Stand Alone Complex was based on Yoshiki Sakurai’s 2001 Media Ecology dissertation “The Whereabouts of the Other in the Future of Human-Robot Interaction” (「他我を宿す条件 ~人間・ロボット間コミュニケーションの行方~」).
It is about how the phenomenon of THE LAUGHING MAN — unique minds becoming individual components of a complex system acting as one collective consciousness (memes), and the phenomenon of THE TACHIKOMA — perfect machine copies of each other evolving individual differences, are the two inevitable consequences of data synchronization.
The interaction between these antithetical phenomena is explored on a literary level in Stand Alone Complex, and political in 2nd GiG.
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Alternative Titles Synonyms: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Tachikoma Specials Japanese: 攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX: Section9 Science File “タチコマな日々” Information Type: Special Episodes: 26 Status: Finished Airing Aired: Sep 10, 2004 to Sep 27, 2006 Producers: None found, add some Licensors: Bandai Entertainment Studios: Production I.G Source: Manga Theme: Mecha Duration: 1 min. per ep. Rating: PG - Children Statistics Score: 7.141 (scored by 9,287 users) 1 indicates a . Ranked: #40372 2 based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded. Popularity: #4836 Members: 20,567 Favorites: 16 Resources |
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