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| | Locus Online: Lawrence Person reviews Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex |
 | | Among the best series to be released over here is Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (henceforth GitS:SAC), a TV series based on the original Ghost in the Shell movie (which was, in turn, based on Shirow Masamune's original manga series). |
 | | At its best, GitS:SAC is the most interesting, sustained postcyberpunk media work in existence, intellectually (if not visually) superior to the original movie, and almost worthy of direct comparison to the post/cyberpunk works which inspired it. |
 | | The Stand Alone Episodes are a mixed bag, with Section 9 tackling a variety of cybercriminals, terrorists, potential assassins, and government corruption, and include some of the worst episodes. |
| locusmag.com /2006/Features/Person_GhostInTheShell.html (1605 words) |
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