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* ''2nd Gig'''s denouement is almost a word-for-word, shot-for-shot reproduction of the start of the manga's second chapter, with the team in lighter-colored uniforms with more prominent padding, watching cherry blossoms and waiting for an increased budget. The only difference is Motoko's personality (she's the mature [[AFatherToHisMen Mother To Her Men]] commander of the anime instead of the bitchy HeroicComedicSociopath she was at that point of the manga). ** Also in ''2nd Gig'', the second episode's ritzy sex party has an unmistakable Puma Sister of ''Anime/{{DominionTankPolice}}'', in her ''New Dominion'' OVA attire, complete with long orange hair, red swimsuit and spiked bracelets, on display behind glass. In the original manga, ''Dominion'' and ''Ghost in the Shell'' [[TheVerse share continuity]] to the point where both Puma Sisters briefly encountered Section 9.

Almost every scene is recreated or referenced from start to finish from the original manga across the series.

* ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplexSolidStateSociety'' almost entirely recreates scene for scene the ''Human-Error Processor'' manga. The tank/Armor Suit battles are perhaps the most obvious.
** Elements of its plot, specifically the raid on a facility where children are being brainwashed, are taken from the first issue of the original manga.
* The first episode of ''2nd Gig'' mimics the iconic shot of Motoko diving off a building and becoming camouflaged from the first chapter of the manga (later the opening sequence of the movie), then shooting a man to end a confrontation as she falls past his window, though in a slightly simpler style (and minus the movie's nudity). [[spoiler:A different part of the scene, Motoko shooting the target to LudicrousGibs on orders of the prime minister, is used in the series finale.]]

** In the 3rd episode of 2nd GIG, one of the sex dolls in the background looks just like the Major in her civilian clothes from the manga.
* Shikibu, a prefectural Public Security officer shows up from [=GITS=] 1.5: Human Error Processor in Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplexSolidStateSociety as a Public Security officer who talks to Togusa in Niihama International Airport alongside Borma, Pazu and Azuma. He's not snotty unlike in the manga.
** Also the sniper duel between Saito and Raj Puhto, both of them Class A snipers, is based on 1.5 where Saito engages an East Asian mercenary named Yuen Shohoi in a golf course with Batou. Like in the movie, both men are wounded in the course of the duel.

* Much of the Etorofu episode in ''2nd Gig'' was largely lifted from the manga, including the cyborg Koil, the geofront and the visit to Sagawa Electronics.

* For a few episodes in 2nd Gig, Batou is wearing his beige jacket from the original movie.
* In the second season, Batou exclaims that dogs don't like him much.
* In episode 25 there is a reference to the scene in the film with [[spoiler:Motoko/Puppetmaster's new body, only this time with Motoko's younger-self puppet in her high-rise safehouse.]]

* ''2nd Gig'''s denouement is almost a word-for-word, shot-for-shot reproduction of the start of the manga's second chapter, with the team in lighter-colored uniforms with more prominent padding, watching cherry blossoms and waiting for an increased budget. The only difference is Motoko's personality (she's the mature [[AFatherToHisMen Mother To Her Men]] commander of the anime instead of the bitchy HeroicComedicSociopath she was at that point of the manga). Also in ''2nd Gig'', the second episode's ritzy sex party has an unmistakable Puma Sister of ''Anime/{{DominionTankPolice}}'', in her ''New Dominion'' OVA attire, complete with long orange hair, red swimsuit and spiked bracelets, on display behind glass. In the original manga, ''Dominion'' and ''Ghost in the Shell'' [[TheVerse share continuity]] to the point where both Puma Sisters briefly encountered Section 9.
** In ''Solid State Society'', the alleged [[spoiler:puppeteer]] meets a odd-looking representative of the Foreign Ministry in a buxom blonde gynoid body. In the original manga and film, the infamous [[spoiler: Puppet-master]] is interrogated by the same Foreign Minister employee while occupying a naked blonde gynoid body (that's had everything below the waist removed after being hit by traffic).

* ''Solid State Society'' almost entirely recreates scene for scene the ''Human-Error Processor'' manga. The tank/Armor Suit battles are perhaps the most obvious.

* Shikibu, a prefectural Public Security officer shows up from [=GITS=] 1.5: Human Error Processor in Solid State Society as a Public Security officer who talks to Togusa in Niihama International Airport alongside Borma, Pazu and Azuma. He's not snotty unlike in the manga.

** Elements of its plot, specifically the raid on a facility where children are being brainwashed are taken from the first issue of the original manga.

* ''Solid State Society'' almost entirely recreates scene for scene the "Human-Error Processor" manga. The tank/Armor Suit battles are perhaps the most obvious.

* ''2nd Gig'''s denouement is almost a word-for-word, shot-for-shot reproduction of the start of the manga's second chapter, with the team in lighter-colored uniforms with more prominent padding, watching cherry blossoms and waiting for an increased budget. The only difference is Motoko's personality (she's the mature MotherToHerMen commander of the anime instead of the bitchy HeroicComedicSociopath she was at that point of the manga).* Also in ''2nd Gig'', the second episode's ritzy sex party has an unmistakable Puma Sister of ''Anime/{{DominionTankPolice}}'', in her ''New Dominion'' OVA attire, complete with long orange hair, red swimsuit and spiked bracelets, on display behind glass. In the original manga, ''Dominion'' and ''Ghost in the Shell'' [[TheVerse share continuity]] to the point where both Puma Sisters briefly encountered Section 9.