Product Description

A.D. 2034. It has been two years since Motoko Kusanagi left Section 9. Togusa is now the new leader of the team that has considerably increased its appointed personnel. The expanded new Section 9 confronts a rash of complicated incidents and investigations reveal that an ultra-wizard hacker nicknamed the Puppet Master" is behind the entire series of events. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM UPC: 669198251764 Manufacturer No: 25176

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17756 in DVD
• Brand: STARZ HOME ENTERTAINMENT
• Released on: 2007-07-03
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English, Japanese
• Number of discs: 3
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds
• Running time: 109 minutes

Amazon.com
The television movie Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society (2006) continues the adventures of the cast of Stand Alone Complex, the TV series based on Mamoru Oshii's watershed feature. It's been two years since Major Kusanagi left Public Security Section 9 and struck out on her own. Batou pursues only investigations that interest him. Togusa is in charge of the Section, largely by default. All three characters, plus Chief Aramaki and the Tachikoma robots, join in the investigation of a string of suicides by agents of a foreign general. The trail leads them to a terrorist plot involving micro-machines created to release a deadly virus, and to the master-hacker known as the Puppeteer. The depiction of a corrupt politician using resources earmarked for the care of an aging population for his own ends reflects recent scandals in Japan. But Solid State Society feels derivative. The plot borrows heavily from the "Laughing Man" storyline, and the general lack of inspiration is evident in the failure to resolve the mystery satisfactorily.

The Limited Edition includes a music CD and a second DVD of extras, among them notes on designing the futuristic vehicles in the film, and an interview with Mitsuhisa Ishikawa of Production I.G., all packaged in a metal box. (Rated 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery) --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews

Good Movie in the Stand Alone Complex series *Spoilers*
I just finished Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society. It is based after the second season and the Major resigned from Section 9 and it is 2 years later, new recruits and Togusa the new leader of the team, they are doing business as usual until noted figures begin committing suicide one by one, the major is thought to have been involved in it. It is action packed and has some pretty weird stuff, for example while investigating Batou sees the Major for a brief moment and helps her, she then escapes. As the movie goes on the Solid State Society rears its head, and when Togusa comes too close to comfort, he is cyberhacked and takes his daughter in for cyberization but he is given the choice of either committing suicide and saving his daughter or losing her. As he pulls the trigger, the Major makes her appearance and saves Togusa from death. They soon hunt down the company behind it all and uncover the vast net of lies. After the Major nearly goes out with someone known as the Puppeteer, it ends on a good note and may not be the end of the series. I can only hope that it means another movie is in the works.

Just fantastic.
The box arrived in mint condition - I was so happy to see the individually wrapped dvds cases. I was a little worried that I would be missing outon the case art.
The box itself is great. Closes with a magnet. Very slick.

Only woe is that when looking at the dvd cases in the box you cannot see what volumes they are. The cut of the box covers the numbers.
Just means you gotta put these in order or spend a few seconds sorting through the great cover art to find the one you want.

No DTS audio
If you're looking for a discussion about the content, please look elsewhere. I greatly enjoyed this series and the first S.A.C. series, much more so than the first movie. The first season, BTW, takes a lot from the manga source material, while the main story of this series is something completely new, I believe.

Anyway, my copy of the box set has the DTS logo on the box of the first four DVDs. I do not believe that they have a DTS audio track (only a Dolby Digital). (I have only checked disc 1 so far.) From what I have seen, the limited edition versions of the individual disc releases did have versions with DTS. The box that contains all the individual dvd boxes does not have a DTS logo, so it's only four of the inside cases that are misleading.

Regardless, this set is still worth your money if you're interested in the DVD version. At Anime Expo 2008, Bandai announced that rereleases would be forthcoming in Blu-Ray format. (This isn't entirely unexpected, 2nd Gig was broadcast in HD on one of the satellite-based networks, I think.)