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Well I need to know if it is a good idea to buy the box set I have never seen it before so I need to know your opinions.
 
I dont realy understand what to get in the series because there the box set then theres things like 2nd gig and the movie and I realy want all the Dvds that are in the series
 
The films G.I.T.S and G.I.T.S 2: Innocence don't have anything to do with the series, so you don't need to watch them in relation to the series.
The 2nd GIG is the sequel to the 1st GIG, it carries on a while after the first season ended.
Don't watch the 2nd GIG before the 1st, it would spoil the end of the 1st GIG.

Where is SSS in the GIG timeline? After the 2nd GIG?
 
Buy it dude, its an amazing series one of the best I have ever seen and has some of the cleanest most beautiful animation I have seen
 
random_pie said:
The films G.I.T.S and G.I.T.S 2: Innocence don't have anything to do with the series, so you don't need to watch them in relation to the series.
The 2nd GIG is the sequel to the 1st GIG, it carries on a while after the first season ended.
Don't watch the 2nd GIG before the 1st, it would spoil the end of the 1st GIG.

Where is SSS in the GIG timeline? After the 2nd GIG?
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yes
 
If you enjoy a series with a plot line msytery twists action guns and the odd funny moment with the tanks then buy buy!

Ghost in the shell movies are a recommendation to.
 
Buy Ghost in the Shell: 2 Innocence, I left it laying on my anime shelf for so long and finally watched it, I regreted not watching it sooner, it's nothing but amazing.
 
Lupus Inu said:
Buy Ghost in the Shell: 2 Innocence, I left it laying on my anime shelf for so long and finally watched it, I regreted not watching it sooner, it's nothing but amazing.
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I still haven't seen this, everytime to I go to Blockbusters to rent it I can never bring myself to pick it up, I always feel if I do watch it, it might disappoint me, I wish I had seen this post before the weekend though as I found it in the HMV sale for £7. I might buy it this weekend as I am off shopping for something to watch while I cover a weekend night shift
 
hmm, i thought the first movie was based in the GitS:SAC timeline somewhere as well, though not sure where. Anyways, i still am yet to see the second gig and the second film, but both are on my to-get list, so shall be getting them next time i have the chance.
 
WTFDaveMustaine said:
Nope, the movies are totally seperate from SAC.
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And in my opinion not nearly as good in terms of story, and characterisation. Oh and the series has a much better soundtrack too (currently playing away in my car lol)
 
I think the characterisation in Innocence is fantastic and for the time constraint of a movie actually covers a lot more than is apparent on a first viewing. But yes Yoko Kanno again has made an unmatched soundtrack though I do listen to the Innocence OST by Kenji Kawaii from time to time and I enjoy it a lot.
 
Bah, damn ban happy people. Here's my post again (and, yes, answer any! =D):

Watched 1-12 of GitS: SAC over the last few days. Like when I tried to watch it in the past, I'm finding it difficult to get into.

My main problem so far is the lack of character development. We learn the characters names, their faces...then nothing else in the first half the series. I want to care about the characters but it's proving difficult when the focus has been 100% on random story episodes and 'The Laughing Man' episodes.

I've found the setting interesting, as you'd expect when people in the GitS world happily toss away their bodies and have them replaced with 'shells'. I love how one person can transfer into another 'shell' by removing their brain, or how one person can hack into the mind of another due to nearly everyone in the GitS universe having a cyberbrain, which I assume is still mostly made up of a real brain.

However, like with the characters, I've failed to really get into any of the short stories or the main story. The episodic episodes haven't really entertained, only the one that revealed a little about Baitou's past whilst he hunted a serial killer being above average. The Laughing Man story has been more headache inducing than fun; it's the sort for people who like putting the pieces together over the course of the series, with it constantly getting interrupted with random story episodes and being difficult to follow (if you have **** memory anyway).

I think my taste is also stopping me getting as much out of this as others. I'm not really the sci-fi type, futuristic settings pushing me away rather than pulling me in. I do like the philosophical ghost in a shell stuff, though.

Anyway. If anyone wants to be helpful, could you try to help me understand a few simple points:

1: Section 9 - Do they only handle high profile cyber crime cases? The episode where they hunted a standard serial killer (standard as in non-cyber) confused me about what exactly Section 9 do.

2: Since cyberbrains can be passed between bodies, does that make everyone with one immortal unless their brain dies?

3: The way the characters talk about ghosts (I assume they meant spirit) transferring is also confusing me a little. I can understand if they talk about the issue in a philosophical context, but the way they mention it as if it's a proven fact something spiritual can transfer between bodies...

4: What war are the characters referring to in the serial killer episode? It's been mentioned but nothing else has been revealed.
 
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