Last night I finished Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex which falls nicely into cyberpunk anime, but has so many nice threads and connections to Singularity theory. In fact, I thought Stand Alone Complex’s treatment of technology in general was really really good. This was a significant contrast to IronMan 2, which as far as I can tell, sees the future of technology as a bunch of hidden hinges in motorized metal parts. I think the IronMan sort of future looks a little bit more macho, but is so far from the mark. In my opinion, the future is at the interface of biology and computer science. Things will get smaller, lighter, and harder to see and detect. Anyway, I would rate Stand Alone Complex very high due to coherence of plot, universe, and exceptional animation. I’d put it up there with Dennō Coil for overall enjoyment in the futurist genre.  Watch it!