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For those of you not familiar with the GitS franchise, it was created as a manga in 1989.  It was adapted to film in 1995 and became a ground breaking and critically acclaimed movie.  A sequel, Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence, was released in 2004.  The TV series Stand Alone Complex first aired in 2002, and follows an alternate plot from the manga and films.  The primary story arc of SAC and its sequel the 2nd Gig were rereleased in 2 compilation OVAs called The Laughing Man and Individual Eleven.  Finally a movie sequel to the 2 series, Solid State Society, was released in 2006. ... See full review