I wish they played more Xenoblade 2. Because I think they knocked world building out of the park. In fact, Nintendo asked Monolith Games help on world building for Legend of Zelda: BOTW. That should tell you how good they are at building worlds.
@do_the_manta_ray: I think Soma fits that ticket perfectly. Not the whole Police Noire bit but the whole idea around the conciousness and what it is to be human. Even the characters can be thought of as a ghost in the shell.
Ghost in the Shell is probably one of the best anime film I have seen in a while. I just watched this movie yesterday I am conflicted whether this or Perfect Blue is my favourite anime movie of all time.
You guys might think its a slow or boring movie but it's not as slow as even older movies. Watch any Akira Kurosawa movies like the 7 samurai or any old black and white films. There are movies that make those montages seem even longer since there are scenes in 7 samurai that goes slower than the pace of a snail. But the way Ghost in the Shell dealt with those montages are also very artistic.
The song that is playing in those montages are traditional Native American wedding song, and plays with this idea of sexual reproduction one of the major theme in this movie. It also builds the world of GitS and gives you an idea of the state of the city without explaining it to you in exposition. Why sexual reproduction? Well the movie deals with the idea of the "ghost" in the shell, the idea that we are all ghosts in a shell and make you question whether AI can have a ghost. Without going into spoilers, the movie goes into what it means to be human and the movie covers different aspect of human nature to explain this "ghost".
It's one of the most experimental anime films that was ahead of its time. Back when sci-fi was about evil giant robots or aliens, Ghost in the Shell asked a more personal question about ourselves and conciousness. It inspired the movie "Matrix", and transformed the sci-fi genre. One of the best anime movie of all time.
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