Anime 41750 Koukaku Kidoutai Sac 2045 Season 2

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Synonyms: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2045 2nd Season, Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 2nd Season

Japanese: 攻殻機動隊 SAC_2045 シーズン２

Information

Type: ONA

Episodes: 12

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: May 23, 2022

Producers: Dentsu, Kodansha, flying DOG, Bandai Namco Arts

Licensors: None found, add some

Studios: Production I.G, Sola Digital Arts

Source: Manga

Genres: Action, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Themes: Adult Cast, Detective, Mecha, Military

Demographic: Seinen

Duration: 24 min. per ep.

Rating: R - 17+ (violence & profanity)

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Score: 6.85¹ (scored by 4,010 users)

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Ranked: #5119²

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Popularity: #6195

Members: 10,775

Favorites: 33

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Ranked #5119Popularity #6195Members 10,775

ONAProduction I.G, Sola Digital Arts

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The year is 2045. As a result of the Global Simultaneous Default, an economic disaster that shook every country on Earth to its foundations, as well as the explosive evolution of artificial intelligence, the world has plunged into the Sustainable War, a planned war that can be continued indefinitely. In this near future, the decline has not yet become bad enough that people can sense in their daily lives the risk to human survival posed by A.I.

To combat cybercrimes by the Posthumans, a new breed of human being that has suddenly arisen, Public Security Section 9, led by the fully prosthetic cyborg Kusanagi Motoko, makes its way to Tokyo, which was reduced to ruins in a previous war. What they find there are a refugee group that calls itself "N" and a hostile American Special Forces unit. As the risk of nuclear war set off by a hijacked submarine grows ever greater, the three-way battle between Public Security Section 9, America, and the Posthumans intensifies.

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Prequel:	Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045, Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Jizoku Kanou Sensou
Summary:	Koukaku Kidoutai: SAC_2045 - Saigo no Ningen

Han, Megumi
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Kamiyama, Kenji

Director, Series Composition, Screenplay

Aramaki, Shinji

Director

Takagi, Hajime

Sound Director

Suárez, Luis Leonardo

Script, ADR Director, Dialogue Editing

Opening Theme

"Secret Ceremony" by millennium parade

Ending Theme

	1: "No Time to Cast Anchor" by millennium parade
	2: "Don’t Break Me Down" by (Vocal：Scott Matthew / Inspired by Kenji Kamiyama) (eps 5)

Reviews

Mar 29, 2023

thenewtypetheory

Recommended

Stand Alone Complex is my favorite science fiction series.

I was disappointed by the first half of 2045. The reintroduction of Section 9 didn't hit as well as I would have liked. The animation wasn't what I'd hoped for, and the writing was decent but not as visionary with the exception of the boxer and bank episodes. Season 2 retreads what made 2nd Gig great. The camaraderie between Section 9 and brief glimpses into their past. A sympathetic antagonist with a grandiose plan. Perhaps most importantly, a stark depiction of the future we're headed towards that lingers with you after the credits roll. I'm looking forward ...

Jul 31, 2022

meharat

Mixed Feelings

when they try to make a GITS plot and failed miserably

visualy appaling, no good melodies to listen again and again, i badly missed yoko kanno masterpiece on GITS SAC
the story was quite good in the first season but become a real bullshit of a plot at the end. a real good start wiith the post human thingy but no real intelligence to end it properly. so what ? they picked an ending randomly between the worst possible ever ?

the only thing who make that that serie a tiny bit enjoyable are the characters and the franchise at a whole. it's probably the worst ...

Jul 10, 2022

Some1Else_

Not Recommended

Well-written

In my initial review of the first twelve episodes of this season, I lamented over how so many franchises were being brought back tailored for new audiences that completely miss the point of the original show. At the time, I didn’t think I’d ever see a legacy franchise successfully resurrected with the way entertainment is being handled lately.

But then Top Gun: Maverick came out. So, it is possible. With the right writing. Any idea can work with good writing, really. But the people who did this show? I wouldn't trust them to do a nursery rhyme.

As before, I will limit myself to five points. Spoilers ... ahead.

Use what worked before. That’s fine. But don’t depend on it. The first season dealt with someone who took a book too seriously. The second season dealt with a dude who attempted to get his hands on a nuclear weapon to get his point across. Let’s use them again! The new idea is post-humans, which had the potential to be interesting on its own, but they just go ahead and do what the Laughing Man and Kuze did because nobody will notice. Leaning too heavily on what worked before is a subtle way of your plot not being strong enough to stand on its own.

It had previously been my understanding that the members of Section 9 were the best of the best, mainly by their own merit. And then Batou admits to an AI helping all of them aim. Great. This is as bad as the Major downloading how to box. Our heroine and her heroes are not the best of the best. They have the right bodies to handle enhancements that make them superhuman.

Saito’s augmentation makes sense. He had to have his eye ruined before he was able to use his little gizmo. A sacrifice was necessary. That’s compelling and adds to his character. Well, now we can all be Saito! And we don’t have to have the Major poke our eye out! Just so long as we have the right prosthetic body.

Why should I care about characters whose talents are not unique? I guess all one must do to be special here is download a Wikipedia article and find an AI to fill in the blanks. How does one get to be a member of Section 9? I mean, they let Purin in. It can’t be that hard to join them.

Accepting the finality of death demonstrates a mature perspective of life. Of all characters, I would have been willing to bet the Major would understand this. But she is not interested in the ethical implications of her decision, despite how philosophical she can otherwise be. They needed Purin’s brain. Because nobody else in Section 9 is talented enough to hack the Pentagon. Uh-huh. Here’s a thought. Did the writers really have to kill Purin in the first place? Evidently, because they wanted to use this trope, and they made the Major look like an absolute idiot while doing so.

Having said that, it will come as no shock that I found the ending to be on par with how Neon Genesis Evangelion concluded. Rebuild included. Everyone’s consciousness is in “heaven” because the world is in the throes of nuclear war. The Major is given the chance to pull the plug, but relents. Yet she can’t live in a fantasy world, so she decides to retreat into the net. To essentially live in a fantasy world.

Yet it is not all negative. As before, I applaud the dub. Everybody did fantastic. I got mad respect for Cherami Leigh's portrayal of Purin. This is one of the few shows I prefer to watch in English, but the dub was not ready at the time this first came out due to the pandemic. I wasn't enthused enough to watch the first twelve episodes a second time despite how much I like the English voice cast for this show, so I missed Leigh's performance. Until this season. As much as I do not like Mary Sue---oh, excuse me. Purin! As much as I do not like Purin, Leigh made her tolerable.

Where do they go from here? It would take a miracle to come back from this. Oh, wait! A Rebuild. That’s right, it would take a Rebuild to come back from this. Maybe when they get to 2045 a second time around 2055, they’ll get it right. But I doubt it.

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