Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society is the 2006 anime film based on Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex series, which is set on the manga universe of Ghost in the Shell. It is produced by Production I.G, who announced the film at the 2006 Tokyo Anime Fair, and is directed by Kenji Kamiyama. The film has a production budget of 360 million yen (equivalent to US$3.2 million).

In order to provide theatrical quality, the film was premiered in Japan on the satellite PPV platform SKY PerfecTV! Perfect Choice ch160, on September 1, 2006. The film will also be released on DVD in Japan on November 24, 2006. The film will be released in the US by Bandai Entertainment and Manga Entertainment tentatively in 2007. It was announced at Anime Expo 2006 that Solid State Society is not scheduled to be the final iteration of the Stand Alone Complex series.

wow! the graphics damn nice! i m so going to look forward to this movie!

anyway, motoko kusanagi looks rather different compared to her other versions. but she's still as hot as ever! *go motoko!* the action scenes are damn smooth! so nice!

no tachikoma's? sob sob!

i'll release my version soon enough, hopefully within the week. Anyone willing to help distro?