Well as a GITS fan I had to watch this. I didn't expect much from this. I really loved the original first film. The series and other films were not bad either. Who wouldn't fall in love with Motoko right? :D Anyway, this piece was not that bad in the end. It was really interesting to see what happened before all the things in films etc. How Motoko met young Aramaki (well, younger than in the films and series, he has still brown hair here O_O) and the rest of her future team. I really appreciated that they draw all the characters according to the first filmand even used the same voice actors if possible. I liked major more with her body from SAC more though. Nevertheless it was really nice to bring back my memories and feeling from the time I watched the first movie, few years ago.

The result is, everyone who is GITS fan should watch this. It is not crap, not masterpiece either but decent piece of GITS franchise.

BTW: Nice action scenes and fights. Mmmm Motoko is even more deadly in her younger version :D.