work of Philip K Dick and William Gibson. The original movie proposed a disturbingly plausible future for mankind that is akin to the Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a series that really doesn't need any introduction. managed to put everyone's fears to rest though, just not in the way we all expected (I'll explain in a bit).
Many anime fans consider the 1995 movie "Ghost in the Shell" to be a classic of the first order so when the Stand Alone Complex series was released six years later, many were sceptical as to how good it would actually be (and I will admit to being one of those people).