I’ll only add to this that Toh Enjoe is a famous Japanese scifi literature writer who has won one of Japan’s most prestigious literary awards, the Akutagawa Prize, as well as the 2012 Nihon SF Taisho award.

I’m not sure that his Space Dandy episodes are my favorites in that series, but it’ll be cool to see what he comes up with in the world of GitS.

The overall aesthetic of this show is so, so perfect. That was a fantastic trailer too.

You’ve already said you’re planning on it, but Cagliostro is a must. It’s not only a good Lupin film but a classic piece of anime media by Miyazaki.

I’m nostalgic for Season 2 (red jacket) lupin, and while you probably not need to watch them all I think there are quite a few fun and good episodes there too (including a couple of cool and beautiful episodes directed by Miyazaki, which have some interesting relations to his other work).

Also I think the new Lupin the IIIrd film series by Takeshi Koike is quite cool, representing a much darker and grittier Lupin than the light-hearted Miyazaki vision. It’s a great time to get into these ones too, because the final 2 pieces, Zenigata and the Two Lupins and The Immortal Bloodline are coming out in just a few weeks.

Wait you mean the guy who made a free and open source operating system for everyone to share is left wing!?!?!? WHAT THE FFUUUU