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>Anime
Scrapped Princess. It's now one of my all time favorites. A stupidly ambitious show. Fantasy adventure, slice of life comedy, mecha, psychological horror story, conceptual science fiction piece, romance, standard light novel adaptation, extended debate about free will.
>Manga
GITS parts 1 + 1.5. So much more weird and interesting than SAC, and Motoko is hotter too. I read a paper version with lots of Shirow's commentary - worth buying.