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「攻殻機動隊」Ghost in the Shell

A futuristic, police/noir thriller, set around the mid-21st Century, dealing with the reality of corporate power structures, and cyber terrorism, against a backdrop of technological advancement, and transhumanist cyberisation, in a Neo-Japanese state.

「攻殻機動隊」

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Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic, police/noir thriller, set around the mid-21st Century, dealing with the reality of corporate power structures, and cyber terrorism, against a backdrop of technological advancement, and transhumanist cyberisation, in a Neo-Japanese state.

The narrative follows the covert operations division of the Japanese National Public Security Commission Section 9. This unit specializes in combating tech-based crimes, with a lean toward Spec Ops weapons and tactics, as well as an investigative focus on hacking, data mining, and more traditional methods of information sleuthing, and detective work.

Ghost in the Shell expands its scope beyond the narrative by exploring many rich Philosophical, Economic, Social, and Political themes. With a weighting on Existentialism and Humanism, Consumerism, economic class disparity, Industrial political corruption, and Politically radicalised splinter groups.


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Ghost In The Shell (1995)

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004)

Stand Alone Complex (2002)

Stand Alone Complex - 2nd Gig (2004)

Solid State Society (2006)

SAC _2045_ (2020)

SAC _2045_ 2nd Season (2022)

Arise - Alternative Architecture (2015)

Arise - New Movie (2015)

Soundtrack

Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence

Stand Alone Complex: OST

Stand Alone Complex: OST 2

Stand Alone Complex: OST 3

Solid State Society

Be Human

Arise

Ghost in the Shell (2015)


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Akira

Ergo Proxy

Paprika

Patlabor

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

Megazone 23

Bubblegum Crisis

Gunnm: Battle Angel Alita

Dominon: Tank Police

Bounty Dog

Macross Plus

Serial Experiments Lain

Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040

Metropolis

Parasite Dolls

Texhnolyze

Dennou Coil

Un-Go

Kaiba

Real Drive

Psycho-Pass

Under the Dog


Games

Official GitS games:

Ghost in the Shell (PS1))

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (PS2))

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (PSP - PS2 sequel.))

GitS: SAC - First Assault Online (PC, Discontinued)

Other GitS-like cyberpunk games:

The System Shock series (PC, shooter/survival)

The Deus Ex series (PC and various consoles, stealth-action RPG)

Cyberpunk 2077 (PC and consoles, action RPG)

Oni (PC and PS2, 3P shooter/fighter))

The Shadowrun series of tactical RPGs for PC (Returns, Dragonfall, Hong Kong)

curated by u/dUc0N


Official Ghost in the Shell media channels

Twitter: @kokaku_m

YouTube: GITSchannel


Books

Ghost in the Shell

Human Error Processor

Man Machine Interface

Stand Alone Complex

Arise: Sleepless Eye

Appleseed

Dominon

Black Magic

Orion


Creators

Masamune Shirow

Oshii Mamoru

Kamiyama Keji

Kazuchika Kise


Other

Ghost in the Shell (2017)

Project 2501

MAL: Seinen

Anime Every Day: Cyberpunk

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/r/transhumanism

/r/futurology

/r/scifi

/r/anime

/r/philosophy

/r/Cyberpunk_Music

/r/mangafr/


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making of a cybrog or the intro to sac (inner universe)

i in this situation have put a young woman on the train tracks and the train is gonna run her over ,in order to save her however i ask you which is better making of a cyborg or inner universe

1 Comment
2024/04/14
06:05 UTC

22

Teasing Mona Lisa

4 Comments
2024/04/13
11:19 UTC

16

How does she?

How does the major hack into other peoples minds,

She did this in episode 7 when hacking into the waitress in the hotel to verify the identity of the revolutionary. Was she even a cyborg though, I thought it was only cyborgs who had ghosts , copy of brain so that your body could be heavily modified with cybernetics and your brain also linked to the net.

I know batou has a ghost so when she hacked him to punch herself for jokes that kind of made sense but I still need someone to explain to me how cyborgs, ghosts and cybernetics work. Watched the first movie and understood that pretty well and enjoyed it a lot but the lore is still hard to wrap around.

