreate the experience that the movie generates....

in short if you really wanna experience Ghost In the Shell 2:Innocence, GO WATCH THE MOVIE, only buy this as a supplement if you are a collector of Shell Memorabilia

I recently came across a great line that describes "Innocence" to a T: "It's an action flick for scholars." Yes. Not that I'm a "scholar", ahem. But the intellectual musings including the philosophical quoting motifs are the elements that I appreciated most from this movie. That's exactly why the Manga is a must have. There are several moments in the movie where I had to hit pause and think about what I had just seen or read in the sub-titles. There are many frames in the movie that carry tons of symbolism that pass by too quickly, but that can be looked at, like art, in this manga. A prime example being the Tree Image on Aramaki's wall. It wasn't until staring at the pages on the Manga that I realized the potent symbols that lay at the base of the tree.

Also, moments between Batou and the Major are particularly poignant and required more time that I was able to absorb from the pages moreso than the movie.

Yes, the panels in the Manga are frames extracted from the movie. I don't think I would have wanted it any other way. I didn't buy the Manga to see a recreation of the amazing art. I bought it so that I could absorb the story and the text at a page by page rate. As far as I'm concerned, the Manga is an excellent supplement to the film.

This box set is awesome. So what if you cant understand onomontapias? BIG DEAL! Dont be a big baby and complain about the onomontapias you cant understand. The captures from the movie is very detailed and the best part about it is that your reading it in english! Who wants to keep looking down at subtitles on the DVD when you can just buy this manga version? The screencaps make it just like your watching the movie itself. People, do yourself a favor and just buy the manga. absolutely worth it.