Jul 14, 2020
I was approaching 2045 with fair share of unease, in the end it's a sequel to one of my favourite series. This iteration of SAC isn't as bad as people had painted it, and what I grew to be afraid of (the first scene I saw was from a GIF with one of the characters cartwheeling his way out during the mansion scene, That scene looks silly in a very negative way). GITS anno domini 2020 goes along with its antecedents' tradition and tackles issues of future society (and throws into the bundle couple accurate comments towards our, contemporary, society). This season's schwartz motif
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is too much power in hands of entities concerned with income at the same time trampling over regular citizens, as well as onset of a new evolutionary avenue (it yet remains to be seen whether it was natural or artificially incited).
When it comes to the graphics I'm afraid time will not be gentle for this series and it will be hard to look at in a couple of years. In some regards its shortcomings are already noticeable, just to mention backdrops being too sterile combined with bland background textures. 2045 shows that CGI is still not there and the scenes where audience sees photos (which are drawn) further highlight that.
In case of the music... it's there serving its role, that's all I can tell about it. No memorable pieces that would entrench themselves in audience's memory, the score is run of the mill and devoid of uniqueness of music in other GITS anime. I had to look up theOP to remember how it sounds. On the other hand the ending is quite pleasant to listen to.
Last, but not least, the characters. After Arise franchise finally remembered that Section 9 is a unit consisting of people serving their specialised roles, not just Motoko hauling background extras that are there only for cameos while she is an all singing all dancing one-cyborg-gorilla army. The new trio of supporting characters is a bit annoying in their own way. Agent Smith... that is John Smith leaves air of a careerist and not a professional who should be in that particular position. Although, he might be seen as the embodiment of nation's hubris. Clown, an upcoming hotshot who feels like a forced filler character at the same time serving role of an indicator showing how the original crew is capable. Purin, the last of the newcomers, makes impression of an otaku bait that found herself on a wrong set on her way to an idol show (or, given her gesticulation, Japanese live action comedy that tries too hard to be an anime). However, I have to admit that when push comes to shove she is capable of pulling her weight.
To sum up, 2045 is an interesting first dip into new SAC instalment which receives from me 7/10.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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