In this story we get more 'face time' with the apparent villain of this story arc Kazundo Gouda.
As usual things are not always as they seem. But I won't give anything away.
I will say that this episode is an interesting deviation from most GitS episodes in that it doesnt use any of the standard musical cues. It's pretty much all original composition or at least something licensed that wasn't used anywhere else in GitS.
Overall the episode has more of a movie vibe. Like a spaghetti western or a 70s heist film.
It packs a lot into it's 22 minutes!
I do have to say that Gouda's character is a bit on the nose. Maybe not so much for anime in general, but he seems a little over the top for GitS.
Nevertheless this episode gives us an idea of Kazundo Gouda's character. Through his subtle and not so subtle manipulation of people. And through his constant testing of boundaries.
The artwork and animation is also a bit above average on this episode. A few scenes are very filmic in their blocking and storytelling.
The story does stand on it's own somewhat. It serves the story arc of the season, well ONE of the story arcs, but it's also it's own little self contained story.
What it doesn't do is have it's characters stand around in some room doing exposition at each other. Which is a lot of the 2nd season.
As usual things are not always as they seem. But I won't give anything away.
I will say that this episode is an interesting deviation from most GitS episodes in that it doesnt use any of the standard musical cues. It's pretty much all original composition or at least something licensed that wasn't used anywhere else in GitS.
Overall the episode has more of a movie vibe. Like a spaghetti western or a 70s heist film.
It packs a lot into it's 22 minutes!
I do have to say that Gouda's character is a bit on the nose. Maybe not so much for anime in general, but he seems a little over the top for GitS.
Nevertheless this episode gives us an idea of Kazundo Gouda's character. Through his subtle and not so subtle manipulation of people. And through his constant testing of boundaries.
The artwork and animation is also a bit above average on this episode. A few scenes are very filmic in their blocking and storytelling.
The story does stand on it's own somewhat. It serves the story arc of the season, well ONE of the story arcs, but it's also it's own little self contained story.
What it doesn't do is have it's characters stand around in some room doing exposition at each other. Which is a lot of the 2nd season.
