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Ghost in the Shell 2:
ManMachine Interface
攻殻機動隊 Koukaku Kidoutai 2
Ghost in the Shell
2: Man/Machine Interface (Koukaku Kidoutai 2: ManMachine
Interface; 攻殻機動隊 : 2 ManMachine Interface) is an eleven
chapter manga written and drawn by the famous mangaka,
Masamune Shirow
(士郎 正宗 Shirō Masamune).
The nominal
sequel to the original Ghost in the Shell manga series,
GITS2
explores a wide range of philosophical issues regarding the nature
of human identity and the boundaries of human consciousness.
However, readers should be warned that the action of the series is
largely tangential to the plot of the original work and its various
cinematic and televisual offspring (Ghost in the Shell: Stand
Alone Complex, Ghost in the Shell: S.A.C. 2nd GIG, and
the recent feature film Ghost in the Shell: Innocence
directed by famed Japanese auteur Mamoru Oshii).
GITS2
owes much to the conventions of cyberpunk and readers familiar with
that genre may immediately recognize the questions raised by Shirow.
As such, the overall philosophical terrain is not entirely new;
rather, the work might instead be considered an extended rumination,
punctuated by complex CG action sequences, upon many of the same
issues brought up in the original Ghost in The Shell manga.
Critics have
panned the manga for focusing on page after page of play by play
cyberbrain warfare as opposed to the action/crimesolving themes of
the first manga. The plot has been criticised as being difficult to
impossible to understand even by Masamune's standards. Critics and
fans have also complained about the excessive use of fan service in
the series, seeing page after page of Motoko [now calling herself
Motoko Aramaki] and other female characters wearing little if
anything, having Barbie doll proportions, and the overabundance of
between the legs "crotch shots." Others have said that is the best
thing about the manga, and the fan service makes up for the lack of
a coherent plot. However most readers were awestruck by the high
ratio of color pages that blended Masamune's handrawn characters
with CG backgrounds
 
 
Genre:
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
Status:
Complete
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GITS2: Chapter 1-11
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