Ghost in the Shell (Special Edition)

Excellent DVD, the story line is pretty interesting and the animation is cool I enjoyed watching this movie

Amazing perfect condition CD, Great anime which predicted many things happening in the near future :)

A brilliant imagining of how tech and biology may integrate in the future, the film transcends it's genre as thought-provoking entertainment.

"Ghost in the Shell" is an intricate masterpiece of cyber-punk fiction and storytelling, successfully melding intriguing philosophical ideas with a coherent, well thought-out (albeit) confusing plot. Even more, it's a nightmarish vision of a society that's dominated by cyberspace and looking back now, is eerily prescient of today's computerized times. Many of the characters in the film are enhanced, someway or another by machines, to help them get the advantage in a vastly changing society. I'll avoid going real deep into the plot simply because there's a whole lot to grasp and even I got more than a little confused trying to follow it. The story is that a team of high-level government operatives are hot on the trail of a notorious computer hacker called the "Puppet Master," who is wanted for various crimes in cyberspace and has taken a particularly fond interest in the team's tough, female cyborg leader. Not surprisingly, as with the stigmas surrounding Anime', "Ghost in the Shell" is not short of nudity and graphic violence. But it's far from being gratuitous, and does not slow down the movie at all. "Ghost in the Shell" was one of the first Anime' films to skillfully blend traditional drawn animation with computerized imagery. This helps to give the film a surreal, yet beautiful look. And the dialogue helps sometimes too, with helping to sort out the confusing plot and many of its mythical ideas about personal identity and human evolution. This film is also even more revered today, in 2004, since some of this film's core themes helped to develop the plot basis of the insanely popular "Matrix" films, and some scenes from "Ghost in the Shell" were even homaged to in the first "Matrix" movie. The Wachowski Brothers certainly do owe a lot to this movie for the success of their work in America. I think that to understand "Ghost in the Shell," it would help to accept that Anime' is much more complex and daring than traditional American animation. Most Japanese animation films, like this one, "Akira," or Mayazaki's "Spirited Away," are on a level of sophistication that will never be matched in America. It has been said that the majority of American audiences would be afraid of Anime' because of the many stereotypes surrounding it, but that's why it's boundless - it's been given free reign to use those stigmas to its advantage in developing truly remarkable pieces of art that have gone largely ignored here in the U.S. "Ghost in the Shell" could very well be a mere reflection or a parable of a doomed society that's probably already accepted its dark fate. Most American animation would never touch up on this sort of subject matter.

Ghost in the shell was released in 1995 and is a classic anime film. It has spawned a number of spin-off series of varying quality. The plot follows the adventures of Public Security Section Number 9, their boss Chief Aramaki, Major Motoko Kusanagi and Batou. Motoko became a public icon as a strong female character. She is essentially a cyborg with an artificial body. The film has an iconic scene of the Major "climbing" down a building and fading from view through thermal camouflage. This is a scene that everyone should see at least once. The movie explores some complex identity issues and has a strong philosophical character. The combination of CG and cell animation enables some truly artistic visions to be explored and whilst it can look a bit dated now it still has immense visual power. The music, composed by Kenji Kawai, blends beautifully into the overall character of the film too. This is a classic that every anime fan should see at least once to understand how complex stories can be presented and to see how the genre has evolved. Highly recommended.

Horrible case condition the CDs are great I had to fix the entire outside case it was so sticky...not good⭐⭐⭐⭐

