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Major Motoko Kusanagi (Japanese: 草薙・素子, Hepburn: Kusanagi Motoko), or just "The Major", is the main protagonist in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell manga and anime series. She is a cybernetic human , augmented with a synthetic "full-body prosthesis".
Ghost in the Shell [a] is a Japanese cyberpunk media franchise based on the manga series of the same name written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow.The manga, first serialized between 1989 and 1991, is set in mid-21st century Japan and tells the story of the fictional counter-cyberterrorist organization Public Security Section 9, led by protagonist Major Motoko Kusanagi.
Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd Gig – Individual Eleven is a feature-length OVA which retells the events of S.A.C. 2nd Gig, altered to focus on both the Individual Eleven investigation and the relationship between Hideo Kuze and Motoko Kusanagi. Newly animated scenes and a remixed soundtrack are also included. [34]
The art team was tasked to draw lighting boards to show the position of light sources in the scene to improve the overall quality of the animation. [8] One of the themes in the series was "Motoko Kusanagi's rebirth". The team had a difficult time portraying Motoko Kusanagi and her return to Section 9.
Recruited from the Rangers, Batou is the second best melee fighter in Section 9 and is the second-in-command under Major Motoko Kusanagi. In the movie adaptations of Shirow's manga, Batou is a direct representation of Mamoru Oshii's opinions, views, and feelings that are presented throughout the story.
Hiroyuki Okiura, the character designer and key animation supervisor, designed Motoko to be more mature and serious than Masamune Shirow's original portrayal of the character in the manga. Okiura chose to depict a physically mature person to match Motoko's mental age, instead of her youthful twenty-something appearance in the manga. [ 16 ]
The key promotional graphic for Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Alternative Architecture. Ghost in the Shell: Arise – Alternative Architecture (攻殻機動隊ARISE ALTERNATIVE ARCHITECTURE, Kōkaku Kidōtai: Araizu - Orutanatibu Ākitekucha, "Mobile Armoured Riot Police: Arise – Alternative Architecture"), officially abbreviated as Ghost in the Shell AAA, [1] is a 2015 Japanese animated ...
Ghost in the Shell 2: Man-Machine Interface [e] This story is set four years and five months after Motoko Kusanagi fused with a sentient life form and left Public Security Section 9. The fused being of Motoko and the Puppeteer have been traveling the sea of the Net, merging with other ghosts and creating isotopes.