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New Edition of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex

New Edition of Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex

Written by Dan Barnett on 20 Jun 2018



Fantastic news today for those of us Ghost in the Shell fans who couldn't quite stretch to Manga Entertainments glorious collectors edition of Stand Alone Complex which released on Blu-ray earlier this year - now theres a standard edition coming!

The set will contain all 52 episodes of Stand Alone Complex 1st and 2nd Gig. It will however lack the gorgeous book that came with the collectors edition and also the three films that were included (although these are already available individually on Blu-ray).

Manga Entertainment have confirmed that there will also be a DVD release of the set and that the chapter point issues reported in the Collectors edition release will be fixed for this release.

The set will be available from all good retailers from 06/08/18.

From Manga Entertainment:

From 6th August, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st & 2nd GIG will be available on DVD & Blu-ray! Both formats will house episodes 1-52 across two cases, collected in a double-walled cardboard slipcase. Extras include interviews & trailers.

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Dan Barnett
About Dan Barnett

Dan first encountered anime at the ripe old age of six with a VHS copy of Laputa. Ten years later he re-discovered it in Robotech and overnight a DVD collection was born.


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