Solid State Society

Míxtil · Post by **Míxtil** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 9:10 am

james_sb wrote:This is going to get reallly confusing for people who are only coming in on it now.

Yep, the 'the series and movies' distinction is complety wrong.

Motoko2030 · Post by **Motoko2030** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 10:13 am

More details about Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society.

The production announcement does not specifically state release format, or date. The movie is being produced in Hi-Vision, a format used by Japanese broadcast networks to support wide-screen televisions. The same production team, including main staff, will be carried over from the TV series. The budget, while not specified, is said to be higher in order to achieve a cinematic level of production.

The 100-minute (tentative running time) movie takes place in 2034, two years after the refugee riot incident. A significantly larger Section 9, with over 20 new officers, investigates terrorist actions related to a wizard-like hacker “Kugutsu Mawashi.”
(Kugutsu Mawashi translated into English is roughly "Puppet Master." Kugutsu Mawashi is not the same as the "Puppet Master" from the first Ghost in the Shell Movie. In Japanese, the "Puppet Master" from the first movie was called "Ningyo Tsukai" which can also translated into "Puppet Master.")

The quote was taken from http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8588

Lightice · Post by **Lightice** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 11:56 am

Well, if that doesn't call for some serious misunderstanding, I don't know what will. I hope that the translators invent something different from Puppet Master, though - it's just too easily misinterpreted...

Míxtil · Post by **Míxtil** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:31 pm

Maybe puppet king?

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:54 pm

This is going to get reallly confusing for people who are only coming in on it now.

lol, and this was stated before the new Puppet Master info. Imagine how confusing it will be now.

H-street · Post by **H-street** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 2:48 pm

awesome, hopefully a dual release in US and Japan..

Gillsing · Post by **Gillsing** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 4:03 pm

A movie isn't as good as a whole series, but at least it'll be of higher visual quality. And it's really nice of them to create a second puppetmaster with a different name in the original language. It'll give us something to talk about.

GhostLine · Post by **GhostLine** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 3:00 pm

here's what icv2.com says...

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex--Solid State Society
New 100-Minute Anime From Production IG

March 22, 2006
Animenation is reporting that Production IG has announced Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex -- Solid State Society, a 100-minute feature slated for completion this summer. According to Animenation, Production IG has not decided whether Solid State Society will be shown theatrically, broadcast on television, or released as direct-to-video DVD. The Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV anime series has been one of the most accessible and successful anime iterations of the Ghost in the Shell property. Based on DVD sales in 2005 ICv2 rated GIS: SAC as the 8th most popular anime property in the U.S. (and the third most popular TV anime property here in the States trailing only Full Metal Alchemist and Samurai Champloo).

Overall the Ghost in the Shell property, which is based on the manga by Masamune Shirow, remains of key importance in the U.S. market. The Ghost in the Shell manga volumes (and Shirow illustration books) from Dark Horse are still consistent sellers, the first Ghost in the Shell anime feature was of landmark importance in the development of the American anime market, and the second season of the GIS: SAC TV anime, which has had great exposure on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, is being released here now on DVD. Add in numerous toys, action figures and statues (of the extremely statuesque Major Kusanagi) and it is easy to see why another GIS: SAC anime production is good news.

Motoko2030 · Post by **Motoko2030** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 2:42 pm

Someone videotaped the trailer of Stand Alone Complex Solid State Society at the Tokyo International Anime Fair at http://www.dannychoo.com/blog_entry/eng ... e+Society/

If you haven't seen all of SAC 2nd Gig and don't want to get spoiled then you shouldn't watch the trailer since it does a recap of the first season and SAC 2nd Gig.

spoiler wrote:The trailer shows both the first season and SAC 2nd Gig, but the scenes that are in SAC SSS shows Batou, Togusa and Aramaki but no Motoko Kusanagi or the Section 9 think tanks. There is a new female cyborg featured in the trailer but it is unclear if this new female cyborg is a new version of Motoko Kusanagi in her Chroma avatar look or the offspring of the Major and the Puppetmaster.

Lightice · Post by **Lightice** » Fri Mar 24, 2006 3:36 pm

Here there are some concept-drawings of SSS, showing very recognisable Motoko Kusanagi. I do think that Director Kamiyama is holding to his earlier decision about SAC's relation to the manga.

Motoko2030 · Post by **Motoko2030** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 11:21 pm

I enjoyed the trailer of Solid State Society and I am hoping that Production IG will release a long trailer showing more of this SAC film.

Thanks Lightice for the link to the artwork from the SAC SSS of the new outfits that Motoko will wear.

csulu · Post by **csulu** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:16 am

Lightice:is it going to be a recap of SAC2 + more , looks like that from the poster.

Or SPOILER

Do they get the plane back

SPOLIER

that would be nice

Some nice power armor to

Motoko2030 · Post by **Motoko2030** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:03 am

The Solid State Society trailer does show scenes from the first season of SAC and SAC 2nd Gig but it also shows scenes from the SAC SSS movie, which is set in the year 2034 that is two years after the events in SAC 2nd Gig.

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 5:47 pm

Will I be able to safely watch this trailer without spoiling the 2nd gig? If not, I'd prefer not to watch it.

Motoko2030 · Post by **Motoko2030** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 7:26 pm

Black Mamba, it does show scenes from upcoming episodes on SAC 2nd Gig, so yes it does contain spoilers, but I can find when the scenes of SAC Gig end and I can give you the timing on when the scenes for Solid State Society start.