Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex

Based on the original manga of Masamune Shiro, Ghost in the Shell SAC is a futuristic anime where the border line between man and machine have become so blurred that being an AI and being human starts making little difference...

I know that addiction is a sign of weakness, but to hell.
I'm ADDICTED to Ghost in the Shell, madly obsessed and proud to me.
Hail Kusanagi Motoko! Hail Tachikomas! Hail Shiro Masamune! (Amen )

oh...is it so addictive?...actually, Nat gave it to me..but i...err....don't have the time to watch it just yet...i mean, i don't wanna be throttled by my 'dear lovey-dovey sweet à en mourrir' parents...emmm....so, Nataku, what're the characters like?...and, is it a mecha genre?...ehh, maybe you could give a slightly more expansive outlook on it?

Erm...Well, I spent some time writing (in fact a lot of time) a summary of the Ghost in the Shell universe, complete with references to the 2 Ghost in the Shell movies (not SAC), but...you know what happens when you take to long to write your post...i got logged out and lost everything
So here's a site, which according to my humble opinion is the best GitS/Shiro site so far:

http://www.motorballer.org/shirow/gitssac.html

There's also the official site:
http://www.ghostintheshell.tv/


(Oh, and Shiz, when you watch the GitS, pay attention to the music!)

hai hai!! i will...actually that music you sent me that last time...i did say i didn't like it much at the beginning, but now i'll say i got 'intoxicated' (sort of)....it's really great once you listen to it carefully...and thanks a lot for the info~~