I just finished The Ghost in the Shell and I enjoyed it for the most part. It was a great little detective story with quite a few plot twists that kept the story engaging while not feeling overly dramatic and the action scenes were very well done. The animation itself was absolutely beautiful, with a great eye for detail both in the characters and props as well as the backgrounds. The city itself that the story takes place in felt very much alive and lived in, which I think is a great example to the attention to detail by the animators. While the overall plot is quite different, the discussions about humanity and life, especially towards the end, for some reason reminded me quite a bit of Blade Runner. That said, the ending felt kind of abrupt and open ended at the same time, leaving plenty of room to wonder about what happens to Kusanagi and 2501 as well as the overall themes of not only cyborgs, androids, humanity, and their relationships with technology and the abundance of readily available information. I know that there's a television series based off this movie, so I'm kind of curious as to whether or not it really dives into those concepts further. I might look into it.