05-12-2004, 05:04 AM
GITS:SAC, just like the movie, is loosely based on the Shirow Manga. If you read the manga (as I just did), you can see where several of the series stories and the movie came from.
However, I find the manga more lighthearted than both the series and movie. The series actually goes into more details of the universe from the manga that the movie skipped (probably for time constraints) - namely the tachicomas/fuchicomas. The series world has a lot of elements I find disturbing/make you think, in a good way. Like the extent of hacking, cyberbrains, ai... Eg, what the Laugher is able to achieve on a global scale; how easily humanity has forgone "humanity" for technology; the jamieson cyborgs.
Definitely worth a viewing as a fan of the movie.
However, I find the manga more lighthearted than both the series and movie. The series actually goes into more details of the universe from the manga that the movie skipped (probably for time constraints) - namely the tachicomas/fuchicomas. The series world has a lot of elements I find disturbing/make you think, in a good way. Like the extent of hacking, cyberbrains, ai... Eg, what the Laugher is able to achieve on a global scale; how easily humanity has forgone "humanity" for technology; the jamieson cyborgs.
Definitely worth a viewing as a fan of the movie.