Otaku Blue

Amoung the many events happening throughout the day at Japan Ex was an advanced screening of Ghost In The Shell: Solid State Society and after watching it, I’m embarressed the think that I haven’t seen the other installments of GITS. Solid State Society is the 3rd GITS film and focuses on a menace called the Puppeteer, a genius hacker who is threatening the very fabric of Japanese Society through a series of child “abuductions” and hacking peoples cyberbrains to make them commit suicide. Thats as far as I’ll go plot wise since the 2 hour long film is rather complex and to be honest I will need to watch it again to fully understand the end of it ( It didn’t really help that I’m new to GITS). The animation in the film was excellent and conistant too. There was not one time when I cringed due to a badly drawn nose and sluggish movements. Production I.G have done a brilliant job fusing lush anime visuals with CGI special effects. Since the film has yet to be released in this country and due to the fact that pirate copy film distribution is a real threat it todays modern society, I wasn’t allowed to take photo’s inside the screening area but I will leave you however with some fantastic screens of what I think is one of the best anime films I have ever seen. I believe the film is schedueled for a DVD release, courtesy of Manga Entertainment, in the August in the UK. I will definatley pick it up and if any of you who read are GITS fans I’m sure you will too.