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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.
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.
Primarily set in the mid-twenty-first century in the fictional Japanese city of Niihama, Niihama Prefecture, [a] [Note 1] otherwise known as New Port City [b], the manga and the many anime adaptations follow the members of Public Security Section 9, a special-operations task-force made up of former military officers and police detectives.
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 collection box released in North America by Bandai Entertainment and Manga Entertainment. Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (攻殻機動隊 STAND ALONE COMPLEX, Kōkaku Kidōtai: Sutando Arōn Konpurekkusu, "Mobile Armoured Riot Police: Stand Alone Complex") is a Japanese anime television series based on Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell manga.
Motoko Aoyama (素子), a character in the Love Hina series; Motoko Kusanagi (素子), protagonist of the Ghost in the Shell series; Motoko Minagawa (素子), a character in the Fruits Basket series; Motoko-chan (もと子), the main character of the Super Famicom video game Motoko-chan no Wonder Kitchen
Batou (Japanese: バトー, Hepburn: Batō) is a main male character in Masamune Shirow's Ghost in the Shell series. He is the second-best melee fighter in Section 9, [2] and is the second in command under Major Motoko Kusanagi. [3] He is a battle-hardened cyborg special operative with a long distinguished military career and a no-nonsense ...