GitS: SAC Solid State Society movie

[ShadowGUN]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8588

A second Puppet Master. Interesting. And 20 newcomers? Whoa that a lot members for Section 9.

[Go-chin]

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20060320/sac.htm

ANN needs to get a better translator.

It never says it's a movie. The text specifically says from Production IG: "Even though various mediums are being considered, it is not yet decided if it will be an OVA or if it will air on satellite TV first."
And if it does well with that a theatrical showing is being considered.

The press release also talks about much more than SSS. Such as 2nd GIG selling VERY well in Japan. Over 1.4 million discs have been sold of the show.

And it doesn't list the new "puppet master" as being wizard-like, it lists him as being a super-wizard class hacker.

[Vallen Valiant]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8588

A second Puppet Master. Interesting. And 20 newcomers? Whoa that a lot members for Section 9.

I think the whole "bigger section 9" is just a setup so the animation crew can kill off more characters in the movie. http://forums.megatokyo.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

Mokoto, Batou, Ishikawa, Togusa, Saito, Boma, Pazu, and Aramaki are NEVER going to be killed off. They are the core of Section 9. Everyone else are expendable, or in the case of Tachikomas, resurrectable.

My bet is that every last one of these new recruits are going to be wacked as the movie reaches its end. http://forums.megatokyo.com/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

Think of it as a form of Apoptosis. Individuals sacrificing themselves to keep the true heart of Section 9 alive.

RIP. You new recruits will never stand a chance.

ANN needs to get a better translator.
Personally, I classify ANN as less reliable in correct information than Wikipdia.

[Funkatron]

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20060320/sac.htm

ANN needs to get a better translator.

It never says it's a movie. The text specifically says from Production IG: "Even though various mediums are being considered, it is not yet decided if it will be an OVA or if it will air on satellite TV first."
And if it does well with that a theatrical showing is being considered.

The press release also talks about much more than SSS. Such as 2nd GIG selling VERY well in Japan. Over 1.4 million discs have been sold of the show.

And it doesn't list the new "puppet master" as being wizard-like, it lists him as being a super-wizard class hacker.

Considering its been quoted to being 100 mins, yes it is a movie

[ShadowGUN]

http://www.watch.impress.co.jp/av/docs/20060320/sac.htm

ANN needs to get a better translator.

It never says it's a movie. The text specifically says from Production IG: "Even though various mediums are being considered, it is not yet decided if it will be an OVA or if it will air on satellite TV first."
And if it does well with that a theatrical showing is being considered.


It a movie
http://www.productionig.com/

"100% Brand New Full Lenght Feature"

[Rabi~en~Rose]

I think the whole "bigger section 9" is just a setup so the animation crew can kill off more characters in the movie. http://forums.megatokyo.com/html/emoticons/tongue.gif

My bet is that every last one of these new recruits are going to be wacked as the movie reaches its end. http://forums.megatokyo.com/html/emoticons/laugh.gif

I dont know about that :confused: everyone says the series is so smart and stuff would they really go "omg kill them all" style? 100 minutes isn't anywhere near enough to develop 20 new people enough to make viewers care about them when they die any more then some random person on the street

[Vallen Valiant]

I dont know about that :confused: everyone says the series is so smart and stuff would they really go "omg kill them all" style? 100 minutes isn't anywhere near enough to develop 20 new people enough to make viewers care about them when they die any more then some random person on the street

So why develop them at all? What's the point of having 20 extra characters whom the audience don't care about?

A car bomb or two would be more than enough to clear them out.:evil:

[Paul_Cousins]

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/article.php?id=8588

A second Puppet Master. Interesting. And 20 newcomers? Whoa that a lot members for Section 9.So "Section 9" becomes "Section 9 Unlimited". :p

[Duke]

Well, unless they get killed soon, we've already seen Togusa yell at two of the new recruits. Remember, they needed extra help to fight Gouda. And since they'll probably still need extra help in the future, they kept the new recuits around.

[William C. Maune]

Personally, I classify ANN as less reliable in correct information than Wikipdia.

How are they less reliable than Wikipedia? ANN usually has sources whereas the info on Wikipedia can be changed by anyone at any time.

