As for people saying not much happens in GiTS, Stuff totally happens, it's just really subtle and weird about it all. It's not exciting stuff, it's thinky stuff.
It's like Memories of Murder in a way, a movie that take you on a wild goose chase then leaves you with an unsatisfying ending because that's just how it is. That's the reality of the subject matter. It isn't possible to always figure everything out, and sometimes you lose. Psycho-Pass, an anime very much in the same vein as GiTS also does this, but in a different way than the aforementioned. I really love it's, "huh...well, okay." sort of ending.
I've only seen a handful of Anime. Cowboy Bebop, Gundam Wing, and the first 3 or 4 episodes of Evangelion. I own GitS the film. Should I watch it or just skip to Stand Alone Complex? (And what the hell is Arise?)
I mean, you already own it, might as well watch it, then watch Stand Alone Complex. Arise is a weird prequel series. It's a bit weird to see after watching all the other GiTS stuff.
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