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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, 2nd GIG, Volume 07 (Episodes 24-26)

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Most animes are not inspirational. That doesn't mean they're not good, they can be really good but to be inspirational is yet another optional step to connect with a certain audience. The reason I like SAC 2nd Gig is because there is really no one "bad guy" that must be vanguished for the world to make sense again and morality to be reinstalled. The world never makes sense from the very beginning, and it continues to be enigmatic up until the very end. Some people would call this an unresolved story. I call it a genuine emulation of the real world. A world where even though teamwork and communities work hard to bring about a better world, individuals still feel very lonely. Isn't that everyone's real dilemna? Even with so many friends, why are we so lonely? The fact that our behavior is fueled primarily by neurochemical stimulation and plasticity does not make this existential crisis any better. What do we do? Some of us resort to fables and fairy tales to get some sleep at night. Others become megalomaniacs (Kuze, Gouda). Others try to restore (install) some sense of justice to the world (Motoko, Batou and Section 9). Others put all their efforts into worshipping and following a hero (refugees). Believe it or not, some people just withstand it and go on with life disregarding all injustices and just attempting to live a life of comfort and security. (Japanese citizens, Nietzche's Last Man). It is very evident solitude is a key theme in SAC 2nd Gig. It is also evident the writers of this show are very erudite. In a way, 2nd GIG is like a pastiche of real life and various existentialist works (I detected abit of Nietzsche, Sartre, Dostoevsky, and Kierkegaard).

If you're a fan of overthinking plotlines and creating structures and comparisons that never existed in the first place. This is a gold mine. If you just want a good anime, this is also a good anime. But I urge you to let it tickle your brain a little. Let it create a spark.

I bought this DVD to complete the set. Unfortunately, I started building the set before the new Ghost in the Shell: Anime Legends 2nd Gig complete set was released, so I overpaid a bit for the whole series.
The series gets a 5 out of 5. Great animation, good story, and less annoying Tachikoma.

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!

GITS is perhaps my fav. anime of all time. and this dvd is perhaps the best of them all. of course you need to see the rest of the sieries to get to this dvd, but let me tell you. once you get here. it was all worth it! I've been known to just watch this dvd over and over with out bothering with the rest of the sieries.

not like any of the other dvds are bad though....

This is the final volume of the series and all I could really say at the end was "wow". If you've enjoyed any sci-fi anime in the past, this series is for you. Great way to finish things off for the Stand Alone Complex series, the only down side is, now I'm really looking forward to Solid State Society!

All of Gohda's plans seem to be coming to fruition in this last volume of the 2nd Gig as the city authorities still believe that the immigrants in Dejima have a nuclear device in their possession. Only a few people know it's all a fake and ironically, in the world of Ghost in the Shell where pictures and voices can be faked so accurately, noone would believe it if they said there was no bomb! So it's up to the Major and her team to expose Gohda's plot in a backdoor type of play as they airdrop into Dejima even as the wounded Ishikawa tries to deliver illicit plutonium to the authorities in a bid to prove the substance isn't in Dejima. Meanwhile, the prime minister has been arrested by one of her own cabinet members along with Aramaki and Togusa. Ghoda also has a trump up his sleeve in the form of an American nuclear submarine waiting in the depths, which is prepared to wipe out all the immigrants!

The plots of the two Ghost in the Shell tv shows were a little too complicated to be wrapped up in the last few episodes, but the first season was much more successful doing this than the 2nd Gig. It seems like the staff tried to rush things when you probably needed about 3 more episodes to truly bring resolution. This volume was still excellent and had some beautiful moments, especially between the Major and Kuze while they are trapped beneath a mountain of rubble and perhaps realize they knew each other as children. To me, the greatest heroes of the show have been the Tachikomas, who seem to have a greater sense of loyalty, right and wrong, and sacrifice for the team. The animation as always is first rate and the voice acting is second to none. Along with its first season, it is probably one of the top 5 greatest anime. It just needed a little more time to resolve the very complicated issues it raised.

I actually bought whole set of 2 Gig, collectable edition, because I enjoy the show and thought of it as an investmet. As it turns out, I was shipped all of 2 gig, except vol. 7, which was actually vol. 7 of the first season. I watched the 1st season for the first time, and really enjoyed it too. It is somewhat different from 2 gig.

If you love the rest of the Ghost in the Shell series, than this is definitely a must have. It's a good finish to the second season.

I was scared when i heard that Ghost in the shell would be animated. But if you love the original movie you will love the continuing back story here!