>>530295121
Wrong, everything Shirow did pre-hentai was certified kino.
He chilled out and just drew hentai after an earthquake destroyed his studio.

Any of his series could have been the mega-hit that GitS was.
It comes down to releasing the right thing at the right time, with the right energy.

GitS took the groundwork of Appleseed and then solidified it with better plots and cyberpunk themes from William Gibson. It's about building off your previous successes, unfortunately games take too long to create.

The only reason anyone even knows GitS is because of the anime film, which took huge liberties with the source material anyways.

Anyways to tie it back to gamedev, you need to make your own luck. Be ready when the opportunities come.