The manga focuses on a future society in which the internet and cyberisation have blurred the lines between humans and robots, and the real world and the online world. Influenced by a variety of sources, and in turn providing inspiration for many later artists, “The Ghost in the Shell” is a work that has become truly embedded in the public consciousness (whether people know it or not).

What unfolds will all be in a day’s work-a day that will change everything, forever.As cyber-punk manga goes this is probably the most well-known and highly-regarded of them. Meanwhile, Tamaki Tamai, a psychic detective from the Channeling Agency, has been commissioned to explore strange changes in the temporal universe brought about by two forces, one represented by the teachings of a professor named Rahampol, the other by the complex, evolving Motoko entity. Partly transcending the physical world and existing in a virtual world of networks, Motoko is a fusion of multiple entities and identities, deploying remotely controlled prosthetic humanoid surrogates around the globe to investigate a series of bizarre incidents. Motoko Aramaki is a hyper-advanced cyborg, a counter-terrorist Net security expert, heading the investigative department of the giant multi-national Poseidon Industrial. The Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface (2001) Features the stories “Fat Cat,” “Drive Slave,” “Mines of Mind,” and “Lost Past.”

Focusing on Section 9 agents in their daily battle against technocrime, Human-Error Processor. The “lost” Ghost in the Shell stories, created by Shirow Masamune after completing work on the original Ghost in the Shell manga and prior to his tour-de-force, Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface. The Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor (2003) In this rapidly converging landscape, cyborg superagent Major Motoko Kusanagi is charged to track down the craftiest and most dangerous terrorists and cybercriminals, including “ghost hackers” who are capable of exploiting the human/machine interface and reprogramming humans to become puppets to carry out the hackers’ criminal ends. Contains The Ghost in the Shell 1, 1.5, and 2 for over 800 pages of manga.įeaturing a NEW, EXCLUSIVE cover created for this edition by Shirow Masamune!ĭeep into the twenty-first century, the line between man and machine has been blurred as humans rely on the enhancement of mechanical implants and robots are upgraded with human tissue. All of Shirow Masamune’s original The Ghost in the Shell manga in one massive hardcover make this the ultimate collector’s edition of the ultimate cyberpunk classic.

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