Continuing, apparently. Which isn't a big deal as GitS is "stand-alone" episode tonight and Cowboy Bebop is Cowboy Bebop, can be started most anywhere with the last two episodes being exceptions.
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Continuing, apparently. Which isn't a big deal as GitS is "stand-alone" episode tonight and Cowboy Bebop is Cowboy Bebop, can be started most anywhere with the last two episodes being exceptions.
Stand Alone Complex/2nd GIG is great.
Tonight's episode is a little more than halfway through 2nd GIG, but it's kind or a one-off episode.
Crash Station
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Hermit crab ghost.
Red Data.
ThatObviousUser
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Now this person has terrible taste.
The movies.
Femmeworth
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Oshii fans are going to cut you.
Manga turned anime. Really, you need to go through it all.
Too late.
lazybones18
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*checks episode description*
Oh....it's THAT episode
Oh....it's THAT episode
ThatObviousUser
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shadyspace
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Pick up a goddamn Stephenson book people and get back to me.
heliosRAzi
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This is the episode where the Major propositions a kid, right? It also has one of my favorite tracks
sorry but the two movies directed by oshii are incredible
KuwabaraTheMan
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I've never seen the movies, but Sleep Alone Complex is pretty bad.
But is it all just one anime?
The Stand Alone Complex subtitle(?) makes it seem like a second Ghost in the Shell anime series or something. And what does second GIG mean?
Pretend I'm stupid.
Seraphis Cain
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Origa is so good.
I've seen all I've wanted to see tonight. Doesn't look like we'll be getting much more in the way of Tom stuff. Think I'm gonna spend the next hour watching Sgt. Frog on Netflix. Enjoy the rest of the block, guys!
I've seen all I've wanted to see tonight. Doesn't look like we'll be getting much more in the way of Tom stuff. Think I'm gonna spend the next hour watching Sgt. Frog on Netflix. Enjoy the rest of the block, guys!
ThatObviousUser
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Someone's being elitist~
A who? What does a book have to do with anything we are talking about?
ThatObviousUser
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Ghost in the Shell: Movie
Stand Alone Complex: Anime (first season)
Second Gig: Anime (second season)
Stand Alone Complex is the only TV series in the franchise. There are basically three different GITS continuities. The original manga, the movies, the TV series.
2nd GIG is the second season of Stand Alone Complex.
Femmeworth
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You didn't cut him, you poked him at most.
heliosRAzi
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Stand alone complex is the name of the series. The gigs refers to the seasons. 2nd gig being the second season.
And I love both the movies and the series. There are some similarities but while the movies focus on the philosophy of the self and identity, the series focuses on the sociological aspects of cyberization and a connected world
Thanks! This is exactly what I wanted to know. Is it pretty much a continuous plot-line throughout? (Movie-->Season1-->Season2)
ThatObviousUser
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He probably looks down on people who enjoy the philosophy pontificating in GitS because he's read some hauty tauty book on the subject and likes to lord it over such plebes.
Same characters, but each incarnation has a different overarching plot.
The movie dealt with the Puppetmaster, S.A.C. dealt with the Laughing Man, and 2nd Gig deals with the Individual Eleven.
GitS is better than any of his books, don't see the point being made here.
BuddyJoeHooker
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I'll be back for bebop, shows should have been first eps. for the new comers.
It's not pontificating though, it's simply questioning.
Plus Oshii's movies are visually masterful too, so yeah. Say no to books.
Oshii is a better artist than Stephenson.
Ghost in the Shell was originally a manga.
Back in the '90s it was adapted into an anime film also called Ghost in the Shell. Years later there was a sequel called Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence.
In the early 2000s there was a separate adaptation into an anime TV series called Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (SAC). It had a sequel series/second season known as Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2nd GIG and a sequel movie called Solid State Society. The SAC continuity is separate from that of the original movies.
I haven't actually seen any of SAC (though I've seen the original film, obviously) so I'm going to hold off on watching any of this till I catch up.
Etrian Oddity
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Don't be mad that you're the lone member of the world's AGE defense force.
Also worth noting that SAC has two different types of episodes:
-Stand Alone: Stand-Alone Episode that generally doesn't have anything to do with the ongoing story (i.e. Complex Episodes).
-Complex: Consists of an ongoing arc that spans the entire season. These basically move the plot forward for that season.
shady has contrary opinions
Wait a moment...
THIS IS IZZY.
FUCK YOU IZZY WHERE'S TENTAMON
ThatObviousUser
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Don't be mad that you're the lone member of the world's AGE defense force.
There have to be others like me out there.
I mean people will defend much, much worse animes in droves...I think you're the only one still watching the show considering it doesn't even get ratings info anymore.There have to be others like me out there.
Yes, though some episodes are more stand alone than others.
In the first season there are "stand alone" episodes that are 100% self-contained and "complex" episodes that are a part of the main plot.
2nd GIG gets a little more complicated, where most episodes at least have SOME referencing to the main plot in some ways, though some are more stand alone than others.
This episode, for example, has Motoko in Taiwan following the trail of a particular person of interest that the entire main plot revolves around. Once she's there, though, she gets into, well, all these antics that you're watching, which have little to do with the main story.
Femmeworth
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What did books ever do to you?
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