Overview:
The follow-up season to Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045.
Our Take:
At least the first Matrix movie made a little bit of sense. That’s more than I can say for GITS: SAC_2045, which makes almost no sense. I reviewed the movie which was essentially the first season condensed but I was still lost. It was also hard to stay awake because I was having a hard time following some of the technobabble.
It could be on me though and I’ll hold myself accountable. My only experience with GITS is the classic movie and this series so far and to be fair I was a little lost in the movie as well but the animation made up for a lot of issues. It was state of the art at the time and for the life of me, I don’t understand why some franchises make the switch to CGI. I’m sure it’s to cut costs but some of it is just plain bad. I don’t know if anything will ever be 2016 Berserk bad but this is close to me.
I imagine longtime fans of the anime and manga probably loved this but if this is your first experience with GITS you are not going to have a good time. The voice acting is good and to be fair there are some good fight scenes. Plus some of the characters are enjoyable but as it stands you can skip this one unless you are one of the biggest GITS fans.