Does she wear the slutty outfit in every episode?

Depends on the context.

In the action scenes, yes, she's dressed in body armour and whatnot as you'd expect with the minimal of skin showing. When she's lounging about off duty or in Section 9's offices, then no.

But, unlikely costumes or otherwise, it's a really great series so I'd suggest giving it another go.

When darkness overcomes the heart, Lil' Slugger appears...

I suggest you watch 2nd Gig, the outfits are more tasteful.

Enjoy your worries, you may never have them again!

How could her outfits possibly be offensive? She was NAKED for half of the entire original film! Hahaha.

Anyway, yeah, she wears that quite often but it gets toned down in season 2. In Season 2 she wears the same outfit with an attachable shrug and attachable pants.

Don't type at ME in that tone of voice!

mikpii, please keep on watching it or you'll miss a great series. i felt exactly the same as you do in the first few episodes. both SAC and 2nd Gig tend to have a slow start in my opinion. after that, just go with the fun ride, and you'll miss it when the show is over.

Grow up! If you're that repressed that a woman wearing a skimpy outfit bothers you, don't go to the beach or anywhere else during the summer. You might see bare legs or (horrors!) NIPPLES! Get over yourself, you whiny baby. She wears the outfit because she can. She only wears it when she's at Section 9 HQ, out on her own or at home. She wears the appropriate protective gear in the field and there's a couple of episodes where she wears an actual uniform. She's got a body that most women would kill for and most guys would love their lady to have. Besides, it's a f$&*^*ing cartoon! You have to remember that in the original manga and movie, the therm-optic camouflage only worked if she was naked.

No she does not. and in the second gig her outfits are a bit more conservitive. its a shame you saw the first moive before reading the manga. Motoko is a much more vibrant character in the manga which i feel they dulled out in the movie...though i loved the movie. Motoko is a bit of a pervert (having VR sex with a few female freinds while on R&R, going to nudie bars), shes very crass, snappy, funny (her talks with aramaki) and down right mean sometimes, though when it comes to business shes a pro and has all the depth that the stand alone complex does alot to bring her closer to the way she is in the manga that she does in the movie version..in fact alot of the story from the manga is put in the series and changed up a little. the orignal manga is broken up into different cases and dates. Give the series another shot you wont be disapointed. and by the way.....if that outfit bothers you ...know that in the scource material she never had to get nude to use optic camo..that was a bit retarted to me than that outfit in the series (which she wore a few times in the book as well)...but again i read the book way before. anyway if you see the movie as the end all be all of the GITS universe your missing out.

It's definitely fan service, which is a huge part of the manga/anime "culture", and honestly, i've seen way sluttier characters in some american TV series... so don't get offended by it, or let it stop you from watching the anime (which i hope, as you said, you did continue watching). It's one of the very best IMHO, along with cowboy beebop and samurai champloo. Peace
NB and she is, after all, a raging cyborg lesbian.

Well, considering she was naked in a lot of her appearance in the first movie, this might be an upgrade. She wears an offical uniform when she's safeguarding the minister and she wears a similar uniform to her comrades when they go on official assignments; the body armor, etc.

It did bother me but then I thought of it this way. A voluputous woman who dresses like that and is taken seriously by her superiors and co-workers is pretty cool. The other characters don't make a big deal about it, they only time they seem to notice her like this is when she shows up to a party in the second season wearing a formal dress.

Remember, as a friend told me. Most of the characters are designed by "nerds who couldn't get dates in high school." I'm kidding, but really....

"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy." - F. Scott Fitzgerald