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Summary: Loved the extra features
Review: First of all I just want to say if you have a surround sound system, this is one of the movies to watch it on. It has all of the action that will catch you from the very begining and the sound too keep you hostage. The Bonus featues is just icing on the cake to show all of the great work to but this great movie together.
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Summary: One of the best anime or live action films of all time
Review: Well, i really really loved this film, it's truly great, smart, great animation, everything it's great, but you have to see it, kinda of four times to really get in to the movie, when i saw it for the first time i thought that was inchrompisible, so then i watched again, and i really get into it, and for the third time i really really get into it, and for time number four i really really really getted in to it, the DVD it's quite great, but the picture quality of the movie isn't quite good, compared to the Manga Video Promo,were you see images from all the Manga Video titles such as "Giant Robo", "Wings of Honneamaise", "The Guvyer",and many other titles,but the japanese track it's not the real japanese, because if you watch the subtitled version in VHS, you will see, instead of the song "One Minute Warning" at the ending credits at both the japanese and english tracks in the DVD, there is another song by Kenji Kawai, or i don't know, also the instead of english credits, that are both in the japanese and english track of the DVD, in the VHS subtitled version are in japanese, but the U2 song, it's better than the one at the ending credits at the VHS subtitles version, you definetly have to see it!
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Summary: A Must have for any Anime collection
Review: Perfect. Although this movie is not for kids due to some nudity and language, the scenery and story together make it one of the best Anime films ever made.
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Summary: Great film, so-so DVD
Review: Ghost in the Shell is a brilliant, highly sophisticated, philosophical film. A film that was made for and requires attentive, intelligent audiences not only because of the subject matter in deals with (artificial intelligence, what makes us human, what is "life", how do you define a human being, can computer programs develope "souls") but also because of its highly complex narrative structure (I had to view it several times to fully comprehend everything and I am not ashamed to admit it). If I were forced to compare it to live action SF movies I would choose "2001" or "Pi" (for the overall philosophical tone) and "Strange Days" (for narrative structure). As for the presentation on DVD, Manga Ent. has done a generally fine job (they co-produced this film so they probably had easy access to bonus materials). The making of ducumentary is great and provides many fascinating insights into the technical aspects of the film's production as well as on the anime industry in general. Sadly the original Japanese trailer is not on this disc. I also missed the original Japanese credits and the original song that played over them. For the Western release (in the so-called International Version of the film) a new song was composed by either U2 or members from U2 (I am not quite sure) and while it is not nearly as horrible as the new music Manga has put on FIST OF THE NORTH STAR TV, STREET FIGHTER 2 - THE MOVIE and the (UK versions) of the CYBER CITY OEDO OVAs it still lacks the overall ingenuity of Kenji Kawai's haunting score. This problem could have been easily solved by putting the alternate credits and music on an alternate video/audio track as seen on the now out-of-print DVD of AD VISION's BATTLE ANGEL. The original end credits and music can be found on the subtitled VHS release of the film. To further justify why I gave this disc only 3 stars: Manga Ent. actually managed to make spelling mistakes in the subtitles. We are now treated to pearls like: "I SPAKE AS A CHILD". Generally, what you get with the "Ghost in the Shell" DVD is a trully great film on a somewhat flawed disc.
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Summary: Weird, but good manga
Review: Ghost in the Shell was good, but weird as well. I had trouble following some parts that weren't explained until well after they had happened. Fortunately, my fiancée had seen Ghost in the Shell before and was able to explain it to me.The animation of Ghost in the Shell is fantastic. In a few places the scenery looks more like it has been filmed rather than drawn, and even the characters have movements that are fluid and graceful, instead of jerky and robotic, like some animated movies can have. The storyline of Ghost in the Shell is pretty straightforward, although the last 15 minutes or so was quite a surprise. There's a lot of philosophy involved in the movie, mostly about what makes a person truly human, is it the ghost (a soul), or is it the fact we feel human. Ghost in the Shell was well done, and even though I'm not a huge fan of anime I enjoyed it quite a bit.
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Summary: How anime should be done
Review: The animation and sound staff worked for reality in this show and it's been one of the best, if not the best, works to date. The extra features of this DVD reveal more than you could ever find on the net of how this movie was made. The artwork is very sharp even down to the bullet-hole details. Above average special effects. The 5.1 surround sound is awesome with a subwoofer. Machine guns and the background music set it off nicely! The story is of course, excellent. If you're thinking about choosing VHS over DVD, think again. There are plenty of improvements in sound and the extra features that make the DVD a better choice....END
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Summary: A must
Review: By far one of the great classics of Japanese comics, on par with Miyazaki's "Kaze No Tani no Nausicaa". The video is superbly translated. The social-political questions asked are deeply thought provoking. If you by chance read the book, this is a must see.
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Summary: It ain't all that
Review: i have to admit the animation is very fluid and the scenes are very detailed. But the story line lags and never really takes off. I sat through this movie thinking the story line would pick up along with the action, it never did. Not unless you have the 20$ to spend on this dvd, i would pass on this one. You would be better off buying a trigun episode.
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Summary: The second best anime film of all time.
Review: This anime film it's the second best of all time, it's very interesting, has great animation, a great story and character development, the storyline is great, also it was very exciting and suspenful, but here is my word for parents, this film contains nudity, specially at the begiing and near to the end, also it has 5 bloody and gory scenes, the violence just limits to shootings, explosions, fihgts kind of martial arts, so please i strongly recommend you to stay with you children when you see this movie. Also the DVD is great, the Dolby Digital 5.1, sounds like DTS!, the picture quality, it's very very good, but in comparsion to a little preview that is on the Manga Video promo comercial, this movie is a must see but probably not a must own
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Summary: A good anime movie, but, it's very very flat
Review: The DVD and the movie, are things that I truly recommend you to own, the animation is great, the DVD transfer it's sooooooooooooooooooo great that I feel that I am there, the sound quality is the best I had ever heard, the Dolby Digital 5.1, sounds great, it dosen't even sounds like Dolby, soudns like DTS, also the storyline it's great also, but the movie it's kind of flat, and relativly short, and it had a lot of labyrinthine, but still this movie it's definetly a must see and a most own.
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