Sep 30, 2016
Ah Ghost in the shell,probally the most influental anime ever made and plaised for his thought provoking themes and incredible world-building,but as you saw the score,I do not like it,but at the same time I do not hate it and here's my review
The story had a lot of potential.The human+machine and the humans being hacked was interesting but the result was an action movie going full prentesnious.They could said how this hacking fiasco affected politicro and religions powers,of how they fooled the citizens believing the hackers are actualiy gods wnd made them fight each other for their enjoyment etc. but they never explored that and
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thid is some huge missing potential(and I forgot to say that the cyborg hacking is the only theme they "explore").The pacing at the beginning was fast paced but at the same time it did not feeled rushed,but after tbe beginnig the pacing was as slow it almost put me to sleep at 1 pm and the ending was just shit.The characters are the "overly badass" type of people with no personality to speak of and the only "saving grace" was major kusaragi.She showed a lot of potential of feeling the most human(funny because she's a bot) but at the end she was like the other characters,overly badass with no actual personality.Now for the good:The music composed by Kenji Kowai helps the setting and it is very great even listening to its own(I especially like the voices in the "making of a cyborg" scene.It give me a tribal vibe wich I adore).The sound effects and the VA-ing was no less great and the people who worked on 5hise are quite taoented people.The animation was beautiful(because it is the most expensive to make anime ever)and you can cleary see the budget was not wasted and my only complain is the color pallete wich is oversaturated with blacker colo so much I barely can see anything because it is such a "deep" and "serious" anime.(but this is just a nitpick)
Overral by the hype it was getting I espected something great but the thing I've got was a average at best prentesnious fest(still I respect what GITS did for the indrusty)
Reviewer’s Rating: 6
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