#Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society

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"Zero Signal" by: Yoko Kanno From: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

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My Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society Steelbook 💕

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character - motoko Kusanagi

Anime - ghost in the shell : stand alone complex - soiled state society

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Ghost in the Shell adaption tier list

The original manga would also be in Pretty good for me, good for what it is but the sillier tone of it is not why I fell in love with GITS and it's a little too horny for me. The Oshii films are masterpieces of psychological cyberpunk storytelling, philosophical discussion about identity and moody atmosphere. The Stand Alone Complex show is also phenomenal overall and occasionally peak but is a 2 season show so some of it is better then other parts, but it has the strongest characterization of the Major and the rest of section 9 and uses it's cyberpunk setting to explore political themes more. Solid State Society is the film for SAC so it's more of that. Arise is also pretty good in the same ways but doesn't feel quite as interesting in it's story and there's less of it which also goes for it's associated film, and also the SAC follow up 2045 which also has the below average 3D animation that does not look as good as the usually gorgeous 2D. The american live action one with the straight white woman playing a bi/pansexual Japanese woman that also completely misinterprets the themes of GITS to make a generic "technology bad" plot doesn't exist.

Made this because the new one that seems to be sticking closer to the original manga just got announced.

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TBT Anime Review: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

Title Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society Studio Production I.G. Genre Cyberpunk, Sci-fi It’s been appreciably easy to praise the two seasons of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and for many a good reason. From the story and character development to its aesthetic decisions and production, both seasons of Stand Alone Complex shined in most every aspect. And with…

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Yoko Kanno - Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. Solid State Society OST, 2006

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Gotta confess something... during a flight, I watched the original Ghost in the Shell, then watched the Solid State Society movie. Since I did no research before watching them, I thought Solid State Society was a sequel to the original and Motoko's absence was because of what happened in the original. Was confused why she had purple hair and had a new body, but I figured that was some weird evolution thing from the ending of the last one hahahaha. I didn't know Solid State was a separate continuity.

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GITS: S.A.C. - SSS (2006)

17 years ago on September 1, "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society" was broadcast.

[theowlhousefanboy]

Notable And Underrated Anime That Have Excellent English Dubs, In My Opinion - A List (With Some Extra Banter or Whatever)

The works of Shinichirō Watanabe, ranging from Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Space Dandy, and Carole & Tuesday (so much so that they're better off disqualified from lists likes this, due to being way too obvious choices... moving on)

FLCL (heck, would even say the same to the otherwise derivative Progressive and Alternative)

The Read or Die OVA, alongside its sequel series R.O.D the TV (so good, that even the likes of Yomiko "The Paper" Readman changing accents actually doesn't feel as jarring as I thought it would be)

Azumanga Daioh (on a side note, Ayumu "Osaka" Kasuga sounds a bit like Steven Universe's Amethyst and The Owl House's Vee Noceda; can't really say why)

Lucky Star (so, which part of the Choco cornets should we eat first?)

Nichijou ('nuff said)

K-On!/K-On!! (might sound a bit jarring if one also watched Puella Magi Madoka Magica on the English dub (a bit good, but nothing compared to the Rebellion movie and maybe the compilation films; case in point, Mio Akiyama, Ritsu Tainaka, Tsumugi Kotobuki, and Azusa Nakano are Homura Akemi, Kyubey, -bloody- Hitomi Shizuki, and Madoka Kaname respectively)

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan (kinda sucks that the two compilation movies don't have dubs; would have loved seeing the extra hamminess of the characters' English voices in those)

Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - ADV (even if the occasional accents are inaccurate, the emotional delivery of the VAs is hard to deny, especially the vile Gargoyle's)

Kill la Kill (if one has witnessed it, then you know that they sure had a lot of fun playing the characters in this extremely fun gainaxy romp)

Toradora! (...basically the closest we get to seeing Madoka verbally beat down Kyubey in romance and stuff)

Ghost in the Shell, both the movie duology (1 and 2: Innocence) and Stand Alone Complex, including the Tachikomatic Days extras and the Solid State Society movie (so much so that the latter's DVDs are mostly set with the English dub on default, reportedly even in Japan)

REDLINE (can't speak enough for it so to describe its epicness)

Dead Leaves (you can actually watch it on YouTube... it might overwhelm you)

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt (telling that it's way more raunchy than even the original Japanese)

Golden Boy (you know, at least the show didn't continue on, lest it might have gotten way too weirder like the manga it's adapted from)

Black Lagoon (so good, that it resulted with the Roberta's Blood Trail OVAs having the cast reprise their roles due to fan demand)

