Ghost in the Shell: SAC 2045 is mostly a return to form for the franchise

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Streaming on Netflix, 'Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2045' might net a few new fans for the franchise, but it trips at the start and is gasping for breath by the end.

I've gone on record multiple times saying"Ghost in the Shell" is one of my favorite films of all time and"Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex" one of my favorite anime series. It follows Motoko Kusanagi and other members of Section 9, a Japanese special ops group focused entirely on crimes related to cybernetics and the Net.

I adore this series for so many reasons. It's one of the first"adult" anime I can remember watching as a young child who did not understand a thing he was watching. It's one of the few anime I can easily suggest to a non-anime fan because it doesn't fall into the pitfalls of the medium and maintains a very serious, adult, and thoughtful tone throughout .

"2045" opens following a simultaneous global default that has tanked every market. No money is worth anything and the only people flourishing are the rich by pushing for sustainable warfare. The idea is that war is the greatest way to create and boost an economy so the rich provide weapons for totally pointless wars. Major Kusanagi and her team, following the disbandment of Section 9 years before, are now in America, acting as a private military group and fighting in the warzones.

 

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