I was reading through the ATF Change tutorial and its talking about changing the filter and hand tightening it without taking any other parts off almost like an oil filter, but the ATF filter I just got from the dealership is flat rectangular one like most I have seen, has nothing to "hand tighten", and doesnt seems to be located anywhere external, on my last car I had to take the pan off to change it, I am pretty sure I will have to do the same for this, but I thought I would check here and make sure im not just crazy or blind first.
Tutorial says you don't need to remove the pan....