Excel Saga and Puni Puni Poemy (so madcap, the former's titular character's VA broke her voice halfway through the show)

Honorable mentions:

Neon Genesis Evangelion - particularly the ADV dub, with Manga Entertainment's efforts on The End of Evangelion and the Director's Cut versions of Episodes 21-24 (it might be correctly deemed as flawed, but nowadays, it sure has proven its worth, albeit at the cost of the Netflix dub being derided as lacking in emotion and perhaps also nuance)

The Manga Entertainment dubs for the Patlabor movie duology (a shame the OVA series preceding it doesn't share the same cast, while the Patlabor TV series dub... eludes me)

GaoGaiGar (flaw: it's unfinished, and thus never even reached the FINAL parts)

In the meantime, hopeful readers, feel free to put on personal recommendations, in case there'll be a second part, if not a commenter's edition.

[bluecube92]

My Anime Movie List *UPDATED*

Ghibli:

My Neighbor Totoro Castle in the Sky Ponyo Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind Howl’s Moving Castle The Secret World of Arrietty Kiki’s Delivery Service The Cat Returns Porco Rosso Spirited Away Pom Poko Whisper of the Heart Princess Mononoke My Neighbors the Yamadas Tales from Earthsea Grave of the Fireflies From Up On Poppy Hill The Wind Rises When Marnie Was There Only Yesterday Ocean Waves Earwig and the Witch

Pokemon:

Pokemon The First Movie Pokemon The Movie 2000 Pokemon 3 The Movie Pokemon 4Ever Pokemon Heroes Pokemon: Jirachi: Wishmaker Pokemon: Destiny Deoxys Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew Pokemon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea Pokemon: The Rise of Darkrai Pokemon: Giratina and the Sky Warrior Pokemon: Arceus and the Jewel of Life Pokemon: Zoroark: Master of Illusions Pokemon the Movie: White-Victini and Zekrom Pokemon the Movie: Black-Victini and Reshiram Pokemon: Kyurem VS. The Sword of Justice Pokemon: Genesect and the Legend Awakened Pokemon: Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction Pokemon: Hoopa and the Clash of Ages Pokemon: Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel Pokemon the Movie: I Choose You Pokemon the Movie: The Power of Us Pokemon: Mewtwo Strikes Back Evolution Pokemon: Secrets of the Jungle

Case Closed:

The Time Bombed Skyscraper The Thirteenth Target The Last Wizard of the Century Captured In Her Eyes Countdown to Heaven Phantom of Baker Street The Crimson Love Letter Zero the Enforcer Episode "One": The Great Detective Turned Small

Other:

The Girl Who Leapt Through Time Summer Wars Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie Yu-Gi-Oh! 3D Bonds Beyond Time Yu-Gi-Oh! The Dark Side of Dimensions Digimon The Movie Card Captor Sakura The Movie Card Captor Sakura The Movie 2: The Sealed Card Revolutionary Girl Utena The Movie Night on the Galactic Railroad Spring and Chaos Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro Paprika Memories Tokyo Godfathers Patema Inverted Steamboy Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror Perfect Blue Wolf Children A Letter to Momo Princess Arete Akira Millenium Actress The Boy and the Beast Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade Tekkonkinkreet Ghost in the Shell (1995) Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence 5 Centimeters Per Second The Garden of Words Appleseed (1988) Appleseed (2004) Appleseed Ex Machina Appleseed Alpha Miss Hokusai Your Name Cowboy Bebop The Movie In This Corner of the World The Sky Crawlers Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society Mary and the Witch's Flower The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Steins;Gate the Movie - Load Region of Deja Vu Robot Carnival Napping Princess Flavors of Youth Eden of the East: King of Eden Eden of the East: Paradise Lost Legend of the Millennium Dragon Martian Successor Nadesico: Prince of Darkness First Squad Children Who Chase Lost Voices Mirai Godzilla: Planet of the Monsters Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle Godzilla: The Planet Eater Fireworks No Game No Life 0 Short Peace A Silent Voice Like The Clouds, Like the Wind Jungle Emperor Leo A Wind Named Amnesia The Fantastic Adventures of Unico Unico in the Island of Magic Fuse: Memoirs of the Hunter Girl Mai Mai Miracle Ni No Kuni The End of Evangelion Strait Jacket Evangelion 1.01 You Are (Not) Alone Evangelion 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance Evangelion 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo Evangelion 3.0+1.0 Thrice Upon a Time Modest Heroes Okko's Inn A Whisker Away Tiger and Bunny The Rising Children of the Sea Little Norse Prince Redline Weathering With You Origin Spirits of the Past Genius Party Genius Party Beyond Promare The Life of Budori Gusuko Ride Your Wave The Night is Short, Walk On Girl Welcome to the Space Show Project A-Ko Project A-Ko 2: Plot of the Daitokuji Financial Group Project A-Ko 3: Cinderella Rhapsody Project A-Ko 4: Final Birthday Wonderland Blood: The Last Vampire Venus Wars Maquia - When the Promised Flower Blooms Re: Cyborg 009 Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop Penguin Highway Golgo 13: The Professional Golgo 13: Queen Bee Puella Magi Madoka Magica Rebellion Lupin III The First Escaflowne The Movie Stand By Me, Doraemon Stand By Me, Doraemon 2 Expelled From Paradise Child of Kamiari Month Bubble Dirty Pair Affair On Nolandia Dirty Pair Project Eden Dirty Pair Flight 005 Conspiracy Trigun Badlands Rumble Urusei Yatsura Beautiful Dreamer The Place Promised In Our Early Days Belle K-ON! The Movie A Tree of Palme Drifting Home The Princess and the Pilot Fruits Basket Prelude Hells Black Butler: Book of the Atlantic Black Jack the Movie Josee, the Tiger, and the Fish Lupin the 3rd: The Mystery of Mamo The Deer King Inu-Oh Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie Mugen Train Jungle Emperor: The Brave Can Change The Future To Every You I've Loved Before Re:Cycle of the Penguindrum: Your Train is Your Survival Tactic Re:Cycle of the Penguindrum: I Love You Pompo: The Cinephile Lupin the 3rd Episode 0 First Contact Slayers The Motion Picture Poupelle of Chimney Town To Me, The One Who Loved You Colorful Hal

