Ghost In The Shell: The Laughing Man

2007 • 159 minute

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A criminal known only as The Laughing Man is sweeping through top medical nanotechnology firms and committing acts of cyber-terrorism, kidnapping, extortion, and corporate espionage leaving no known suspects. New information is revealed to Japan's top homeland security force, drawing Major Kusanagi and Section 9 into the hunt for a suspect capable of hacking the eyes of every operative, obscuring all details of his appearance, and leaving behind a trail of copycats and hacked cyborg citizens.

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1st thing you should do is watch season 1 of this series. All of the episodes are outstanding in my opinion. Anyway this is a condensed retelling of the Laughing Man saga. Some of the cuts made to the story didn't make that much sense to me. But overall the condensed version of the story works fine. One thing that really threw me off was not only are the voice actors different from the TV series but their acting left a lot to be desired in my opinion. Were the TV actors bring the differing emotions to each character these guys sounded like they were just reading a script. If you have watched the 1st or even the 2nd season you know what I am talking about. This could have been a spectacular albeit long movie but alas that wasn't meant to be. Do yourself a favor and check out season 1, you will not be disappointed.

Standalone Complex. It reminds me of how every single video game console didn't depend on this newfangled thing called social media. Plus the original Ghost in the Shell movie soundtrack haunts me to this day...that's gotta say something to somebody else because the producers know what entertains their viewers...

This is a 2005 OVA movie that is a distilled edit of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex TV series. It takes place in the year 2030. It features a slightly different "Laughing Man" story than the TV series. It reuses the TV series' animation but it has different voice actors. It also has some additional animation and dialogue to facilitate the abbreviated story. Skip the OVA movie and watch the series instead.