in the shell

Mine are:

Akira.
Ghost in The Shell 1 & 2.
Superman, 1 2 and Returns.
Batman Begins, Dark Knight, Mask of the Phantasm, Under the Red Hood, 1989, Returns and 1966.
The Crow.
Nausicaa Valley of the Winds (Warriors of the Wind).
Oldboy.
Heavy Metal.
Riki-Oh The Story of Ricky.
Ichi The Killer.
Sin City.
300.
Watchmen.
KickAss.
X-Men 1 & 2.
Spider-Man 1 & 2.
Blade 1 & 2.
Fist of the North Star (1986 anime).
Iron man 1 & 2.
Road to Perdition.
The Mask.
Ghost World.
American Splendor.
Hellboy 1 & 2.
The Rocketeer.
Dick Tracy.
V For Vendetta.
30 Days of Night.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles The Movie.
A History of Violence.
Over The Hedge.
Cemetery Man.

I think my favorite would have to be Ghost in the Shell. Absolutely brilliant adaptation of the manga, and really much more focused. (I still love the manga as well, though!)

Watchmen was a much better adaptation than I'd hoped, and V for Vendetta was great (but I've never read the comic, so I couldn't compare). I guess those would be my next choices, unless I'm forgetting an adaptation that I can't remember was a comic/manga first. (Was Serial Experiments: Lain a manga first? That'd be 2nd place if it was.)

--Jeff

What do you think of Akira? and any of these movies your faves as well?

Akira was great, especially when I first saw it. Over time, though, it hasn't remained as good (in my head) as GitS has over time. I should watch it again, though, to be fair to it--I've only watched it a few times, compared to an exponentially larger number of GitS gawkings.

The Batman films never lived up to my expectations (I did have very high expectations, though, especially for the first one).

I did like most of the rest of the films you mention (except those I've never seen, of course--don't have an opinion on those!). They just weren't faves.

--Jeff