Wouldn’t mind some enlightening…

17 Comments
2024/04/13
06:06 UTC

235

Laughing Man Incident

Happens this year…

38 Comments
2024/04/11
23:59 UTC

675

Annoying or adorable?

165 Comments
2024/04/11
17:20 UTC

33

2 Motokos drawn a year apart

4 Comments
2024/04/10
15:16 UTC

10

Can someone explain Ghost in the Shell Stand alone complex?

What is the title of the first S.A.C Media to consome?

12 Comments
2024/04/09
18:33 UTC

44

New lifelong fan

Just finished both the movies 1995 and 2004 - as said, its mesmerizing and hauntingly beautiful as a work of art- the eerie dark setting in the beginning and the major thinking about stuff in the first movie provided the first layer of depth. My personal opinion- this makes AOT look shallow - the proper grim and scary expressions on faces, AOT overuses them. How people were able to create this good animation before i was born is still out of my smol brain's comprehensive powers. The QUOTES go overwhelming sometimes but definitely pretty deep and touching when you think about them irl. DEFFO gonna rewatch later... Now gonna start the SAC series. Till now i've not seen such wonderful piece of art and i can't even imagine the greatness for its writers- fitting sci fi, dystopia, old sayings into one project ( its a timeless beauty is what i can say if i can say anything at all !)

30 Comments
2024/04/09
10:17 UTC

5

Has anyone seen / found a copy of SAC 2045 Saigo no Ningen? (the season 2 recap movie)

I watched the Sustainable War movie with my gf. Was hoping to watch the S2 movie, apparently called Saigo no Ningen. Does anyone know where I can find this?

(happy to buy, whatever, just wanna find this!)

2 Comments
2024/04/08
19:14 UTC

68

Made a knit hoodie inspired by GITS!

3 Comments
2024/04/08
18:06 UTC

9

Have never read or seen any GitS installments. Question about the SAC saga and the Arise/AAA saga.

I'll eventually want to experience every GitS media in release order (original manga first, then 1.5 human error processor, then the 1995 movie, then the ps1 game, then man-machine interference manga, and so on), so i wont't be reaching SAC and Arise anytime soon, but there's still a question I have about the SAC and Arise parts of the franchise.

What exactly would be the finale to the SAC storyline, and what exactly is the finale to Arise's storyline? You know how the movie sequels to some stuff are their real ending (e.g., End of Evangelion and/or Rebuild 4 being Evangelion's real true ending, the eventual fourth Madoka film being the real ending to the mainline Madoka Magica storyline, Char's Counterattack being the true finale to the classic UC storyline/Char's character arc, rather than MSG 0079's final ep or ZZ's final ep), while for some other franchises, the movie sequels despite chronologically taking place after the main series' end, are just side stories and the true ending of those franchise's storylines are the final episodes of their TV shows.

So, which is it for SAC and Arise?

Is the SAC storyline's true finale the last episode of the second season/2nd gig, or is it Solid State Society?

Similarly, is Arise's true ending the final episode of Arise Alternative Archeticture, or is it The New Movie from 2015? That is, I'll watch both the shows and their movies, but I want to know what kind of expectations I should have when I'm about to watch the final episode of SAC S2/AAA, Versus the kind of expectation I should have when I'm about to watch Solid State Society+The New Movie.

6 Comments
2024/04/07
16:44 UTC

1

would you guys like to see a possible tribute/music video of ghost in the shell im working on

just fyi im not a pro ,it's also nowhere near done and not sure how i would post it on here

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0 Comments
2024/04/05
20:53 UTC

27

Just re-watched SAC (The True SAC) but I'm just as confused as the first time around...(Ending spoilers)

I love this show, I live the Major, I want more but God, do I feel stupid...

Can somebody here like break down the ending of 2nd gig and explain it to me? There's a lot of symbolism (that's kinda going nowhere?) and things that just make little sense. Though I couldn't even tell what exactly. So if anyone can just give a clear up the foggy ending for me, that'd be great.

