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[zesty_pinto]

Spent this evening watching the rest of GiTS SAC GIG. God, I love a good thinking man plot and this one ran like a Tom Clancy novel laced with traces of Gibson. Not a lot of anime fans on my flist, but the one thing I always respect about this series is that it tries to give you a very realistic political stance. People like to complain about how slow it is, but like "Carnivale," you need to slowly reveal the pieces under alternate pretenses with a prolonged slowness to make the tension come out properly. More shows need to understand that.


I remember the one thing that amazed me about the first season was that, in the end, it centered on a disease that is inspired from better living through technology, medical science, two available methods to cure it, and hocked up results made by the companies for the purpose of putting more capital into the budding technology that the poorer choice was related to. If anything, it's a vivid remark on the American pharmeceutical industry. This season turned to something perhaps more on-tone within Japan's area: refugees and what to do with them. There is a relevance in this that I see both in North Korea escapees and in the Middle East. Unfortunately, the plot does not feel as palpable, but the political maneuvering keeps up a political zeal that keeps you second-guessing how things will be handled on the public affairs side as well as the covert.

Now I am without "Carnivale" and "Ghost in The Shell" to rely on. The one good thing about these sort of shows is that you can rewatch them for nuances, but I still need a new series that tries to make you feel like it's worth rewatching.

Comments

[lucylovebiscuit.livejournal.com]

I kept up with GiTS for the first season and loved it. I think I saw part of the second season as well. I'd like to get a copy of both seasons. I was DVR'ing them, and lost everything, I never picked it up after that.

I have yet to see Carnivale, but its on my wishlist.

[zesty-pinto.livejournal.com]

Awww, do you have access to Bittorrent? I can offer you a link to a fansubber site that subbed the entire second season. Likewise on "Carnivale."

[lucylovebiscuit.livejournal.com]

nah. but thanks anyway.

[zesty-pinto.livejournal.com]

Bah, so be it. But if you get the DVD for Carnivale, then take it from me and morganaus that it will be money well-spent. And that icon is funky-dory. :O

Off-topic~

[aurenfaie.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you liked Avatar. o_o

Re: Off-topic~

[zesty-pinto.livejournal.com]

There's quite a few things here and there you don't know. ;)

Seriously, though, it's hard to dislike a series that put so much effort into their production value no matter how much they have to "Anglicize" the plot. I have to admit that I'm looking forward to that greenlighted second season.

Re: Off-topic~

[aurenfaie.livejournal.com]

Who knows what we shall uncover next? Mysterious~~

I can't wait, either. =^_^=