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To be honest, this is not the worst animation that I have seen.

I'm someone who doesn't really care about the animation if the story is good enough. It doesn't help that the plot ends in a cliffhanger for a 2nd season, maybe the creators will make the plot more interesting by then, but I'm not holding my breath, nor I'm that interested or excited to see the 2nd season. I wouldn't say that the plot is predictable, but it's not engaging either. There is some political intrigue, but it doesn't bring anything new that we haven't seen before. The plot seems too convenient with the characters being at the right place & time all the time.

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There are other minor ideas at the end that were not fully explored either.Īll the philosophy that makes this series stand out from the crowd was removed in lieu of dialog to try really hard to make the characters sound 'cool' and the focus is on the action. Instead, we get references to the 10% of people that control the wealth (which is now 1% in 2045) and the economy of war but these are merely references as nothing is really explored in depth.

Questions like 'What makes us human?', 'the pitfalls of technology advancement', and sociology concepts like the 'Stand Alone Complex (SAC)' (from which this installment takes its name) are nowhere to be found. At least for this first season of SAC_2045, the philosophical & sociological themes that have made this franchise stand out as a 'different & intelligent series', as well as any references to 'real-life' are almost non-existent or not given enough focus. In regard to the story, that may be the best part of this show, but doesn't even come close to the stories in other installments of the series. The story is set in the Stand Alone Complex (SAC) sub-continuity in the year 2045 (For reference, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society was set in 2034, which was set two years after the events of 2nd GIG so SAC_2045 picks up the story in 2045, 11 years later). This sort of 3d doesn't even compare with what's considered average right now, not even with the technology of 15+ years ago. This really needed to be on par with the work that has been done in the past.

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I know I'm comparing Movies with a TV Series, but Ghost in the Shell has always been a franchise that has had the best animation at their time of release through all their instances. Compare that to the work Shinji did in Harlock: Space Pirate 2013 which has an awesome look for both characters and especially the mecha and their world that even in 3d has stood the test of time.

The Major looks like it came out of from Toy Story, which is great if she was in a Pixar movie, but it's not the look you'll expect for a GitS installment. Batou looks like a Barbie Ken with prosthetic eyes, and the rest of the cast looks like it was based on a video game of Grand Theft Auto, specially Togusa, which is at least a better look for the show. The Tachikomas were prime candidates for a great look in 3d, but they ended up being average at best. Regarding 'the look & style', there are things that 3d does really well like cars, buildings, mecha, cities, etc, but even these look way off from time to time.

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This is not the case in SAC_2045, one of the first things you'll notice is the awkward movements of the characters, lip-syncing is way off (perhaps they planned it for the dub? but with subs looks completely off), and even car collisions and such look awkward. Just compare SAC_2045 Episode 1 to the first scene in the Appleseed movie and you'll see what I mean and realize that these have 16 years in between of advancement in 3d technology, so there is really no excuse for the bad animation. With Appleseed 2004, the character's movements were just awesome, they look alive and the battles are well choreographed with fluid movements and engaging action scenes. I'm not against 3d, I actually love the work director Shinji Aramaki has done in the past: In short, this is the weakest installment of the Ghost in the Shell Anime Franchise, perhaps even weaker and having the same issues as the Hollywood Movie.ĭirected by Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Harlock: Space Pirate), and Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Eden of the East & Moribito).