The DVD extras: making of, in japanese with subtitles, loads and loads of text information on various topics related to the feature, the feature trailer, and a rather caffeinated preview of other products from Manga-video. The DVD has two languages: Japanese with subs being default, but the subs can be removed, or the film played with the english dub. The film: The protagonist is a cybernetic denizen of the uncanny valley who is working for the government looking for hackers. These are not the sort of hackers that invade company home-pages and replace them with random images, and turn out to be overweight 14 year old kids when they are caught. These have a much cooler evil scheme. The story goes about in the future, which happens to be rusty and used up, but unlike so many live action cyberpunk films the sun does shine in this one. Which is how we can see the rust. Then the sun goes down sowe can see the neon. Can't have cyberpunk without neon. Or at the very least a creepy guy called Neo. Creepy things happen, stuff blows up, there is spectacle. In the oriental style, the film states its message and ends. That makes the film feel cut off at the end, but it actually said what it came to say, and didn't bother going into fireworks or other showmanship to do it. It is more of an idea movie than an action movie - on the bright side it is an amusing idea you may have considered yourself or seen it on Star Trek. In which case this can add something new, or just a different point of view. Afterwards you could watch the series. They are good, if different in many ways.

Accattivante la grafica del Blu-ray; il bellissimo menù contiene i trailers del film e quelli di altri capolavori Anime (tra cui il mitico Akira). Molto buona la qualità delle immagini e ottima traccia audio. Tratto da un manga da cui ha preso il nome e accompagnato da una colonna sonora di rara bellezza (realizzata da Kenji Kawai), Ghost In The Shell, trascina lo spettatore in una Tokio del futuro dove i cyborgs costituiscono una squadra speciale che combatte il terrorismo informatico servendosi della rete e delle proprie abilità cibernetiche. Quando un pericoloso hacker (il burattinaio) prende possesso di un modello simile a quelli in dotazione ai membri della sezione numero 9, Il Maggiore Kusanagi si offre disposta a effettuare un "tuffo" all'interno dell'automa con la ferma intenzione di carpirne i molti segreti.... Ghost In The Shell è una fantastica immersione in un universo Cyberpunk dove i cyborgs si interrogano sulla propria natura con una profonda lucida consapevolezza che non impedisce loro di sognare una ulteriore evoluzione... La bellezza delle immagini, della musica e dei dialoghi è tale da permettere a Ghost In The Shell di trascendere i confini del film d'animazione tradizionale ed imporsi al pubblico reclamando a gran voce il titolo di opera d'arte. La Fantascienza non è mai stata così bella.....ASSOLUTAMENTE IMPERDIBILE!

Il DVD di Ghost in the Shell distribuito da Eagle Pictures rappresenta una delle edizioni italiane più complete e accessibili del capolavoro diretto da Mamoru Oshii nel 1995. Parliamo di un’opera fondamentale dell’animazione giapponese, capace di fondere fantascienza, filosofia e riflessione sociale in modo ancora oggi sorprendentemente attuale. Ambientato in un futuro cyberpunk dominato da reti informatiche e corpi cibernetici, il film segue le indagini della Sezione 9 e del Maggiore Motoko Kusanagi, impegnata a dare la caccia al misterioso hacker noto come il Burattinaio. Dal punto di vista tecnico, il DVD propone il formato PAL in aspect ratio 1.85:1 e una durata di 80 minuti. Il comparto audio è uno dei punti di forza: sono presenti tre tracce, tra cui il doppiaggio storico italiano in Dolby Digital 5.1, un nuovo doppiaggio italiano in 2.0 e l’audio originale giapponese in 5.1, tutti accompagnati da sottotitoli in italiano. Interessante anche la sezione extra, che include commento audio e approfondimenti tematici sull’universo narrativo e sull’estetica del film. Nel complesso, si tratta di un’edizione pensata per appassionati e neofiti, che valorizza un classico senza tempo.

とりあえず見た方が良いという作品の上位ですね。

Filme incrível, revolucionário e muito intrigante. A entrega foi super rápida e a qualidade do blu-ray tmb é ótima.

It's a DVD, new in package. Feels like a bootleg of I'm honest as the art just seems off, the box is a repro recycled plastic kind of case, but has a legit disc in there and the menus work. Or this is simply a case and package I have never seen before. Doesn't make sense to have less than 5 if the product is new and arises intact and functions to which it did. I believe this is a North American region DVD as it plays for me no issues, but it doesn't show the region code on the box oddly. I mention this only due to recent issues with foreign DVDs being sold world wide