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Running Gag: Not exactly a gag, but every adaptation is guaranteed to have the Major trying to solo a tank and rip her arms off at the elbows in the process.

It's the equivalent of naming someone as 'Jane Excalibur' in Western media. The Kusanagi, or 'Grass Cutter' is one of the artifacts of the Japanese Imperial Regalia.

Public Domain Artifact: 'Motoko Kusanagi' is an acknowledged pseudonym in every iteration of the franchise.

Gonk: The politicians Aramaki has to interact with are hideous, sometimes barely looking human.

Good Policing, Evil Policing: Many of the villains are corrupt government and law enforcement, weaving the conspiracies that the overall anti-heroic, but honest, Section 9 have to investigate.

The practicality of such extensive cyberization is discussed in one chapter, as only having Artificial Limbs limits the amount of work they can do before the stress pulls them off the organic body they're attached to. The original anime film's opening credits show Motoko Kusanagi's body being created, and one chapter in the original manga shows a civilian woman going through the entire process, in much greater detail.

Full-Conversion Cyborg: Full-body cyborgs are commonplace, with the cybernetically-modified brain (and, at least in the manga, the spinal cord) being the only organic portions remaining.

Only the PlayStation video game would ever try to recreate the comedy present in the original manga. Most people who know of the GITS franchise through the original movie's heavy impact on popularizing anime to western cultures would be shocked to learn that the original manga is an action comedy and probably could never imagine Major Motoko Kusanagi as being greedy, angry, catty, bitchy, or bashful. Every adaptation since have been fairly focused police dramas with only occasional light-hearted comedic elements that happen naturally through the cast's personalities. It was Mamoru Oshii's anime adaptation in 1995 that set the tone of the entire franchise by removing all comedic elements and focusing on heavy philosophy regarding the nature of one's self, human integration with technology, and the meanings of life and artificial intelligence.

Franchise Codifier: The original manga features a consistently comedic tone all throughout thanks to Shirow Masamune's art style allowing for easy and humorous expressions.

Cyberpunk: Each installment explores topics of how technology can influence our concept of identity, our memories, and the impact it has on society as a result.

Alternate Continuity: Each of the adaptations has its own backstory and interpretation of Section 9 that is incompatible with other adaptations.

As a cyborg, Kusanagi displays incredible strength and physical resilience, to the point that her teammates, themselves also cyborgs, are frequently left awestruck.

Action Girl: The protagonist in almost all installments is a cyborg woman named Motoko Kusanagi, the leader of Section 9, an elite special ops police force in Japan.

The Ghost in the Shell franchise provides examples of: Please place examples for specific adaptations on their respective pages. This page is for the franchise in general.

The Ghost in the Shell: Global Neural Network (2018): A manga collaboration between franchise creator Shirow Masamune and numerous Western writers and artists.

The Ghost in the Shell: Five New Short Stories (2017): A collection of short stories by five different authors.

Ghost in the Shell (2017): A Hollywood Live-Action Adaptation, directed by Rupert Sanders and starring Scarlett Johansson.

Ghost in the Shell: First Assault Online (2015): An online free-to-play multiplayer First-Person Shooter based on Stand Alone Complex.

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Ghost in the Shell: Arise (2013): A series of four OVAs + one movie, directed by Kazuchika Kise.Д«esides the above series, there is also a handful of one-off media:.

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (2020): A revival of the anime set eleven years after Solid State Society.

#GHOST IN THE SHELL 1995 ART MOVIE#

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society (2006): A Made-for-TV Movie and the Finale Movie of Stand Alone Complex.Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002): An anime series, directed by Kenji Kamiyama.Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004): The sequel to the 1995 film.Ghost in the Shell (1995): An anime film adaptation, directed by Mamoru Oshii.Ghost in the Shell (1989): The original manga, by Shirow Masamune.

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