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Japan 2030 and female cyborg Major Motoko Kusanagi operates
as a key agent of Section 9 of internal security under Chief
Aramaki. Together
with her support crew she must tackle the numerous threats
facing Japan...
Volume
5 of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex contains
another four episodes of the award winning Manga series.
In
Angel's Share, Aramaki and Kusanagi take a trip to
London to attend an international anti-terrorism conference
and Aramaki takes the opportunity to visit an old friend who
is in danger from a group of corrupt police officers. When
the two Section 9 members uncover a mob-run money laundering
operation, a bungled robbery attempt results in Aramaki being
taken prisoner, leaving Kusanagi to use her feminine wiles
to infiltrate the building and rescue the hostages.
Lost
Heritage, sees Aramaki charged with protecting a visiting
Korean dignitary during the commemorations for Japan and Korea's
war dead. Aramaki and Section 9 discover what appears to be
an assassination plot. As the team searches for the assassin,
Aramaki visits the memorial of Hideo Tsujisaki, an old friend
from his days working for intelligence. He meets Tsukisaki's
family and learns of the disturbing behaviour of his deceased
friend's son. Could he be the assassin?
In
Captivated the daughter of a disgraced, but still powerful,
Prime Minister is kidnapped with no apparent motive behind
the crime. Section 9 is called in and the investigation turns
into a political minefield when it becomes apparent that the
perpetrators are members of "Blindfold Ivan", a group involved
in the black-market organ trade and whose existence had been
denied by the former PM.
In
Re-View Togusa once again finds himself on the trail of
the Laughing Man as a new lead is unearthed during his investigations
into the disappearance of a list of patients who have been
treated with a secret vaccine.
Extras
on the discs include a really hard quiz - you'll really have
to have paid attention throughout the episodes to be able
to complete it successfully; interview with various members
of the crew and a DTS soundtrack.
While
the DTS soundtrack is impressive, I was a little confused
as to why this collection was spread over two discs. The extras
last hardly any time at all and I've seen longer movies sport
a DTS track, and plenty of extras, on one disc. This collection
has two copies of each episode - one with DTS soundtrack and
one with 5.1 and stereo 2.0 (there's also a choice of Japanese
DTS, 5.1 and 2.0 soundtracks). I'm not entirely sure how much
space soundtracks take up on the discs, but I've seen DTS
tracks and numerous 5.1 languages on DVD releases in the past.
However,
it's better to have the Japanese options - even if the English
dubbing is incredibly well done.
Ray
Thompson
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