Portions of the Hail to the Chimp website to promote Wideload’s upcoming party game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 that were previously “coming soon” have just opened. “Meet the Candidates” takes a look at five of the characters, “The Campaign Trail” is a screenshot gallery, and “Campaign Videos” shows the game’s first trailer. The entire site is in Flash, so I can’t direct link to those pages, so just visit chimplove.com and find your own way from there.

The Ghost in the Shell series reaches feature status in this full-length film, recently Japan’s No. 1 theatrical and home video title. On July 3rd, Manga Entertainment and Bandai Entertainment release the animated GHOST IN THE SHELL: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society on DVD. The title will be available in a standard version and steelbook limited edition. SRP for the standard version is $19.97, with the limited edition SRP of $39.97.

The Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society feature, helmed by Kenji Kamiyama, is the latest entry in the ongoing saga of Public Security Section 9, a select counter-terrorist and crime prevention detail in the year 2034 specializing in cyber-war, now comprised of 20 field operatives with Togusa serving as the unit’s leader. Mysterious suicides by several agents of the scattered Siak Republic confound Section 9, until they catch up with one of the Siak operatives. After a failed hostage-taking, the operative forebodes the arrival of an ultra-hacker calling himself “The Puppet Master”, before taking his own life.

More feigned suicides are discovered, confirming the involvement of this wizard who is bent on hacking into Siak cyberbrains and directing them to take their own lives. This sets the stage for a thrill-filled unraveling of events that push the resources and will of Section 9 to the brink.

Upon its theatrical release in September 2006, Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society rocketed to No. 1 at the Japanese box office, and is currently enjoying the same ranking in DVD sales in Japan. Videoscan reports more than 700,000 units of the two feature films and two seasons of the television series have left the shelves since their home video release in Japan.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex – Solid State Society will arrive on U.S. shores in a standard DVD issue, at 109 minutes long, and rated PG-13. A limited edition, encased in a steelbook with embossed graphic cover will also debut on July 3rd, containing 3 discs of content, including featurettes like Uchikomatic Days, Work World File, Anime + Car Design – Designing the Future Car, Making of Tachikoma Robot, Storyboard Art, interviews with voice-over talent and much more.

Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society

Standard Edition

The DVD features:

· Anamorphic Widescreen

· Animated Interactive DVD Menus

· Japanese & English 2.0 & 5.1 Audio

· English Subtitles

Extras include:

· Uchikoma Days

· Trailer

· English Production Interview

· Storyboard Subtitles

Street Date: July 3, 2007

Cat. #: ISBN: 669198251702

Running Time: 109 Minutes

SRP: $19.97

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex- Solid State Society

The Limited Edition features:

· Anamorphic Widescreen

· Animated Interactive DVD Menus

· Japanese & English 5.1 & DTS Audio

· English Subtitles

Extras include:

· Uchikoma Days

· World Work File

· Anime + Car Design – Designing the Future Car

· Making of Tachikoma Robot

· English Production Interview

· Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Production I.G) Interview

· Storyboard Subtitles

Disc 1 – Main Program DVD

Features/Extras:

· Japanese & English 5.1 & DTS Audio

· Uchikoma Days

· Storyboard Subtitles

Disc 2 – Extras DVD

· Trailer

· World Work File*

· Anime + Car Design – Designing the Future Car*

· Making of Tachikoma Robot*

· English Production Interview**

· Mitsuhisa Ishikawa (Production I.G) Interview*

· *Japanese 2.0 Audio with English Subtitles

· ** English 2.0 Audio

Disc 3 – Soundtrack CD

Street Date: July 3, 2007

Cat. #: ISBN: 669198251764

Running Time: 109 minutes

SRP: $39.97