The Soulless Vacuum of the Ghost in the Shell Remake
It’s technically impressive but utterly soulless; there’s no ghost in this shell.
Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (2015)
A flagrantly mercenary reboot that offers spectacular animation but insipid ideas.
Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Part 2
It took me until the third episode of Ghost in the Shell: Arise (the first instalment of which I reviewed precisely one year ago) to realise that this was a prequel, rather than an alternate universe take à la GITS:SAC. That’s as much a reflection of my obliviousness as it is Arise’s similarities to its…
Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Part 1
Ghost in the Shell: Arise is a perfectly good anime series. Its four hour-long episodes – the first two having just been released on Australian Blu-Ray – navigate labyrinthine cyberpunk narratives layered with themes of identity and our perceptions of reality. This philosophical density is leavened by the show’s kinetic, deftly-directed action sequences and sharp…
Double Feature: Ninja Scroll Scroll (1993) and Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Ever since my childhood, anime has assumed a dangerous, forbidden aura. I can recall in my early teens as these Japanese animated movies and television shows began to encroach upon video stores’ territory, scant shelves and then populated aisles of big eyes, big swords and big breasts. Give or take an Astroboy, I never watched…
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