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Ghost in the Shell 2.0 [Blu-ray] | ![Ghost in the Shell 2.0 [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514shRvhgtL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Mamoru Oshii
Actors: Atsuko Tanaka, Akio Ôtsuka, Kôichi Yamadera, Tesshô Genda, Masato Yamanouchi
Studio: Manga Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.97
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Rating:  41 reviews
Sales Rank: 2402
Format: Animated, Color, Widescreen
Languages: English (Original Language), Japanese (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Running Time: 85 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: 013138309587
UPC: 013138309587
EAN: 0013138309587
ASIN: B002NUULNG
Release Date: November 24, 2009
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Item Type: BLU-RAY DVD Movie
Item Rating: NR
Street Date: 11/24/09
Wide Screen: yes
Director Cut: no
Special Edition: no
Language: ENGLISH
Foreign Film: noSubtitles: no
Dubbed: no
Full Frame: no
Re-Release: no
Packaging: Sleeve
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 41
 Not sure it's better September 1, 2010
Brenda L. Slichter
I'm not so sure this DVD was a better production, than the first. I'll be trying it out on a different screen in the future.
Great Presentation, Bad Content Changes July 16, 2010
Joseph Esposito (California)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Ah, Ghost In The Shell. One of the defining pieces of anime ever to exist, this is typically one of the films you hear mentioned when someone starts a sentence with "I never was really into anime, but then I saw..." Based on a fantastic manga, the film is a landmark for both the depth of the story and the quality of the animation.
The Blu version is as pretty as you'd expect, clear and full of detail. The sound is also exceptional, but seeing as this is a classic it's no surprise they got this right. What's a bit of a shock is how badly the new content fits into the overall picture.
For those who don't know, some of the previously non-CG scenes have been 'updated' with all CG scenes. I guess this is really a matter of personal preference, but to my eyes it's a downgrade. The CG isn't good enough to replace the original animation, and as mentioned in other reviews the change is quite jarring. My biggest gripe is when the Major comes up to the ocean surface early in the film. In the original, there's a lingering close shot of her staring at the sky, and the shot reverses so you see she's just watching the clouds go by. It's a quiet moment that gets expanded on shortly after, but the new CG omits the close and reverse shot and just shows her floating. Worst of all, her eyes are obscured by glare and to me something gets lost. Again, maybe that's just me. I also miss the original credits, but the new ones are fine too. The change of color tone didn't affect anything for me, purists may disagree.
Honestly, the small updates to certain scenes don't spoil one of the finest entries anime has to offer. This is still a fantastic film that should be seen by any animation fans.
A worthy anime to watch July 12, 2010
S. Harris (Prattsburgh, New York)
Although I have to admit that I don't watch many animes and it's like a rare thing for me to go about watching them in the first place. While the first anime that I ever watched was one of the big known ones, known as 'Akira' and enjoyed that one. With Ghost in the Shell, it reminds me of how Akira is and with this one, it is near how well Akira is but is much different from that. Ghost in the Shell deals with a organization better known as 'Section 9' with Chief Aramaki leading the unit. While the top two are sent out to investigate a hacker that is known as the Puppetmaster and find out what his motives are for what he's doing, but just when they think they found him it wasn't him. This 'Puppetmaster' will have you guessing who he is throughout the movie and on the edge of your seat for most of the movie. I give Ghost in the Shell 4 stars out of 5.
Half-assery at it's finest!!! June 28, 2010
Will and/or Caroline C. (hampton, SC)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm not the biggest Ghost in the Shell fan of all time or anything but I enjoy the story very much. I've had it on VHS, DVD & got it for a good price on blu-ray. Honestly I was pretty good with the DVD version I have but looking at the back of the case I read: ALL THE ORIGINAL ANIMATIONS ARE RE-PRODUCED WITH LATEST DIGITAL FILM AND ANIMATION TECHNOLOGIES, INCLUDING 3D-CGI.
you would think the whole movie has been redone in 3D-CGI, but no... it's only bits and pieces here and there and it makes it seem like a totally arbitrary choice. Thankfully they included the Original movie in the special features.
(BLU-RAY Review) An interesting "remix" of GitS but overall a nice set. June 20, 2010
MiRSD
First of all - props to Anchor Bay/Starz for bringing this title out at a very reasonable price. Most Anime Blu-Rays tend to retail at 2-3 times what a "hollywood" movie do (Bandai, I'm looking at you!) - Anchor Bay released this at a fraction of what a hollywood movie costs (it tends to go on sale often, but even at its retail price it's a great bargain!)
On to the disc though.
Ghost in the Shell - it seems to go along with Akira as most peoples' first introductions to anime and still stands up today as a great movie. I'm not so great at going into the plot points of movies, so I usually leave that to the other reviewers. Overall I still love this movie.
Rather than a straight "clean up" on the movie, the creators went back and basically re-did a lot of it. This is done either by new computer drawn-animation (similar to Stand Alone Complex) or by adding CG. While the original does show its age in some of the CG used at the time, and it was nice to see that cleaned up with some modern graphics, I found the choices in switching animation styles throughout camera cuts to be odd. You'll see classic hand-drawn animation one second, then crisp computer-drawn animation the next, then CG models the next, then back to hand-drawn. They don't do a terrible job of pulling it off, but it's very obvious. The characters themselves "look" different from cut to cut, and while the CG looks great as a background it looks odd when the characters are CG models (everything looks very flat, almost amateurish but with very nice shading - hard to describe). I liked watching the 2.0 cut, but I still love the original.
As for the Blu-Ray itself:
Video was obviously very nice for the 2.0 version - everything was cleaned up nicely or recreated to give it a very crisp look. No flaws that I could notice.
Audio was also very good - if you have a nice audio system it'll make nice use of it!
Extras were perhaps the best part.. the original GitS movie! While quality isn't the greatest (I didn't notice much of a difference between the DVD release and this 1080i version), it's fantastic that they included it. Best part, it's cheaper to get this package than it is to buy GitS separately on DVD! Other extras were alright, but nothing outstanding.
Overall a very nice bundle at a great price. Ghost in the Shell + Ghost in the Shell 2.0 with great video and audio. If you don't own GitS already, pick this one up! If you did and are curious to check out 2.0, it's cheap enough that you can buy the disc and not invest much money into it.
To make it a 5 star disc, I would've liked to see some more effort put into 2.0 (the CG models were a bit "iffy", same goes for the blending of all 3 styles of animation), GitS (original) could have been cleaned up much nicer, and it would've been great to see some behind the scenes on the 2.0 version (maybe even an in-movie-experience letting you see both versions side by side?).
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