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<blockquote data-quote="JEL" data-source="post: 2800285" data-attributes="member: 11960">The first Ghost in the Shell movie was very weak and really not that good, IMO.&nbsp; Innocence, on the other hand, is just amazing.&nbsp; An excellent story, good pacing (Oshii breaks out of his normal mode for this film), good animation and awesome music.&nbsp; It does follow the movie continuity, which means it's only tangentally related to the manga or the TV series.&nbsp; I highly recommend it, but make sure you get the corrected DVD and not the first pressing.&nbsp; Or better yet, see it in a theater if at all possible.As for Ghost in the Shell in general, the TV series is my favorite iteration.&nbsp; Honestly, I don't care for the manga.&nbsp; The art tends to drift and Shirow isn't much of a story teller.&nbsp; One of the things that I especially like about the TV series is that the Major really isn't the main character.&nbsp; I agree with others that she isn't that good as a character (Shirow has this thing for mary-sue main characters) and cutting her role back was a great decision on the staff''s part.&nbsp; I like that it focuses on the group as a whole and uses Togusa as the audience perspective character.&nbsp; My only complaint about the TV series is that they should have stuck with the Fuchikoma design.&nbsp; It looks way better than the Tachikoma.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JEL, post: 2800285, member: 11960"] The first Ghost in the Shell movie was very weak and really not that good, IMO. Innocence, on the other hand, is just amazing. An excellent story, good pacing (Oshii breaks out of his normal mode for this film), good animation and awesome music. It does follow the movie continuity, which means it's only tangentally related to the manga or the TV series. I highly recommend it, but make sure you get the corrected DVD and not the first pressing. Or better yet, see it in a theater if at all possible. As for Ghost in the Shell in general, the TV series is my favorite iteration. Honestly, I don't care for the manga. The art tends to drift and Shirow isn't much of a story teller. One of the things that I especially like about the TV series is that the Major really isn't the main character. I agree with others that she isn't that good as a character (Shirow has this thing for mary-sue main characters) and cutting her role back was a great decision on the staff''s part. I like that it focuses on the group as a whole and uses Togusa as the audience perspective character. My only complaint about the TV series is that they should have stuck with the Fuchikoma design. It looks way better than the Tachikoma. [/QUOTE]

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