Worth noting: I haven't watched SSS yet maybe some is explained there? Doubt it though if the transition between season 1 and 2 is any indication

21 Comments
2024/04/05
20:30 UTC

8

Why does this Art School Girlfriend remix sound like a GITS OP?

6 Comments
2024/04/04
00:46 UTC

407

I love my cyborg mommy waifu

Seriously seeing my cyborg mommy waifu make me taste defeat while she calls me a pathetic loser and a pervert is the only thing that gives me joy in life.

48 Comments
2024/04/03
13:54 UTC

7

Ghost in the Shell: Innocence - two versions with different (English) dialogue?

I've had the DVD for many years. As I've been replacing my DVDs with BRs in recent years and GitS: Innocence is one of my favourite films, I've been considering replacing it too, but I've sometimes found that while the BR version is visually better quality, for some films it doesn't make a huge difference to my viewing pleasure, so I downloaded a BR rip of this film and flicked through it quickly only to find that some of the dialogue is different but also seemingly different actors have been used to voice the parts! It's really unnerving.

Here's an example. Opening lines in the film from my DVD version:

Batou: Fill me in.

Cop 1: The perpetrator killed the owner a few minutes ago at the first crime scene then ran off. It was called in anonymously.

BR version:

Batou: What's the situation.

Cop 1: 52 minutes ago, the suspect killed its owner at his condo, the first crime scene. The perp fled, and now holed up in the second crime scene...

I haven't watched the BR version any further but I've seen such differences in two other scenes when flicking through.

Any idea what's going on? I tried a quick google but I haven't encountered any mention of different versions having different dialogue.

11 Comments
2024/04/02
16:28 UTC

36

heard some of you guys wishing to have a ghost in the shell game

what would you like to see in a ghost in the shell video game

-gameplay

-genre

-storyline

-connected to another universe

etc etc

im not into video games anymore at leats for the most part but i would consider maybe trying a ghost in the shell game

if it was good of course

48 Comments
2024/04/02
04:09 UTC

0

Wierd CGI Intro

I just started watching SAC after the 1995 film and am wondering why the studio decided to use a CGI intro with Russian singing?

41 Comments
2024/04/02
00:15 UTC

68

SAC Ep 14: Rich guys house, seems like he has at least 8 Countach's in there. Including 25th Anniversary and QV5000

4 Comments
2024/04/01
17:21 UTC

6

SAC2 DVD set. Audio quality is terrible.

I've had this DVD set for years. I think I got it 10 years ago? Watched it plenty of times.

But the last couple days I've been watching it on my home studio computer. With the good DA converters and very good full range speakers. And it sounds bad.

The dialogue audio jumps in level and then gets squished down. Like a badly configured compressor is jumping in there and messing with the level. The background music is also frequently loud enough to clash with the dialogue.

My SAC1 DVDs don't have such a problem. They all sound great.

Anyone else notice this?

Is there a better release of the SAC2 series?

3 Comments
2024/04/01
15:47 UTC

227

Happy Easter Sunday with artwork of Motoko in a bunny outfit

5 Comments
2024/03/31
22:22 UTC

530

Love seeing artwork from the movie

7 Comments
2024/03/30
22:37 UTC

6

What Color Is The Majors Hair In The Manga?

I know it varies a lot (I always thought she had black or blue but I see some people saw brown) and I always assumed it was supposed to be a fun artstyle thing or maybe she just changed it a lot (she is a cyborg after all). But if we go with the first option, does she have a canonically color in the manga?

3 Comments
2024/03/30
20:58 UTC

361

Floppy disks in 2030

62 Comments
2024/03/30
17:17 UTC

16

Best way to watch Ghost in the shell?

Wondering if i should watch the live action first or the animated 1995 version?

Thanks

40 Comments
2024/03/30
06:36 UTC

9

what is the best or most balanced sec 9 not just the major,which one feels the most fleshed

for thsi one you could also say for example togusa i like in the 95 movie timeline the best and saito in arise ,but overall the sac timeline is best (not my real thoughts just a example(sorta true))

i do think sac is goanna be the most popular to be honest)

3 Comments
2024/03/30
04:56 UTC

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