Short Movies: Little Witch Academia Kakurenbo - Hide and Seek Voices of a Distance Star

Movies I want to watch: The House of the Lost on the Cape Goodbye, Don Glees! Giovanni's Island

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“Take a Little Hand” by: Yoko Kanno from: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society

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Kuze Edited Screencaps by morganhopesmith1996

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Atsuko Tanaka (1962-2024)

Admito que até hoje não tinha um nome associado à voz da Major Motoko Kusanagi, protagonista de Ghost in the Shell em várias das suas transposições para animação - do filme de culto de 1995 realizado por Mamoru Oshii à série Stand Alone Complex do início do milénio, passando ainda por Innocence , também de Oshii, ou a mais recente série SAC_2045, para a Netflix. Mas isso não impediu essa voz - a voz de Kusanagi, dada por Atsuko Tanaka, falecida hoje aos 66 anos - de se tornar icónica e inconfundível.

A carreira de Tanaka foi longa e bem preenchida: a sua voz passou por vários filmes e inúmeras séries icónicas, como Gundam, Cowboy Bebop, Ergo Proxy, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ou Lupin the Third, entre muitas outras. E por videojogos também: Bayonetta terá decerto sido a mais icónica.

Mas para mim, fica a voz de Motoko Kusanagi, uma das minhas personagens preferidas da banda desenhada, do cinema e da televisão - e, mais do que isso, a voz que me convenceu a ouvir animação japonesa no seu idioma original. Não estou certo de que versão de Ghost in the Shell terei visto em VHS ainda nos tempos do Secundário, mas lembro-me de ter comprado uma edição em DVD, que ainda tenho e estimo, nos meus primeiros meses em Lisboa há pouco mais de vinte anos; e vi na versão dobrada em inglês. Mas com Stand Alone Complex converti-me à voz de Tanaka, e não só não consegui voltar a associar outra voz a Kusanagi, como também não voltei a ver animação japonesa dobrada.

É interessante notar que, sendo Ghost in the Shell um dos filmes da minha vida e Stand Alone Complex uma das minhas séries televisivas preferidas, por um motivo ou por outro acabei por nunca ver Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence ou o filme-continuação de Stand Alone Complex, Solid State Society. Talvez valha a pena regressar ao universo imaginado originalmente por Masamune Shirow, e aproveitar para voltar a ouvir a Kusanagi de Atsuko Tanaka.

