
The action in the film takes place either previous to, or independent of (think of all the different versions of Batman), the events of the first film. The result is a win-win situation.Īmong the best series to be released over here is Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (henceforth GitS:SAC), a TV series based on the original Ghost in the Shell movie (which was, in turn, based on Shirow Masamune's original manga series). Conversely, fansubbers hold up their end of the bargain, withdrawing fansubs from the P2P networks once commercial domestic DVDs are in the pipeline.

Rather than making futile attempts to crack down on P2P networks as the MPAA and RIAA have done, companies which release Americanized versions of Japanese anime view fansubs as free advertising for forthcoming product. which have been translated and subtitled (or dubbed, in which case they're "fandubs"), with varying degrees of fidelity, into English by (mostly) American anime fans. Second, the rise of Internet file-trading on peer-to-peer networks like BitTorrent has lead to a thriving culture of "fansubs": files of Japanese anime programs not yet been released in the U.S. releases has turned into a veritable flood, due to two economic and technological drivers: First, the widespread adoption of DVDs has made it economically feasible for companies to tap into what were previously niche markets, especially those already primed by the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, as well as juvenile fair like Pokémon. Starring English Vocal Talent Mary McGlynn, William Knight, Richard Epcar, Crispin Freeman, Michael McCarty, Dave Wittenberg, Sherry Lynn Written by Shirow Masamune (source material), Kenji Kamiyama, Junichi Fujisaku, Yoshiki Sakurai, Dai Sato, Shotaro Suga, Nobutoshi Terado (Japanese version), Mary Claypool, Marc Handler (American version) DVD Review of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
