Kókaku kidótai: Stand Alone Complex
Cinematography:
Kôji TanakaComposer:
Yōko KannoCast:
Akio Ōtsuka, Atsuko Tanaka, Kōichi Yamadera, Ken Narita, Shin'ichirō Miki, Robert Axelrod, Toru Shinagawa, Daran Norris, Murphy Dunne, Kazuya Ichijō (more)VOD (1)
Seasons(2) / Episodes(52)
Plots(1)
Major Motoko Kusanagi is a beautiful but deadly cyborg that is squad leader of Section 9-the Japanese government's clandestine unit assigned to battle terrorism and cyber warfare Surrounded by an expertly trained team, Motoko faces her ultimate challenge- the Laughing Man- a terrorist who orchestrated a kidnapping and extortion plot many years ago and has suddenly reappeared. In order to discover the identity of this enigmatic criminal, Motoko and Section 9 are drawn into a deadly labyrinth and they'll have to use all their expertise to survive. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Reviews of this series by the user kaylin (2)
You have to admit that the animated series has balls, much like the first film that was based on the manga. It's not just that the show is cool and at times quite sexy, it's that it's action-packed, and every now and then some of the grittier, darker and more serious themes come to the surface quite substantially. Anime still has something to say and this team works.
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2nd GIG (2004) (S02)
I was a little surprised by how some parts were more spoken than animated, but it must be said that even in cases where there was less animation, the creators definitely had a story to tell. It has to be acknowledged that the series was able to take the original manga to something that can work on a larger and more long-term scale.
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