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	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Vol. #06 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		However, the Laughing Man has other plans for Kusanagi; in exchange for rescuing her, he gives her all of his memories that explain the Laughing Man events from six years ago until now.
		The final episode slows the pace down and finally begins to reveal how the whole Laughing Man phenomenon began and what is motivating the Laughing Man. While not action oriented like the previous two episodes, the narrative does not drag at all and manages to suck you into the whole mythos.
		And with Section 9, the government, and the Laughing Man using every tool at their disposal, this volume is the best of the series to date and one of the best pieces of entertainment in general.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/3452.php (1579 words)

	Reason: Anime Dreams: The strange but familiar world of a Japanese TV cartoon.
		But the most bizarre entity is the Laughing Man. The Laughing Man hacks the media, entering the cybereyes and cyberminds of the audience.
		The Puppet Master, the antagonist in the movie, was still someone, but the Laughing Man may not be any particular individual; he could be a she, or a group, or independent people acting under the same nom de plume and logo.
		Or the Laughing Man might not exist at all, except as a media phenomenon.
	www.reason.com /0405/cr.as.anime.shtml (799 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex SE Vol. #03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Convinced that the cyber-terrorist known only as “the Laughing Man” has resurfaced, Section 9 accelerates their inquiry to include eavesdropping on a chat room whose participants are not who they seem to be.
		They are also found investigating a facility for the treatment of children with 'cyberbrain closed shell syndrome' – a malady which renders the victim unable to cope with the cybernetic interface in their artificial brains.
		The Complex Episodes continue to push forward with the Laughing Man storyline and it's an amazing piece that's bringing to light a number of issues in dealing with society and how it has to handle a changing world like this.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/3289.php (2101 words)

	Gamerz-Edge - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Volume Two Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The laughing man case from volume 1 continues and the section 9 team is left with more questions than answers.
		The Laughing Man case takes a new twist as the chief Aramaki thinks that the current laughing man suspect is a decoy.
		Soon after the “conclusion” of the laughing man case (it’s not really over…) the team returns to their normal routine as they stop international revolutionaries and organ smuggling rings.
	www.gamerz-edge.com /anime/reviews/gisvol2.html (541 words)

	Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Volume 6 (DVD) - Anime Reviews - The Armchair Empire
		The first move will be to collect the man who was most responsible for not certifying the Murai Vaccine but when they arrive at his home, it has been destroyed and the man is on the run.
		The Laughing Man makes a major move, he re-captures the head of Serano Genomics and once again implores him to reveal the truth about the treatments for the fatal disease Cyber-brain Sclerosis that the Murai Vaccine is a cure for.
		The Laughing Man has not done half the attacks that he has been credited with, and his true goals are finally exposed.
	www.armchairempire.com /AnimeReviews/ghost-shell-stand-alone-complex-volume-6.htm (869 words)

	JohnQ's Blog - A Video Playground For Guys: Anime & Comics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The artwork is sort of interesting and the plot is standard anime fare (young boy watches his father killed by an assassin and vows revenge, grows up to be a sword-swinging badass with an annoying sidekick).
		While this anime is not for the weak of heart (or stomach) it stands in my mind as one of the classics of the genre, heartily recommended for anyone looking for an intensely cerebral scare.
		A while back I reccomended some really smart and engaging animes that I liked, as a rebuttal to the notion that all animes are mindless.
	blog.johnq.com /anime/index.html (1080 words)

	Andart: Comment on A Complex Stand Alone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		I think that while anime explores often very different and complex issues, it is also very ungrounded, which occasionally leads to very poor reasoning and analogies being drawn.
		The Laughing Man is really the postmodern self taken to its logical conclusion: there is no core, everything is socially constructed, he may not even have a single meaning except for what other people impose on him in their interpretations.
		What I like about this anime is that it is grounded in at least some world-building and a sense of what may and may not exist in the world.
	www.aleph.se /cgi-bin/kommentar.cgi?entry_id=42 (378 words)

	Animation Insider - Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex - "Decoy" TALKBACK (Spoilers)
		Their main suspect is a man who is 36 called Nanao=A and he looks too young to be the Laughing Man, he got involved with a group for reclaiming humanity and then he got involved in armed combat.
		It all began and it is known as the Laughing Man incident and Zorano got warnings of the event from close friends before it happened but he didn't take it seriously as their brains had been cyberhacked.
		Later his own brain was cyberhacked and he was kidnapped by the individual who is known as the Laughing Man, a ransom of 10 billion Yen and 100 kilos of gold bullion was demanded by the kidnapper.
	www.animationinsider.net /forums/printthread.php?t=12251 (1644 words)

	Anime UK News - Regular news, views and reviews from the UK Anime community and beyond (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Much of this series, including the Laughing Man case, is as much a prediction of the way things are going to go for humanity as an engrossing fictional story.
		It all points to one man, Nanao; a computer programmer with a history of political activism and a grudge against Serano (the corporation previously threatened by the Laughing Man).
		Brain-hacked psychos claiming to be the Laughing Man start appearing everywhere; apparently a computer virus is travelling through the crowd, infecting certain people and forcing them to attack Serano employees.
	www.animeuknews.net /viewreview.php?showreview=84 (1113 words)

