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edit: Just noticed the OP said Ghost in the Shell wasn't thought provoking enough. This surprises me and I'll confer with myself that Lain might fit the bill for you.
He must not have paid attention to the Tachikoma chatter. Go see Bananafish!
Well, i paid attention to about everything i could. While i thought the ideas they ventured into were interesting, they were not at all that thought provoking. The only time i had a slightly hard time following were the points where they were throwing a lot of detail to you at once, and those were still few and far between. But high information density is not the same as thought provoking or complex, at least in my opinion. Then again, maybe i'm just a gluten for mental masochism.
I find the speculative exploration of the future advent of artificial consciousness quite thought provoking. It tells the story of an imagined future and does so in a manner that is literary, political, judicial, technological. These details provide a context for the representations of violence that make up the action sequences in the show. I agree that is a lot of detail but a lot of detail lends itself well to multiple viewings. And hearings (it may require adjusting one's ears).
There are many episodes. Some are more thought provoking than others. Some concern themselves with establishing the back stories of the various characters - cyber cops on the beat solving a mystery, unraveling nefarious plots of political and economic intrigue that echo some of the concerns of the present. Some address themes related to machine consciousness and in doing so address themes of consciousness found in our own cultural relics. Literary quotes abound. Salinger, Deleuze, Kesey, Keyes, Marx, Jameson and Goddard. I've probably missed a bunch. I might have mixed in references from the second season. The stories are fanciful but sufficiently realistic to remain plausible. The grapple with topics currently challenging society: surveillance, autism, corruption, military technology. The paramilitary setup affords the show opportunities to introduce the technology that resides at the center of the spectacle.
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Although, the series is excellent imo and i would recommend it to others. We'll see how fun Lain and Death Note are too, i'm hoping they'll be quite good. I always enjoy engulfing myself in a series. Though i should have no worries from what i have heard here.
I recommend the episodes, Escape From, Machines Desirantes, Testation, Android and I, Portraitz and ¥€$ for kicks. -- Eraser
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Though, in my op i didn't mention the other animes i've watched, which were mentioned here.. I've also seen Samurai X and the series, along with Samurai Champloo, both of which are good too.
The anachronisms of Samurai Champloo are great, like the cultural relics of Cowboy Bebop and Fooly Cooly.
[Edited by - LessBread on June 27, 2008 1:54:52 AM]
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