Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2nd GIG, Volume 4) (Special Edition)

Description

While on the trail of Kuze, Section 9 tracks down the
person who made his one-of-a-kind prosthetic face. There’s only one problem –
the designer is dead. And the person who killed him is Paz, or someone who
looks exactly like him! And section 9 has some downtime, which they put to
good use. During a friendly poker game, Saito recounts his first encounter
with the Major, when they were both looking down the barrel of each other’s
guns. But there’s still a lot of work left to be done, as everyone tries to
unravel the mystery of the Individual Eleven and discover the whereabouts of
Kuze. This special edition comes with a collectible tin case with 3-DVDs and
limited edition collection. Stand Alone Complex (2nd Gig) continues
to grow more pointedly political as it progresses. The agents of Public
Security Section 9 discover that the cases they’re investigating are linked to
the troubled relations between Japan and Imperial America: The latter is
attempting to reassert its global military dominance while grappling with its
economic weakness. But the prime minister and her cabinet face those problems.
Batou, the Major, and the rest of the Section have to deal with unrest among
the refugees, suicide bombers, and the Individualists. The members of the
Individual Eleven–except for Kuze, their leader–commit mass suicide in a
bloody spectacle that recalls the theatrical death of the great Japanese
writer Yukio Mishima in 1970. The Tachikoma robots speculate that as they are
abandoning collective consciousness and developing individuality, a dependence
on the Net is leading humans in the opposite direction. That trend makes
people more vulnerable to the micro-machines and cyber-viruses of the
Individualist plot–unless Section 9 can thwart it in time. The Special
Edition in a tin box offers one disc with Dolby Digital 5.1 audio, the other
with DTS and stereo, plus three easy-to-assemble plastic figures, including a
good one of Batou. (Rated 13 and older: violence, violence against women,
brief nudity, alcohol, drug and tobacco use) –Charles Solomon

Features:

Product Details:

• Genre: Anime
• Format: Limited Edition, Box set, Multiple Formats, Animated, Color, Subtitled, NTSC, Widescreen
• Contributor: Ghost in the Shell
• Language: Japanese
• Number Of Discs: 2
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.72 Ounces
• Audio Description: ‏ : ‎ English
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 25230
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Subtitled, Multiple Formats, Box set, Animated, Color, Widescreen, Limited Edition, NTSC
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 40 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ March 21, 2006
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Ghost in the Shell
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English