[quote name='kaji7p56'][quote name='Rihan']First off, i'd like to know what kind of story you are getting out of GitS.
The story is great. It has a few murky points, but when all is said and done, you feel like you have actualy watched a good piece of cinema instead of walking out scratching your head wondering what drugs the director was on when he made it.[/quote]
Ghost in the Shell had one of the better stories in recent memory. But I can't do it justice by typing a few sentences.
But I'm glad to hear that Appleseed has a story. Most anime I watch gives preference to action over plot. I may have to watch it.[/quote]
If you liked the story in GitS, you should know that the manga really is a fantastic piece of work. Both GitS and Appleseed are pretty comparable in the manga as they both have excellent stories heavy with sociopolitical, scientific and environmental themes. Obviously, when the movies have been made, so much of it has to be cut or streamlined to make a film - (especially in the case of GiTS, what feels like a side story in the manga is the main plot of the movie) but both stories have a good foundation, as they they were both written / drawn by the same artist, Masamune Shirow.
Also bear in mind that the director of the GitS movies definitely drew a very different feel from his films than the manga evoked, so I wouldn't count on the Appleseed movie necessarily feeling the same.