{"id":1675,"date":"2012-05-21T05:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-05-21T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1675"},"modified":"2012-05-21T05:53:34","modified_gmt":"2012-05-21T11:53:34","slug":"episode-79-akira-and-ghost-in-the-shell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?p=1675","title":{"rendered":"Episode 79: Akira and Ghost In The Shell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_4471\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1675-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep79.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep79.mp3\">https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep79.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep79.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/?powerpress_pinw=1675-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/eps\/ep79.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"ep79.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1676\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gits.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1676\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/gits.jpg\" alt=\"Ghost In The Shell\" title=\"Ghost In The Shell\" width=\"250\" height=\"290\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1676\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1676\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">oh shit...<\/p><\/div>Ben and I were indecisive as whether to do Ghost In The Shell or Akira&#8230;so because we&#8217;re masochists, we decided to do both.  At long last, we&#8217;ve decided to take on the two more pretentious anime movies ever made!<\/p>\n<p>To be fair, our gripe with Akira is mostly directed at how overhyped it is.  Yes, we know the animation is absolutely gorgeous, but the story itself is nothing particularly special.  Oh, and it&#8217;s also way too long.  It&#8217;s padded out with pseudo-philosophical mumbo-jumbo that nobody can follow, because it makes no damn sense.  It&#8217;s fun watching gorgeous animation of a city getting torn to bits, but I shouldn&#8217;t have to sit through 100 minutes of nonsense about ameoba children in order to get to that part.<\/p>\n<p>And then there&#8217;s Ghost In The Shell.  Finally, you guys get to hear why I hate this movie and everything it inspires.  Get ready for a smackdown on the existential crisis genre of anime, because I lay the hate down on this film.  It&#8217;s not even animated as well as Akira.  It&#8217;s slow, boring, and had me fidgeting in my seat, despite being 40 minutes shorter.  Ghost In The Shell might be the king of pretentious anime.<\/p>\n<p><b>This episode is about:<\/b><br \/>\nThe star child<br \/>\nNinja Turtles and Power Rangers<br \/>\n&#8220;Get your ass to Mars!&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Kakarot!!!  I mean&#8230;Kaneda!!!&#8221;<br \/>\nOoshi must be stopped, no matter the cost.<br \/>\nFuck both of these films; watch Roujin Z<br \/>\nWatch Dominion Tank Police, too.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, here&#8217;s something that drives me crazy.  I wouldn&#8217;t hate Ghost In The Shell half as much if I didn&#8217;t know so many people who make the exact following argument.<div id=\"attachment_1677\" style=\"width: 586px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1677\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/hypocrites.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;It&#039;s different when it&#039;s my favorite anime!&quot;\" title=\"The opinions of fools\" width=\"576\" height=\"525\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1677\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/hypocrites.jpg 576w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/hypocrites-300x273.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1677\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">If you&#039;ve ever made this argument, do the world a favor and kindly get over yourself.<\/p><\/div>As someone who enjoys shit like Dirty Pair, Slayers, or Tenchi, I at least have the candidness to tell you that I like it because of the sexy girls.  Anyone who tries to tell you that there&#8217;s a deeper meaning to Kusanagi wearing a thong is a condescending prick.<\/p>\n<p><div id=\"attachment_1679\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/coincidences.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1679\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/coincidences-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"I&#039;m sure these are all just coincidences\" title=\"coincidences\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/coincidences-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/coincidences.jpg 842w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1679\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#039;m sure these are all just coincidences<\/p><\/div><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1680\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1680\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/kaneda.gif\" alt=\"Kaneda on his bike\" title=\"Kaneda on his bike\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/kaneda.gif 480w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/kaneda-300x225.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-1680\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yeeeeeaaaaah....<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p><strong>Shit we forgot to mention:<\/strong><br \/>\n<div id=\"attachment_1678\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/newborn_kusanagi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1678\" src=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/newborn_kusanagi-300x163.jpg\" alt=\"Kid Kusanagi\" title=\"Kid Kusanagi\" width=\"300\" height=\"163\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/newborn_kusanagi-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/animationaficionados.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/newborn_kusanagi.jpg 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1678\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kid Kusanagi<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ben and I were indecisive as whether to do Ghost In The Shell or Akira&#8230;so because we&#8217;re masochists, we decided to do both. At long last, we&#8217;ve decided to take on the two more pretentious anime movies ever made! 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