Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Difference between revisions

''Stand Alone Complex'' is visually stunning (it features beautiful digital cel animation which was produced in full widescreen) and audibly mesmerizing (its soundtrack was handled by none other than [[Yoko Kanno]] herself). Its plot and characterization are both exceptionally deep, with philosophical discussions of dehumanization through technology and synthetic life -- as well as intense political intrigue -- existing alongside plenty of high-octane action scenes.

 

 

''Stand Alone Complex'' is split up between two twenty-six episode seasons: ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex'' and ''Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Second Gig''. For [[Colon Cancer|obvious reasons,]] both seasons are often abbreviated by fans; the first is referred to as "''GITS:SAC''" -- pronounced "Git-Sack" by the uncouth -- while the second is abbreviated as "''2nd Gig''". Like ''[[The X-Files]]'' and many other [[Speculative Fiction]] TV series, ''Stand Alone Complex'' has one-shot episodes which follow a single case ("Stand Alone") and episodes which follow the series' ongoing [[Story Arc]] ("Complex") involving a hacker known as "The Laughing Man". ''2nd Gig'' offers three types of episodes -- "Individual", "Dividual", and "Dual" -- and its [[Story Arc]] relates to a terrorist group known as "The Individual Eleven" and its "leader", a mysterious individual named Kuze.