	Anime Chit-Chat
		Man, time sure flies when you're busy with work and your advisor always happen to have more for you.
		The relationship between Aoba and her mom was never clarified in detail in the anime, but the truth is quite stunning.
		The top two animes showing right now that has the best quality, execution, scripting, and intensity has got to be this and Mai-Hime.
	webpages.charter.net /sai/animeblog.html (3886 words)

	AnimeNfo.Com
		The Laughing Man is an A-class hacker, able not only to hack machines, but minds as well and nearly at will.
		Due to the deep and intense nature revolving around this anime, one could watch it again at another point in time and be able to interpret it differently with what new things one has has picked up along the way.
		Due to the amount of CGI used for the background the animation and graphics are superb and the anime is accompanied by some of the coolest music I have encountered in an anime.
	www.animenfo.com /review.php?id=1068&n=sgszbd&t=ghost_in_the_sh&type=anime (3686 words)

	Special Duty Combat Unit: Shinesman
		It doesn't have squat in the way of character development or storyline, but it is one of those "anime making fun of anime" types that always prove to be quite humorous.
		However, it seems that the villians may have the inside track, since their leader and his right hand man are disguised as businessmen from another firm.
		Some scenes on this anime will have you laughing out loud, such as Shiina's escape from the Godzilla suit or the scene where the alien leaders walk out of a dimensional portal that connects their command center to a toliet stall in the office building of their firm.
	members.tripod.com /animelord1/id21.htm (404 words)

	MTV Movies \| Features and Interviews
		Anime series are popping up everywhere, from Saturday morning kid's television to their own 24-hour-a-day cable network.
		One of the greatest anime series of all time, "Neon Genesis Evangelion" was also one of the first to show the limitless possibilities of the genre.
		Combining such familiar anime elements as teenage heroes, giant robots and an "alien" menace with mature themes of philosophy, psychology and even theology, "Evangelion" set itself apart from the shows that preceded it and garnered the attention of Western audiences.
	www.mtv.com /shared/movies/features/a/anime_series_050726 (1592 words)

	Kayip's Anime World
		The first 28 episodes (i'm not sure cause i forgot) are very cool and funny to watch...you get a lot of fighting scenes where you can see Kenshin with his Sakaba (type sword that's unable to kill someone) in action.
		This is a anime about a guy named Vash the Stampede who is a wanted man of $60.000.000.00.
		This anime starts with a very cool opening song (Guitars) although it hasn't got any vocals in it it is still one of the best instrumental opening song.
	www.geocities.com /kayip1/Kayips_Anime_Reviews_page2.html (475 words)

	circleanime.com: View Large Image (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Home > Anime > Ghost In The Shell > Ghost In The Shell Anime DVD > Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Vol.
		Section 9 has their hands full with the reappearance of the laughing man, a cyber-terrorist who hasn't been heard from in six years.
		Aramaki believes that the police's prime suspect is a decoy; he orders his team to look into it.
	www.circleanime.com /25201.html (81 words)

	Anime Trekker - Full of Anime, Star Trek, and Sci-Fi!
		A mysterious hacker named "The Laughing Man" and a huge conspiracy is the main plot of the story.
		Aramaki belies that the police's prime suspect is a decoy; he orders his team to look into it.
		Major Motoko Kusanagi, meanwhile, in response to the Laughing Man's latest threat, is guarding the Police Superintendent-General at a press conference.
	www.freewebs.com /animetrekker/recommendations.htm (845 words)

	Anime Review: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (English dubbed version) - Associated Content
		This leads to a condition the anime series is named after: a “stand alone complex”.
		The series is split into two types of episodes: “Complex” episodes that involve the overarching plot of the Laughing Man, and “Stand Alone” episodes that have no connection to the main story.
		The main plot revolves around the Laughing Man case, a hacker with the ability to take control of someone’s cybernetic brain and even erase his existence from their mind.
	www.associatedcontent.com /article/94685/anime_review_ghost_in_the_shell_stand.html (510 words)

	State: Enchanted by Anime
		Anime (pronounced AH-nee-may) is now the name for the entire genre.
		In the mid 1990s, a few Anime fans got together on the West Coast for conferences, or "cons." Now there are more than 70 cons nationwide, with at least a dozen in Florida every year.
		Laughing, she adjusted her 3-foot-long ponytail and secured her foam ears.
	www.sptimes.com /2004/12/19/State/Enchanted_by_Anime.shtml (1043 words)

	Anime, Video Games, Manga and more...
		The pacing of the series is nice mixing in some great action with a kicking soundtrack that tells watchers when to sit back and pay attention and when to get on the edge of their seats.
		A true full anime experience, a series how is was supposed to be seen after it was kiddied down for release.
		The US anime market is not a bunch of 10 year old, some of us have 10 year old so hook us up.
	journals.aol.com /animesentinel/anime (3951 words)

