| | |  | GIFT SETS | Home » » Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Complete Collection | | | | | | | Description: | | The Smash First Season Anime Extravaganza in one complete set! Major Motoko Kusanagi is a beautiful but deadly cyborg that is squad leader of Section 9-the Japanese government's clandestine unit assigned to battle terrorism and cyber warfare. Surrounded by an expertly trained team, Motoko faces her ultimate challenge- the Laughing Man- a terrorist who orchestrated a kidnapping and extortion plot many years ago and has suddenly reappeared. In order to discover the identity of this enigmatic criminal, Motoko and Section 9 are drawn into a deadly labyrinth and they ll have to use all their expertise to survive. This acclaimed anime series is from Production I.G (Kill Bill) and features the amazing music if Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Behop) with stories by Kenji Kamiyama (Blood, Jin-Roh) and Dai Soto (Eureka SeveN | | | Product Details: | | | Format:
| Animated, Box set, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen | | Language:
| English, Japanese | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 7 | | Studio:
| ANCHOR BAY | | Run Time:
| 650 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| October 14, 2008 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 28 reviews |
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33 of 35 found the following review helpful:
 Classic SAC season 1 but, with one flaw.Dec 17, 2008
By M. Sewell
I just bought this title (again) and it's really the way to go if you are into SAC. There is however a flaw with the set that has continued from the initial release of the limited edition disks. Specifiacally disk two. The limited edition releases came with two disks, a conventional disk and one coded for DTS. Volume two's disks were the only disks in the series that were silk screened in reverse so that the DTS disk was labled as if it were the standard version. This problem continues in this set. What this means is that a conventional DVD player will not give you any volume from the disk and you can tell on the main menu because it will read DTS disk in the right corner of the menu. Maybe Bandai will concede to replacing the erronious disk with one that will play on standard players but, I haven't gotten that far yet. That's the ONLY reason I can't give it a 5 star rating.
20 of 21 found the following review helpful:
A Great Addition to the Ghost UniverseAug 02, 2009
By Christopher Brandenburg
"C4"
First of all, I just want to mention that I was always interested in GITS SAC, but between the other expensive collection floating around and the fact that it only airs once a week at 4am, I've never really had the chance to take a closer look. That is, until this convenient, affordable set-up.
Well, anyway, GITS SAC revolves around the investigation of a cyber-terrorist known as the "laughing man." Throughout the series attempts are made to stop this heinous criminal only to reveal that the plot is much thicker and deeper than first imagined.
Along with the overlying plot, stand alone episodes act as avenues for character development, philosophical questioning as well as world building. Perhaps two of the better (or at least entertaining in my point of view) episodes consist of Batou's backstory while investigating a fighter and the tachikoma's consistent questioning of life and death.
Though these stand alone episodes offer much in the way of development, they have a habit of breaking the pace a little. If you are not intending to watch large chunks of the series at a time or in reasonable sucession, important details can easily be forgotten.
All and all, GITS SAC offers espionage, action, philosophical debate and characters that you can't help to feel for. Just remember one thing while diving through the GITS SAC world: Nothing is at it seems. And one other thing: it doesn't hurt to keep the remote in hand to rewind to what you missed.
10 of 10 found the following review helpful:
GITS, SAC, Just AWESOMEOct 30, 2009
By D. A. Silva
When I first saw Ghost In The Shell movie back on 1996 on HBO. (Yes, HBO), I instantly fell in love with the storyline and tha animation (the animation for God's sake), never had seen such great animation for that time. Well, following the item above, I think the series are well done, this first season is filled with some heavy philosophical script (as all GITS universe is) and the plot in my opinion is very interesting it self. The sound is avalaible in both english and japanese audio in dolby 5.1 or 2.0, you choose. In this set you get a well variaty of extras that includes some interviews with the director and production staff as well as the seiyus from the japanese audio. Also you fine the wierd but funny Tachikomatic Days shorts, where these little fellas try to understand the meaning of self thinking and morality and other stuff.
Great work from Bandai, as always.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Excellent purchaseJan 29, 2010
By Timothy Stewart
This was an outstanding buy for the money. Disks came in a very ingenious box that helps save space on my DVD rack. Fitting 7 DVDs in a double-size DVD case is great. The quality of the set is just top notch. Crisp video and audio. If you are a true GItS fan, this is a must have.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Amazing Anime That is Often Overlooked These DaysMay 16, 2011
By Elc
After years of watching anime and hundreds of series I have plowed through, this series still takes the cake as one of my all time favorite anime.
For those of you who are not very well versed in anime, you should really take a look at this series, to give you an idea of how influential "Ghost in the Shell" is, Ghost in the Shell inspired the American movie series "The Matrix". "The Matrix" was basically an American play on "GitS" to a degree. also, a bit of a note, every single episode of this series got nearly a movie budget, so the animation quality is top notch and they really didn't seem to cut any corners in general, it's well thought out and does not have a rushed ending of any sorts.
It does an amazing job of portraying a very possible future, and if you are into computers and engineering, you will know that the future portrayed is frighteningly possible. Where the line between human and machine blur, and where the world is a very troubling place if you just poke a little under the surface. The series follows a cyborg woman named Motoko and her co-workers in the special police force named "Section 9" as they tackle the crimes of the future.
The good first large chunk of episodes are there to basically introduce you to the characters of Section 9 and to the world. Given that these are some pretty deep characters and a pretty complicated world, they do a good job in fleshing out the characters and giving you a feel for how the world is like in the future in preparation for the main story arc, "The Laughing Man". There may be a good amount of talking and explanation in the series compared to most others, but bear with it, the issues they talk about are very interesting and will do you allot of good to understand them since we will likely deal with them in the future within a couple decades or so.
If you like a deep story and look for more than just "entertainment" in anime when possible, then this should do the trick. It will give you an engaging story that is also enlightening to some extent.
about the actual physical product, the packaging is on the cheap side, but given how cheap it is when compared to the deluxe versions of the series, a good $45 is much better than paying a scary $200+ for individual cases. also, since they are cramming all the episodes into so few disks, don't expect much on the side of extras either, but given that you are looking at this particular release version, you likely only care about the actual episodes anyways. a good deal in my opinion for one of the best anime series out there.
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