Watching this now...looks like it's suppose to take place even before Ghost in the Shell SAC. So Major Motoko Kusanagi and the section 9 that we are familiar with, fight on opposite sides in these time period. And Section 9 has yet to be founded.
So far, animation wise is a bit less detailed. Even characters are less detailed. So there isn't as much a sense of telling reality against virtual reality - maybe that's the intent, but it's loses a viewer's perspective. Maybe also cuz I'm watching free online - lack of quality.
And translation sub typos' are plenty here and there. like the letter t and letter f are often interchanged in error.