It was the first cartoon I ever saw boobies in!

I watched the original movie, but haven't played / viewed / read anything else from the series. I didn't really understand it (I was fairly young when I watched it), but I thought it was neat-o.

I never understood why the robot girls had to get completely naked to turn invisible, but that one guy just put on a coat . . .

edit: Wait, nevermind. Akira was the first cartoon I saw with boobs in it. And blood. And all around smurfedupness.

The art in GITS sort of reminds me of the Satoshi Kon movies. Which are also awesome. Especially Tokyo Godfathers.