	The Anime Clubs of Winnipeg Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		They talk about the Mysterion and the "cargo" and then the captain challenges Alex to a battle in the sky.
		After taking a lot of cats, most of them from women, Baron arrives on Ranpha's lap, then a girl named Milfulle arrives and wants the cat back, but then some assassin appear and want to kill the cat.
		Man, these assassins are really stupid and have cheap weaponry.
	www.msnusers.com /theanimeclubsofwinnipegreview/umanimemarch202004.msnw (1370 words)

	Salinger.Org - Salinger at the heart of anime series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		JD Salinger's works, especially The Catcher in the Rye and Laughing Man, are at the center of an anime series called Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex.
		In addition, the most significant story arc of the anime is that of the "Laughing Man" case, which the characters within the series realize has a connection to JD Salinger's short story of the same title.
		Since it is anime, there is little if any English to be enjoyed - much less any discussion of Western thought - but it may be worth watching for a hardcore Salinger fan.
	www.salinger.org /modules.php?name=AvantGo&file=print&sid=37 (180 words)

	THEM Anime Reviews 4.0 - Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
		Half of GITS: SAC is spent exploring the Laughing Man case, a mysterious occurrence of cyber-crime that remains unsolved to date.
		During the Laughing Man arc this show embodies much of the intrigue and intelligence of its theatrical predecessor (the plotlines of GITS: SAC and the GITS film are unrelated).
		The action, being a bit sporadic, offsets even the pacing of the Laughing Man arc a tad, while the talkativeness of the players will hamper down the plotting considerably for at least some viewers, though I myself was not dejected even slightly by these aberrations.
	www.themanime.org /viewreview.php?id=611 (1082 words)

	The laughing man of GiTS: SAC ; The Catcher in The Rye? - AnimeNation Anime Forums
		The laughing man of GiTS: SAC ; The Catcher in The Rye?
		I cannot exactly recall the details of said scene (it's been a year or so), but it struck me that maybe the laughing man thought of himself as a Catcher of sorts, helping out those he thought were most in need of his skills and timely arrival.
		As HK said, the Laughing Man goes against those he believes are morally inept.
	www.animenation.net /forums/showthread.php?t=193072 (1851 words)

	Strangely Common Anime Blog
		This is something I have expected for a while, my taste in anime keeps getting narrower all the time and force to depend on 'classics' to find good shows.
		I was literally laughing with teary eyes when there were some excellent comedy scenes after heavy drama, it's kind of funny state to be.
		Anime year 2006: The revolution of Nana and why Un...
	www.strangelycommon.blogspot.com (1045 words)

	DVD Reviews - G (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The story is about the return of a cyber terrorist called the 'Laughing Man.' The thing is, since most of Japan has had cyber parts placed in their bodies, terrorism can occur at the individual level and people can be forced to do things without their knowledge.
		It is up to Section 9 to stop the Laughing Man, or at least the person who they think is him.
		This is one of the most compelling Anime series I've ever started; I can't wait for the next volume, and this should be a real pleasure for any Anime enthusiast.
	horrorpeople.com /DVD_G.htm (1390 words)

	Absolute Anime / A Cheeky Angel
		Mueumi stopped them and then demand a reward from the old man. The old man gives him a book and says that it is magical, and then he walks away laughing.
		He wishes to be the manliest man in the world.
		Megumi ran home to his mom an told her he was a man. Megumi's mom, though, thought he was a girl.
	www.absoluteanime.com /cheeky_angel/index.htm (294 words)

	Anime
		A man finds Yuta and tells him that Mana was most likely eaten by a monster named "Big Eyes." This monster took the old man's eye forty years ago.
		Yuta saves the man who explains that the woman is his mother, and that she had kidnapped his son and named him Nanao after her own son.
		An old man tells the mystery woman, who he calls Nae, to please not leave him again, as Mana's dead body is being buried outside.
	furinkan.com /mermaid/anime (3034 words)

	Anime Tempy
		So many adult situations and themes manage to incorporate themselves into the plots, not to mention the main character's behavior, the anime is really only a few degrees shy of being X-rated.
		This anime has loads of fan service in practically every episode, and the animation is fairly good.
		Kintaro is a kind and helpful man, but also quite the pervert which often leads to hilarious situations.
	www.animetempy.com /reviews/DEFG/golden_boy.htm (1308 words)

	Laughing Man 1.0 - MacUpdate
		Laughing Man is an application for monitoring webpage changes.
		Laughing Man explores data storage methods and a framework for supporting multiple storage methods in an application.
		Laughing Man is written in Java and the source is available under GPL.
	www.macupdate.com /info.php/id/14856 (221 words)

	PointBlank: Anime Reviews - Ghost in the Shell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		He is also a family man transferred from the police force, unlike most of the members of Section 9 who are cybernetic androids from the military, one of the reasons why Motoko Kusanagi chose him to become part of the team.
		Despite the fact that it was made in 1996, Mamoru Oshii's team were the first to pioneer the use of traditional cel animation with a mixture of computer graphics and computer graphic enhancement.
		While I didn't think this movie lived up to the Godly Effect it was supposed to have on the anime community (Anybody remember all the hype?), it was still a great movie.
	www.point-blank.cc /reviews/index.php?action=view&ident=12 (1106 words)

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