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Kodansha Comics Versions of Akira, Ghost in the Shell Appear on TRSI

June 16, 2009 in Manga by Tom Langston (calaggie) | 3 comments

On Thursday, TRSI added the first few volumes of Kodansha Comics’ Ghost in the Shell and Akira to their catalog (listings for vol. 1 of each were found on Amazon Canada last month). Vols. 1 & 2 of Akira and Vol. 1 of Ghost in the Shell are also on Amazon US, which I have linked to below.

It looks like Kodansha’s initial volumes of Akira will have a list price of US$24.99. That’s the same price as what Dark Horse sold volumes 1-3 at, although that rose to $27.95 for the 400-page volume 4 and the 416-page volume 5 and to $29.95 for the 440-page volume 6. I wonder if Kodansha will also raise the prices when it gets to that point – I hope they don’t, though.

Ghost in the Shell will street for a little bit more at $26.99 – Dark Horse’s trade paperbacks were $24.99 (Vol. 1 listings from 1995, 2004 2nd edition). I don’t know if Kodansha also has the rights to publish Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human Processor Error, which Dark Horse put out fairly recently in trade paperback in October 2007 for $17.95.

Akira vol. 1 (368 pgs) – Oct. 13, 2009 [TRSI, Amazon]
Ghost in the Shell vol. 1 (352 pgs) – Oct. 13, 2009 [TRSI, Amazon]
Akira vol. 2 (304 pgs) – Jan. 12, 2010 [TRSI, Amazon]
Akira vol. 3 (spec. 288 pgs?) – Apr. 13, 2010 [TRSI]
Ghost in the Shell vol. 2 (spec. 312 pgs?) – Apr. 13, 2010 [TRSI]

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I’m Somewhat Excited About A 3D Ghost in the Shell Film

April 15, 2008 in News by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

Like many people, I am usually skeptical about live action film adaptations of anime and comic books so when I read that DreamWorks got the rights to make a “3-D live-action feature” based on Ghost in the Shell [via ANN], my worried geek alarm went off. The notion that the relatively unknown Jamie Moss was chosen to script the film isn’t reassuring.

But this will apparently be one of those kick-ass, fancy movies that are in crisp 3-D and will not require audiences to wear cheap red-and-blue cardboard glasses to enjoy them. Steven Spielberg, who called the GitS franchise one of his “favorite stories”, and fellow blockbuster director James Cameron (director of the summer 2009 Battle Angel) have both been working toward equipping movie theaters with special 3D projectors to truly take movie-viewing into the 21th century.

DreamWorks production chief Adam Goodman said that GitS “epitomizes 3-D live-action motion picture possibilities” so that gives me some confidence that they really want to do this right. There is still no planned release date nor a director attached to the project as this has just been announced but I really wish that this gets off the ground and is cast, written, and directed well. It at least seems to be on a better track than the supposedly “still in production” Weta-ADV Evangelion project.

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Solid State Society Review and Case Photos

July 31, 2007 in Anime, DVD, Reviews by Tom Langston (calaggie) | 1 comment

Motoko taking Batou's car

This month, I lived up to a “promise” I made back in August 2006 that I would buy Solid State Society when it came out. I managed to get the limited edition for $16 from Best Buy three weeks ago and decided to review all three parts of the package: the feature itself, the extras disc, and the soundtrack CD. I wrote the feature part right after I watched it (and revised it slightly recently) but I somehow managed to misplace the extras disc until a few days ago so this entire thing was delayed until now.
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Dammit, Now I Have To Eat My Salty Words!

January 30, 2007 in Anime, Commentary, Licenses by Tom Langston (calaggie) | 1 comment

Last week was full of appetizing announcements regarding licenses and release dates but now that I think about it, I realize I’ve written some interesting posts about some of the anime involved in those press releases and that I have certain obligations to buy each of them (Tsubasa, Haruhi, Solid State Society) — or at least the first volumes of ‘em. Come along with me and look back at what I now slightly regret writing.
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GitS: The Lost Memory Novel Review

September 20, 2006 in Books by Tom Langston (calaggie) | No comments

I’ve always liked the Ghost in the Shell franchise for investigating philosophy of the mind and human experiences through the use of cybertechnology and digitizing brain functions, things we will eventually have to confront as technology becomes more prevalent and invasive in our daily lives.

This particular work, “The Lost Memory”, focuses on how, due to the advancement of sensory recording technology memories, experiences can spark similar people to be unknowningly influenced into attacking the government. Something that was initially written off as male teenage rebellion turns into something more serious and more complicated when Section 9 investigates cyberbrain data from a captured suspect.
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