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25th Anniversary or Original Version on 2.0?

posted 10 years ago by twentymooseman
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I've heard mixed things about the 25th anniversary release, mainly that the subtitles are wacky as hell. I've been meaning to buy this for a long time since GITS is one of my favorite animes, but I was wondering if I should go for this new release or just buy 2.0 and watch the original version that's included with it (hate all the changes they made in 2.0). I don't really care about extras so the lack of them on the 25th anniversary version doesn't really matter to me.

[–] kanyon18080 10 years ago

I own both. I can't comment on the subtitles but I do prefer the original in HD over 2.0. The opening was especially distracting.

[–] EpsilonX 9 years ago

Basically what it comes down to is strange subtitles on the 25th anniversary, or inferior picture quality on the 2.0 edition. I own the 25th anniversary edition, which is fine considering I generally prefer dubs.

[–] LucusNon 9 years ago

BTW: the 25th anniversary edition is now free on Hulu in the US.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/754866

[–] unknown1000 9 years ago

If you get the Special Edition USA dvd, it has Spanish, Italian, German audio tracks as well as new extras.

it looks like this: http://www.blu-ray.com/dvd/Ghost-in-the-Shell-DVD/19455/

[–] BulmaPunkRocker 9 years ago

I own an old original japanese DVD from 1996, and it's my favourite. I recieved as a gift a blu-ray version of the 1995 movie, with better sound and image, and subtitles in like 8 languages! But I do not like the 2.0 version, I can't get used to it.

Please excuse my terrible redaction, english is not my native language IMDb = Catch-22