Ghost in the Shell (manga)

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Ghost in the Shell (manga) is Masamune Shirow’s influential cyberpunk manga series that explores themes of identity, consciousness, and technology through the adventures of cyborg counterterrorism agent Major Motoko Kusanagi.

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instanceOf cyberpunk fiction
manga series
adaptedInto Ghost in the Shell (1995 film) NERFINISHED
Ghost in the Shell (2017 film) NERFINISHED
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex NERFINISHED
author Masamune Shirow NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Japan
creator Masamune Shirow NERFINISHED
demographic seinen
firstPublicationYear 1989
follows Public Security Section 9 NERFINISHED
genre cyberpunk
science fiction
seinen manga
hasCharacter Batou NERFINISHED
Daisuke Aramaki NERFINISHED
Motoko Kusanagi NERFINISHED
hasOrganization Public Security Section 9 NERFINISHED
hasSequel Ghost in the Shell 1.5: Human-Error Processor NERFINISHED
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface NERFINISHED
illustrator Masamune Shirow NERFINISHED
influenced cyberpunk anime
science fiction media
magazine Young Magazine NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Batou NERFINISHED
Daisuke Aramaki NERFINISHED
Motoko Kusanagi NERFINISHED
mediaType print manga
notableFor detailed depiction of cybernetic technology
philosophical exploration of self and consciousness
originalLanguage Japanese
originalTitle 攻殻機動隊 NERFINISHED
partOfFranchise Ghost in the Shell franchise NERFINISHED
protagonistAffiliation Public Security Section 9 NERFINISHED
protagonistOccupation counterterrorism agent
protagonistSpecies cyborg
publisher Kodansha NERFINISHED
romanizedTitle Kōkaku Kidōtai NERFINISHED
serializationEndYear 1991
serializationStartYear 1989
setting near-future Japan
theme artificial intelligence
consciousness
cybernetics
identity
technology and society
transhumanism
volumeCount 1

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Ghost in the Shell (2017 film) basedOn Ghost in the Shell (manga)
Dark Horse Manga publishes Ghost in the Shell (manga)
this entity surface form: Ghost in the Shell (English editions by Dark Horse)