The anime thread sequel (it's still not as good as the Manga though),

ok im wanting to get the total series of ghost in the shell

where do i start :confused:

i used to watch them all on a sky channel and they started from start to end . want them on dvd now so what is first set to end.

cheapest and box sets prefrerred cheers. just looked on bay and its a nightmare :(
 
ok im wanting to get the total series of ghost in the shell

where do i start :confused:

i used to watch them all on a sky channel and they started from start to end . want them on dvd now so what is first set to end.

cheapest and box sets prefrerred cheers. just looked on bay and its a nightmare :(

For the two series Amazon UK have both UK box sets at £15 each which is very cheap for them. That's cheaper than the first couple of sets I was returned on a quick search of the 'Bay (I'm not going to look through 25 pages of results). You may be able to save a couple of quid by buying disks individually on there but is it worth the hassle and is your time worth so little to do so ...?

United Publications have the UK BD double pack of the first two films on special for £14

I would wait for the UK BD release of Solid State Society later this year and not bother with the two compilation "movies" at all.

That would get you:

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (film)
Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (film)
Ghost in the Shell SAC 1st Gig (series)
Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd Gig (series)
Ghost in the Shell Solid State Society (film)

Where the last three are linked in the same "universe". Ghost in the Shell 2.0 is the updated version of the first film with redone CGI which, for the most part, is better than the original
 
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It does, although there are a few points where I honestly wished there was a toggle button so I could switch back to the oldschool animation. Some of it did look very good though. The CGI perfectly suits some of the elements like the cityscapes. Not so much the opening scene haha

I got that, forgot to mention it. I wouldnt call it crazy the way i mean. I mean bizaare like you got to watch like 5 times and still dont get it.

Mmm, Rin would potentially fall under this.

Still as above, those other shows listed are good choices and those are my thoughts. I have the US import BD release of Claymore, and it does actually look quite nice.
 
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I would wait for the UK BD release of Solid State Society later this year and not bother with the two compilation "movies" at all.

That would get you:

Ghost in the Shell 2.0 (film)
Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (film)
Ghost in the Shell SAC 1st Gig (series)
Ghost in the Shell SAC 2nd Gig (series)
Ghost in the Shell Solid State Society (film)

Wait what? You mean theres a big boxset coming out?
 
Wait what? You mean theres a big boxset coming out?

No, that's not what I said at all ....

If you actually read the post instead of just the portion you have quoted then you'll see that I have stepped through each of the different elements of the list separately and then the summary list given is what you'd end up with if you got all of the things mentioned.

A release of Solid State Society will get you just that ...the Solid State Society film.
 
Finished watching a couple of things this weekend ...

Amagami SS ... on the Sentai DVD release. In general I like this series. It is a bit disconcerting at first the way that it resets completely for each girl's arc but generally it works quite well.

Of the arcs my favourites would have to be Haruka, Kaoru and Rihoko ... the latter because of the inset song near the end of the last episode and because it continues the story on further in the time frame than the others (as opposed to jumping forward 10 years).

My least favourite arc was Sae, but that was really for her voice which I found irritating, and I wasn't to keen on the OVA episodes.

Now that I've re-watched the first season I might be able to consider watching the second that just started airing.

Initial D 2nd & 3rd Stages ... on Funimation's S.A.V.E release. More of the same after the first series. The amount of story growth is pretty minimal really ... yes things happen but it is really mostly the same things over and over. I did prefer the third stage movie to the second stage series in general as it felt better paced overall.

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There seems to be a bit of consternation around regarding the NISA release of Kimi no Todoke. Apparently it appears that they plan to miss out episode 16 (which is a recap episode) from their release. Given the episode to set splits this should be on the second set which is currently due out in April. They have been asked by various people to reconsider this decision.
 
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Same, thanks for the link Andi.
Currently watching C3 which is a bit strange but fun in its own way, and Baka to Test with my brother which is just plain silly tbh lol

A guy elsewhere is currently doing a string of interviews with some of the distributors in the UK which make for interesting listens. Currently he's got Andrew from Kaze and Jerome from Manga on the mike.

http://otakunews.com/article.php?story=1874
http://otakunews.com/article.php?story=1880

Figured some of you guys might also enjoy a listen. Tony from MVM is also due to do a written interview and I think a net based on is planned for one of the guys from Madman who work with Manga on a lot of releases.
 
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I like Aniplex USA's way of doing things. Sell the Blu-Ray boxsets at Japanese prices but make them really high quality.

It probably makes them more because even after lost sales, each sale is worth 10 people buying it at western prices, and on the buyers part you get really good quality collectible stuff.
 
Personally I'm not convinced that it's that good of an idea in the non-Japanese market. Yes you sell less but make more per sale ... but do you really sell more as those who buy at that price probably like the series enough to have imported it anyway, so they are not an extra sale. You will also get people who will look at the price and see it as being so much more than the usual US price so just go and download it instead, as there is no way they could afford to buy it and they don't put the worth of purchasing the series at that level. Once they get into that habit ...

It's not that I would say that the current pricing levels for US releases are sustainable in the longer term anyway, they are just to low which means that the US licensees don't get enough income to operate to a good level. But I think that Aniplex are going to far the other way in some cases in just releasing large fancy set at high prices. Why would I buy a series, which I could watch by streaming off Crunchyroll, for a price getting on for 10x a normal US release? ... 3x or 4x possibly but there no way I can justify more when the extra bonuses will get looked at once and then gather dust on a shelf.

If they released the fancy sets at a premium and then simpler sets without the extras a lower price 6-12months later, (like NISA have been doing), it would probably work better for them outside Japan. You get the high price sales to start with and then you get the people who couldn't afford that down the line. But there's been little indication that that is what they are going to do.
 
Same, thanks for the link Andi.
Currently watching C3 which is a bit strange but fun in its own way, and Baka to Test with my brother which is just plain silly tbh lol

A guy elsewhere is currently doing a string of interviews with some of the distributors in the UK which make for interesting listens. Currently he's got Andrew from Kaze and Jerome from Manga on the mike.

http://otakunews.com/article.php?story=1874
http://otakunews.com/article.php?story=1880

Figured some of you guys might also enjoy a listen. Tony from MVM is also due to do a written interview and I think a net based on is planned for one of the guys from Madman who work with Manga on a lot of releases.

Cheers for that, hopefully I'll get around to listening to them later.

Baka to Test is a bit on the nutty side, just finished watching and really enjoyed them. Recently started watching Kamisama Dolls which is also rather good.
 
The UK is even worse in that sense Andi, I'm half of the opinion that it's this country and Manga's drive for cheapness which has backed us into the corner in regards release dates, and things like BD availability on series.

If series cost even £30 on average rather than Manga's £15-20, they'd be a lot healthier and able to take risks. By comparison, I'd imagine the US competitors are doing relatively well.

PlanetAxel just gave me a $5 discount voucher out of nowhere so that'll be Clannad BD ordered come payday then, and I can buy AS on DVD from Manga later in the year if there's no sign of an AS BD from Sentai.
 
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