Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War สงครามเพื่อความยั่งยืน (2021) [พากย์ไทย บรรยายไทย]

 

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 Sustainable War is actually a two-hour supercut of the first season of Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045, a series that launched two years ago on Netflix as part of the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex timeline. It’s meant to condense an entire season of a series into a recap of sorts.

 

That means you could feasibly view the movie instead of the original show to get caught up before starting a new season. Or you could just watch it to relive your favorite moments from the past season. It does its job on that front, but it begs the question: why does this need to exist, and why does it occasionally reorder the series of events introduced in the series? It’s a baffling release that doesn’t make much sense to debut at this time, and while it serves its purpose, it doesn’t really need to exist.

 

 

And yet, it does – in all its awful CG glory, with the very same unattractive character designs we saw when the show made its debut. That hasn’t changed (luckily the voice cast returns), but who exactly was this made for?

There’s nothing inherently bad about this movie, but there’s no real reason for it to exist. It’s mediocre at best. While it does a good enough job condensing the anime series into one cohesive whole, it also takes liberties with the source material that don’t often make sense. The way it rearranges events that took place in the series make little sense, and trying to water down hours of content into two seems like a fool’s errand.

 

 

The result is a CGI vision of what could have easily been a traditional animated entry in the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex continuity. It feels similar to what’s been created in the past, but just like with the show on Netflix, it’s more like a cheaply-made, watered-down version of what we’ve seen in the past. The new character designs aren’t conducive to giving us the versions of Section 9 we know and love, the animation is choppy, and while the voices are fantastic, the script leaves a lot to be desired.

There’s not a new season of the series just yet, and Ghost in the Shell is a nuanced property that you really want to spend as much time as possible learning about its characters and world without skipping over all of the references and callbacks.