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Ghost in the Shell 2 in Theaters Late This Summer

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the return-of-a-classic dept.

Peter Williams writes "Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence is due out in theaters late summer 2004. The english website can be reached here."

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  1. Warning... by GillBates0 · · Score: 4, Informative
    severely Flash crippled site linked to. Suffocated my Firefox - severe resizing/etc. Even now when I change to the tab containing that site, Firefox resizes window.

    Maybe a bug in Firefox, but I hate the jazzy, flashy movie websites anyway.

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    1. Re:Warning... by MooCows · · Score: 4, Informative

      You might want to turn off resizing in your javascript options. (Options -> Web Features -> Advanced)

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    2. Re:Warning... by Midnight+Thunder · · Score: 4, Informative

      Adding to this, why does the 'skip intro' always have to be in the flash animaton. How do I skip if I have flash disabled?

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  2. Re:AWESOME!!! by spacerodent · · Score: 4, Informative

    you should also check out the "stand alone complex" series based off it. It assumes no familiarity with the movie but has the same chracters and a whole new plot. Right now theres planned 48 episodes but only 32 are translated by fansub groups. Very good anime unlike most the crap floating around.

  3. Check it out .. by z0ink · · Score: 4, Informative

    If you are a fan of the Ghost in the Shell movie than you need to get your hands on the series. Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex is one of the most well produced anime series I've seen in a while. You don't need to be some total "Anime Freak ^_^" to watch these. Definatly some great stuff in here and better background on the GitS story.

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  4. For those who had never heard of it by kingstalemuffins · · Score: 4, Informative

    Ghost in the Shell

  5. Notes from the SIFF Premiere by Batlord · · Score: 5, Informative
    I was lucky enough to be at the North American Premiere as part of the Seattle International Film Festival. Brief impressions below:

    The Crowd
    The theatre (Cinerama) was packed. The rush line (people who didn't buy tickets in advance) wound around the corner. I don't think many got in.

    The Presentation
    Subtitles. Hooray!

    The Movie
    One of the few films that's substantially better than the original. I re-watched the original a few days before seeing this to refresh myself of the story (not necessary).

    I don't want to give away any spoilers, so I'll just say that it's some of the best feature-length anime I've seen in a long time.

    The things that bothered me with the original (like the gratuitious nudity and slow pace) were left out.

    Overall
    It's great that this film is making it to theatres, in any case, it would be a big hit on DVD. The big screen was a big help.

  6. Re:AWESOME!!! by Chibi · · Score: 4, Informative

    Or you can buy the retail version that comes out July 27th (in the US, region 1). Most of the US anime companies are very fan-friendly and do not carry the same practices as the RIAA/MPAA. Please support an industry that is fan-friendly.

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