[Vallen Valiant]

How are they less reliable than Wikipedia? ANN usually has sources whereas the info on Wikipedia can be changed by anyone at any time.
Wikis have sources too. Further, errors in ANN often never gets corrected at all. The editors of ANN don't have time to verify the information as often as you think, and rumours gets spread like crazy through it because people assume that ANN get their news from the Japanese companies, when they don't.

ANN and Wiki are both third-person sources. That fact cannot be changed. The difference between them is the type of errors being made.

[William C. Maune]

Wikis have sources too. Further, errors in ANN often never gets corrected at all. The editors of ANN don't have time to verify the information as often as you think, and rumours gets spread like crazy through it because people assume that ANN get their news from the Japanese companies, when they don't.

ANN and Wiki are both third-person sources. That fact cannot be changed. The difference between them is the type of errors being made.

Wikis sometimes have sources. It all depends on who has last edited the wiki entry. As for ANN, do you know where they get their news from or are you just guessing?

Wiki is a third person source. ANN is a third-person source to an extent. Random people can't change ANN's news any time they like and ANN does get some information straight from companies and other sources as opposed to third parties.

[Vallen Valiant]

Wikis sometimes have sources. It all depends on who has last edited the wiki entry. As for ANN, do you know where they get their news from or are you just guessing?

Wiki is a third person source. ANN is a third-person source to an extent. Random people can't change ANN's news any time they like and ANN does get some information straight from companies and other sources as opposed to third parties.

And some Wiki entries get sources straight from the source too.

I have see errors in ANN all the time. They never differentiate news items between "this is what we've been told by head of Bandai" and "this is what we've heard from a friend of a friend."

I am NOT saying ANN is doing anything wrong. But I am saying they are not a 1st or even 2nd person news source. An occasional company source, does not an entire media make.

You are not judged on the most accurate piece of news you have, but on the least accurate piece of news you printed.

Errors on a wiki can crop up overnight, but the errors can also be removed overnight. It depends on who is doing the editing, and the quantity of people observing the entries.

Errors on ANN pops up, and usually stays forever. Unless the writers of ANN have legal obligations in offering authentic news, and is criminally liable for any false rumours been spread that might damage reputations of companies/people, I am not prepared to trust ANN fully.

As far as I can tell, editors of wiki articles are not any more likely to be wrong than ANN writers, if only because there is more of them watching each others backs. Try going to one of the "discussion" pages of the wiki sometime.

[ClockStomper]

I think it's a bad idea, the writers can't even cover the amount Section 9 members they have now!

If they want cannon fodder kill off people like Pazu or Saito who got a little spotlight episode but otherwise contribute nothing to the show.

[Vallen Valiant]

I think it's a bad idea, the writers can't even cover the amount Section 9 members they have now!

If they want cannon fodder kill off people like Pazu or Saito who got a little spotlight episode but otherwise contribute nothing to the show.

Pazu and Saito have always been there, since the first manga.

This isn't the Justice League; Section 9 need a specific number of reliable skilled people who could do the grunt work. The reason why Section 9 worked so well, is that they don't actually use grunts for grunt-work, but uses people you can bet your lives on. Pazu and Boma pretty much takes up that role.
(That's why most large organisations ended up failing; they hiring low quality people to do the small jobs, and the small jobs ended up letting them down.)

And removing Saito? Are you nuts? :D There is always a job in Section 9 for someone who can weld anti-tank weapons and snipe from a mile away. Motoko is more of a close-and-personal type.

note: According to Shirow, the entire Section 9 crew can switch roles and do each others jobs when necessary. They ALL can snipe, fight in close quarters, hack computers, rig explosives, forge documents, going undercover, or plan assaults (except Togusa, but he is learning quickly off-screen).
It's just so happens that they have their preferences, so that's why they specialise. The muti-talents they possess is needed in case any one of them was disabled in a mission.

[Ben]

Just saw the trailer here at TAF.　Looks pretty cool.　Though it would obviously help if I'd seen the second season already. :p

[The Fullmetal]

Togusa's awesome when he gets pissed. I remember when he rammed that CIA dude into the cop car in "Jungle Cruise." Priceless.