Excuse my while I wipe the drool off my keyboard.

Oh man, that looks good. It seems as if they've stuck truer to the mangas than the first film did (even though it was based on the second book). The first film was good, but lacked the things that would make it exceptional (like Akira or GitS), but now it seems that they've gone and made a film that truly mirrors what the books are about.

Another milestone for Shirow-san. It seems as if all his works are currently being re-worked and re-mastered (GitS became MMI and SAC, etc). I suppose that's what you can do with a budget (and having Shirow's name on it ).

Just a pity we'll never see it in cinemas here in Blighty. Just like GitS, Akira, etc, etc, need I go on? Britain sucks for anime.