(A noticia foi dada no Twitter pelo filho da actriz)

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💎⭐ Motoko Kusanagi ⭐💎 The Motoko Kusanagi Movie & Series shelf 🖥 I set up the shelves at the beginning of September 2022 but never released the pictures so here they are. Took a while to get the tools and setting up the shelves wasn't too difficult just needed the right marks to make them look as perfect. I accomplished all those things. Love the art covers for each set it sets the mood for each movie and series. This shelf is on the right side of the room whereas the shrine is on the left side. I enjoy how the shelf is set up and maybe in the future, I'll add a third shelf since I have an extra shelf. I also want one Motoko Kusanagi figure and maybe Diana but I have a Funko Pop figure of hers. Ranging from The Stand Alone Complex series 1st & 2nd Gig. Then the Solid State Society Movie. 1st Gig has Motoko holding a gun while a Tochokoma is behind her. 2nd Gig has Motoko Kusanagi between the conflict. SSS only has Motoko as the artwork The second shelf has The 1995 movie in Ghost In The Shell with Motoko diving down the skyscraper as she disappears. The second case is the set of 1st & 2nd Gig of Motoko diving down as well but with the SAC universe. The last movie on the shelf is Innocence which has Motoko lying as a huge object behind her. . . ❄❄🎆🎊🎐🀄🎈🎈🎉🎋✨🎋🎉🎈🎈🀄🎐🎊🎆❄❄ 🔺 ` • ♾ • Follow . ` ° • ❗• My Collection . °.` 〽 • Like and share . °. ` • 🟣 • Enjoy my Lady Tsunade post!!! 🔻 . ❄❄🎆🎊🎐🀄🎈🎈🎉🎋✨🎋🎉🎈🎈🀄🎐🎊🎆❄❄ Tags🔹||| #motokokusanagi #motoko #animecollection #animecollections #animepictures #animepicture #cyberpunkaesthetic #cyberpunk #ghostintheshell #animewaifu #anime🌸 #ghostintheshelledit #anime #animephoto #fypanime #animeaesthetic #animecollectibles #standalonecomplex #animepage #animecollector #ghostintheshellstandalonecomplex #ghostintheshellanime #animestatues #animefigurephotography #anntakamakipersona5 #animefigures ||| (at Shrine Way Of Lights) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cm-X_XWJLSl/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Product Placement in Anime

Context:

Anime, as "thing", has been around for quite a while, entertaining the fans or the people in general for decades, and now even a century. Is also perceive as a way of making art, because of the powerful message that can be send throught this fictional story. Now, these animated stories have achieved a place on the modern society, and defined part of what is now considered the "internet culture".

The impact generated on the modern society has influenced in the companies to promote their products in this new area that is on the rise. This has led to several animation studios, under the mandate of the production comittee, to acept this deals, an often practice nowadays, mainly because they need a way to finance their projects. Its publicly knowed that the main part of their revenue is based on character goods and not the anime itself. 

Why does it happen more often?

Firstly, and the most obvious reason is the income that studios get. Like I pointed out previously, the revenue was completely merchandise focused. In fact the approximated of the money that they get from products, like figures, plushies, posters, etc, is over the 70%, the rest is from DVD/Blu-rays. So at the end, its a perfect opportunity to finance their productions, and generate a profit out of it.

Secondly, influenced by the previous one, the feeling of breaking the inmersion has been lost. In the past the perception was totally different, as studies have pointed out, and I quote:

"anime has been considered a “not suitable” context for product placement, because stories are usually set in fictional and fantastic worlds, where products would be hard to place"

(Ōba, 2014)

 So this paradigme change influenced on the general perspective of many animation studios nowadays (like we are going to see in one of the examples), promoting this kind of practice.

Also a factor to consider is sample size, now they are plenty more animes being produced at same time, compared to past. So its normal to see name brands more frequently.

So... let's check some examples!

"Code Geass" and "Pizza Hut"

The most iconic example of this is the collaboration between "Code Geass" and "Pizza Hut". Firstly, it was a mutual marketing, meaning that both get new audience, and it was only for 3 or 4 cameos during the season. But at the end, "Sunrise" (the animation studio), decided to put the brand in so many episodes that became a visual gag, and an implicit joke during the series.

"Ghost in the Shell" and "Nissan"

The car model in the picture is the "Nissan Sport Concept"

The movie "Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society" released on 2006, featured a collaboration with "Nissan". This one has a special caracteristic, because the models presented during the film are shown for the first time to the public via anime. The models are the "Nissan Sport Concept" and the "Infinity Kuraza". Also, one of the car's license plate is "3923", which read as "san-kyuu-ni-san", and that means "Thank you Nissan". The reason behind this product placement, or this brand in specific, is purely economical, with the purpose of financing part of the production.

"K-On!" and Real Branded instruments

This anime from a design perspective is known for using real life places as settings, so the realism is a natural part of the show. And "K-On!" being a music focused anime, is normal that they decided to use real brands for the production. Some of the brands featured are "Fender", "Marshall", "VOX", etc. But they are some exceptions like "Peart Drums," a play on "Pearl Drums". So this product placement also works as a way of continuing the essence of the show, besides of being a help to cover the cost of the animation studio.

-Diego Arce Magaña