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Ghost in the Shell (2017) Live Action Movie Review
Ghost in the Shell (2017) Live Action Movie Review
It was inevitable that we would eventually find ourselves here. After spending months delving deeply into the voluminous Ghost in the Shell…
DoctorKev
Jun 19
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045: Sustainable War Movie Review
Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045: Sustainable War Movie Review
Now that I’ve covered all three of the mid-2000s Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex films (The Laughing Man, Individual Eleven, and…
DoctorKev
Jun 16
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Individual Eleven OVA Review
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Individual Eleven OVA Review
Yesterday I reviewed the first Stand Alone Complex (SAC) compilation OVA/movie that streamlined the first season’s Laughing Man storyline…
DoctorKev
Jun 15
AniTAY Podcast S9 E10: This Episode was Sponsored By Netflix
AniTAY Podcast S9 E10: This Episode was Sponsored By Netflix
This week’s members: DocKev, Gugsy, Marquan, and Requiem, with Reikaze handling the editing duties.
Kevin Mai - Reikaze
Jun 14
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: The Laughing Man OVA Review
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: The Laughing Man OVA Review
What, exactly, are the point of compilation films? In the context of popular TV anime shows, it seems they mainly exist to re-package and…
DoctorKev
Jun 14
Ghost in the Shell: Comic Tribute Review
Ghost in the Shell: Comic Tribute Review
We’re really getting into the weeds with this one. Up until now I’ve done my best to cover everything Ghost in the Shell published in…
DoctorKev
Jun 13
The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network Review
The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network Review
Despite originating as a Japanese property, first with a manga written and drawn by Masamune Shirow, and a subsequent anime movie directed…
DoctorKev
Jun 12
The Ghost in the Shell: Five New Short Stories Review
The Ghost in the Shell: Five New Short Stories Review
Around of the time of 2017’s Hollywood live action Ghost in the Shell movie there were a flurry of tie-in books published. Apart from the…
DoctorKev
Jun 11
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol.3: White Maze Review
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol.3: White Maze Review
With this third Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex novel, I come to the end of Junichi Fujisaku’s work on the franchise (apart from…
DoctorKev
Jun 10
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol. 2: Revenge Of The Cold Machines Review
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol. 2: Revenge Of The Cold Machines Review
Revenge of the Cold Machines is the second in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV scriptwriter Junichi Fujisaku’s trilogy of spinoff…
DoctorKev
Jun 8
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol. 1: The Lost Memory Review
Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex Novel Vol. 1: The Lost Memory Review
Which writers or directors immediately spring to mind when you think of Ghost in the Shell (GitS)? Original author Masamune Shirow is a…
DoctorKev
Jun 7
Love Is In The Air this Spring 2024 Anime Season
Love Is In The Air this Spring 2024 Anime Season
There are fewer things in life I enjoy more than a good romance. Now, let’s check out what this anime season is offering us.
Marquan
Jun 6
Masamune Shirow’s Intron Depot 1 Review
Masamune Shirow’s Intron Depot 1 Review
As a manga-obsessed kid in the early 1990s, the art of Masamune Shirow had an enormous impact on my adolescence. In my mind, the artists…
DoctorKev
Jun 5
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Manga Volumes 1–5 Review
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Manga Volumes 1–5 Review
Sometimes, when you read tie-in media, do you wonder why does this exist? In the Very Far Before Times, before even DVDs, before even VHS…
DoctorKev
Jun 2
The Serial Betrayal of an Audience
The Serial Betrayal of an Audience
It has been almost four years since The Day I Became a God aired, and I would be lying to say I don’t think about it more frequently than I…
Naruto Johnson
Jun 1
The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm Manga Volumes 1–4 Review
The Ghost in the Shell: The Human Algorithm Manga Volumes 1–4 Review
As part of my ongoing Ghost in the Shell (GitS) retrospective, I recently reviewed the surprisingly good manga adaptation of the Arise…
DoctorKev
May 30
AniTAY Podcast S9 E9: Skeleton Murder Bunny
AniTAY Podcast S9 E9: Skeleton Murder Bunny
It is known that the most fearsome animal is the bunny. So, if someone is said to be bunny like, avoid them at all costs.
thatsma pizza
May 29
Ghost in the Shell: Arise ~Sleepless Eye~ Manga Review: Kodansha’s K Manga App is Evil
Ghost in the Shell: Arise ~Sleepless Eye~ Manga Review: Kodansha’s K Manga App is Evil
Now that I’ve watched and reviewed my way through the vast majority of animated adaptations of Masamune Shirow’s Ghost in the Shell (GitS)…
DoctorKev
May 25
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2024 Anime Season Part 2: New Shows
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2024 Anime Season Part 2: New Shows
Yesterday, I covered this season’s heavy weighting of sequels and ongoing shows, but now it’s the turn of new, shiny anime! Apart from the…
DoctorKev
May 19
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2024 Anime Season Part 1: Sequels and Ongoing Shows
Doctorkev’s Thoughts on the Spring 2024 Anime Season Part 1: Sequels and Ongoing Shows
Once upon a time it seemed like few TV anime — even popular shows — got sequels. Each season maybe one or two shows would be sequels, but…
DoctorKev
May 18
Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) Anime Movie Review
Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004) Anime Movie Review
If I’d been hesitant to review Mamoru Oshii’s first Ghost in the Shell (GitS) movie, then I dreaded returning to review his follow-up…
DoctorKev
May 16
The Spring 2024 AniTAY Sequel Guide
The Spring 2024 AniTAY Sequel Guide
The Spring 2024 Sequel Guide is here at last! As you will see, this season continues the trend of airing tons of high profile sequel series.
Protonstorm
May 13
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: After the Long Goodbye Novel Review
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence: After the Long Goodbye Novel Review
Before I review Innocence, Mamoru Oshii’s 2004 follow up to his 1995 Ghost in the Shell movie, I thought it might be fun to look at the…
DoctorKev
May 12
Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995) — Anime Movie Review
Mamoru Oshii’s Ghost in the Shell (1995) — Anime Movie Review
For the past few months, I’ve been sporadically reviewing my way through the labyrinthine Ghost in the Shell (GitS) franchise. Faithful…
DoctorKev
May 11
We Had A Good Run…
We Had A Good Run…
“It’s a damn shame. I’d hope to give them a proper sendoff…”
Dark Aether
May 10
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