Ghost in the Shell
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Date: 2019-02-14

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Ghost in the Shell

Animation studio Production I.G has produced several different anime adaptations of "Ghost in the Shell", starting with the 1995 film of the same name, telling the story of Section 9's investigation of the Puppet Master. The television series "" followed in 2002, telling an alternate story from the manga and first film, featuring Section 9's investigations of government corruption in the Laughing Man and Individual Eleven incidents. A sequel to the 1995 film, "", was released in 2004. In 2006, the film "" retook the story of the television series. 2013 saw the start of the "" original video animation (OVA) series, consisting of four parts through mid-2014. The series was recompiled in early 2015 as a television series titled "Ghost in the Shell: Arise - Alternative Architecture", airing with an additional two episodes (one part). An animated feature film produced by most of the "Arise" staff, titled "", was released on June 20, 2015. A live-action American film of the same name was released on March 31, 2017.
Shirow has stated that he had always wanted the title of his manga to be "Ghost in the Shell", even in Japan, but his original publishers preferred "Mobile Armored Riot Police". He had chosen "Ghost in the Shell" in homage to Arthur Koestler's "The Ghost in the Machine", from which he also drew inspiration.

One of the core underlying themes of the Ghost in the Shell franchise is the proposition that when human consciousness and individuality, essentially the “ghost,” can exist independently of a physical body, visual identification of ethnicity is no longer relevant.

Primarily set in the mid-twenty-first century in the fictional Japanese city of , otherwise known as , the manga and the many anime adaptations follow the members ...