This series takes the best elements of the manga *and* the movie adaptation, along with some very cool new story ideas. The "Laughing Man" story is one of the best in cyberpunk, and meshes perfectly with "stand-alone" episodes that give depth and detail to some of the characters from the team who don't normally get much time on-screen.
Caveat: I haven't seen this collection, I watched the original north-america DVD releases. The dub and subtitles on that release were great, the special features were okay but I probably wouldn't watch them again.