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I think the main problem with adapting anime is that producers are embarassed of the source material.
Similiar case with a superhero movies. They thought they're just silly cartoons for children, without realizing something clever can be done with it. Up until Tim Burton's Batman, which was the big success, but then everything had to resemble it, so we got crap like Steel, Daredevil or Catwoman.
I think the same thing is occuring now. Hollywood must realize that manga/anime isn't made of just bad jokes and fanservice, but also charismatic characters and excellent stories.
So I hope this transition point will occur here too. For superhero movies it was Iron Man and we still have to wait for a good adaptation of an anime. It's just sad they didn't manage to do that with GITS, because it was among the best choices to introduce manga/anime to Hollywood.
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